Chris Skinner
JANUARY 5, 2017
I kept Tuesday’s blog entry short because I knew that everyone was making predictions and writing much more in-depth pieces. Today’s guest blog entry is from Finanser friend David Horton. David wrote a great piece on LinkedIn over the holidays providing his five banking technology predictions for 2017 and has kindly allowed me to replicate it here. … The post 5 Banking Tech Trends for 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 3, 2017
AI systems may be getting smarter with the ever-expanding flow of data, but are they also getting more ethical? When it comes to fintech, artificial intelligence has a seemingly endless range of possibilities to transform present systems, so long as the AI system that is applied is constructed with the correct values Read More.
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Payments Dive
JANUARY 6, 2017
One of the more interesting discussions during the Digital Money Forum Wednesday at the annual Consumer Electronics Show revolved around consumer take-up of mobile payments technologies.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 3, 2017
Whether you believe the hype or not, blockchain technology is attracting massive investments, exploration and competition across the globe. In the last week alone, top players in the distributed ledger space have made progress in their own initiatives, from membership growth within blockchain consortia to the pursuit of distributed ledger-related patents by top banks.
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Accenture
JANUARY 26, 2017
There’s a story about a man who took great pride in his perfect lawn. He was traumatized one morning when he awoke to find it ruined by a large crop of dandelions. He tried every method he knew to get. Read more.
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Chris Skinner
JANUARY 4, 2017
I kept yesterday’s blog entry short because I knew that today’s was long, and it’s a guest blog entry from my good friend Jim Marous. Jim produces a great report each year, curating the thoughts of 100 industry leaders including myself, on what is going to happen in the year ahead. Summarizing this year’s report, … The post Top 10 Retail Banking Trends for 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 6, 2017
Two days, 10,000 customers, and a steady trickle of five-star reviews later, and the launch of mobile finance management app Clarity Money appears to have had a good start toward its goal of giving consumers with more power over their financials. “There’s nothing like it on the market, and that’s Read More.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 10, 2017
Kirsty Tull, from BillPro.com, examines the link between mobile payments and wearables and whether the latter will become mainstream any time soon.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 9, 2017
Supermarkets aren’t generally the sorts of things that generate massive, dedicated fan bases. Certainly most shopper have a preferred grocery store (or at least one they tend to frequent more often than others) — but in general, it is not something most people talk all that often about since on the whole shopping for groceries doesn’t register all that highly on the excitement meter.
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Accenture
JANUARY 11, 2017
We have been looking at the results of ground-breaking new research from Accenture and Fjord on the subject of Money Mindsets. These are the four new financial behavioral segments with which bankers should become acquainted if they want their product. Read more.
Abrigo
JANUARY 18, 2017
As anyone advising business owners knows, clients are often so busy with day-to-day operations and management that they find it tough to gain a big-picture view of certain financial aspects, such as cash flow. That’s one way the advisor adds true value to the relationship: By helping the business owner see the forest in spite of the trees and by showing the owner what’s possible with a few minor changes.
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 25, 2017
OK, OK, OK, I promise to stop posting predictions and trends and blah, blah, blah, but this one has an interesting provenance and history. Last year, one of my most read blog entries was this one: The top ten trends in banking innovation (February 2016). This was a summary of the top trends in banking innovation, and … The post The biggest innovations in retail banking (research) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 11, 2017
Change is imminent in banking, and as we begin the new year the only debate seems to be what is going to be driving that change. Over the course of 2017, what is going to transform banking the most? Well, we have some ideas. 1. IOT Voice Commerce/Voice Payments Smart Read More.
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Automation is changing the game for commercial lenders, offering a clear path to competitive advantage in 2025. Rising costs, outdated workflows, and manual data entry slow growth and impact borrower satisfaction. Automation addresses these challenges, reducing costs, speeding up loan cycles, improving accuracy, and elevating borrower experiences. With market uncertainty easing, now is the time to act—waiting until loan volumes rebound leaves lenders unprepared and struggling to compete.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 13, 2017
Smartphones are driving an e-commerce revolution. While mobile payments can adversely affect the need for kiosks in some situations, most industry observers see mobile payments as another payment option that kiosk operators need to consider to meet consumer buying habits.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 19, 2017
This year could be the year that blockchain emerges from its current status as a largely hypothetical game-changer to one that’s put to the test. While few working applications of blockchain technology are in use today by financial service providers, the industry continues to place its confidence — and money — behind the technology. The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion.
Accenture
JANUARY 19, 2017
The start of a new year is rich in possibilities. And for FinTech, there’s no question that 2017 will be a fascinating journey. The pace of innovation remains frenetic, with new initiatives in RegTech and InsurTech, to solutions addressing payments, Read more.
Abrigo
JANUARY 19, 2017
By Rich Greene, CEO - Director, Clarus Advisors How a company interacts internally to overcome obstacles is a key to building and expanding the enterprise value of the organization. Is there an inclusive process to review, anticipate and plan for changes and disruptions in the business and marketplace? Or a process to evaluate results? Is the process defined and routine, or ad hoc?
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Chris Skinner
JANUARY 6, 2017
Anna Jacobson recently wrote a nice update, highlighting the best FinTech podcasts out there, including: Brett King’s Breaking Banks podcast looks at the ‘best of the best’ in the emerging FinTech sector and documents how the loss of trust, rapid consumer behavior shifts, massive technological changes, and increasing government scrutiny are disrupting the banking industry.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 20, 2017
Amazon wins, once again, at a game it didn’t even know it was playing. According to a Jan. 11 survey from Accenture, millennial participants would consider parking their money with nontraditional institutions, and they picked winners. Attractive alt-banking contestants included Apple and Facebook, but it was Google, and of course, Amazon, Read More.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 5, 2017
The company said that the IoT will guide its overall strategy going forward. Samsung Pay will play a small role in that transition.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 3, 2017
As the old joke goes, for corporate professionals, the procurement department is where you go to retire. Indeed, said KPMG ‘s Procurement and Operations in the Americas Practice Leader Samir Khushalani, historically, procurement has been viewed within the organization as a cost center that deals with straightforward transactions. And while technology progressed, with solutions providers developing company-wide infrastructure for businesses to manage all aspects of procurement, Khushalani
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Have you ever felt the pain and loss of a client suddenly going silent, leaving you questioning everything? Ghosting can cause heartbreak; in business, it drains resources, and emotionally, it shatters your confidence. A modern credit card program can give you the tools to deliver the digital-first experiences your customer’s demand. Our eBook, “5 Signs Your Credit Card Offering Needs an Upgrade,” will help you identify key indicators that your current card platform may be holding you back and w
Accenture
JANUARY 5, 2017
In Greek mythology Sisyphus could never get the rock to the top of the hill, regardless of how hard he tried. Many payments providers can identify with that fruitless labor when it comes to their loyalty and rewards programs. For. Read more.
Abrigo
JANUARY 27, 2017
Small businesses are an important market for growth-oriented banks and credit unions. The good news for financial institutions that see SMB lending as a crucial part of their loan portfolio growth strategy is that small businesses are in need of capital. In a recent Sageworks webinar , Steven Martin, vice president at Sageworks, cited cash flow as the top concern of small business owners.
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 3, 2017
There are lots of predictions being made for 2017. After all, it’s that time of year. So, having reviewed whether mine were right or wrong at the end of 2016, my first blog for 2017 is to make 10 predictions for 2017. Rather than making this a long and detailed blog update, it’s just 10 … The post 10 predictions for 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 2, 2017
The fintech world has been going through a sort of an IPO freeze recently. The headwinds created by certain fintechs this year (looking at you, LendingClub) didn’t help much either. Venture capital funding continued to fall in the third quarter, according to data from KPMG Enterprise and CB Insights. Global financing Read More.
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