Jack Henry

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Investments in financial technology have been increasing for years, but the events of the last 18 months have created a new sense of urgency for community banks and credit unions to fine-tune their digital strategies across the spectrum of various fintech investments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Ireland has been ramping up to boost FinTech efforts — a trend that has spanned several countries globally. As reported this past week, per Yahoo Finance , Ireland wants to see as many as 50,000 people employed directly within the country’s international financial services sector, with a target date of 2025. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). FinTech Efforts In Africa. The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2019

When Swedish banking firm Klarna became Europe’s most valuable financial technology startup last week, it was only the latest sign that digital finance has escaped the troubles afflicting legacy lenders. European fintech companies raised $3.3 billion valuation. billion in venture capital in the first […].

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 7, 2020

In a year of major fintech acquisitions, SoFi today announced a $1.2 billion deal to acquire Galileo, a financial services API and payments platform that powers big names like Chime and Robinhood.

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Accenture: Banking

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It’s a concept that banks and financial technology (fintech) companies should—and are—quickly learning. Five years ago, industry watchers forecasted fintech to be the imminent and dramatic demise of traditional banking. Likewise, fintechs are realising that flying alone can be energy sapping.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial technology (Fintech), where innovation and competition are the norm, the ability to generate high-quality leads is crucial. For Fintech companies looking to serve financial institutions, effective lead generation is not just a strategy, it's the lifeline for sustainable growth.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Financial technology services company WEX is going to acquire Discovery Benefits (DBI) , an employee benefits administrator, the company announced on Thursday (Jan. It will also expand diverse market channels, including consulting firms and brokers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

Regulators from around the world are teaming up to create a blueprint for a global FinTech “sandbox.”. According to Reuters , Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the plans for a global testing bed for new financial technology apps.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Financial technology startups will enter the next decade with a little more street cred than the last time around. Nearly 60 upstarts focusing on financial services — from Stripe Inc. to Chime Inc. to Plaid Inc. — have garnered valuations of more than $1 billion in recent years, according to CB Insights.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The OCC’s announcement that it will establish an Office of Financial Technology to “bolster the agency’s expertise and ability to adapt to a rapidly changing banking landscape” should come as no surprise to those who have been following recent pronouncements of Acting Comptroller Michael J.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that it is working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to develop a regulatory sandbox for FinTech firms. “We A sandbox provides relief from certain regulatory requirements so FinTech startups can test products and government authorities can offer guidance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

To offer businesses a simple way for supervising expenditures, digital financial technology firm Wirecard is teaming with Payhawk to roll out a new Visa card, according to an announcement. Payhawk, which was started in 2018, triumphed at the Paris FinTech Forum’s Startup Challenge last year, according to the announcement.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

What should be their strategy for Digital Banking transformation? These firms collectively known as FinTechs or Financial Technology firms are disrupting the banking industry by dis-intermediating across a banking customer’s financial value chain. What can banks learn from the FinTechs?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

“Mastercard and ACI share an extensive and complementary track record of real-time payments success,” said Craig Saks , ACI’s chief strategy and transformation officer.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Core provider Fiserv’s market strategy continues to focus on bank partnerships and fintech acquisitions as revenues grow and development picks up speed. Financials were in line with expectations, Fiserv Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano said during today’s fourth-quarter earnings call.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies recently published a joint report on the B2B payments landscape: B2B payments + WCM Strategies. Moving forward, banks, financial technology providers and their corporate clients must work together to reduce the complexity that is bogging down the payments landscape.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Nyca Partners, the venture capital firm focused on the FinTech market, raised $125 million for a second fund. The fund invested in a slew of FinTech startups, including Lending Club, SigFig and Orchard. By providing financial technology knowledge to early-stage companies, we are able to offer a unique and much-needed service.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

Traditional banks and other financial institutions are undergoing tremendous pressure right now to compete in an environment where they are faced with enormous scrutiny from government regulators looking to mitigate risk. Using API technology, customers can integrate Santander’s cash management solutions into existing ERP systems.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Amid the market uncertainty of the pandemic, small business owners often have to do more with less, and they're expecting the financial technology solutions they use to do the same. A Mobile-First Strategy. Everything contributes to speeding up the payment flow.".

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

An India-based financial technology startup that targets SMEs has announced new funding from a group of backers, including one co-founder of payments giant PayPal. ClearTax said it plans to use the financing to launch new products, expand its team and build out its mobile strategy. ClearTax announced Tuesday (April 26) a $1.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

billion was invested in FinTech startups in Q3 2016 , calculated KPMG and CB Insights in their most recent Pulse Of Fintech report. Researchers agreed that this shows a continually high level of interest in the financial technology and innovation space among investors, despite the overall drop in VC funding. 83% of U.S.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A financial institution’s Banking-as-a-Service strategy needs to be more than an extra credit project for the I.T. As the collision of traditional banking and fintech continues, there will be more competition and more innovative banking solutions due to the increasing number of actors seeking defensible niches and operational scale.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we explore the Nordic region, where Norway is taking a strong lead across the FinTech landscape. Why The Nordics Have The FinTech Touch. The startup’s mission to open up the hedge fund world to all has gained it a great deal of attention in the financial space.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

FinTech AeroPay has launched a new suite of digital payment solutions intended for cannabis businesses, according to a press release. The company calls its strategy “smart bank transfers,” referring to the way the tech can handle the entire cannabis supply chain from grow ops and suppliers to retailers and drivers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

In this month’s Feature Story, PYMNTS talked with Alexandre Liuzzi, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Brazilian financial technology provider BeeTech , about how these frustrations can be reduced through the use of APIs and digitized onboarding methods. .

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

What should be their strategy for Digital Banking transformation? These firms collectively known as FinTechs or Financial Technology firms are disrupting the banking industry by dis-intermediating across a banking customer’s financial value chain. What can banks learn from the FinTechs?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

That raises several questions for financial institutions (FIs), FinTech firms and payment service providers as they figure out how to best navigate this changing world. Legacy payment providers are looking for ways to innovate in the ways that [FinTech firms] do, and to avoid duplicative costs.”. Recent Trends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

As entrepreneurs race to digitize, develop new revenue streams, and find workarounds to what could have otherwise been crushing roadblocks to their business, FinTech partners have become critical allies to helping SMBs. ” Giving SMBs A Hyperlocal Helping Hand. A Future-Proofing Path.

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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

With new research finding racial disparities in small business lending, one fintech is examining how artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can help improve fairness and reduce inefficiency that may be present in traditional lending processes.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Financial condition and competitive market environment and client base.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asia financial technology (FinTech) and ridesharing company, is expanding its reach with the announcement on Tuesday (Aug. Called “Thrive with Grab,” the strategy is designed to tap into the region’s vast market.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Considering the mind-bending level of competition in the FinTech space today, the rise of the API may raise some eyebrows. After all, if a company has worked so hard to develop some type of financial technology, why would they want to lend that technology out to just about anyone?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Founded in 2005, the FinTech AffiniPay now processes over $6 billion annually on behalf of 150,000 professionals, according to a news release announcing the appointment. Amy’s payments industry insight and unique experience in properly scaling a company will be valuable assets to our growth strategy,” said Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins. “I

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