PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Innovation is good, but flexibility and agility count, too — as does striking while it’s hot. DBI) , an employee benefits administrator, by financial technology services company WEX. Webster and Smith talked about what the future will hold, not only for WEX in 2019, but for the areas in which the company operates.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

The average small business considers itself a “moderate” user of technology, according to the PYMNTS.com SMB Technology Adoption Index. Only 13 percent say they’re willing to jump on the innovation bandwagon. 70 percent of SMEs didn’t use tax software in 2016 , found Office Depot in its most recent Small Business Index survey.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

bank Standard Chartered is expanding its network of innovation labs with the launch of an eXellerator lab in Shanghai, reports said this week. The latest lab will aim to promote collaboration between the bank’s employees, corporate clients and FinTech partners to develop new financial services for businesses.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the last 12 months we’ve seen one of the biggest shifts in decades in financial technology – with banks accelerating the transition of their operations to the cloud. The benefits are clear: a cloud-based approach provides easy access to innovation, helps banks.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2019

All that is changing due to emerging technologies. The banking industry is facing many unprecedented challenges due to the rise of financial technology companies. Industry-leading operators, as well as ambitious startups in the banking scene, […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

The innovators at SmartStream Technologies have introduced the first solution from its SmartLabs innovation center, and it’s a tool for financial services companies to streamline the reconciliation process. According to the company, it takes only minutes for the solution to identify matches and invoice exceptions.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

Piazza, a 30-year financial technology veteran, who has been serving Citi in a variety of roles since 1988, will lead the group’s efforts in mobile, payments, and general fintech innovation. Before this appointment, Piazza was serving as the bank’s Chief Operating Officer. […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

B2B payments have a reputation for being slow to innovate , though the last couple years has challenged that notoriety. Still, according to the latest Mercator Advisory Group report on FinTech disruption, B2B payments will have to wait a bit longer to see true change from these innovations. Regulation Throws FinTech Off-Guard.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

As President of Trulioo, Jon Jones is passionate about protecting consumers and businesses from all facets of fraud and subsequent loss — but he doesn’t believe that doing so effectively has to come at the expense of technological innovation. In many ways, RegTech can be viewed as an innovation enabler.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Greenlight Financial Technology, a fintech startup for kids, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round today, Bank Innovation has learned. Greenlight Technology is a combination of P2P and PFM features on a mobile app, and is unusual in that it focuses on children.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

The basis of innovation is not the desire to create something new or even the inspiration to do so. Innovation occurs where there is a problem and a person with the tools to solve it. Anyone can have a good idea,” Lowthers said; innovation is about what you do with it. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2017

The European Commission is hoping to consult with the public concerning the growing market of financial technology as the agency looks to manage policies in the sector. Last year, the commission setup its financial technology task force in response to the effects of digital innovations changing the banking industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

In late July, the Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force released its much-anticipated report on how to strengthen and operate the U.S. However, if recent developments in the financial services industry are any indication, innovation waits for no institution, company, agency or, for that matter, Fed report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Just because businesses are interested and willing to adopt payments innovations doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Other key players in the adoption curve include government entities and financial institutions, says Bottomline Technologies Managing Director of Digital Banking Norm DeLuca.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 18, 2017

Banking and innovation doesn’t go together. Innovation creates risk and risk is unacceptable in a financial marketplace. So it’s interesting how we’ve spent the last five years talking about sandboxes, creativity and design in financial technologies. The idea is to innovate outside the markets.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The total cost of payment acceptance is a combination of the cost of the actual payment services, the different payment methods, the technology a company needs to connect to those payment services, and the operational elements, such as financing, accounting, customer service and department.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. Mastercard is thrilled to partner with some of the world’s most innovative startups to transform the future of commerce.”. 12) announcement.

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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 23, 2020

PYMNTS explores these stories and others in this week’s Payment Rail Innovation Tracker. “We are proud to be an early adopter of the RTP network, which demonstrates our commitment to be at the forefront of technology and payments and allows Chesapeake Bank to continue to meet our customers’ needs now and in the future.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29). Under the terms of the new deal, Mastercard will support EedenBull’s product development and digital services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Clearing House's real-time payments offering, the RTP ® network, continues to gather steam with financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and their business customers in this week's Payment Rail Innovation roundup. Wells River Savings Bank Joins The RTP Network. RTP already accounts for more than 6 percent of Modern Treasury volume.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Based in Manchester, AccessPay provides a digital platform for payments, cash management and treasury operations by integrating businesses’ back-end operations with their banks. Corporate payments have not seen the same level of innovation as consumer payments. ” Beringea, based in both the U.K. and U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Real-time payments are imperative for running successful operations in today’s global ecosystem. Tools that can fill specific business needs and features beyond more than just real-time speeds are beginning to grow more important, propelling development and innovation in this area.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 27, 2023

Industry pundits in the know about everything financial technology and financial technology firms will soon be clinking martini glasses saluting each other and telling stories about their profitability and number of bank installs they have under their belt. It is a veritable "who" of financial technology firms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

“As the most innovative player in financial technology, Stripe was the clear choice for us,” said Esker CEO Jean-Michel Bérard. By enriching our O2C solution with online payment, we increase businesses’ operating efficiencies and help them get paid faster, particularly in the collections process.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 3, 2019

You may not have heard of the term “Silicon Alley,” but I am sure you are aware of the game-changing financial technology that is emanating from it. Silicon Alley” was initially coined in the mid-1990s as a way to group media startups housed around the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Legacy payment providers are looking for ways to innovate in the ways that [FinTech firms] do, and to avoid duplicative costs.”. With the transaction now complete, Fiserv is one of the world’s largest payment and financial technology providers. Such reviews will also often touch upon their credit card operating models.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We've got a common messaging framework, this data rich environment where also we’re operating 24/7. So these traditional operating hours of payment networks are no longer relevant when people are in that 24/7 operating model. So that is certainly an aspiration. There need to be governance models.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, executives of PayPal and Mastercard touted partnerships between financial technology companies and banks as a positive way to gain customers’ trust and innovate new ways for customers to interact with their finances. On Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Now, helping make SWIFT Cloud Connect real, we are pleased to collaborate with Microsoft to leverage their cloud expertise and advance the frontiers of financial technology, offering a new level of service for SWIFT participants.”. Using a cloud-based solution will boost transaction speed, consistency and security.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Alipay’s latest expansion — this time, to Luxembourg — shows not only the increasing reach of the China-based mobile payments ecosystem, but also stands as the latest example of companies in payments and FinTech gaining licenses to operate in Europe. There, PSD2 was designed to encourage FinTech and payments innovation. Monzo , a U.K.-based,

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2019

It has created an operating system that helps create and upgrade software applications for financial institutions — much like the way consumer apps get updated on phones. As it stands, almost 200,000 desktops at over 1,500 banks as well as buy-side firms tap into the company’s operating system. Reuters reported.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The number of financial technology companies is on a rise, and every year many of these new companies as well as established ones choose to situate themselves in cities that are not San Francisco or New York. In some cases, the establishment of one powerful player in a region automatically turns a place into a […].

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ZootBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In today’s environment, as banks manage increased regulation and competition from industry outsiders, they must operate in the same fashion. Keeping a bank in top shape means fostering innovation. Banks need to decide if they can be nimble enough to compete on their own or if they should develop technology partnerships.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

I look forward to working with the Paytronix team to bring its industry-leading innovation, including contactless ordering for table service … to markets around the globe,” said Porter. Paytronix clearly delivers value to the market by enabling operators to drive incremental sales and deliver safer environments for staff and guests.”.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Online lenders have been disrupting the lending ecosystem by combining innovation with advanced financial technology to improve borrower experience, address underserved markets, and reduce operating costs. William Wagner, CMO/Vice President of Marketing, Cloud Lending Solutions. In 2014, the US.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2019

Hong Kong’s traditional banks are set to face one of their biggest challenges yet: a new breed of financial technology firms estimated to snare as much as 30% of their revenue. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has granted three virtual bank licenses and is processing five more, Deputy Chief Executive Arthur Yuen said in a […].

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