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Fintech Unfiltered: Inside HSBC Bank USA’s Lofty Innovation Strategy for 2018 [Podcast]

Bank Innovation

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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Weekly Wrap: Visa acquires Plaid and retailers embrace fintech

Bank Innovation

In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: The overlap of retail with financial services, and reflections on the National Retail Federation annual conference in New York; Visa’s acquisition of Plaid and what it means […].

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University of Toronto launches fintech bootcamp to meet local labor demand

Bank Innovation

With nearly 200 startups, five major banks, 19 venture capital firms and representation from large tech companies like Google, Facebook, PayPal, Toronto is quickly becoming a center for fintech entrepreneurship.

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Centana Growth Partners closes $375m fintech fund

Bank Innovation

based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week. Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies.

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Compliance spend may take toll on fintechs

Bank Innovation

Lenders have had to spend unprecedented funds on compliance in the first quarter, which could shift resource allocation at banks and credit unions and hamper post-pandemic fintech partnerships.

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Join our ‘Fintech in the Age of Coronavirus’ Zoom meeting (Subscribers Only) 

Bank Innovation

How will banking and fintech business models be impacted by this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic? What is the role of innovation in response to these rapidly unfolding events? How will banks and startups work together?

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Too many innovation strategies place speed over discipline

Payments Source

In the era of digital transformation, it can be easy to mistake activity for achievement. A disciplined approach is needed, writes Tim VanTassel, a vice president at FICO.