Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Community banks are independent institutions fueled by the needs of their individual communities, so what constitutes innovation will look and feel different for every bank. As the popular saying goes, “Creativity is intelligence having fun”—and the same can be said for innovation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

What's more, the market lull may offer a moment to focus on innovation for the future as commercial payment habits shift — perhaps permanently. Bill.com revealed some of those changes as it highlighted the innovations driving a solid first fiscal quarter. Virtual Cards And Mobile Technology.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2017

. – The “build or buy” scale is leaning increasingly towards “buy” at JPMorgan Chase, as fintechs become less concerned with disrupting traditional banks. That’s the upshot from Adam Carson, the bank’s head of digital partnerships, during a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. “In

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

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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Bank Innovation

MARCH 30, 2020

Given the significant challenges we’re facing with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, INV Fintech and Bank Innovation conducted a brief survey from March 18 to 25, to gauge industry sentiment and understand practices going forward.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

FinTechs are keeping an eye on emerging technologies at the beginning of the year — and predicting how they will impact business-to-business (B2B) payments in 2020. And Praeger says veteran players in the FinTech space will continue to grow this year. FinTech and Bank Collaborations. Blockchain.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The rapidly evolving payments industry is driving industry leaders to adapt their strategies in response to emerging trends. Payments Trend #1: AI-Driven Payment Innovations The landscape of payments and financial services in 2025 will be marked by groundbreaking innovations and user-centric designs powered by Generative AI (GenAI).

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 25, 2018

PREMIUM - The digital and innovation strategy behind Fifth Third, one the largest regional banks in the country, is simple: build, buy, partner. That strategy has worked well for the bank.The company told Bank Innovation that it has invested $100 million in fintech over the past 22 months and that it expects to make about […].

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 2, 2019

When it comes to bank-fintech collaborations, banks are finding more failure than success. That’s according to a study by Bank Innovation and INV Fintech, a startup accelerator, released today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In this week's roundup of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, Citi embraces the unlocking of account data to third-party FinTechs, while WEX weighs in on opportunity for banks to take advantage of partnerships. Plus, one FinTech offers a new spin on the open banking model to drive financial inclusion.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2019

This is the second article in a two-part series on bank-fintech collaborations based on the 2019 State of Banking Innovation Survey, a study conducted by Bank Innovation and INV Fintech. Even […].

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

The current climate of innovators appears to be up for the challenge, however. FinTechs and banks continue to develop new solutions to address many of the biggest pain points of global business payments, from speed to foreign exchange. .” Accelerating Ecosystem Innovation. So how do you accelerate that?”

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 30, 2016

I was piqued by Victor Matarranz’s [SEVP Head of Group Strategy and Chairman’s Office, Banco Santander] presentation at MoneyConf last week, mainly because he began by talking about Fintech 1.0 versus Fintech 2.0. Fintech 1.0

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This will require being more inquisitive and innovative compared to previous years, as the adoption of AI and cloud technologies continues to expand. By adopting these strategies, banks can better manage the dynamic risk and regulatory environment , ensuring compliance while maintaining competitiveness and customer trust.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2020

In a week that saw the coronavirus pandemic amplify in the United States, the fintech sector continued to weather economic dislocation and uncertainty. But even amid this uncertainty, fintech companies began formulating strategies to help banking and consumers emerge from the crisis with better tools and solutions.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 26, 2018

I was honoured to accept to be the moderator of the afternoon and guess I was chosen because Alipay and Ant Financial are a … The post Ant Financial’s Strategy for AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and more appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 29, 2020

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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ATM Marketplace

AUGUST 24, 2021

Fintech companies are continually developing innovative strategies to reach out to a changing customer base during uncertain times. 13 to 15, will deliver multiple sessions on fintech strategies and how to use them. The Bank Customer Experience, being held in Chicago from Sept.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 18, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is already having deep ripple effects across the economy and within the banking and fintech ecosystems. At the same time, the drastic rate cut and other macro implications will likely force existing banking and fintech business models to rapidly adapt, […].

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 8, 2019

The Budapest-based bank is pursuing not just startup-driven innovation, but through a mix of internal and […]. It might have $55 billion in assets and 10.5 million customers in 10 countries, but OTP Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, might be one of the most unorthodox banks on the Continent.

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Perficient

MARCH 5, 2025

” podcast, Jim Hertzfeld had the pleasure of speaking with Efi Pylarinou, a renowned FinTech expert, speaker, and author of “ The Fast Future Blur. Efi shares her journey from Wall Street to becoming a leading voice in financial technology and innovation. Subscribe to the “What If?

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The presence and curation of FinTechs is growing … and we are leveraging the technologies offered by FinTech players to enhance customer experience. The FSS understands that innovations often lead to heightened systemic, operational and cyber risks, as well,” he noted. “[It] “Similar to the U.K. 18, 2019, Choi continued.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Those challenges have made SMBs notoriously technology-adverse, though it may be an unfair characterization, particularly considering the influx of small business FinTech innovation in recent years. “And a lot of the innovation is coming at the early stage.”

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The investment will be spread out over three years, allowing the bank to expand its technologies in order to compete with the increasing number of fintechs and digital banking providers. British bank Lloyds has put aside £3 billion ($4.1 billion) for digital development and growth, the bank announced today.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 14, 2020

billion acquisition of data aggregator Plaid puts the company’s tool set at the center of financial services innovation. “Fintechs are increasingly developing on bundling and repackaging financial services payment and funds, […]. Visa‘s $5.3

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 18, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is already having deep ripple effects across the economy and within the banking and fintech ecosystems. At the same time, the drastic rate cut and other macro implications will likely force existing banking and fintech business models to rapidly adapt, […].

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In this episode of Fintech Unfiltered, which is sponsored by Blend, Bank Innovation sat down with OnDeck CEO […]. Through its application for a bank charter, the company wants to become a full-service digital bank for small businesses it says are overlooked by traditional banks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). Innovating for Community Banks. Leveling the Playing Field.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

And according to Doug Brown, senior vice president and general manager of digital banking at NCR , simplicity and innovation have turned what could have been a disastrous year into a transformational pivot for the better. Nudging Evolution. Bringing The Curbside Model To Banks.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

In an environment in which connecting small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to vital financial services and products is more imperative than ever, the world of SMB banking and FinTech is fostering an ecosystem of collaboration to expand availability. Orange Bank Acquires Anytime.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 17, 2019

A recent Forbes article claims the fad is over for bank-fintech partnerships. The fad might be over, but the imperative for banks to partner with fintechs is anything but. Nevertheless, in our experience at INV Fintech, […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IBM has acquired Montreal-based FinTech Expertus Technologies , according to a press release , in a bid to boost its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) tech as well as its digital payment strategies.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

A new service launched Wednesday (May 22) called Plaid Direct enables “two-way connectivity across the financial ecosystem and makes it easier for consumers to move money between their accounts — whether it’s in a neobank, FinTech, or big box bank account,” according to a statement from Plaid.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Mark Aquilina , senior vice president of product and strategy at WEX , told PYMNTS that’s partly because digitization of accounts receivable (AR) lags behind that of accounts payable (AP) on the technological front. But that’s likely to change — and move toward a tipping point — as more FinTechs endeavor to become middleware integrators.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 29, 2020

The company has been starting card programs for fintechs including Brex Inc., Mastercard Inc.’s s new initiative to team up with more startups on credit cards is starting to pay off. Revolut Technologies Inc. and TransferWise Inc., and has unveiled programs designed to make it easier for startups to join Mastercard’s network.

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