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How B2B Payments Balances Compliance With A Better User Experience

PYMNTS

one of the largest FinTech hubs of the world today, initiatives like Open Banking demonstrate the opportunity for regulatory mandates to encourage innovation and competition — even in markets where such regulatory mandates don’t exist. Achieving A Better User Experience. With the U.K.

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Traditional FIs Drive Modernization Through FinTech Pairings

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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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UX Design is Next Big Hurdle for Banks, Vested Ventures Says

Bank Innovation

To move forward, financial institutions are going to have to take a closer look at the user experience, Eric Hazard, CEO for fintech venture capital […]. EXCLUSIVE— With the help of APIs and other technologies, U.S. banks are mastering the use and sharing of data, but the next challenge is going to be even more technical.

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Accounts Receivable Realigns Its Focus To User Experience

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The last decade of B2B FinTech innovation not only led to an explosion of product options for businesses to manage a variety of processes, including accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP) and accounting. According to McCarthy, the end-users of AR solutions aren’t the only users that technology providers have to keep in mind, either.

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Digital lending fintech enters auto

Bank Innovation

LAS VEGAS — Bank of Oklahoma has adopted Blend’s digital lending platform, the fintech announced at the 2019 Auto Finance Summit. Blend’s platform is designed to simplify user experience for the consumer to drive increases in completed online applications and funding rates.

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Massachusetts Mutual To Buy FinTech RIA Platform Flourish

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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has agreed with Stone Ridge Asset Management , which has over $10 billion in assets under management (AUM), for MassMutual to acquire FinTech registered investment advisor (RIA) platform Flourish , according to a press release.

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Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?

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Banks and credit unions are certainly not on their way out, even as they face more pressure from challenger banks, FinTechs and Big Tech in the coming decade. By providing a streamlined user experience, they can add value to the financial institution and the cardholder, putting themselves into the commerce stream.”.

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