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Contactless Payment Platform FitPay Gears Up for Next Growth Phase

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – When the co-founders of FitPay, a contactless payment technology provider, agreed to be acquired by security tech company NXT-ID back in May, the primary goal behind the deal was to enable growth for the San Francisco-based startup. And grow it did.

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12 Startups Showed Their Latest and Greatest at INV Fintech Demo Day

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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Amazon One Lets Consumers Pay With Their Hand

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But there are plans to expand it across Seattle, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the company said. The service is designed to be highly secure and uses custom-built algorithms and hardware to create a person’s unique palm signature.”. Instead, he said, the palm images are encrypted and stored online.

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Fintech Is Back

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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Consumers' Preference For Online Car Sales And Auto Loans Shakes Up Banks And Dealers

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Power research shows that the number of customers doing their credit applications online has kicked into high gear. Many buyers who have secured financing digitally had a great experience and won’t go back to the old way of doing things — even when COVID-19 is no longer a factor.”. Consumers and Banks Both Like Online Auto Loans.

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Can Banks Solve their Small-Dollar Loan Problem with Fintech Partnerships?

Bank Innovation

Aura, a San Francisco-based fintech offering affordable loans to low to moderate-income households, wants to partner with banks to offer those loans to consumers who have traditionally been unable to secure them from larger institutions.

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Revolut Brings Open Banking To Germany In Deal With TrueLayer

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The use of the TrueLayer platform ensures that account information from major German banks is securely integrated and updated in real time in the Revolut app,” the release said. Revolut said its new open banking offer was developed with TrueLayer , a London-based financial technology (FinTech) company. banking license.