The FinTech 100 - (A ranking of financial technology suppliers)
Introduction
As the banking industry, like the economy itself, emerges from uncertain times and corporate spending begins to pick up again, the forces driving financial technology providers to consolidate show no sign of abating.
Overview: From the Back Office to the Front Burner
Technology has played a seismic role in changing the financial services industry in the last 20 years.
TSYS Makes Payments Inroads Against First Data
Revenue from its payments businesses, more than $8.5 billion last year, makes First Data Corp. the runaway leader in the payments processing, international remittance, and merchant acquiring markets.
Different Approaches Driving Big 4 Core Players
In a year that has been notable for vendor consolidation, the Big Four core processing vendors have all been active acquirers, filling gaps in their portfolio of offerings and preparing for the changes that will result from the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act.
Carreker Eyeing Industrywide Check Imaging
While most Check 21 vendors are focused on creating systems that will let banks convert paper checks into images and transmit them for clearing, Carreker Corp. has a larger goal: straight-through processing.
S1 Pins Its Future on Multichannel Integration
S1 Corp. is betting $100 million that financial companies will spring for software that can put all of their delivery channels on one platform. That is what the Atlanta software company says it spent since 2001 developing Enterprise 3.0, a suite of nine front-office modules released in August.
A Foreign Vendor with Plans for U.S. Market
i-flex solutions Ltd. has made a strong name for itself helping banks deal with both their offshore outsourcing and their core banking needs.
Tops in EBPP, CheckFree Still Expanding
Having survived the electronic bill payment and presentment market's cutthroat early days, CheckFree Corp.
