Fintech
Fintech
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Checkout-free technology is very limited in availability and very much a work in progress, but developers and investors are relying on its promise to accelerate payments' broader evolution from streamlining execution to determining intent.
August 14 -
Fintechs can help integrate payments into banking systems while solving the compliance problem, says Joel Sherwin of Weinberg Gonser LLP.
August 14 -
Changing consumer attitudes about these companies and the emergence of open banking have made them appealing to venture investors, whose commitments rose 15% in the first half of the year.
August 13 -
Keeping up with changing technology can be difficult but institutions are making investments in ITMs, new lending platforms and more.
August 13 -
VCs have been devoting more attention — and funding — to U.K.-based digital remittance providers such as TransferWise, Revolut, WorldRemit and their smaller rival Paysend.
August 13 -
Ambiguity about which laws apply to blockchain technology has prevented certain companies from doing business in the United States.
August 12 -
Marqeta was in on the API digital payments game early, but rivals from Stripe to Wirecard are aggressively expanding digital payment solutions for diverse consumer and B2B use cases.
August 9 -
Issuers like Chase and Citi that added installment features to compete with digital lenders will need to think beyond traditional card options.
August 9 -
Readers react to the Fed's lengthy plan for a real-time payments system and Fifth Third's minimum wage increase, jab at Sen. Warren's absence on the Senate Banking Committee and more.
August 8 -
Growers Edge is adapting retail financial technology to compete with traditional banks in ag lending and crop insurance.
August 8 -
Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.
August 8 -
New York and 10 other states are looking into whether companies in the fast-growing sector are violating payday lending laws.
August 7 -
FinApps has filed a lawsuit that claims the data aggregator swiped its proprietary credit risk software while the two did business together.
August 7 -
Ambiguity about which laws apply to blockchain technology has prevented certain companies from doing business in the United States.
August 7 -
Krista Morgan, the founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, discusses her firm's bank deals and the tech driving its platform.
August 6 -
The German mobile bank backed by Peter Thiel is pressing ahead with its U.S. expansion, betting it can grab share from established lenders and credit-card providers with free accounts, fewer fees and phone alerts that nudge them toward better financial choices.
August 5 -
Community banks shouldn’t wait for the Fed to create a new real-time payments rail when consumers are already flocking to other options.
August 5 -
A fintech called NCS Analytics wants to analyze power-use data at cannabis businesses for banks that finance them. It says the information can help expose illegitimate activity.
August 2 -
The Pittsburgh bank is using software initially developed by a fellow mutual to help build out its platform.
August 1 -
Two of the three multibillion-dollar payment mergers announced in 2019 closed this week, and these global giants must now fend off the invigorated fintechs eager to nab unhappy merchant and bank clients.
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