PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.
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The credit and debit card-issuing giant's Chase Media Solutions will help fund new loyalty programs to offset downward pressure on card-swipe fees and the potential erosion of card spending volume from the rise of faster payments and open banking, experts say.
April 4
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The first major hurdle arises for lenders that approach $100 billion in assets. That's when they have to deal with a key regulatory threshold, becoming so-called Category IV banks, which are subject to stiffer capital rules and oversight.
April 4
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Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, the author of Navigating Insurtech and CEO of Tapoly. Forbes listed her as number 6 among the Top 100 Women Founders to watch and recognized her as one of the Top Ten Insurtech Female Influencers by The Insurance Institute. Recently, she was named one of the Most Influential Women in Tech 2023 and received the Innovator of the Year award at the UK FinTech Awards 2023. Furthermore, she was honoured as the winner of the Insurance Leader of the Year by the Women In Finance Awards 2021. Prior to her current roles, she served as a chartered accountant and internal audit director at top-tier investment banks.
April 4
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The decision to approve the fintech's application to make 7(a) loans came nearly a month after Funding Circle's U.K.-based CEO hinted it is considering a sale of its U.S. operations, alarming some members of Congress.
April 4
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The CFPB should change its proposal and allow fintechs and other financial services companies the same freedom to innovate that entrenched large banks already enjoy.
April 4
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The federal agency's director said Wednesday that regulators were working to refocus bank merger evaluations on community impact.
April 3
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A year ago, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition accused KeyBank of redlining. On Wednesday, the NCRC and Key announced a $25 million "agreement" that NCRC CEO Jesse Van Tol says could open the door to a new community benefits plan.
April 3
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Byron Slosar is the Founder & CEO of hellohive, a diversity recruitment and resume technology company. He previously spent 15 years in undergraduate career development and recruiting. He lives in NYC with his husband and son.
April 3
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Letitia James, the New York state attorney general, sued Citigroup and argued it should be liable for fraud cases involving consumer wire transfers. But Citi said the AG's view would bring about a "sea change in banking law."
April 3
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TD moved its automated trading service to the cloud, in the hopes of new levels of efficiency and computational power.
April 3
