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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus new regulation governing prepaid cards will disrupt consumer practices, drive up costs and wreak havoc on a fast-growing sector within the payments industry.
October 7
Consumers' Research -
American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.
October 7 -
Two community banks have put forward plans for a speedier U.S. payment system. They're up against the industry's giants.
October 6 -
WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on the financial services panel introduced legislation Wednesday that would help banks remotely open accounts.
October 6 -
Bankers already scrambling to comply with a number of different federal cybersecurity standards are raising concerns about a proposal from New York to layer on some additional state rules.
October 5 -
It's time not only to hold banks accountable for their security, but also to provide meaningful regulatory guidance on how to achieve security.
October 5
Invincea Inc. -
Companies climbing the FinTech Forward ladder lead on issues banks care about most including mobile, omnichannel and big data.
October 5 -
Our FinTech Forward Companies to Watch are helping banks step up their game by offering virtual assistance, better money management tools and other solutions.
October 5 -
Funding of startups will cool overall, but venture capitalists anticipate growth in new areas of financial services that are ripe for innovation, including wealth management, insurance and back-office operations.
October 5 -
There were bound to be growing pains in the friendship between banks and fintech. Bankers plugged into the world of innovation give their advice on overcoming the challenges.
October 5 -
Banks are expected to spend more on technology in the coming year, with the cash earmarked for things like upgrading mobile apps and adding self-service tech in branches.
October 5 -
For regulators to develop a unified framework for fintech companies to operate in, they first have to come to a consensus.
October 5 -
The once-icy relationship between banks and fintechs thawed quite a bit in the last year. The next step might be for banks to start buying startups.
October 5 -
To see an interactive version of Top 100 Companies in FinTech, click here.
October 5 -
Fintech not only solves problems for banks and their customers, it also helped break a curse.
October 5
American Banker -
To identify the fintech startups deserving of special recognition this year as part of the FinTech Forward program, we asked our judges to consider several factors: Is this organization solving relevant problems for the banking industry? Is the organization creating change? Is the solution timely? Does it speak to the challenges the industry faces now? The following 20 companies are the standouts.
October 5 -
A new app aims to modernize the automobile financing process by allowing car shoppers to get credit approval on their phones.
October 5 -
The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that 19 private-sector proposals are now under review by nearly 500 members of two separate task forces, one of which was established to chart a path toward a faster payment system, and the other focused on payment system security.
October 4 -
Banks continue to lay off operations workers and send their jobs to other countries with lower labor costs. They may feel they have no choice, but there are risks to consider.
October 4 -
Royal Bank of Scotland will soon launch a customer pilot of Luvo, a chat bot taught to answer customers' questions in near-real time and route more complex requests to advisers using IBM Watson Conversation.
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