Fintech
Fintech
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On the same day the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it will soon rule on two applications, the agency also proposed benchmarks for all firms that want to own industrial loan companies.
March 17 -
The serial entrepreneur has created a challenger bank called One for middle-income people with complicated financial lives.
March 17 -
A managed services approach can help payment firms and fintechs pick the best open source projects, says Asset Control's Mark Hermeling.
March 16 -
The U.S. challenger bank and the startup STC Pay aim to create a special blend of banking services for millions of tech-savvy, cash-averse consumers in Saudi Arabia.
March 13 -
E-commerce firms and payment apps can reach new users and investors through crowdfunding, says Prime Trust's Bruce Dyer.
March 13 -
The addition of Maria Renz shows how much emphasis the San Francisco fintech is putting on operations and customer experience.
March 12 -
As the fintech industry looks for ways to bring on more women, crossover hiring — recruiting from traditional financial services firms to fintechs — has emerged as an effective strategy, Donna Parisi of Shearman & Sterling and Michelle Tran of NYC Fintech Women write.
March 12 -
The Amazon effect in financial services will be much bigger than the one experienced by the retail industry—it will have a deeper impact due to the financial services industry being bigger and more vulnerable, and because consumers are now more comfortable with change, says TigerGraph's Todd Blaschka.
March 12 -
Firms such as Afterpay that offer financing to shoppers have been enjoying rapid growth. But their model is under scrutiny from regulators, being mimicked by credit card lenders and faces heightened risks in a downturn.
March 11 -
As the fintech industry looks for ways to boost the number of women, crossover hiring – recruiting from traditional financial service firms to fintechs – has emerged as an effective strategy, according to Shearman & Sterling's Donna Parisi and NYC Fintech Women's Michelle Tran.
March 11 -
The agency's recent update to its guidelines for banks on working with data aggregators and other third parties was not extreme, but some critics say its heavy emphasis on security could be a setback for open banking.
March 10 -
The credit education provider plans to use its deep knowledge of credit scoring to advise account holders on how to improve their scores and cash management simultaneously.
March 10 -
Mobile financial network provider Rapyd is embedding its open development tools with Brazilian processors to support payments in any local method.
March 9 -
Payment firms and fintechs can use open source and the cloud for a potent innovation combo, says Asset Control's Mark Hermeling.
March 9 -
The all-digital bank is hoping to win over consumers with above-average savings rates and more detailed analysis of their spending habits.
March 8 -
A handful of banks keep trying to make the customer-Alexa connection happen; banks are more worried about payments firms than other types of fintechs; how financial institutions are coping with COVID-19; and more from this week’s most-read stories.
March 6 -
The Reserve Bank of India has temporarily halted operations at the struggling Yes Bank, leaving fintechs without a place to process payments.
March 6 -
FirstBank, the initial customer of the startup Finxact, sought a modern core system that jibes with fast payments and other new technologies.
March 5 -
Fintechs like LendingClub and Varo Money illustrate how the traditional financial system is changing. Banks that don’t rapidly evolve with technology will be obsolete.
March 5 -
The best community banks layer human-facing services with new technology to beat the heavyweights in their market.
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