Fintech
Fintech
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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.
March 5 -
Banks make emergency preparations as HSBC deals with confirmed case; the changes simplify regulations without posing additional systemic risks, the Fed says.
March 5 -
Compliance, risk management and staffing will likely come under added scrutiny as regulators lay out a framework for future fintech-bank mergers.
March 4 -
Prodigy, a fintech focused on mobile solutions for credit unions, has a new CEO in the wake of a retirement.
March 4 -
Banks are so caught up in the newest technology trends that they lose sight of the need to build a talented workforce and a purpose-driven organization.
March 3 -
LendingClub and Varo Money are making inroads into the traditional financial system, but other fintechs still face long odds.
March 3 -
Banks, especially smaller ones, are more worried about the competitive inroads that Apple Pay, Venmo and others have made than they are about tech companies' incursions into other financial segments, according to a new survey by Promontory Interfinancial Network.
March 2 -
More work is needed to bring processing up to speed for digital payments, according to Neocova's Sultan Meghji and Kelsey Weaver.
March 2 -
Some institutions have taken steps to ensure their websites meet accessibility standards, but experts say many credit unions could still be doing more.
March 2 -
A CFPB event on data-sharing issues gave the parties a chance to debate the merits and risks of screen scraping, what can replace it and what consumers really want.
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