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PSD2 And The Turkish Banking Opportunity

PSD2 And The Turkish Banking Opportunity
PSD2 And The Turkish Banking Opportunity
January 03, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

FinTechs see PSD2 as an opportunity to get a leg up with legacy banks. That will be tough in Turkey, where banks have had more...

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Ex-Barclays Head To Launch Crypto-Friendly Digital Bank
Ex-Barclays Head To Launch Crypto-Friendly Digital Bank
January 02, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

The former head of technology at Barclays, Mark Hipperson, is launching a digital bank called Ziglu that will serve both crypto and fiat accounts, according...

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Metro Bank Struggles To Find A Buyer
Metro Bank Struggles To Find A Buyer
December 27, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. challenger financial institution Metro Bank is struggling to find a buyer as potential suitors are turned off by the bank’s expensive business model, the...

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After The Disruption: Alt-Banking Goes Straight, Chases Bad Guys
After The Disruption: Alt-Banking Goes Straight, Chases Bad Guys
December 17, 2019  |  Alternative Credit

As alt-banking matures and FinTechs mushroom, challenger banks are losing their cool “disruptor cred” and blending into the banking landscape. Not as cool. But with...

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Deep Dive: How The Challenger Bank Technology Gap Is Helping Fraudsters
Deep Dive: How The Challenger Bank Technology Gap Is Helping Fraudsters
December 17, 2019  |  Banking

Fraudsters are approaching their less-than-ethical business models with healthy work ethics. Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches, and both banks...

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How Used Cars And Sales Taxes Are Building The Digital Future
How Used Cars And Sales Taxes Are Building The Digital Future
December 16, 2019  |  Today In Data

Can digital technology really take the hassle out of used car sales – and compete with dealerships and lots? Is there a better way to...

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The Week In Payments: N26 Ups Debit Rewards, Wag Sags And Bill Ready Goes To Google
The Week In Payments: N26 Ups Debit Rewards, Wag Sags And Bill Ready Goes To...
December 13, 2019  |  News

There was no lack of action in the wild world of payments and commerce this week. In the running toward things column, there was German...

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Inside N26’s Strategy to Win US Customers
Inside N26’s Strategy to Win US Customers
December 13, 2019  |  Banking

Challenger banks with a couple of operating years behind them are beginning to get a taste of the problems they handed to legacy banking institutions....

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