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578B2B PaymentsFinancial Authorities Press Collaboration To Improve Global Corporate Payments
With FinTech driving innovation and competition in the cross-border payments space, governments can no longer afford to ignore changing and heightening demands...
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621Partnerships / AcquisitionsWalgreens, Humana Mull Partnership Expansion
Drugstore owner Walgreens Boots Alliance is in preliminary discussions with health insurer Humana about possibly taking equity stakes in each other. The...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsPayNet Links Community Bank BNB To Small Biz Loan Tech
Small business credit analysis company PayNet is linking up with a community bank to streamline SMB lending for the institution. A press...
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5.5KAPIHow IBM Aims To Make Banks Open To Open Banking
In the open banking era, banks can no longer think of themselves as just banks, says Tom Eck, chief technology officer at...
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1.8KBlockchainThailand Govt Eyes Blockchain To Track Taxes
Death and taxes are sure things, but can blockchain make the latter even more of a certainty in Thailand? Plus, trade finance done...
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3.4KAPITRENDING: IBM’s Plan To Help Banks Embrace Open Banking
Open banking initiatives are changing the way banks operate and engage with third parties and partners. However, those are not the only...
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2.2KPartnerships / AcquisitionsCommunity Banks Debut FinTech Alliance
In the United States, a consortium of collaborators across FIs and FinTech firms has taken shape. Across the Pond, joint efforts among...
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2.9KBankingUK Retail Banks Draft FinTech Alliance Guidelines
Top U.K. banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsBloomberg, Shell Design Treasury Tool To Centralize FX Management
Technology developed by Bloomberg is now being used by Shell‘s Foreign Exchange Central Treasury unit to interconnect the fuel conglomerate’s operating units...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsSantander Launches Enterprise Payment Link
Santander Bank is rolling out a new corporate payments solution aimed at supporting visibility into business transactions via wire, ACH and check....
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1.8KB2B PaymentsMicrosoft, Interswitch Introduce Blockchain Trade Finance In Nigeria
Microsoft is partnering with pan-African digital payments and commerce firm Interswitch Group to develop a blockchain-powered supply chain finance solution for small...
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5.4KB2B PaymentsADP Enhances QuickBooks Payroll Integration
Payroll technology firm ADP is strengthening its integration into Intuit‘s QuickBooks platform, the company said Thursday (Nov. 1). An expansion of its...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsHow Open Banking Will Test Banks’ Data Security Strategies
Whether driven by regulation or market competition, the financial services sector in several jurisdictions is progressing toward open banking, interconnectivity and a...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsOakNorth: How AI Can Fuel Banks’ Return To SMB Lending
Small businesses (SMBs) left behind by their banks, thanks to tightening risk and capital requirements post-financial crisis, certainly left a gap in...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsFleetcor Beats The Street In Q3, Launches McDonald’s Contactless Payments Collab
Commercial fleet payments solution provider Fleetcor once again beat Wall Street expectations when it reported its 2018 third quarter earnings data Tuesday...
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5.2KOmnicommerceNEW REPORT: Retailers Face An Augmented Reality Check
Augmented reality (AR) has long been associated with games like Pokémon Go and Zombies, Run! However, AR is now rewriting the rules...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsThe CIO Emerges As A Key Asset For The CFO, Says Workday
Amid the flurry of B2B FinTech innovation aiming to transform organizations’ back offices, there is often one common threat within the disruption:...
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7.1KB2B PaymentsSmall Business FinTech Takes Center Stage With VCs
Cybersecurity investment probably won’t let up anytime soon. Indeed, this week did see some cybersecurity funding action, with several big-name backers participating...
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5.6KWearablesSamsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
HSBC and Samsung have announced what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” program to bring wearable technology into HSBC bank branches. The two...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsNational Bank Of Canada Blockchain Pilot Eyes Trade Finance Contracts
The National Bank of Canada, the country’s sixth-largest bank, is collaborating with business consulting and IT company CGI to launch a blockchain-powered...
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2.9KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Bank Of Canada Tests DLT; Crypto Startup Uphold Gets Into Loans
The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsCiti, HSBC Join Bank Group In Global Trade Finance Effort
Citi, HSBC and Banco Santander are among seven major global banks that are banding together to form a cross-border trade finance network, Reuters...
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3.8KDigital BankingHow FIs Are Combating Increasingly Sophisticated Attacks
As cybercriminals ramp up their attacks, a growing number of FIs are turning to AI and machine learning to protect customers and...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsRussia’s Sberbank Develops Instant B2B Payments Service
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, is collaborating on a faster B2B payments solution with the financial services unit of Russian search engine Yandex....
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2.5KB2B PaymentsAustralia’s New Payments Platform Invites Startups Via API
New Payments Platform (NPP) Australia, the nation’s real-time payments service that went live earlier this year, is now seeking collaboration from FinTech...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsAccenture Debuts Blockchain Procurement Solution In Thailand
Business services conglomerate Accenture is expanding its blockchain solution offerings with the development of a procurement platform launched in Thailand. The company...
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2.4KRegulationSingapore Eyes ‘Bringing Together’ Banks And FinTech Firms
FinTech and FI collaborative efforts are getting a leg up and support from regulatory bodies. In Singapore, the goal is a balanced...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsHSBC Enhances Business Banking With API Suite
HSBC is rolling out a suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) to support FinTech collaboration and enhance its corporate financial service offerings. In...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsLand Gorilla On Pulling Lenders Into The Fold Of Construction Payments Friction
Construction FinTech has evolved to target an array of financial friction points, with delayed payments, a mountain of paperwork and a crowded...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsMastercard Rounds Out SMB Services In India With Zoho
Small business (SMB) cloud solutions provider Zoho is reportedly teaming up with Mastercard in India to provide holistic accounts receivable solutions. A...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsB2B Payments Firm PayMate Enters SMB Lending Market
India-based PayMate is expanding its offering beyond B2B payment services as it steps into the small business (SMB) lending market. Reports in...
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2.3KInternationalEarthport Named By BNP Paribas To Provide ACH Cross-Border Payment Services
Earthport, a global payments company, announced Thursday it has been named by BNP Paribas to provide Automated Clearing House (ACH) cross-border payment...
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2.1KAPIHow Instantor Uses APIs For World Domination
Old-school FIs typically rely on outdated consumer data from credit bureaus to review a consumer’s financial viability. However, APIs can help FIs...
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6.1KAPINEW REPORT: APIs As The Great Credit Equalizer
The rivalry that banks and FinTech firms might have experienced in the past now appears to be behind them. Both sides of...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsICC Taps Global Credit Data To Broaden Trade Risk Analysis
The International Chamber of Commerce‘s (ICC’s) Banking Commission is collaborating with bank-owned database Global Credit Data (GCD) to broaden the scope of the...
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5.4KB2B PaymentsAT&T Delves Into Enterprise Blockchain With IBM, Microsoft
Telecommunications conglomerate AT&T is diving into the world of enterprise blockchain with a new suite of services for corporates, a result of...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsYES Bank Denies Concealing Bad Corporate Loans
India’s YES Bank has denied covering up data that would reveal non-performing assets (NPAs) in the bank’s corporate loan portfolio, according to...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsBig Bank Collaboration Not The Inevitable Path For B2B FinTech Firms, Qonto Says
In some markets, new entrants into the financial services (FinServ) market went from bank competitors to bank collaborators, seemingly overnight as traditional...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsFinTech Firms Courted Abroad, Legal Spat Marks US Bank Charters
From Abu Dhabi to Singapore, government efforts are underway to court FI/FinTech collaborations. In NY, salvos of lawsuits are being lobbed over...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsMastercard Track Fast-Tracks Supplier Vetting, Onboarding
It takes an average of 16 friction-filled, often paper-intensive days for a buyer to onboard a supplier. Mastercard and Microsoft have teamed...
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3.0KGig EconomyAirbnb For Work Redefines The Offsite
Work isn’t what it used to be. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), workers born between 1960 and 1980 (the tail...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsUMB Spotlights The Supplier Payment User Experience
Banks continue to make moves in an effort to get their corporate clients off paper. Recent innovations in ACH payments has the...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsFlockgen: B2B Collaboration Vital To The Middle Market
It’s never been easier for B2B businesses to collaborate and connect. However, the ease of building a partnership network introduces a host...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsUMB Boosts Expense Management With Fraedom Collab
U.K. corporate expense management solutions provider Fraedom, which was recently acquired by Visa, will be providing its commercial card technology to U.S.-based...
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7.1KAPIHow APIs Are Fostering Collaboration Between FinTechs And Banks
In the past, banks and FinTechs have been known to lock horns like (financially savvy) reality TV stars. Can APIs build a...
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11.1KAPIAPI As Olive Branch? Silicon Valley Bank Seeks To End FI Rivalry
The rivalry between banks and FinTechs has, at times, been tense if not downright combative. Enter APIs to help the two sides...
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3.8KPartnerships / AcquisitionsMicrosoft Acquires Intentional Software To Boost Teams
Microsoft just recently announced the acquisition of Intentional Software, a tech company with a focus on team productivity applications founded in 2002...
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B2B Payments
Is There A Business Case For A B2B Collaboration Platform?
Landry Ndikumasabo, a manager at Stockholm-based Northstream, a 20-consultant-strong think tank focused on the telecom and media industry, took to the virtual...
