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1.7KSecurity & FraudSources Say Facebook Wanted Financial Data For Years
Facebook may be under fire for how it handles the data on its more than two billion monthly active users, but the...
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1.6KBankingSalesforce Seeks To Unwind FIs’ ‘Data Spaghetti’ In Unified Services Quest
FIs have their work cut out for them when it comes to giving consumers what they want. After all, ours is an...
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2.6KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: UK, China Issue Crypto-Related Warnings, Russian Police Seize 20 Crypto ATMS
U.K.’s financial services providers watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has sent out a warning about three crypto-related firms that have been...
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1.3KBankingIndia Post Payments Bank Delivers Finance Services Right To The Home
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to bring financial services to the doorstep of every citizen through...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsHong Kong Readies First Digital Banking Licenses
Hong Kong’s financial services market is gearing up for a battle between FinTechs and traditional institutions as the government prepares to issue...
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1.7KPayment MethodsFlipkart Reportedly Rolling Out Payment Services
Flipkart, the eCommerce giant based in India, is getting into the financial services industry with two new products. According to a report...
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669South East AsiaChina Issues Changes To Rules To Encourage More Foreign Investments
The banking and insurance regulator in China issued changes to existing rules on Thursday (August 23) that will enable more foreign investments...
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1.3KInternationalUK Bank Acct Services At Risk Post-Brexit
Britons residing in the European Union (EU) may no longer have access to bank account services and businesses in the EU if...
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2.7KSecurity & FraudFiserv Rolls Out Enhanced Consumer Authentication Solutions
Fiserv, the global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 22) that it has rolled out two enhanced consumer authentication...
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1.9KEarningsTencent’s Profit Drop Drags On Chinese, Tech Stocks
There’s a saying that Wall Street does not like surprises — and certainly not earnings surprises … at least not to the downside....
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2.1KToday In DataToday In Data: The Upgrading And Diversifying Face Of Financial Services
After a long, and at times painful, journey back from the wilderness that began in May 2016, it looks like things are...
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2.5KBlockchainBlockchain Goes Local (A Bit, Anyway)
Use cases are growing with blockchain, and while the headlines may focus on large-scale government initiatives and where distributed ledger technology (DLT)...
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2.1KInternationalJPMorgan Eyes Financial Inclusion In India
JPMorgan is setting up a financial inclusion lab in India through a partnership with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s (IIMA) Centre...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsThe Risk Of Banks Hitting The Panic Button On Fraud
Every business in every industry is concerned about cybersecurity — and if it isn’t, it should be. While cyberattacks can threaten a...
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2.2KAlternative FinancesBarclays Business Banking CEO On Solving SMB’s Big Receivables’ Problem
Ironically, as the global economy has gotten stronger, payment cycles between buyers and suppliers have gotten longer. What was once an average of...
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1.4KBlockchain / Distributed LedgerCLS, IBM Roll Out Proof Of Concept For LedgerConnect
IBM and CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, announced on Monday (July 30) a collaboration on a...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsCiti’s Manish Kohli: The Corporate Appeal Of Citi Payment Insights
The global financial services market’s modernization efforts are in full swing, and at the heart of this effort is to improve the visibility...
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1.7KBankingUnbundled Banking Faces New Skepticism — And Fresh Prospects
Inevitable? Maybe (even if one’s view of inevitability may depend on one’s views of science and history). Well-financed and backed by significant...
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3.3KInnovationWhy Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
Sandboxing, though a beloved buzzword in the developer community, didn’t get its start in the context of programming or computers at all....
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2.3KArtificial IntelligenceAI And Credit Unions: A Tool, Not Just Tech
Across the U.S., there are 5,757 credit unions with 103.992 million members – and it’s been reported by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) that...
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2.8KCryptocurrencySwitzerland May Ease Crypto Banking Obstacles
Citing anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, traditional banks in Switzerland have often refused to operate accounts for crypto companies. But Heinz...
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5.5KInvestmentsFinding The Investable Needles In The Startup Haystack
When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. Thousands...
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3.7KMobileChase Digital Bank Account Finn Goes Nationwide
JPMorgan Chase on Thursday (June 28) launched a digital bank account for smartphone users dubbed Finn by Chase. According to a report in...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsNew Tax Law Targets Corporates’ Cross-Border Payments
A new tax introduced as part of broader reform in the U.S. is frustrating multinational corporations, according to Tuesday (June 26) reports...
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5.2KRisk ManagementCrowe: Risk Management With RegTech As Strategy
Can RegTech create strategic advantage? Can it allow firms to (gulp!) take on more risk? Marry tech and talent, says Crowe Horwath...
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8.4KBitcoinBitFlyer Halts New Accounts Amid Regulatory Crackdown
With Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) bringing business improvement orders against multiple exchanges, some crypto exchanges are limiting their operations: At least...
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3.6KNewsFinTech To Get Nod From Treasury For Financial Services Innovation
The U.S. Treasury Department is poised to release a report over the next few weeks that will give some recommendations on regulating...
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1.1KB2B PaymentsArro Money Debuts Account For Sole Traders
U.K. challenger bank Arro Money, which launched its small business bank account service last December, has debuted its newest product designed for...
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3.2KBankingICBA: Building Bridges For The Next Generation Of Community Banks
Community banking is one of the most rewarding areas of financial services in which to work, according to Rebeca Romero Rainey, the...
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2.3KBankingCircle In Early Talks For US Banking License
Months after rolling out a crypto trading platform, Circle Internet Financial Ltd said it has had early talks with regulators about obtaining...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsCommunity Bank And FinTech Partnerships Gaining Traction
Traditional FIs may feel pressured by the growth and inroads of nimbler tech-focused brethren in the FinTech realm. But collaboration is key,...
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2.7KBank Regulation
When FinTechs Compete, Banks Can Also Win
It’s not exactly dogs and cats living together in harmony, but FinTechs and banks — the upstarts and the traditionalists — are...
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3.9KAmazonAmazon: How Financial Services Firms Use The Cloud For A Power Boost
Among the enduring promises of computer technology is that it would give the “little guys” — all those Davids struggling to compete...
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5.7KMastercardMastercard Launches Accelerate To Help FinTechs Scale
Mastercard announced on Monday (May 21) the creation of Accelerate, a new initiative to drive growth in the FinTech industry. In a...
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2.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsIBM Acquires Armanta For Watson Financial Services Portfolio
IBM has acquired New Jersey-based FinTech firm Armanta to join its Watson Financial Services portfolio. Armanta is a provider of aggregation and...
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4.1KMerchant InnovationThe Role Of Customer Service In Strengthening The Processor/Merchant Bond
Customer service matters in all walks of business, to consumers and businesses alike, but especially so in payments. Troubleshooting issues when they...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsVirgin Beats Q1 Expectations, Continues SMB FinServ Rollout
Virgin Money released its first quarter financial data this week, noting that it surpassed expectations despite the costs associated with introducing small...
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2.5KAlternative FinancesGetting Bill Payments The Financial Services Love It Deserves
No one gets excited about paying bills. Which, according to SVP of Consumer Channels and General Manager Richard Kang at Handle Financial,...
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4.6KStartup Check-InHow India Will Leapfrog Plastic Payments
Three decades ago, there were 25 million credit cards in use across the Indian subcontinent, despite it being one of the world’s...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsAustralian Commission Finds ‘Unconscionable’ FinServ Practices
After increased pressure on the Australian government to crack down on misconduct in the banking industry, a Royal Commission released preliminary findings...
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3.7KFintech InvestmentsBaidu’s New Firm Gets $1.9B Investment To Compete In China’s FinTech Market
Baidu’s new firm has received $1.9 billion in funding that will enable it to better compete in China’s growing FinTech space. According...
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2.7KSubscriptionsData Shows Financial Services Has Unrealized Opportunities in Subscriptions
Subscription services are hot, yet some industries have embraced subscriptions better than others. One of the segments facing more of a challenge...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsFinServ Executives Frustrated With Lack Of Regulatory Harmony
President Donald Trump and Brexit unsurprisingly dominate the conversation among executives surveyed by Duff & Phelps for its 2018 Global Regulatory Outlook...
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2.2KCFPBStates Step Up Where CFPB Steps Back
Aiming to fill the void resulting from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s retreat from regulation, states are stepping up and going after...
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3.0KPersonnelFiserv Taps Worldpay US CEO To Lead Card Services
Fiserv, a global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced Wednesday (April 11) it has named Kim Crawford Goodman president of card services....
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4.8KInternationalMinister Of State On Ireland’s Post-Brexit Financial Services Landscape
Brexit looms large for Ireland amid trade and border concerns. But opportunity abounds, says minister of state Michael d'arcy, as financial services...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsTide Founder Departs One Year After Launching SMB Services
About a year after U.K. FinTech Tide officially launched, its CEO and founder is stepping down. Reports in TechCrunch on Thursday (March...
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4.3KBlockchainJPMorgan To Spin Off Quorum, Its Blockchain Project
JPMorgan Chase could spin off its main blockchain project, Quorum, after deciding the efforts would be better off in the home of...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsTo Improve Treasury Tech, Target The Developers
The financial services industry’s sudden support for application programming interfaces (APIs) has people talking about the power of data sharing. Certainly regulations...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsBrexit Trade Deal Flop Could Mean $80 Billion Price Tag For Businesses
New analyst estimates say the cost of Brexit without a negotiated trade deal will cost businesses on both sides of negotiations billions...
