Financial Institutions news and trends

Toggle AI Acquires Atom Finance to Bolster Investment Platform
Acquisitions // May 15, 2024

Toggle AI says it is acquiring financial data/analysis platform Atom Finance. The company, which provides artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for investing to hedge funds, banks and brokerages, announced the deal in a Wednesday (May 15) news release. No financial terms were released. “Atom Finance is a top provider of...

Splitit Gives Banks New Checkout Experience to Reclaim Pay Later Space
Buy Now Pay Later // May 10, 2024

Financial institutions (FIs) looking to get a piece of the action in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space might be wise to investigate their timing. As FIs have struggled to unlock flexible payment options to their customers during the purchase journey, their more agile competitors...

New Report: Authorized Fraud Scams Damaging to Bank-Customer Relationships
Fraud Prevention // May 09, 2024

Despite ongoing efforts to educate consumers on protecting themselves against financial crime, increasing authorized fraud and scam instances are nightmares for banks and their customers. Authorized fraud, which targets customers or bank employees, is particularly troubling. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 43% of the fraudulent transactions...

Mastercard: ‘Movies’ Not ‘Snapshots’ of Consumer Behavior Help Banks Counter Scams
Fraud Prevention // May 01, 2024

Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of modern, digital payments and commerce.  And in an era where technology has become increasingly sophisticated, so too have the methods employed by scammers. From identity theft to fraudulent transactions, scams are evolving at an...

Interviews & Exclusives
Splitit Gives Banks New Checkout Experience to Reclaim Pay Later Space

May 10, 2024
Financial institutions (FIs) looking to get a piece of the action in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space might be wise to investigate their timing. As FIs have struggled to unlock flexible payment options to their customers during the purchase journey, their more agile competitors have made it their value proposition. In contrast, FIs’ offerings […]

Mastercard: ‘Movies’ Not ‘Snapshots’ of Consumer Behavior Help Banks Counter Scams

May 01, 2024
Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of modern, digital payments and commerce.  And in an era where technology has become increasingly sophisticated, so too have the...

Cautionary ‘Tale of Two Consumers’ Dials Up Personalized Approach to Financial Wellness

April 30, 2024
Not all that long ago, as Doug Brown, chief product officer, NCR Voyix Digital Banking, observed, credit unions and banks had a rather simple approach to financial wellness. The old-school playbook,...

Spike in Identity Fraud Forces Banks to Embrace Innovation

April 23, 2024
To the hammer of a bad actor, everything vulnerable looks like a nail. And with the rise of sophisticated fraud techniques, organizations like financial institutions that are operating within security-critical...

Quick Reads
Paymentology and Audax Partner on Cards-as-a-Service Solution

May 15, 2024
Paymentology and Audax Financial Technology have partnered to enable financial institutions in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to launch and manage their own branded card program. With the Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution enabled by this partnership, financial institutions can launch a program in a matter of months, without the complexities associated with traditional methods, the companies […]

Toggle AI Acquires Atom Finance to Bolster Investment Platform

May 15, 2024
Toggle AI says it is acquiring financial data/analysis platform Atom Finance. The company, which provides artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for investing to hedge funds, banks and brokerages, announced the deal in a Wednesday (May...

Splitit Powers Banks Installment Plans at Checkout

April 24, 2024
Splitit has launched a solution that enables banks and card issuers to offer installment plans to their customers at a merchant’s checkout. The new FI-PayLater allows financial institutions (FIs) to connect directly...

MUFG Bank and Crédit Agricole Complete First ISO 20022-Aligned Payment on CHIPS

April 17, 2024
The first payment in the ISO 20022 message format on the CHIPS network was completed by Japanese financial institution MUFG Bank and European financial institution Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, The Clearing House said in a Wednesday...