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FinovateFall 2020’s Final Day: Collaboration, Mobile Security, and Fintech’s...
The morning’s first panel, Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration Between Banks and Fintechs, brought insight into what large banks look for when it comes to partnering with a fintech. The top...
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Touchless UI in Insurance
This is a guest post written by KV Dipu, President & Head of Operations, Communities & Customer Service at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company. COVID-19 has forced organizations to embark...
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Virgin Money Goes Live on Experian’s Pre-Qualification Platform
Virgin Money announced today it has become the latest brand to join Experian’s pre-qualification platform. The deal means that Virgin Money will now appear on Experian’s panel of lenders that are...
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Have the Bots Failed Us?
I’ve been busy catching up on all of the discussions that took place at FinovateFall last week (if you are on our attendee list, you can do the same), and a panel conversation on AI and bots stood out...
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Yandex Agrees to Buy Tinkoff Bank for $5.5 Billion
Yandex has agreed to purchase Tinkoff for $5.5 billion. This is a pretty big deal, not necessarily because of the size of the transaction, but because of the players involved. Yandex is essentially...
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Blend Expands with More Consumer Banking Tools
Digital lending platform Blend announced this week it is moving beyond the realm of mortgagetech, broadening its focus to a wider array of consumer banking tools. The San Francisco-based company now...
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FIS and The Clearing House Help Bring Real Time Payments to Small Banks
Financial services company FIS announced this week it has partnered with The Clearing House (TCH) in an effort to bring real-time payment processing and settlement to small-to-mid-sized banks and...
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Finicity Launches Open-Banking- Friendly Underwriting Tools
Finicity is unveiling a new tool set this week. The new solution, Finicity Lend, promises to accelerate lenders’ decisioning processes by tapping into the power of open banking. The tools will help...
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Bitpanda Raises $52 Million in Round Led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures
Digital asset platform Bitpanda announced a round of venture funding today. The $52 million Series A round marks the largest Series A round in Europe so far this year. The round was led by Valar...
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Linqto’s Pivot to Wealthtech
While many fintechs were working on digital transformation, Linqto was focused on complete transformation. That’s because the San Francisco-based company recently made a major pivot. Linqto was...
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5 Ways Mortgage Lending In 2030 Will Look Nothing Like It Does Today
The following is a guest blog post by mortgagetech veteran Caleb Skinner. This year’s historically low interest rates are creating rare opportunities for homebuyers and mortgage refinance applicants —...
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Gusto Launches Challenger Banking Service
Is there room for another challenger bank aimed at serving the underbanked? Payroll, benefits, and HR solutions firm Gusto thinks so. The San Francisco-based company announced the launch of Gusto...
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The ‘Amazon One’ Palm Print Biometrics Tool Delivers Contactless Payments
After a a deluge of new announcements during its hardware event last week, Amazon is coming to us with something new again this week. The company revealed Amazon One, a contactless palm reading device...
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Is XRP the new ESG? Ripple Takes Carbon Neutral Pledge
Payments network Ripple announced a move today that will make its climate change activist users happy. The company has pledged to be carbon net-zero by 2030 and to decarbonize public blockchains. “The...
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Female Finance: Digital, Mobile, Networked
This is a guest post co-written by Dr. Anette Broløs, an independent fintech analyst, and Dr. Erin B. Taylor, author of the book Materializing Poverty: How the Poor Transform Their Lives. Have you...
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Square’s New Ordering Tool Sets Tone for the Future of the QR-Code
Square announced this week it has released a new ordering tool for restaurants this week. The new self-serve ordering tool, which boasts a contactless experience, allows diners to place their order on...
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Has the U.S. Reached a Tipping Point with Open Banking?
This year has brought on a lot of changes for U.S. businesses and individuals alike– some for the worse, and others for the better. One change that fits into the latter category– open banking– has...
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Venmo Ships Credit Card Offering
Venmo is one step closer to being a full-service bank competitor with today’s news. The PayPal-owned company is rolling out a credit card offering that is available to select customers starting this...
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3 Benefits and Drawbacks of Voice Tech for Banks
This is a guest post written by Shannon Flynn, managing editor at ReHack.com. Voice recognition technology is experiencing something of a golden age right now. You can control virtually anything with...
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Alkami Acquires ACH Alert
Digital banking solutions provider Alkami acquired payments fraud prevention technology company ACH Alert this week. Terms of the deal are undisclosed but the announcement comes just a few days after...
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