FinTech

Financial technology, often shortened to fintech, is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance.

How Open Banking Will Test Banks’ Data Security Strategies
How Open Banking Will Test Banks’ Data Security Strategies
November 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Whether driven by regulation or market competition, the financial services sector in several jurisdictions is progressing toward open banking, interconnectivity and a freer flow of...

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WeLab Eyes Services In China Beyond Lending
WeLab Eyes Services In China Beyond Lending
November 01, 2018  |  International

In any new technology arena, companies are born, they rise, they fall, sometimes with breathtaking speed. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly. So...

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Why The Bank-FinTech Relationship Is More Complicated Than Conflicted
Why The Bank-FinTech Relationship Is More Complicated Than Conflicted
November 01, 2018  |  Innovation

Pick your metaphor: David vs. Goliath. Knocking the giant off the pedestal. Or, as a recent CNBC article put it, quoting a source, “a mass...

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Startups See Tech Fix For Card Declines
Startups See Tech Fix For Card Declines
November 01, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

To better serve clients and help make their businesses run smoother and more efficiently, FinTech startups are tackling an array of challenges, from data security...

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Cannabis Logistics Finds Opportunity In Uncharted Territory: WAYV
Cannabis Logistics Finds Opportunity In Uncharted Territory: WAYV
November 01, 2018  |  B2B Payments

FinTech innovation is often a layered process, taking existing infrastructures and processes, and developing new tools to improve upon them. In the rare instance that...

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OakNorth: How AI Can Fuel Banks’ Return To SMB Lending
OakNorth: How AI Can Fuel Banks’ Return To SMB Lending
October 31, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses (SMBs) left behind by their banks, thanks to tightening risk and capital requirements post-financial crisis, certainly left a gap in the SMB lending...

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AEVI Software Launch Targets SMB Checkout Improvements
AEVI Software Launch Targets SMB Checkout Improvements
October 30, 2018  |  Retail

It’s never easy being a mom-and-pop merchant, or a similarly small retailer, given the resources of the bigger rivals out there, along with the pace...

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Finlok And Building Better Financial Services For Young Indian Consumers
Finlok And Building Better Financial Services For Young Indian Consumers
October 30, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

In the course of conversations with many innovators and entrepreneurs about how they ended up founding the firms they founded, we tend to hear something...

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Jay-Z, Google-Backed InsurTech Co Ethos Gain $100M Valuation
Jay-Z, Google-Backed InsurTech Co Ethos Gain $100M Valuation
October 30, 2018  |  Investments

Ethos, a startup that claims to process life insurance applications in minutes, has raised $35 million in venture funding. CNBC, citing the company, reported the...

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