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.

Why Banks Are Coming Around To Data Sharing
Why Banks Are Coming Around To Data Sharing
October 30, 2017  |  Data

As more industry players realize that traditional FIs simply can’t go it alone to meet all the needs of the modern small business, collaboration has...

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Anticipation For Amazon’s SMB Lending Disruption Grows
Anticipation For Amazon’s SMB Lending Disruption Grows
October 26, 2017  |  B2B Payments

It was the (initially) small FinTech startups that delivered a collective shakeup to the small business (SMB) lending industry. Alternative and marketplace lending platforms promised...

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Countingup Lands $750K For Entrepreneur Banking, Accounting Tool
Countingup Lands $750K For Entrepreneur Banking, Accounting Tool
October 25, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Countingup, a FinTech that aims to combine and streamline corporate banking and accounting for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), secured fresh funding this week, according...

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Mastercard Premiers Blockchain Tech
Mastercard Premiers Blockchain Tech
October 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

On Friday (Oct. 20), Mastercard announced news that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology through its developer’s API. Initially, the technology will...

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US Federal Reserve Upping Its Focus On Payments Security
US Federal Reserve Upping Its Focus On Payments Security
October 19, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Saying that payments and their security have reached a “critical juncture,” the U.S. Federal Reserve will be scaling up its focus on payment security and the...

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Embracing The Cloud With FIs’ Corporate Clientele On The Line
Embracing The Cloud With FIs’ Corporate Clientele On The Line
October 18, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Banks have always turned to third-party FinTechs to integrate add-on services for their customers. As interest in corporate financial services heats up, financial institutions (FIs)...

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In Financial Services Innovation, Disruption Isn’t Everything
In Financial Services Innovation, Disruption Isn’t Everything
October 18, 2017  |  Payment Methods

In payments, innovation doesn’t always have to materialize in disruptive waves, but can come, rather, through incremental evolution.  In an interview with Karen Webster, i2c...

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Chase Acquires WePay
Chase Acquires WePay
October 17, 2017  |  News

Can big banks be nimble of foot when it comes to FinTech? One giant — JPMorgan Chase & Co. — is taking some definitive steps on that stage....

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London Is Still Top FinTech Dog — And The Industry Wants It To Stay That Way
London Is Still Top FinTech Dog — And The Industry Wants It To Stay That...
October 17, 2017  |  B2B Payments

For all of the commotion about Brexit, it appears as though London’s reign over the world of FinTech may be secure — even after the...

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