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.

PSD2 Smiles On Biometrics — And Other Tales From The New World
PSD2 Smiles On Biometrics — And Other Tales From The New World
July 12, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

Watching. Waiting. Concerns about fraud. And an apparent boost for biometrics. The second Payment Services Directive — known as PSD2 — has come into effect in...

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Unbundled Banking Faces New Skepticism — And Fresh Prospects
Unbundled Banking Faces New Skepticism — And Fresh Prospects
July 12, 2018  |  Banking

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 IT focus? Yep....

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CODE Investing Talks AltFin And Bank-FinTech Collaboration
CODE Investing Talks AltFin And Bank-FinTech Collaboration
July 11, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

The story of alternative finance is now well-known across the small business (SMB) lending community: Heightened risk management and capital requirements imposed on traditional lenders...

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Emailage: Prudent Fraud Prevention Is Key To Canadian FinTech Startups
Emailage: Prudent Fraud Prevention Is Key To Canadian FinTech Startups
July 10, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Emailage, the online fraud prevention startup that uses email addresses to assess risk, is expanding its operations in the Canadian market. The company recently brought...

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FinTech And FIs, Paired And Global, Sandbox By Sandbox
FinTech And FIs, Paired And Global, Sandbox By Sandbox
July 10, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A whopping $613 billion in cross-border B2B payments is nothing to sneeze at, and the Banking Circle buyout gives the nod to the international appeal...

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IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
July 06, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle IPOs: See a renaissance of sorts, topping $35 billion in 2018, amid the fastest pace in 20 years and among verticals as far-flung as...

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Canada’s FinTech Firms Move Posthaste Toward Open Banking
Canada’s FinTech Firms Move Posthaste Toward Open Banking
July 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

While Open Banking is not exclusive to the European markets, recent PSD2 and Open Banking regulations that came into effect earlier this year offer an...

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For Some Banks, FinTech Spawns Staffing Spree, Others Cut Jobs
For Some Banks, FinTech Spawns Staffing Spree, Others Cut Jobs
July 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In banking, there’s a hiring boom afoot, and it’s not at the teller’s window or to staff analysts’ cubicles. Maybe. To be specific, technology is...

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Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
July 06, 2018  |  Innovation

Sandboxing, though a beloved buzzword in the developer community, didn’t get its start in the context of programming or computers at all. Sandboxing was originally...

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