FinTechs

What It Takes To Scale A Lifestyle Banking Bot
What It Takes To Scale A Lifestyle Banking Bot
April 27, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Lifestyle banking, including conversational banking components across web, mobile, messaging and voice channels, could be the wave of the future when it comes to consumer...

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Barclays To Set Up Venture-Type Unit In UK To Drive Growth
Barclays To Set Up Venture-Type Unit In UK To Drive Growth
April 16, 2018  |  Banking

Barclays, gearing up to drive more innovation, and thus profit, in its U.K. business is creating a venture capital-type unit. According to news from Reuters, Barclays...

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SIFMA Issues Framework For Data Sharing Between Banks And Apps
SIFMA Issues Framework For Data Sharing Between Banks And Apps
April 12, 2018  |  Data

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the trade group for the financial industry, released a framework on Thursday (April 12) to protect the...

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UK Challenger Bank Tandem Acquires Pariti For Money Management
UK Challenger Bank Tandem Acquires Pariti For Money Management
March 14, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

U.K. challenger bank Tandem has acquired Pariti, a money management app that has collected 95,000 users. Co-founded by FinTech veteran Ricky Knox, Tandem also recently purchased...

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UK’s Regulator Warns Banks That Security Won’t Cut It As Excuse To Fend Off Competition
UK’s Regulator Warns Banks That Security Won’t Cut It As Excuse To Fend Off Competition
February 08, 2018  |  Fintech Investments

Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial regulatory watchdog, warned UK banks on Wednesday (Feb. 7) that they shouldn’t...

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UK Banks Drag Feet On FinTech Data Sharing
UK Banks Drag Feet On FinTech Data Sharing
January 24, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

The U.K.’s new Open Banking rules, which enable FinTechs to branch into the mainstream banking industry, are being held up as big banks delay making...

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SoFi Names Twitter’s Noto As New CEO
SoFi Names Twitter’s Noto As New CEO
January 24, 2018  |  Banking

SoFi, the online lender that was embroiled in a company scandal last fall, announced Wednesday (Jan. 23) that Twitter executive Anthony Noto has been appointed as its...

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Chinese FinTech IPOs Don’t Dazzle Wall Street
Chinese FinTech IPOs Don’t Dazzle Wall Street
December 18, 2017  |  IPO

Newly listed Chinese FinTech companies in the U.S. are struggling on Wall Street, leaving investors with unexpected losses and posing as a setback to other...

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Fiserv: Payments Must Be As Fast As ‘Speed-Of-Life’
Fiserv: Payments Must Be As Fast As ‘Speed-Of-Life’
December 05, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The digital economy is here. People are participating in it every day with direct deposits, eWallets, same-day ACH transfers, PayPal, Zelle and myriad other platforms...

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