May 15, 2015
NASDAQ, Overstock’s CEO And “The Deep Web” Debuts
There are four things that everyone needs to know about the Deep Web. First, it’s the part of Internet that’s not indexed the same way search engines organize Web content....
May 13, 2015
LevelUp Pushes Carrier Billing Into Real World Commerce
Anyone who purchased a ringtone in the late 1990s has some familiarity with carrier-based billing. However, as smartphones rolled onto the market in the U.S., carrier-based billing never really became...
May 08, 2015
B2B Investment Tracker, May 1-8
After last week’s gloomy investment numbers, May is off to a more flowery start for B2B startups. The biggest winners of the more than half a billion dollars worth of...
May 08, 2015
First Internet Bank Adds Biometric Access
The first bank to operate entirely online has made more technological headway, as it now includes fingerprint-based banking. First Internet Bank announced this week that it has begun offering Touch...
May 08, 2015
itBit Banks $25M And Secures New York Banking License
News for the bitcoin community got a little brighter Thursday (May 7) when itBit, the bitcoin exchange, announced it was granted an official business license from New York State’s Department...
May 06, 2015
FinTech’s Billion Dollar Investment Week (And How To Disrupt A...
Though perhaps a bit overstated, the sharing and subscription economy is changing the face of the way consumers interact with the marketplace of goods and services. Yesterday, Google Ventures managing partner...
May 06, 2015
Banks Eye IoT And Wearable Tech Apps
Banks and other transaction-focused companies are increasing their efforts to bring apps to the Apple Watch and other wearable technology – with an eye on creating a seamless shopping, payment...
May 05, 2015
How To Optimize Cross-Border Commerce
By the end of 2015, cross-border eCommerce is expected to reach more than $300 billion. But are merchants ready to optimize their eCommerce sites to welcome shoppers from other countries?...
May 04, 2015
Generation Z Likes the Big Banks
When it comes to banking, the youngest customers tend to gravitate toward the biggest companies. According to the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study, released last week, banking...
With nearly half of CU executives saying a lack of resources prevent them from bringing innovations to market, CUs are stuck piloting the digital innovations their members crave — and are willing to switch FIs for. The rise of strategic mergers is a way that some CUs are exploring to pool resources, innovate and drive scale. Read more in the “Credit Union Tracker®,” a collaboration with PSCU.
To drive growth and reduce churn, credit unions should invest in digital solutions that improve user experience, offer robust security features, and provide convenient self-service options tailored to the preferences of Gen Z and millennial consumers. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 40-page report,“How CUs Can Drive Engagement with Self-Service Banking Innovation,” a collaboration with Velera (formerly PSCU/Co-op Solutions), examines why CUs need to up their self-service banking innovation.