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Virtual Debit Cards Top List of FI B2B Payments Priorities
Virtual Debit Cards Top List of FI B2B Payments Priorities
March 03, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The achievement gap for financial institutions (FIs) seeking to solve their clients’ business-to-business (B2B) payments frictions is glaring.  Although 66% of FIs perceive the ability...

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PiggyVest Seeks to Boost Consumer Savings and Investment in Nigeria’s ‘Low Trust Environment’
PiggyVest Seeks to Boost Consumer Savings and Investment in Nigeria’s ‘Low Trust Environment’
February 24, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

There aren’t many FinTech start-ups born out of viral Twitter posts. But in 2015, a tweet from a woman in Nigeria who had broken open...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: CU Innovations Aimed at Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World
PYMNTS Intelligence: CU Innovations Aimed at Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World
January 26, 2022  |  Credit Unions

It is no longer enough for credit unions (CUs) to compete with banks within the regions in which they operate. They must now be ready...

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Unit Debuts Turnkey Solution for Businesses to Issue Virtual Cards, Live Bank Accounts
Unit Debuts Turnkey Solution for Businesses to Issue Virtual Cards, Live Bank Accounts
January 20, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Unit, a Banking-as-a-Service platform empowering companies to embed financial services into products, announced Thursday (Jan. 20) that it has debuted a new way to issue...

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Revolut Intros Savings Vault with 0.7% Interest to Advance Consumers’ Goals
Revolut Intros Savings Vault with 0.7% Interest to Advance Consumers’ Goals
January 17, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

London challenger bank Revolut is launching Savings Vault to provide Revolut Metal customers with a savings product that offers a 0.7% interest rate to help...

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FIS: 2021 was the Year of Perseverance
FIS: 2021 was the Year of Perseverance
January 13, 2022  |  Opinion

Financial institutions stepped up to the challenges of 2021, says Kelly Beatty, executive vice president and head of payments at FIS, meeting changing cardholder demands...

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Banks Rush to Crypto to Keep Deposits From Leaving Customer Accounts
Banks Rush to Crypto to Keep Deposits From Leaving Customer Accounts
January 12, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Although many consumers and finance pros still view cryptocurrency as little more than a speculative tool, that perception is gradually losing ground as crypto becomes...

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Revolut Bank Granted Full EU Banking License Amid Criticisms of Unfair Competition
Revolut Bank Granted Full EU Banking License Amid Criticisms of Unfair Competition
December 20, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Revolut Bank, part of the U.K. FinTech unicorn Revolut, has been granted a full banking license by the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of...

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Virgin Money Emphasizes Online Presence with 20% Branch Closure
Virgin Money Emphasizes Online Presence with 20% Branch Closure
September 30, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

British bank Virgin Money UK Plc is closing almost one-fifth of its branches in the next few months to ramp up its digital and mobile...

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