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.

FDIC: High-Touch Beats High-Tech in Small Business Lending
FDIC: High-Touch Beats High-Tech in Small Business Lending
October 03, 2024  |  Loans

In small business lending — regardless of the size of the bank doing the lending itself — a high-touch approach and in-person visits to the...

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Thredd CEO: Unbundling of Banking Changes the Merchant Acquiring Game
Thredd CEO: Unbundling of Banking Changes the Merchant Acquiring Game
October 03, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

For decades, the “classic” four-party model dominated card payments — where the quartet was comprised of the cardholder, the merchant, the acquirer and an issuing...

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Venmo Prepares to Roll Out Scheduled and Repeat Payments Feature
Venmo Prepares to Roll Out Scheduled and Repeat Payments Feature
October 02, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Venmo is reportedly giving users an easier way to make repeat or scheduled payments. The new feature would let customers schedule payments — or requests —...

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Visa Launches Spend Management Partnership With Denmark’s Cardlay
Visa Launches Spend Management Partnership With Denmark’s Cardlay
October 02, 2024  |  Partnerships

Danish FinTech Cardlay is working with Visa to improve spend management for commercial card issuers. The partnership, announced Wednesday (Oct. 2), combines Cardlay’s spend management platform with Visa’s market position, payment...

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FIS Launches Platform for Digital Asset Trading
FIS Launches Platform for Digital Asset Trading
October 02, 2024  |  Investments

FIS unveiled its Digital Trading Storefront, a differentiated cross-asset trading experience. The storefront enables banks, broker-dealers and wealth managers to move their cross-asset trading platforms...

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Chime’s Free Overdraft Feature Extended $30 Billion to Users
Chime’s Free Overdraft Feature Extended $30 Billion to Users
October 01, 2024  |  Digital-First Banking

FinTech firm Chime says it has covered billions in overdrafts for its users. Through SpotMe, the banking app’s free overdraft feature, Chime’s members have received a...

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Account Verification Is the Only Way to Build Trust in Pay-by-Bank World
Account Verification Is the Only Way to Build Trust in Pay-by-Bank World
October 01, 2024  |  Authentication

The promise of open banking is to foster a range of new products and services as banks link with FinTechs to use customer-permissioned data to...

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Amount: Digital Innovations Provide Right Small Business Products at Right Time
Amount: Digital Innovations Provide Right Small Business Products at Right Time
October 01, 2024  |  SMBs

Small businesses have a big problem: access to capital. And this big problem is an equally big opportunity for the lenders that can get it...

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Banks Enter the BNPL Game With Debit-Based Installments
Banks Enter the BNPL Game With Debit-Based Installments
September 30, 2024  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Paying over time, traditionally a hallmark of short-term installment loans, is becoming an option where goods are paid for using money on hand and over...

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