Disruptive Technologies

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Research: Consumers love their mobile check deposits

By Jeff Domansky Jan 26, 2021 US bank and credit union customers didn’t seem to miss visits and lineups at their favorite financial institution during the past year. ...
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Alipay and Visa: When titans redefine payments

By Ankita Tyagi, Founder & Principal Analyst, FSInnovate Dec 16, 2020 For decades, the payments space was associated with facilitating transactions between customers and their financial service provider, ...
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credit cards for poor-credit customers

Petal aims to be credit card for credit-blemished customers

Fintech credit card startup Petal recently launched its second no-annual-fee credit card for those with no credit history or a blemished credit record. Petal hopes to make it ...
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Not so fast: What’s blocking the future of invisible payments?

Matt Jackson, Head of Partner Development (EMEA) at PPRO Invisible payments have already had a massive impact on the physical and online retail experience and could have the ...
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PeasyPay biometric payments

Biometrics enables EU payments with a wave and a smile

European shoppers in Budapest and Spain are shopping and paying with a wink and a wave with the launch of Hungarian fintech PeasyPay.Imagine. No more carrying your purse, ...
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Fitz Sunglasses

How Fitz Frames uses mobile-first to beat e-commerce and COVID-19 challenges

It’s one thing to start a business as an entrepreneur and survive the first year. It’s an even bigger badge of success to have launched your online business ...
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UK fintechs have lessons for US digital banks

Fintech in America: Lessons from across the pond

By Giffard Hogge, Product Manager, Somo The UK and the United States share culture, history, and language. But it is only after moving from the UK to live ...
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7-Eleven tests cashierless stores

7-Eleven testing first cashierless store at head office

They’ve tried drone deliveries of Slurpees and now 7-Eleven is testing a completely cashierless store at its Irving, Texas headquarters. The fast-food giant announced the pilot in a ...
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Happy Holidays 2019

10 new disruptive holiday spirits for gifts and celebration

The spirits and beverage industry is being disrupted just like the payments and financial world. Craft beers have displaced Bud and Miller. Craft distilleries are doing the same ...
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Follow the money bias

It’s Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day in Canada, and Armistice Day in the UK where we reflect and honor military veterans and those who served our ...
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