A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research suggests banks may be failing to pivot fast enough to keep up with the changing demands of consumers for mobile banking. Nearly a third (32%) of checking account applications start on a mobile device – more than those ...
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Fintech
Fintech
When you think of payments scams, you tend to think first about cryptocurrency or bitcoin and not a compromise of the international banking system’s Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication or SWIFT network. The Malaysian central bank narrowly avoided a serious payments cyberattack by hackers ...
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UK launched a new "crypto assets task force" to strengthen public confidence and ensure UK fintech leadership. ...
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A new Uphold partnership will simplify and speed up the payroll process for employers paying employees and freelancers, and freelancers invoicing clients around the world. The partnership brings together Uphold with Bitwage, an international payroll processing service, and digital currency Dash in a new cryptocurrency payroll ...
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The Bank of Amazon? According to new research, it may not be as far-fetched as you think. ...
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The impact of technology on financial services has been rapid and significant according to PwC’s 2017 Global Fintech Report – Redrawing the lines: FinTech’s growing influence on Financial Services. Let’s take a look at where PwC says financial services have been hit the hardest and ...
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The UK has already used regulations to encourage and manage fintech growth. Two recent stories show that fintech regulations are definitely going in the right direction in the US and Hong Kong as well. 7 US states coordinate fintech regulations Seven US states – Georgia, ...
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eBay punts PayPal for Dutch payments processor Adyen. We look at the implications. ...
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The battle of the moment in the financial services industry is over access to and control of consumer financial data, whether login details like account numbers and passwords or data about how customers use banking and payment services, such as interest rates and historical purchase ...
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Today's newsletter is packed with fintech, global payments and holiday e-commerce news. ...
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