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Digital Banking And Branches Not An Either/Or Proposition
Banks are not just competing for customer engagement and retention — they are also vying for funding and resources as they overhaul their infrastructure and banking tools. The latest Digital Banking Tracker examines how legacy institutions...
Policygenius announced it will be opening its second headquarters in North Carolina.
Policygenius, the nation's leading online insurance marketplace, announced the opening of a second headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. The first headquarters is in the Flatiron District, the largest tech hub in New York City.
"Policygenius...
Deep Dive: The Benefits Of Digital Identity In Banking And The Gig Economy
The digital identity verification market is projected to reach $12.8 billion by 2024, despite the fact that digital IDs are still largely underused in the world today. PYMNTS’ Digital Identity Lifestyle Capsule found that 71.2 percent of financial...
¿La criptomoneda china revolucionará todo?
Por Dante Avaro
Aunque desde 2014 el Banco Popular de China viene trabajando en un proyecto de moneda digital, por ahora no hay certezas sobre la fecha de lanzamiento, como tampoco queda claro el rol...
Mine Digital CEO to speak on prospects for cryptocurrencies
Grant Colthup, CEO of Mine Digital, is looking forward to engaging with crypto investors and traders across Australia as a part of an upcoming national roadshow.
Mine Digital is a lead sponsor on the roadshow. The...
European proptech company consorto raises €500,000 seed round
European proptech start-up Consorto, which has offices in the Netherlands and Estonia, has raised seed funding of €500,000.
Consorto, which is believed to be the first pan-European commercial proptech B2B online marketplace, connects professional investors...
More than 40 central banks are testing blockchain technology
At least for now central banks are quietly looking into blockchain tools.
“Aplicar blockchain a soluciones financieras es una oportunidad para la industria entera, no solo...
Por Gonzalo Gossweilerggossweiler@ambito.com.ar
El país se encuentra a la vanguardia en cuanto a soluciones Blockchain, una tecnología fascinante que crece fuerte en el mundo de los negocios y las finanzas. Desde Koibanx dieron a Ámbito perspectivas del crecimiento del sector.
La Argentina...
Prepaid Financial Services has been named the Business of the Year in the United...
PFS was chosen from 2,753 businesses named ‘Ones to Watch’ in a list of business excellence published in July and selected as the national winner by a panel of independent judges including business leaders, politicians...
Invoice Financing: Best Lenders & More Information
Interruptions to cash flow can make or break a small business. Fortunately, there are numerous financial products available to today’s business owners, such as SBA loans, small business loans and business lines of credit. But if you regularly use invoices to...
AI BANKABILITY: 10 WAYS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS TRANSFORMING BANKING
With plenty of post-recession anti-banking sentiment still lingering, it’s common to see fintech and traditional banks framed in oppositional terms. There’s some truth to that, especially with disruption-minded digital-only banks, but technological innovations have transformed banking of...
Mastercard and R3 partner to develop new Blockchain powered Cross-Border Payments Solution
Mastercard and R3, a leading enterprise blockchain software provider, have today announced a strategic partnership to develop and pilot a new blockchain-enabled cross-border payments solution that will...
Polish fintech conquering Kenyan digital lending market
African mobile money empire
Did you know that more than 50% of all mobile money accounts globally are in Sub-Saharan Africa? No matter how surprising it sounds, the region is the fastest-growing mobile financial market...
El gran desafío de las insurtech en la región
Con más de 223 empresas y una tasa de crecimiento interanual superior al 60%, el sector fintech sigue consolidándose como una de las industrias con mayor potencial en nuestro país, acompañando lo que sucede...
Regulation will decide the success of Facebook´s Libra
-The technology that Facebook is using is already mature enough.
-China´s Central Bank banned cryptocurrency offerings in 2017.
-Financial regulators in Europe have already expressed concerns over Facebook´s Libra.
China’s Biggest Payment Firms Have No Plans to...
Digital Banking: Questions that (finally) get an answer!
By the Editor
In a rapidly changing digital environment, high street Banks, challenger Banks, even Fintechs, very often wonder:
Who else offers this function or transaction? Better or worse than me?
How do I compare...
PFS Again Named UK National Winner in Prestigious European Competition
Prepaid Financial Services has been named the Business of the Year in the United Kingdom in the 2019 European Business Awards, one of the world’s largest business competitions.
PFS was chosen from 2,753 businesses named...