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Peter Torrente, U.S. sector leader for KPMG’s banking and capital markets practice, discusses the next era of digital banking.
Jennifer Taylor, president of Plaid, discusses her role amid a shifting consumer and regulatory environment.
John Lin, principal at F-Prime Capital, and Zoey Tang dive into F-Prime’s 2024 State of Fintech report and uncover what effect AI is having in the finance industry, concentrating on the public companies that make up the F-Prime Fintech Index.
Zur Yahalom, senior vice president and head of financial services for the Americas at Amdocs, sat down with The FR to discuss areas of attention as institutions phase out legacy technology systems.
Carey Ransom, an SaaS entrepreneur, executive, investor and advisor, shares his four takeaways from the recent BankTech Summit in Atlanta in May where 150 bankers, banking technology entrepreneurs and select partners discussed the future of the industry.
The chorus of financial services brands that say they’re exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence to improve customer experiences keeps growing.
In Madrid in early June, Alex Lazarow led a fireside chat at the South Summit with JC Glancy, the unicorn founder of ZenBusiness. Here are a few takeaways from their discussion on how ZenBusiness has scaled over the years.
Despite the market’s slight rebound this year, mental health and work-life balance hurdles have never been more challenging to overcome. Emmalyn Shaw, a co-founder and managing partner at Flourish Ventures, and Lisa Mikkelsen, head of global human capital at Flourish Ventures, delve into this pressing issue.
What do bank execs and fintechs need to be successful in this next-wave of digitization that’s occurring across financial services? American Banker’s Executive Editor, Technology, Penny Crosman, sat down with The FR guest contributor and Caliber CEO, Grace Keith Rodriguez, to discuss this and more.
Green Check Verified as well as Merchants and Marine Bank offer their take on the future of cannabis banking regulation.
That gap between technology and law has left much of the industry in the lurch, anticipating and hedging against state action. For AI-driven lending platforms, for instance, these regulatory uncertainties have fomented an intra-industry debate about the kinds of technologies and algorithms that should be deployed.
From Matt Ober: In the data & information services space, it seems like the key to success is acquisitions. You have to find your wedge, your revenue, your product-market fit, but once you find it, you have to start acquiring, or “rolling up.” If you are in a position of strength, you need to use it. That is if you want to build a big business.
From Ricardo Pero, CEO of SellersFI: Up against margin pressures, corporate banks increasingly see the revenue potential from SME lending that they historically shrugged off. Marketplaces are keen to understand that providing lending services draws in and retains sellers by streamlining working capital and financial services needs in one place
From Karen Pascoe, Managing Director, Head of Design Innovation at Wells Fargo: TIn financial services, we often talk of a generational transfer of wealth as a massive opportunity. But there’s also a generational transfer of digital experience expectations.
Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Deniz A. Johnson, COO of Stratyfy.
From Mary Ann Miller, VP Evangelist & Fraud Executive Advisor at Prove: The rapid proliferation of fraud is a serious, damaging, and costly issue. However, when institutions are equipped with the right identity verification and authentication tools and the luxury of time, there’s much that can be done.
From Romain Colnet, Ingenico: AI has the potential to revolutionize every aspect of the payment process, from fraud detection and risk management to customer service and personalized experiences.
Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Peter Piatesky, Co-Founder and CEO of Castellum.ai.
In the last part of The FR’s series on tokenization, we’ll explore the use cases that may drive growing adoption of tokens to digitize a range of assets on the blockchain. We’ll also consider the regulatory roadblocks preventing tokenization’s proliferation at this current juncture.
From Matt Ober: Every AI company is scraping. Everyone is trying to get access to data and the question of what on the web you can scrape versus have to pay for continues to be debated.
From Alex Lazarow: As we stand on the cusp of The Great Diffusion, an era defining shift from consolidated power to a more decentralized and distributed framework, financial services find themselves at a crossroads.
From Nelson Chu: Recent economic headwinds and rising competition have sparked talk of private credit’s "golden era" ending, but this asset class remains robust. Investors drawn to its income potential, market resilience, and potential diversification benefits recognize its long-term value.
In this next part of the series, we’ll dive into what this means for fintech and financial institutions. If digital assets are treated as assets, period, how does this shape the financial landscape? And why would these parties buy into such a nascent technology?
The FR met with Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director and CEO of the US Faster Payments Council.
From Carey Ransom: Now, we reach a vital question: "Can this really work?" Based on my observations and experiences, a successful pivot hinges on a blend of culture, process, people, and timing. When these elements align, the results can be remarkable.
If I had started writing this article three years ago, I’d be reporting on the buying frenzy surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain-based proofs authenticating the uniqueness of digital objects, namely artwork. But now it’s 2024.
From Carey Ransom: I’ve discussed the initial steps of making a pivot in your fintech startup. In this article, I’ll try to help you with one of the biggest changes you’ll need to undertake—the team.
CFPB Chair Rohit Chopra refused to speak directly to Capital One and Discover, but said he was thinking about “large issuers . . . that compete in a number” of niche credit card markets. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
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