TOP FINTECH STORIES 08/28/15 In a week of international market turmoil and drama, FinTech news looks toward a more cooperative future. The ongoing and potential future relationship between banks and tech firms gets a more realistic treatment in this week's articles. The Evolution of Fintech: A Story That Keeps Speeding Up Digital FinTech may hold the technological future … [Read more...] about Cooperation and Disruption: The Start of a Beautiful Friendship?
Retailers, Consumers, and EMV
TOP FINTECH STORIES 08/21/15 With the coming of chip-and-pin (EMV) cards to the United States increasingly in the news this week, it seemed appropriate to focus on the impact of the liability shift on small business and consumers. A new study also recalls similar shift. Remember the Durbin amendment? Many Small Businesses Unaware of Pending EMV Liability Shift The … [Read more...] about Retailers, Consumers, and EMV
Mobile Movers
TOP FINTECH STORIES 08/14/15 Mobile is in the news this week, with reports on the potential delay of CurrentC, the retail industry's alternative to Apple Pay, and an interview in PYMNTS.com with CurrentC CEO Brian Mooney on the system's future. Also playing catch up, Samsung announces the release date for its mobile wallet, along with two new devices. Meanwhile, the utility of … [Read more...] about Mobile Movers
FinTech Trends
FinTech Articles of the Week 07/31/15 This week I'm checking in on some of the trends I called out in FinTech Rising industry briefing earlier this year. And yes, I am shamelessly affirming my 2015 themes. The Internationalization of the Renminbi Continues Treasury & Risk takes a look at how corporate treasury managers, a conservative bunch, should consider settling … [Read more...] about FinTech Trends
Cash Dies Hard
FinTech Articles of the Week 7/17/15 Cash Dies Hard Cash is not dying without a fight. This week's news contained a wide range of topics on the trials and tribulations of the shift from cash to digital. What are the immediate battles that digital still has to face, what can it offer to the internationally "underbanked," and what tools can we use to better think about the … [Read more...] about Cash Dies Hard
Technology Strikes Back
FinTech Articles of the Week 7/10/15 Financial technology made national news last week not so much for the new technologies or market disruptions, though cryptofinance and bank disruptors made news as well. No, this week's major stories focused on the shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange, caused by human error. So much for the nice conspiracy theory heard around a client's … [Read more...] about Technology Strikes Back