FinTech Articles Week of 10/23/15 While most of FinTech conversation is focused on what’s happening next, this week we take a step back to see how FinTech has evolved, why services separating themselves from big banks is not a new concept, and when “FinTech” became the popular word in financial sector dialogue. We also present a report from Sibos 2015 and a look at an … [Read more...] about The Evolution of FinTech
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Experience Innovation
FinTech Articles Week of 9/25/15 I’m attending the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s annual Payments Symposium, focused this year on innovation resulting in payments systems that work instantly (or nearly so) for all parties while meeting requirements for safety and security. The day’s sessions showed the interplay of mobile expectations, legacy technology, constant fraud, … [Read more...] about Experience Innovation
Bank Tech Tribes: Mobile and Money Concepts
TOP FINTECH STORIES 09/11/15 The wake-up call for banks to pay attention to FinTech continues while banks use mobile devices for payments, check deposits, and transaction efficiencies. More this week on mobile payments, along with developments in the financial-services tribes. Plus an exploration of the very concept of money. What banks can learn from the decline of Apple … [Read more...] about Bank Tech Tribes: Mobile and Money Concepts
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
Mobile Payments and Alternative Finance
FinTech Articles of the Week 6/5/15 Picks this week cover topics from what the future may look like in the age of technology to how mobile is topping ATM as the banking screen of first choice and more! The Augmented Age—Life in the Smart Lane Learn what the future looks like from a technological standpoint. Topics discussed include artificial intelligence, disrupted … [Read more...] about Mobile Payments and Alternative Finance
API = Freedom
The Obama for America Campaign took the technology used to run an election campaign a step or two forward—at least for now—by building an API-based platform to manage the campaign. Harper Reed, CTO of the Obama campaign, boiled the reason down to a two-word formula: API = Freedom. "We needed to build a platform," Reed said the January 29 Technori Pitch, a start-up presentation … [Read more...] about API = Freedom