FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 03/04/16 Google makes a technology play to push payments out of the wallet while keeping the phone in the purse or pocket, while the pain at the POS looks to be Apple's next big product. Still, mobile and faster payments face technological, cost, and awareness hurdles, as critical as they may be to the digital success of financial institutions. … [Read more...] about Payments Push
Apple Pay
Warning Banks
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 12/18/15 This week's FinTech news features more calls for banks to tap into their strengths — their wide consumer base for one thing — and begin strategizing in 2016 to prepare for future digital disruptors or risk losing significant profits. Meanwhile, cryptofinance technology gains increasing legitimacy, while mobile payment providers need to … [Read more...] about Warning Banks
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 Rising Ebook: Developments indicating the future of money, finance, and payments
The financial services industry is in the nascent phase of digital transformation. The industry that gave rise to the use of electronic computing in business enters its next stage of technological evolution. We call our industry briefing “FinTech Rising” to emphasize the growing global traction and innovation in financial technology, the acceleration of the transition from the … [Read more...] about FinTech Rising Ebook: Developments indicating the future of money, finance, and payments
FinTech Rising
Three developments indicating the future of money, finance, and payments The year began with an emphasis on the acceleration of digital, mobile payments and ended with the introduction of Apple Pay leading the way. Yet in between my market research and industry reporting have led me to look at the coming year in terms of three developments and the long-term shift they portend … [Read more...] about FinTech Rising
Why and How Banks Collaborate with Digital and FinTech Companies
The antagonism between tech companies and banks in the payments market is turning toward alliance. Digital giants and fintech startups supposedly poised to gobble up bank customers and the defensive banks commonly considered blind and slow are finally seeing the mutual benefit of collaboration. Although warnings for banks to go digital and mobile are still dire, and predictions … [Read more...] about Why and How Banks Collaborate with Digital and FinTech Companies