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The Asian Countries That Actually Need A CBDC

At the recent Singapore Fintech Festival, the city-state’s announcement that it would pursue a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot next year was big

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Businesses Love Rewards Credit Cards. This Startup Is Making Them Easy To Launch.

When Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B launched a rewards credit card in April, it didn’t go to a big bank or

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Solving The Biggest Challenges Of Our Generation Through Synergy

The world stands at the precipice of massive change as we face the existential challenges of the climate crisis and

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CFPB’s Proposed Open Banking Rule Will Require Mind Shift For Banks

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in late October released its long-anticipated proposed open banking rule as part of the implementation

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How B2B Fintech Unlocks Capital

Fintech funding for the first three quarters of 2023 dropped to $29 billion, compared to a record high of $54

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India Has A Digital Infrastructure, America Needs One

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation talk about the need for what they call a “digital public infrastructure” (DPI). The

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Building Exceptional Fintech Workplaces: 10 Strategies For Success

There are various strategies that fintech companies use to cultivate outstanding workplaces. Getting this wrong can be a costly affair.

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The Demise Of Intuit Mint And Personal Financial Management

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK Intuit announced that it is “reimagining Mint as part of Intuit Credit Karma,” explaining

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The Payments Blindspot That Could Cost Banks Billions

Quick — what’s the most interesting part of banking right now? There are as many answers to this as there

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Block Rises After Hours On Earnings Beats, Guidance Optimism Foreshadows Layoffs

Block shares rose 15% in after-hours trading after reporting better-than-expected results and raising its full year adjusted ebitda guidance. Block

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Fintechs And Bigtechs Share The Spoils As Gen AI Reshapes Financial Services

Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT-4, the biggest names in technology as well as myriads of wannabe start-ups have scrambled to create

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Top Tips On How To Be An Ally In A Fintech Workplace

Positive workplace environments are crucial to business and individual success. Inclusion plays a huge part in that. EY Research shows

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Fintech Top Tips On How To Be An Ally In Your Workplace

Positive workplace environments are crucial to business and individual success. Inclusion plays a huge part in that. EY Research shows

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Fintech Unveils Its Human Side

If you ask Stephanie Ferris, the CEO and President of FIS FIS , about her recent tenure at the helm

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Waiting For Fintech – The Moment At Money2020

This year’s Money20/20 just wrapped up. The mood was palpably different than in years past. Certainly not somber, but neither

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When The Bank’s Customers Are Replaced By Custobots

I was interested to see that Gartner’s IT top ten strategic technology trends for 2024 include the arrival of machine

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Taking The Pulse Of US Cross-Border Payments

Over the past week, the payments industry hosted two major events in the US that together provide the most significant

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The 5 ‘Junk Fees’ Joe Biden Should Ban—And Those He Shouldn’t

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK The Federal Trade Commission announced a new proposed rule to prohibit junk fees, which

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‘Wouldn’t Start Nvidia If I Had To Do It Over Again’

This week, I posted on LinkedIn an often-overlooked topic of entrepreneurship - the loneliness that accompanies leadership. This post stirred

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