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Why Digit Should Be Unnecessary 22 May 2019 Blog Bob Meara
American Banker published an excellent story earlier this month titled Fintech Seeks to Help Customers Avoid Overdrafts – with Assist from a Big…
The Impact of Consumer Technology 20 May 2019 Blog Zao Wu
Earlier this month, I saw this sign at one of the larger food stalls at a night market in Bangkok. As can be seen, the merchant supports WeChat P…
The FDIC [sic] Held a Fintech Conference 20 May 2019 Blog Daniel Latimore
On April 24 the FDIC, together with Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, sponsored “Fintech and the Future of Banking” in Arlington, VA. The day feat…
Finovate Spring: White Labeling Takes the Crown 16 May 2019 Blog Daniel Latimore
Finovate Spring was back in San Francisco this year, with key themes being partnerships, analytics, automation and efficiency, and customer exper…
Japan Kicks Off Reiwa Era's Payment Infrastructure, Part 1: Zengin 14 May 2019 Blog Eiichiro Yanagawa
The first in a series on payment infrastructure, this report examines developments in the retail payments infrastructure related to the extended…
US Corporate Real-Time Payment (RTP) Adoption: If You Build It, Will They Come? 13 May 2019 Blog Patricia Hines
I’ve been attending the NACHA Payments conference for many years, either as a banker, technologist, or industry research analyst. In recent years…
What Does Branch Transformation Really Mean? 29 April 2019 Blog Bob Meara
We asked that question in the past several biennial surveys of North American banks and credit unions. In the most recent survey, 160 institution…
Announcing Celent Model Bank 2019 Award Winners 11 April 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
Today we are announcing the winners of Celent Model Bank 2019 Awards. Our annual Model Bank program was launched 12 years ago and recognizes fina…
Are We Cashing Out Of Cash? 28 March 2019 Blog Gareth Lodge
There has been a lot of discussion in the news recently around cash, and most notably,the recent UK independent report “Access to Cash Review”(ht…
Apple to Launch a Mobile-First Credit Card 26 March 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
In the run up to Apple’s big event yesterday, the expected announcement of new and improved Apple TV dominated the airwaves. It may turn out to b…
Pushing Boundaries In Corporate Banking Channels 18 March 2019 Blog Alenka Grealish
Over the past five years, corporate bank channels have come a long way. Banks have made much progress in desktop and mobile banking, ranging from…
FIS Merges With Worldpay 18 March 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
Almost two months to the day since Fiserv announced the acquisition of First Data on January 16, FIS followed suit by announcing the merger with Worldpay…
No Home for a Bot? 13 March 2019 Blog Bob Meara
Celent has been tracking the evolution of retail and business banking delivery channel technology since 2010 through biennial surveys of North Am…
Blazing a trail to the fastest growing APAC fintech marketplace: Money20/20 Asia 11 March 2019 Blog Eiichiro Yanagawa
Spring is just around the corner. So is the conference season. In this season, every year, there are so many great conferences and events held ar…
SEPA Inst Regulation coming? 5 March 2019 Blog Gareth Lodge
Last week, Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis of the European Commission (EC) made a speech at a relatively small Fintech conference. What he said…