Weekly Wrap: Big banks push API-based account access, as HSBC heralds Pepper robot as a success
Welcome to the latest episode of our weekly wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, September 27, 2019. In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor, and Rick Morgan, associate editor, discuss the following news developments:
- How large banks like Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank are integrating with data aggregators to allow third-party apps to securely fetch data from customers’ accounts, eliminating the need for ‘screen scraping’;
- How the Finovate Fall conference gave startups an opportunity to pitch new innovations to banks and investors; and
- HSBC’s claims that its Pepper robot is driving engagement and new account openings at the bank.
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