IBM Offers Expanded Services and Security for Blockchain Developers
The financial industry has long discussed the benefits of adopting blockchain – or distributed ledgers – in its operations. Storing records...
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Best New Financial Apps 2016, The List
1. Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among...
Say Hello to Our Spring 2016 Class of Startups
Bank Innovation INV, this blog's fintech accelerator, is pleased today to announce the six extraordinary startups that have been admitted to...
Capital One Will Triple Its Spending on Branch Optimization in 2016
Capital One is known for being a digital company, and for its celebrity-driven marketing, but it's also a bank with...
Wall Between Mobile and Desktop Disappearing — But What About Payments?
Google has signaled that Android apps will soon run on Chromebooks -- yet another sign that "mobile" and "desktop" experiences are converging, and that a single...
Holvi Adds Long-Promised Business MasterCard — But Where’s BBVA?
Finnish banking service Holvi announced in March it was joining the Spanish megabank BBVA, which also acquired Simple, but its digital...
Distributed Ledgers Not Ready For Prime Time, SWIFT Says
"Blockchain." That's an abbreviated summary of the conversation in fintech for approximately the last six months. Or, as Jack Gavigan put...
How Payments Is Fueling China’s E-Commerce Megaboom
HONG KONG -- The numbers are in "holy *$#%" territory. "The numbers" are for e-commerce sales in China, and they...
Will Realtime Payments Bring Real Money for Banks?
Should consumers and businesses pay for realtime payments or not? This difference of opinion is apparently creating some "discord" in the...
Most Bankers Want to Update Their Cores — But Don’t Expect To
Bankers want modern cores -- but most don't plan to do anything about it. That's the slightly depressing conclusion of...
