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Bankers see payments firms as fintech enemy No. 1

03/02/20

Banks, especially smaller ones, are more worried about the competitive inroads that Apple Pay, Venmo and others have made than they are about tech companies' incursions into other financial segments, according to a new survey by Promontory Financial.

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Turning up the volume on Alexa

03/01/20

Consumer response to banking by smart speaker has been underwhelming. But a handful of financial institutions keep plugging away in hopes customers warm to the advantages of verbal commands instead of pushing buttons.

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Banks' big tech spending is testing shareholders' patience

02/05/20

Investors think the billions being shelled out to keep up with the likes of Amazon might be better spent elsewhere.

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BofA's lofty market aspirations; Amazon working on palm payments

01/21/20

Moynihan says the bank’s consumer market share could be doubled; retail terminals would connect customer’s hand print with their card information.

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Banks best Big Tech on trust, but not much else

01/10/20

Silicon Valley giants are better innovators, software developers and data managers, but banks' inherent advantages shouldn't be discounted, says Sonny Singh, a senior vice president at Oracle.

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Banking 2025: The struggle to avoid becoming the ‘dumb utility’

01/08/20

In trying to adapt and survive in an increasingly tech-dominated world, banks may unintentionally give up their most valuable commodity — their relationship with the consumer, and the data that comes with it.

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Banking 2025: Can regulators catch up to tech changes?

01/07/20

Policymaking has moved at an agonizingly slow speed compared with the exponential growth of technology, leaving regulators and lawmakers facing a huge task over how to keep up. 

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The rise of the invisible bank

01/05/20

Digital banking will become less visible because it will be embedded in other daily activities with the help of AI, voice interfaces and other emerging technologies.

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Big tech banking plans may pose risk to financial stability: FSB

12/09/19

The international regulatory group said that despite some benefits from tech firms' incursion, the companies' efforts may present operational and disruption risks.

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Libra: The opening act of a modern regulatory drama

12/09/19

Facebook’s stablecoin initiative has inspired countless ideas about how to put fintech under the control of federal regulators. Here are the most critical questions.

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