APIs

BB&T-SunTrust moniker mystery, Dimon's Wells blast, big banks and APIs: Top stories of the week

05/31/19

Suspense builds on what the new name of merged BB&T-SunTrust will be; JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says Wells Fargo 'irresponsible' for lack of CEO plan; how APIs are being used at Citi, BBVA and other leading banks; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Finastra sees small banks as a way to catch up in U.S. core tech

05/30/19

The London firm lags the three largest U.S. vendors but bets its new open banking platform can win it more business.

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How APIs are being used at Citi, BBVA and other leading banks

05/26/19

In the past few years, APIs have become a surprisingly hot topic, considered by many as a golden key to open banking and innovation.

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The Medicis (yes, those Medicis) are back, and starting a challenger bank

05/15/19

The Italian family that founded a bank in the 14th century and pioneered branches and letters of credit is now setting up a tech-forward, crypto-friendly disruptor in the United States.

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What BBVA's new U.S. CEO has on tap

05/06/19

In his first extensive interview since taking the job this year, Javier Rodriguez Soler talks about banking as a service, how to keep customers happy and where he sees AI and other tech innovations heading.

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Open banking is an opportunity

04/18/19

Corporations now have more access to consumer financial information than ever before. The question is whether banks will be the ones to help firms harness this data.

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Citizens' AI drive hits a wall — commercial loan processing

03/20/19

An executive at the Rhode Island company said the complexity of business lending remains an obstacle to switching to entirely automated, paperless operations.

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Bankers have another data security issue to worry about

02/15/19

Banks want to encourage innovation by extending access to outside developers, but customer data remains vulnerable while in use by an application.

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It’s a platform planet. Can banks adapt to it?

02/01/19

Thanks to big tech companies, the business world is moving to third-party platforms, or online marketplaces where sellers pull buyers' products off digital shelves. A growing number of financial institutions — including BBVA, Citi and community banks like Eastern — say they can't afford to sit out the trend.

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Cross River Bank to help bring Railsbank’s banking-as-a-service to U.S.

01/30/19

The deal between the U.S. bank and the U.K. software firm adds another potential payments rival for Swift, and the two companies will offer banking APIs to U.S. fintechs.

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