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Regulators need to step up their game to stop tech-based discrimination

03/07/18

Financial agencies must prepare themselves to evaluate the practical effects of automated decision-making in lending and other programs to better detect fair-lending violations.

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Bank app rollouts could prove value of name recognition

11/07/17

The biggest thing going for recent mobile apps launched by Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase may not be any digital innovation associated with them.

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Bitcoin pioneer challenges cryptocurrency status quo

10/26/17

Metronome, the brainchild of Jeff Garzik, may appeal to banks as the world's first 'cross-chain' cryptocurrency.

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Jamie Dimon is right about cryptocurrencies

10/20/17

Cryptocurrencies will not gain widespread traction with corporations and governments as long as there remain crucial questions about their volatility, risk, volume and shadowy affiliations.

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The Bank of Google or Amazon? Don’t count on it

09/15/17

Banks should not be fatalistic about the threats posed by tech companies in financial services. Incumbents still hold the upper hand.

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How to open the black box of what bank customers want

08/16/17

While banks know they must develop and launch new tools that are useful, convenient and intuitive, figuring out which tools meet that objective and employing them often seems out of reach.

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Banks should avoid replicating their millennial strategy for Gen Z

06/22/17

Banks continue to struggle in wooing millennials, but their customer acquisition challenge is about to get even more complicated as Generation Z comes of age.

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Banks are more trustworthy data guardians than Google

06/12/17

Financial institutions are trusted stores of data about money because they are insured and have a license from governments to operate. Monetizing that data can give them a leg up on the tech giants.

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To woo customers, banks must create emotional brands

06/02/17

Bankers have no shortage of practical expertise to offer customers, but their failure to make an emotional connection with clients could be hurting their retention efforts.

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'Mediocre, but it works': Comments of the week

05/19/17

Readers opine on legacy core systems, the negative messaging around the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Jamie Dimon defending his Trump ties, and more.

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