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Have we saved the best part of this year’s FinovateSpring for last? You’ll be the judge on Friday, May 10th when we turn from the entrepreneurs to the experts, analysts, and investors. Our Content Day begins Friday morning with opening remarks from our chair and an expert insight into the most innovative technologies from our Read more…
Does anyone remember when sweep accounts were all the rage? They were disruptive technology in the 1980s. The idea was to automatically sweep idle cash from non-interest bearing accounts to savings or investment accounts with higher yields. It’s still a core feature in treasury management accounts for large businesses, but you don’t hear much about it these Read more…
One basic feature missing from most online and mobile banking services is the ability to edit/annotate transactions. Some banks, BMO Harris for example, support transaction and/or category editing in their PFM modules. But it’s very rare to see it within basic digital banking. One exception, is BBVA Compass’s Simple banking unit. Simple allows full editing of Read more…
This Friday is the final day of Very Early-Bird ticket sales for FinovateSpring 2017. To take advantage of these early discounts and save $200 off the regular price, be sure to register before the end of the week. Our spring conference returns to San Jose on April 26 & 27 for two days of live Read more…
While everyone else was playing Pokemon Go last month, I was doing something more appropriate for someone my age, crowdfunding a house flip in La Jolla. Amazingly, I was able to view the property and public records (Google Streetview, Bing, Zillow, Redfin, Trulia); check out the construction-cost estimates; review the revised floor plan; and check out Read more…
Two small steps for Quantopian. One giant leap toward opening its hedge fund to outside investors. Quantopian announced on Friday that Derek Meisner (right) had joined the company as general counsel and chief compliance officer to help build what Quantopian CEO John Fawcett called a “compliance and operational infrastructure” as the company prepares to take its hedge fund Read more…
This Friday is the final day of Very Early-Bird ticket sales for FinovateSpring 2016. To take advantage of these early discounts and save $200 off the regular price, be sure to register before the end of the week. Our spring conference returns to San Jose on May 10 & 11 for two days of live fintech demonstrations Read more…
The number of traditional bank branches (1000+ square feet, fully staffed) are on the decline. In some European countries, more than half have already disappeared. In the U.S. (as of YE 2014), we are only down 5% from the peak (see inset below, note 1), but the trend will gain momentum as leases expire and Read more…
Capital One just updated its Wallet iPhone app to include gift cards. That seemed like a good candidate for this week’s Feature Friday. Cards: @capitalone iOS update enables gift cards in mobile wallet. Interested to see how it pulled that off? pic.twitter.com/TuGE8yXOZk — Jim Bruene (@netbanker) October 2, 2015 But on the way to checking Read more…
The money-flow into fintech continued unabated this week with more than a half-billion ($557 million) raised by 24 companies. It was the eighth week this year that total fundings surpassed the $500-million mark. Year-to-date fintech firms have raised $13 billion. The total included one new alum, Praesidio, which will be presenting its security and fraud-control Read more…
At Finovate, the Early Bird gets the hundred-dollar discount. This Friday is the final day of Early Bird ticket sales for FinovateFall 2015. Our fall conference returns to New York City, 16/17 September for two days of live fintech demonstrations and high-caliber networking. The show will take place at the New York Hilton Midtown on Read more…
The so-called cardless ATM has been around for awhile. I remember seeing one at the Wincor Nixdorf booth at BAI Retail Delivery four or five years ago. I thought it was a good idea at the time, but not something that would change my behavior. I mean, how hard is it to swipe your card Read more…