PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule that would allow banks to either charge $5 for overdraft fees. Alternatively they can charge a courtesy fee to cover costs, or charge higher fees but send annual percentage rate disclosures to the consumer. Bank trade groups sued the bureau to stop the rule.
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Execs from U.S. Bancorp and Keybank discuss how emerging technology makes it easier to replicate the near invisible checkout that car-sharing riders enjoy.
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Michael Bannon is vice president of
CSG Partners , a leading ESOP investment banking practice. Since joining CSG in 2017, he has advised middle-market clients on a range of employee ownership transactions, including leveraged ESOP formations, M&A, and plan recapitalizations. Reach him atmbannon@csgpartners.com .December 12 -
Orange Bank and Trust in Middletown says it will operate as a boutique commercial bank, focusing on small business, nonprofits and the borough's sizzling housing construction market.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Q3 Quarterly Banking Profile report highlighted net bank income falling 8.6%, but also showed slow delinquency growth in commercial real estate and core income metrics improving across the banking sector.
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Steve Cover is Chief Technology Officer at
iPipeline . In this role, he oversees the technology strategy for the organization and ensures that iPipeline's technological infrastructure supports the company's growth and objectives. In addition, he will focus on the continued differentiation within iPipeline's product portfolio, and improve quality, testing, and delivery.December 12 -
Banks that don't focus on credit cards for this market may find larger banks and fintechs are eating their lunch.
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Bobby Puglia is chief product officer at Bloomberg Industry Group, where he oversees Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Tax, and Bloomberg Government. Prior to his current role, he served as architect of Bloomberg Law's data platform, leading the strategy and development of its proprietary legal search engine, as well as the machine learning and artificial intelligence research and engineering organizations that support Bloomberg Industry Group's products.
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Walmart is pouring more firepower into its fledgling financial venture, signaling its ambition to wade deeper into financial services.
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The Department of Justice is trying to fix a system that isn't broken. The better move would be to allow the ruthlessly competitive payments marketplace to generate new and better products.
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