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For small business startups that are frustrated with the way “big banks” interact with them, there might be an alternative on the horizon that will make those big banks take notice. Brex, a company started in 2017 by Brazilian duo Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, has made some substantial waves in just a short amount of time. As explained at The Financial Brand.
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In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.
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Congratulations go out to Symcor Inc. on their 25th anniversary in business! Symcor got its start as a joint venture between three of Canada’s largest financial institutions (the Toronto Dominion Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, and Bank of Montreal), and evolved from processing checks and printing financial documents into a market-leading organization with unique expertise…
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In any industry, dealing effectively and efficiently with suppliers is a challenge. This challenge is enormously compounded in the world of liquor sales, a maze of regulations and restrictions that change from region to region and bedevil even the most experienced manager.
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A commentary at Digitaltransactions.net by Peter Jensen, chief executive of RocketFuel Blockchain Inc., explores the reasons the Millennial generation are not only unintimidated by cryptocurrency, but also prefer it as the digital payment of choice: As the generation that grew up during the financial crisis and the expansion of the Internet, Millennials realized the shortcomings…
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Kevin Levitt, Global Business Development, Financial Services, NVIDIA, has an excellent post at Finextra.com examining the prevalence — and importance — of Artificial Intelligence adoption in fintechs, investment firms, and consumer banks.
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In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.
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Wal-Mart — already equipped with its own credit and debit/prepaid cards — has in recent months partnered with Ribbit Capital to start a fintech. Payments Journal reports that they are also looking at more financial services offerings via a branded all-purpose mobile app. Wal-Mart certainly has the audience to compete with banks. As reported in Barron’s:
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No, this is not a scene from a sci-fi action movie starring the immortal Arnold Schwarzenegger. As far as we know, there is no “Skynet” that has developed an artificial intelligence with the motive of eradicating all human life.
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The Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations Booklet is one in a series of booklets that compose the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Information Technology Examination Handbook (IT Handbook), prepared for use by examiners. As described at the FFIEC website: With the publication of this booklet, the FFIEC member agencies replace the “Operations” booklet issued in July 2004.…
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