4 questions about a TikTok ban

4 questions about a TikTok ban

President Biden has indicated that he would sign the bill if it also passes in the Senate—but questions remain, many of which directly impact the future of fintech.

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The evolution of fintech data

The evolution of fintech data

Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Sarah Biller, Co-Founder of FinTech Sandbox and a contributor to The FR.

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The future of SXSW Pitch

The future of SXSW Pitch

According to Chris Valentine, who produces SXSW Pitch, the event offers a crucial niche within the larger SXSW ecosystem.

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What does MIcrosoft’s AI work mean for fintechs?

What does MIcrosoft’s AI work mean for fintechs?

Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Priya Gore, General Manager, Data & AI, US Financial Services, at Microsoft

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Who are fintech’s “walking dead”?

Who are fintech’s “walking dead”?

Carey Ransom, Managing Director of BankTech Ventures and a contributor to The FR, describes the phenomenon of “walking dead” fintech companies who face a fintech venture bubble overhang, outlines the future of AI hype, and encourages conferencegoers to say what they really mean. 

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Incubating community bank-fintech ecosystems

Incubating community bank-fintech ecosystems

To Charles Potts, EVP and Chief Innovation Officer of ICBA, the ThinkTECH accelerator program represents a “key pillar” of ICBA’s work and arose from community banks' drive to be “on par with the biggest fintechs and banks on the planet.”

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Making sense of Capital One's Discover acquisition

Making sense of Capital One's Discover acquisition

Regulators are in a double bind. The antitrust concerns are real—as is the potential for this acquisition to disrupt the Visa-Mastercard duopoly.

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What's next for Robinhood?

What's next for Robinhood?

It’s hard to tell how much Robinhood’s uptick stems from its savviness—poaching competitors’ brokerage customers through deposit matching, releasing popular product features, and more—rather than improved economic conditions.

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Inside Cantaloupe’s acquisition of CHEQ

Inside Cantaloupe’s acquisition of CHEQ

According to Ravi Venkatesan, CEO of Cantaloupe, the CHEQ acquisition aligns squarely with Cantaloupe’s mission. “We want to move as much commerce as possible to self-service commerce, and we want to be the technology that powers that self-service commerce,” he said. “It's really that simple.”

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Apple Vision Pro and the metaverse economy

Apple Vision Pro and the metaverse economy

Maybe above all else, ask yourself this: If you’re not pining for a $3,499 isolationist “iPad for your face,” then why would others?

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Web scraping and the future of AI

Web scraping and the future of AI

From Matt Ober: With the value of data going up every day and the amount of data-hungry AI models being trained, the web scraping rules are going to come up more and more. This is the first of many lawsuits.

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The ethos and mechanics of engagement banking

The ethos and mechanics of engagement banking

Onsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Thomas Fuss, CTO of Backbase.

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The strategy roadmap for a 108-year-old fintech

The strategy roadmap for a 108-year-old fintech

Onsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Barry McCarthy, CEO & President of Deluxe.

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