Tag: FinTech

Global Payments to Buy TSYS for $21.5 Billion as Fintech Consolidation Continues

Global Payments is buying TSYS for $21.5 billion, bringing Global Payments’ annual transaction volume to $50 billion across the world. The deal will vertically integrate many of the steps required in payments processing by combining Global Payments’ core competency of helping merchants process card, mobile and online payments with TSYS’s capability of helping card issuers …

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5 Reasons Why Credit Unions Should Consider Partnerships with Big Data Companies in 2019

Big data is exactly what it sounds like – a vast amount of structured and unstructured information, collected from an increasingly diverse set of digital and traditional sources. For credit unions, every interaction with members, every loan processed, fee collected, call center, or branch interaction is an opportunity to collect data which when aggregated, becomes …

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CFO Focus: How To Boost Your Credit Union’s Non-Interest Income

Four tips for investing in credit union service organizations as a solid way to build your bottom line without increasing fees. Credit unions are relying more on non-interest income to grow. Over the past 10 years, non-interest income as a percentage of gross income has risen from 19% in 2008 to 27% in 2018, according …

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CUbroadcast Interview: Capstone on Disruptive Innovation at the NACUSO Network Conference

Data analytics, artificial intelligence, member experience – these were a few of the exciting ideas discussed at the NACUSO Network Conference this year. Edelweiss Harrison, Vice President at Capstone, had the opportunity to exchange ideas with innovative credit union and CUSO leaders at the conference this year in San Diego on April 14-17, 2019. She …

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Credit Union Membership Growth Reaches Record High – 3 Ways to Build on This Success

Credit unions continue adding members at a record pace. Membership grew by a record-high 4.5% as of end-2018 (up from 4.1% in 2017)], fueled by strong U.S. economic performance, an optimistic outlook on the U.S. economy, low unemployment rates, and high levels of consumption. With 116.2 million members across all 5,375 federally-insured credit unions in …

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Is Your Credit Union Ready for the Next Recession?

2018 was a banner year for credit unions…but will a recession follow soon? Credit unions recorded a stellar performance in the first nine months of 2018, adding more than 4.2 million new members, the fastest pace in credit union history. Rising demand for loans driven by the low unemployment rate and strong economic growth underline …

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Fintech M&A Heats Up in 2019

Fintech startups are disrupting traditional financial institutions as consumers rely more and more on technology for everyday activities, including banking. Robust M&A activity is expected to continue in this space. It’s not only banks and credit unions that are acquiring or investing in fintechs, established technology firms like Amazon are snapping up these startups in …

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Fintech Startups Pitch Cutting Edge Solutions to Credit Unions at VentureTech 

On November 27 and 28, Capstone Vice President Matt Craft attended VentureTech in Dallas, Texas. The event brought together 11 different startups from the fintech space with investors from the credit union and CUSO space.  These startups offered a wide range of products and services including, onboarding solutions to encourage new credit union members to sign up for products and services, …

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The Evolving Lending Landscape: 3 Trends Impacting Your Credit Union

Peer-to-peer lending, automated loan origination, and digital banking: these are just a few ways the technology revolution has transformed the traditional lending industry! The rise of P2P applications is turning personal and small business loans into a commodity, as fintechs now offer omni-channel lending services once only provided by traditional financial institutions. Fortunately, this is …

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Millennials: A Generation Credit Unions Can’t Afford to Ignore

Millennials have surpassed baby boomers and now account for roughly 80 million people in the US. More importantly, millennials have massive buying power, spending roughly $600 billion per year, which is projected to reach $1.4 trillion by 2020, and will comprise 75% of the global workforce by 2025. In contrast, the average age of credit …

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