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Biometrics has been evolving to include not only what you are, as above, but what you do.

You are what your mobile says you are

Many features of devices can support biometric authentication methods
Tension between the two parts of the American dual-banking system came to a head again with the CSBS lawsuit resisting the Comptroller's fintech charter proposal.

State regulators sue OCC over fintech charter

CSBS files federal action to halt proposed new bank type
Javelin expert Mark Schwanhausser is still waiting—and willing—to be wowed by banks' mobile offerings.

Where digital is failing

Opening accounts completely via smartphone eludes most. Javelin suggests improvements
Digital services remain impressive, but using technology to better serve customers and to find new clients is exciting.

Using digital science to apply the human element

At Seacoast Bank, small can be beautiful when data drives growth
EQ Bank offers customers a growing menu of services and functionalities.

EQ Bank: Partnership, perseverance, and perspiration

How branchless bank up north went digital, busting projections
Location data from smart devices will increasingly enhance the trove of data financial services firms can already tap. The challenge remains not so much netting the data, but making it useful on a timely basis.

Big challenges in big data

Making more of floodtide of data requires both tech and human improvement
When your bank innovates, is “slapping an app” on top of old tech the best it can do? Suresh Ramamurthi of CBW Bank and Yantra says the problem is that bankers can’t fix the industry’s “plumbing,” the legacy internal systems and the legacy payment systems.

Time to fix banking's plumbing

Banking must stop adding Band-Aids, says banker-fintech exec Suresh Ramamurthi
U.S. Bank executive doesn't think a digital-only bank can scale, hence the company's emphasis on meeting the customer's needs on whichever platform or combination thereof they desire.

U.S. Bank: Digital as part of omnichannel strategy

While backing Zelle, Gareth Gaston also likes branches
Imagine the smart device as one of several funnels that the bank pours its key elements into and you begin to get where PwC's suggested strategy begins.

Can “wrap and digitize” take you into digital age?

No simple feat, creating a digital bank around a traditional core may be path for most
Many times what's called a "partnership" is really a vendor relationship.

Partner or vendor? Why it matters in fintech world

Each relationship carries implications that drive operations, and are driven by strategy
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