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Payments: Introduction
Technology, mobile adaptation, and loosening government regulations are opening opportunities in payments.
Core banking businesses are being challenged by fintech firms.
Bankers need comprehensive strategies to address their core businesses, the industry, and their technology infrastructure; its time for change!
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Driving Factors
Banking industry open to attack for products, processes, and technology platforms.❑ Profits still plentiful in the payments, wire transfer, and card processing industries.
❑ Access to millions / billions of people with single platform.
❑ Timing is now in overhauling an opaque and costly payments industry with:o Simplicity via mobile one-touch execution.
o Access 24/7/365 with speed.
o Instant settlement depending on countries.
❑ Scalable solutions to meet growth, demand, and new way of doing thing.
❑ New business models are not tied to profits.
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Driving forces of change.
Culture
Adaptation
BankingNetworks*legacy*
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Payments: New Business Models
New business models are challenging existing processes.
❑ P2P transfer: Private entity vs. Banking consortium.o Moving money out of the banking system and into a private
network with no benefits other than money transfers.o Banking consortium brings greater controls with authentication.
❑ Settlement on payment transferso Regulatory guarantee and involvement in the network.
❑ Repositioning of mobile payment and merchant card software firms.
o China, India, largest markets with incredible potential for standardization (I.e. WeChat, AliPay, PayTM).
o Expansion into financial services (US. Lending products).o Fee structure of existing networks not supported in developing
countries, i.e. 3% fee not sustainable in India and China.
❑ Unit of payment: o FIAT currency, currency units (i.e. MPESA), crypto.
❑ Invoice factoring exchanges.
❑ Blockchain platform for money movement (i.e. Ripple, Stellar, Bitcoin, Trade finance consortiums).
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PLATFORMADAPTATIONSIZE
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P2P Payments US
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- Social engagement twist.- More transaction, less amount.- Non-bank integration other than link.- T+ settlement. - Bank owned.
- One app launched.- 100 participants, plus Visa & MC.
- Banking integration.- Less transactions, greater dollar amount.- T+ settlement.
Cash AppSquare
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Payments: Settlement
Settlement.
❑ Trusted entity, central bank / clearing house.
❑ Availability of funds.o Instant vs. T+
❑ Private vs. public networks.
❑ Reallocation of capital.
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ECONOMICEXPANSION
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Payment Landscape
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Money Transfer
- P2P- P2B- Domestic- International
POS
- POS options: credit, debit, in-store, loan.- Smart POS- Crowd funding.- On-line payment integration.
Corporate Banking
- Invoicing.- Invoice factoring.- Trade finance (domestic / inter.)
Benefits:- Integrated w/clients.- New revenue stream.- Dependency.- Builds scalable solutions.
Benefits:- New finance options.- Integrated supply chain.- Analytics = profit.- Maintain market dominance.
Benefits:- Liquidity.- Domestic (no fee), international lower fees.- Transparency.- New markets.- Financial inclusion.
Digital Banking
- On-line only.- Core banking services.- Debit card issuance vs. credit card.- Potential acquisition for money transfer platforms.
Benefits:- Greenfield infrastructure.- Banking as a service platform.- Dominating a digital youth.- Vehicle to cheap capital and to lending services.- Profitable ?
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Payment Landscape Impact
Data
❑ Vast amounts of transaction data being collected and analyzed.
Regulatory
❑ Impact on KYC/AML, privacy, licensing, monopolistic platforms, crypto.
❑ Security & privacy.o Biometric confirmation.o Storage of such data.o Non-standards on global basis.
New Technologies
❑ Banking as a Service.
❑ Distributed ledger technology (DLT).
❑ Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
❑ Integrated operating systems.
Lending
❑ New Channels of lending opportunities.
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Innovation
GROWTH – Opportunity – Risk
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Money Transfer Actors & Expansion
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Platform&
Network
Banks
Fintech
VISAMC
AMEX
MicrosoftApple
GoogleAmazon
FBPhoneHardwareSoftware
ID
Regulator
Existing Network Retailers
Lending
Trade Finance
FX
Crypto
New
Platform Expansion
Goal: Adaption
Next generation.
❑ New fee structure.
❑ Establishment of a marketplace for products and services.
❑ Integration to other domestic and international platforms.
o Especially on regulatory involvement.
Anti-trust ?
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Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning
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Outside dataStructured / Unstructured
ExistingFinancial Offerings
* Lending Products *- Improved loan approval process.- Pre-approved loans w/structure.
Support FunctionsVirtual Assistants
* Financial Tools*- Budgeting tools for financial management.- Consumer Satisfaction.
New Markets & Offerings
* New Products *- Entering into new lending products and markets.- Increased financial footprint.
Risk Mgmt.Mrkt. – Reg. – Ops.
* Controls *- AML / KYC- Risk mitigation.
AI / ML Engines Data scrubbing Model Validation Predictive Analytics
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Payments: Digital Banks
Digital Bank of Today
❑ Value to consumer? Rates, financial tools, simplicity.
❑ Cost to consumer? Fees
❑ Hype or not?
Debit card issuance vs. credit
❑ Digital banks offer debit cards.
❑ Credit is a separate product and not suitable to majority of account holders.
❑ Fees are dominating revenue stream vs. lending services.o How to sell financial products to individuals with no savings in their
accounts.
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Strategic Insights
Current Banking Landscape.
❑ Banking services, and assets have been commodified, which yield lower profits.
❑ Legacy infrastructure and support is a drag on new business development.
❑ Regulatory requirements continue to negatively impact new business development.
❑ Physical vs. digital plagues traditional norms of a bank’s operating model.
❑ Billions being poured into start-ups.
❑ Technology vs. financial services firm?
❑ Risk tolerance on new business services and technologies.
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GAME PLAN - OFFENSE
❑ Develop, partner, buy, invest.
❑ Consortium model.
❑ Global alliances.
❑ Mindset: it’s not about maintaining market position, but about expansion.
❑ Business drives technology.
❑ Speed to market.
❑ 3,5,7 year plans.
❑ Agile vs. stagnant.
❑ Correlations to others across markets, population, and cultural.
❑ Risk tolerance.
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Defining a Bank’s Strategy
Factors in formulating a strategy.
❑ Defining core competency.
❑ Ranking on market offerings (domestic & international).
❑ Existing legacy infrastructure.
❑ Fintech impact domestic & international.
❑ Cultural, age, mobile adaptational impact.
❑ Regulatory framework, especially in an ECB world.
❑ 3, 5, 7 year plan.o New business build-out and penetration.o Transforming your bank’s image, standing, product offerings.
❑ Time and urgency.
❑ Playing catch-up, defense, or going on offense.
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Banking Strategy & Execution
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Core CompentecyProducts / Tech / Mrkt. Share
Regulatory Impact
Commodifying Assets & Processes
Culture & Demographics
Business vs. Technology
Team strengths & gaps
Fintech impact: local, regional
Investment: build / buy / partner
EXECUTION
FINTECH ASSAULT* independent of what you do *
* New Environment *Transformation of Banking
Services & Products.
DRIVING
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Payments: Next Generation
❑ Leadership
❑ Consortium
❑ Strategy
❑ Execution
❑ Expansion
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Appendix A: 360 View
❑ Segregation of banking products most susceptible.o Hint: inefficient processes drives re-engineering.
❑ Fintech assault, target area, markets.
❑ Integration into capital markets (i.e. securitization).
❑ Defining transformation.o Redefining target market, consumer base, margins.o Understanding RoI vs. mandatory investment.
❑ Build / Buy / Partner / Consortium.
❑ Blockchain technologies.o Finding the use case unicorn.o Permissioned, intermediary cryto-currencies.
❑ Crypto-currencies and their future in payments, asset, traded security.
❑ Correlation of industries dominated by technology firms.
❑ Leapfrogging technology vs. modernization.o Nations can leapfrog, institutions need to transform.
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Appendix B: Tech & Industry Impact
❑Retail: Amazon
❑News: Facebook
❑Advertising: Google
❑Financial Services (US centric):o Equity trading: Fee reduction, greater volumes
oRobo-Advisory: Fee reduction, i.e. Wealthfront, Betterment.
oPOS mobility: US fees now under 3%, i.e. Square.
oDigital banking: commodity.
oPayments: Venmo, Zelle
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Appendix C: Money Transfer
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Money Transfer
Digital wallet impact.
❑ Single platform convergence.*
❑ Customer migration following social media trends.
❑ Bypassing existing payment networks.
❑ Financial inclusion expansion.
❑ Removing physical money supply.
❑ Data collection & privacy.
❑ Regulatory impact, reporting, licensing.
❑ Crypto.
❑ International remittances:o By-pass correspondent banking
channels.o Lowering fees across the transfer chain.
Cyber Security * Biometric * AML / KYC
Business opportunities:
❑ Debit card issuance linked to digital wallets.
❑ Core banking services (i.e. checking, savings, direct deposit).
❑ Lending services.
❑ Remittances.
❑ Financial services: Asset management, retirement accts.
❑ Building next generation banking network.
* Greatest loss potential for banks.
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Appendix D: POS
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POS
Technology Impact
❑ Mobile POSo Simplified onboarding.o Reduced fees.
❑ QR codes: impact & adaptation.
❑ Digital walletso Bypassing existing networks as consumers
retain balances.
❑ Smart POS devices itemizing products.
❑ Analytics & reporting.
❑ Biometric verification.
Regulatory impact
❑ Anti-trust concerns.
❑ Private vs. public platforms.
New Business Opportunities
❑ Redefine fee structure with new platforms.o US 2.70 % credit card.o China 0.7% on AliPay/WeChat
(non-bank)
❑ Integrated services from supply order management, to check-out with analytics driving.
❑ QR codes driving services across payments, money transfer, social.
❑ Lending services at POS.o i.e. high-ticket items one gets
instant loan approval with terms.
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Appendix E: Corporate Banking Services
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Corporate Banking Services
Current environment
❑ Investment lagging.
❑ Lack of integrated services between corporate & core banking systems.
❑ Rising regulatory costs.
❑ Cross boarder payments staggering domestic.
❑ Fintech’s focus on consumer landscape can be an opportunity for bankers.
New Business Opportunities
❑ Integrated corporate services on SaaS platforms.
❑ e-Invoicing, automated collections, factoring.
❑ Cash management solutions.
❑ Digital checks.
❑ Mobile solutions, including approval of wires.
❑ Blockchain technologies for domestic and international trade functions. (i.e letters of credit).