Columbia Business School

Banking, Embedded Finance, Payments

How Citi is strengthening its merchant relationships through Citi Pay

• Last year, Citi launched Citi Pay, a suite of pay-over-time solutions with digital credit lines and merchant installment loans to help consumers split large purchases.
• We explore what retailers seek from their banking relationships and why Citi opted for partnerships over in-house development when creating the Citi Pay suite.

Announcement

Announcing the 2024 winners of Tearsheet’s SMB Finance Awards

• Tearsheet's SMB Finance awards acknowledge and honor the best financial services companies, products, and players serving SMBs
• This year's winners include some of the most popular payments firms and banking products, including U.S. Bank, Intuit Quickbooks, Lili, and more.

Podcasts

Web3 companies also need payroll: Franklin’s CEO Megan Knab explores blockchain’s role in financial tools

• By bridging the gap between Web3 and traditional finance, Franklin's payroll and payments is finding a market in Web3 businesses.
• In this episode, CEO Megan Knab discusses how blockchain technology is transforming financial operations for businesses.

Banking, Banking as a service

“We are not just going to take on business for the sake of taking on business”: Fifth Third’s Dan Dall’Asta on how Newline structures BaaS partnerships

• Fifth Third's embedded finance play in the form of Newline has been yielding the firm results with the bank’s commercial payments revenue reported to have grown by 10% at the end of Q3 compared to the same quarter last year. 
• The secret to Newline by Fifth Third's success is prioritizing having a standardized compliance and oversight model and only working with clients that want to be in it for the long haul.

4dFI, Announcement

Introducing 4dFI Capital Partners

• Today we are launching 4dFi, an exclusive group of out-of-the-box builders and investors building a community to invest in the next wave of fintech startups. 
• If you're an accredited investor join our distribution list to access opportunities to invest in leading early-stage fintech startups across the globe for investments starting at $10,000.