The Digital Banking Blog
From press releases to in-depth interviews with community financial industry experts, our blog covers everything you need to know about digital banking, digital payments, and the latest industry news for credit unions and community banks.
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Payfinia’s Riddle talks payments monetization at VentureTech 2024
No matter how small a credit union is, when it enters the fast-growing payments space it immediately faces large foes in the [...]
What exactly is a Tyfone?
"What's in a name?" It’s one of the most famous lines ever penned by William Shakespeare (a guy who, [...]
Can Instant Payments Accelerate? With Keith Riddle on BigCast
LISTEN NOW Episode Summary Keith Riddle General Manager Payfinia CUSO About the episode Glen [...]
What’s the story with those red shoes anyway?
It was June of 2018, and Siva Narendra and Josh DeTar were preparing their presentation for American Banker’s Digital [...]
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Partners 1st Federal Credit Union Converts to Tyfone to Innovate Digital Banking
Credit union to enhance members’ digital experience with advanced features PORTLAND, Ore. – April 2, 2025 – Digital banking provider Tyfone today [...]
Payfinia and Metallicus Partner to Extend Instant Payments and Cryptocurrency to U.S. Credit Unions
PORTLAND, Ore. – February 25, 2024 – Metallicus, a leader in blockchain technology for financial institutions, has partnered with Payfinia, an instant payments service [...]
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The Top 6 Priorities for Financial Institutions in 2024
Having just entered 2024, the financial industry is ready for significant transformations and innovations, although there will be many challenges ahead. From [...]
In Their Shoes
Explore firsthand experiences from our incredible customers. Leading financial institutions nationwide partner with Tyfone to achieve strategic objectives, retain accountholders, acquire new business, [...]
Why You Should Upgrade to a Modern Digital Banking Platform
In this dynamic and fast-paced era, the expectations of customers have evolved, compelling financial institutions to adapt and provide services that streamline [...]
Top 5 Digital Banking Trends To Look Out For In 2024
Digital banking is always evolving, transforming the way we manage our finances. Every year new technologies surface that redefine the banking experience, [...]
VentureTech 2023 Podcast with Keith Riddle
Keith Riddle, SVP of Business Development at Payfinia, made an appearance on the VentureTech 2023 podcast. He offered insights into the future [...]
The Point Solution Paradox
A point solution is any software that’s designed to address a single use case or solve one specific business [...]
FedNow Instant Payments: Our CEO’s Thoughts and Insights
Siva Narendra PhD CEO & Co-founder Tyfone On July 20, 2023 – the very day the Federal [...]
The Tyfone Difference
We Really Do Get It! Digital banking moved from a “nice to have” to a “must have” decades [...]
AI, ChatGPT and the Demise of the User Experience
In 1966, the typical user experience was pretty unremarkable. To make a phone call, you stood near the phone [...]
Buzzwords 101: Decentralized Finance
As the definition above implies, DeFi is not necessarily the friend of community financial institutions. In its purest form, [...]
Buzzwords 101: Cryptocurrency
Before we get into what cryptocurrency is, it’s important to clarify what cryptocurrency isn’t. Specifically, cryptocurrency is not blockchain. [...]
Buzzwords 101: Distributed Ledger Technology
To understand distributed ledger technology, or DLT for short, you first need to understand the difference between blockchain and [...]
Buzzwords 101: Banking as a Service
This may seem like a simple enough definition. However, within its confines lies two completely opposite business models. Exactly [...]
Buzzwords 101: Open Banking
Do you remember about 20 years ago or so when account aggregation first became a thing? Various companies, known [...]
Tyfone Partners with Demopolis Equity Partners to Innovate and Scale the Digital Experience for Community Financial Institutions
CUbroadcast Breaks the News! Mike Lawson of CUbroadcast interviews Dr. Siva Narendra of Tyfone, John-Ashley Paul of Cubus Solutions, [...]
5 Things We Learned at GAC 2023
By all accounts, the 2023 edition of the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) was a rousing success. In 2022, [...]