Synctera Blog

Your go-to resource for Banking as a Service insights, guides to building FinTech apps and embedded banking products, and updates from Synctera

Adding Instant Payments to Your FinTech App or Embedded Banking Product

With Synctera, you can easily add Instant Payments to your FinTech app or embedded banking product and reap the benefits for you and your customers.
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Canada: An Opportunity That Synctera Was Built For

Expanding operations into Canada is something Synctera has been discussing and working towards since its inception. We're excited to finally bring our Banking as a Service platform to the country.
Changelogs

Changelog: March 2023

A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides

Anatomy of an ACH Transaction: The Guide for FinTechs

ACH transactions happen every day, but how do they work? We break down the anatomy of an ACH transaction to help you understand the role they play in your banking product.
Guides

How to Optimize KYC for Your FinTech

Know Your Customer (KYC) is an important part of keeping the financial ecosystem safe and mitigating fraud. In this post, we outline KYC best practices for FinTechs, so you can stay compliant and deliver a great customer experience.
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Heading Up North - Synctera Is Expanding into Canada, Has Received $15M in Strategic Funding

With new strategic funding led by NAventures, we’re excited to expand our operations to serve new FinTechs in the region
Changelogs

Changelog: February 2023

A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides

How to Switch Banking as a Service Providers: A Step-by-Step Guide

If you are encountering delays or issues with your current Banking as a Service provider or sponsor bank, learn how Synctera makes it easy to switch
Changelogs

Changelog: January 2023

A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides

9-Step FinTech Compliance Checklist: How to Build a Resilient Risk and Compliance Program Before You Launch

Building a resilient compliance program will set your FinTech product up for success. Our experts have put together a 9-step compliance checklist, giving you a step-by-step guide to building a secure and compliant FinTech product before you launch to your customers.
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Synctera's 2022 Summary: Climbing the FinTech Mountain

In Synctera's 2022 year-end review, our CEO writes about how we've been helping FinTechs and banks partner together while scaling our platform to support over 2 million consumers.
Changelogs

Changelog: December 2022

A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides

How Can FinTech Startups Survive the ‘VC Winter’?

“Oh, my sweet summer child,” the old FinTech startup founder said quietly, “what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet.” 
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Get Ready: Regulators Will Focus on FinTech <> Sponsor Bank Partnerships in 2023

Regulatory scrutiny of FinTechs isn’t going away. Synctera's CEO, Peter Hazlehurst, talks about his 2023 FinTech prediction about the relationship between FinTechs and their sponsor banks.
Changelogs

Changelog: November 2022

A summary of the Banking as a Service and Embedded Finance product updates we've made over the last month
Product

How to Get Started with Synctera Smart Charge Card

Synctera Smart Charge Card is a new Banking as a Service credit product companies of all sizes can access to build, launch, and issue secured charge cards to their customers via a simple set of APIs. Get the details about our latest product launch and how to get started.
Guides

Friendly Fraud: How Should FinTechs View the Risks?

Trust us - friendly fraud is not friendly at all. Read our best practices on three key areas for how FinTechs can mitigate this risk and protect their partners, brand, and bottom-line.
Product

What Will Determine FinTech’s Success in 2023 and Beyond?

Four words: customer experience and brand. Learn about our our newest Banking as a Service product offering, which can help FinTech developers launch beautiful, delightful mobile banking apps in record time.
Changelogs

Changelog: October 2022

A summary of the big Banking as a Service and Embedded Finance product updates we've made over the last month
Product

Meet Synctera’s Use Case Explorer: The New Blueprint for Building with Banking as a Service

Discover your FinTech use case and make it reality in a few minutes. With the Synctera Use Case Explorer, watch Synctera's APIs come alive and connect with the Synctera Starter App for retail banking - a customizable codebase we’re giving away for free.

Great banking products get built and scaled on Synctera’s end-to-end platform

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