PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Well, that is where things get a little bit confusing, Arjun Kakkar, vice president of Strategy and Operations at Ekata , told PYMNTS in a recent interview. And if we’re being realistic, he said, there is really no end in sight to that confusion, at least in the immediate future, because there are so many nuances per region.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. Improving efficiency is like “losing weight” and “working out more.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Though not venture capital, the private equity raised for New Jersey-chartered community bank Cross River Bank is noteworthy not only for its impressive price tag of $100 million, but for its reflection of investors’ support for financial institutions that collaborate with the tech startup scene. Cross River Bank. Wise Systems.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. ” Capital On Tap Enables Receipt Bank Card. Capital on Tap wields the commercial card to connect small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to financing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Challenger bank Yelo, operating in India, raised an undisclosed sum from Matrix Partners India, Omidyar Network, Flourish VC and Better Capital, Inc 42 reports said this week. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 million funding found for its small business working capital offing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based million investment round in commercial card startup DiviPay, reports said this week, via the bank’s venture capital unit ANZi. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice. The advantage of working capital is obvious to some degree.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

HSBC has added six foreign currencies supported by its commercial card products in Europe in support of corporates operating across borders in the region. This will help clients achieve greater visibility and control over spending and to effectively manage working capital.”. In a press release sent to PYMNTS on Thursday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bain Capital Ventures: 2020 Is B2B Payments’ Breakout Year. Bain Capital Ventures’ partner Matt Harris told PYMNTS that 2020 marked the tipping point for commercial payments. “I PYMNTS explores how cloud infrastructure and automated systems have improved Western Union’s operating efficiencies. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

an effort that was already operating in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Success has already come from other parts of the globe, he said — specifically, from the Asia-Pacific region. They include the money transfer operation InstaReM , and the digital wallet operation Razer.

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Fintech Innovation US Payments 192

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In addition, the official noted that the region has “seen cases recently where AML issues have compromised the functioning and even the viability of some banks, so it is very important here to move forward.”. The total settlement will be taken as a charge against third quarter results.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. That year, installations further south, in the region that includes Brownsville and Corpus Christi, supported an estimated 41,000 jobs and contributed about $4.6 Capitalizing on an area’s growing popularity.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Intel Corporation’s VC arm, Intel Capital, made not one but two of the largest venture capital investments this week, both of which landed at startups using high-tech Software-as-a-Service solutions for the enterprise. Oracle may have grabbed headlines with its $9.3 We break down the investment activity below. Funding Societies.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

And in one example, Nash — a financial services platform registered in Liechtenstein — looks to provide a funds management service tied to digital wallets that will help users create and operate accounts across several blockchains while retaining custody of their assets. Blockchain for Trading .

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

The round also included the participation of existing Flywire investors Bain Capital Ventures and F-Prime Capital. Flywire, meanwhile, has been expanding operations in such countries as Singapore, China and Japan (along with Australia and Ireland), and its association with Temasek promises to pay dividends in Asia, at the least.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2017

There is a need to provide the premium utilities (Data, Capital, Security, Compliance, Identity) and the platforms aggregate, assemble and deliver them. Fintechs and smaller players are creating the component parts of these solutions in the form of conventional products.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

The survey stretched across 77 C-level executives, IT managers and others — and of that tally, 76 percent of firms are not currently in compliance with their own information governance policies. Despite direct exposure to the region, they remain unaware of the GDPR requirements. FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 26, 2015

Mishkin Last Friday, the CFPB announced the following additions to its senior leadership team: Leandra English will serve as the CFPB’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Agnes Bundy Scanlan will serve as the CFPB’s Northeast Regional Director of Supervision Examinations. Before joining the OMB, Ms.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

These bad actors often make off with investment funds for personal benefit or funnel them into illegal operations. The threat of fraud forces fundraising platforms into a delicate balancing act, one in which they must comply with various region-specific regulatory rules while continually updating their client-safety approaches.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

In 2014, its first year in business, the company quickly signed up over 200 customers in Europe and then determined it needed to expand outside the region to build momentum. However, doing so meant building banking relationships in foreign markets — something that would have cost the upstart precious time and startup capital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

UAE Exchange CEO Promoth Manghat told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that staying ahead on technology and working capital investments has not only kept UAE Exchange in the game since 1980, but enabled it to grow into a global leader in the financial services space, handling close to $30 billion in transfers each year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

A need for larger working capital and a slower supply chain for both exporters and importers. Businesses kind of operate on that. We derive an independent rate from buying and selling digital assets across different regions. The result? So, for us, it’s about how the market is responding at the time.”.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In a round led by Flint Capital, digital identity verification technology specialist Socure has raised $13 million in funding. Featuring participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures, and Two Sigma Ventures, this week’s investment takes Socure’s total financing to more than $17 million.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. These APIs handle everything from acceptance and processing to settlement and reconciliation, while ensuring compliance and security. Virtual card issuance.

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FICO

MAY 5, 2021

In fact, the International Chamber of Commerce has identified the attraction of so-called nonbank capital as the key issue to solving the global trade finance shortage within the next three years. Clearly there are differences in region and the size of operations, but SME challenges and opportunities are broadly the same.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

We serve the dental and other health professional industries through a centralized loan and deposit platform that operates out of our main office in Dallas, Texas and serves clients in 30 states. Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. We serve our local geographic market which is the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Acronym of the Year. Has to be M-O-E. Now, about that execution….

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Goes to Tom Brown and the Second Curve Capital team for the inspiring message from Clemson CEO Jim Clements.

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FICO

MAY 18, 2020

For operations, the IFRS 9 accounting standard represents a once-in-a-generation change for collections. In the first-party space, there continues to be a focus on the customer and customer service, as well as increased interest from the offices of the CFO and CRO as to how risk and operations are minimising unnecessary impairments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

million Series C financing round led by Foundation Capital and joined by Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners. Investors depend on fund advisers to give them the straight scoop on performance so they can make informed investment decisions,” said Jina Choi, director of the SEC’s San Francisco regional office.

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FICO

JANUARY 7, 2021

Leaders will: have a real-time strategic map of their supply chain network, which they will stress-test using scenarios; demand more transparency from their suppliers, and share risk and resiliency with their customers; use that understanding as a lever to reduce their cost of capital. For more information, watch this webinar: #2.

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Jack Henry

APRIL 30, 2014

One such attack by the group Unlimited Operations was able to net over $40 million. Regional Coalitions. These should serve as reminders for reviewing/updating and ensuring your risk management and compliance efforts continue to meet those expectations. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF). FBI InfraGard.

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Fraud Cyber Security ATM FDIC 88

NCR

JULY 27, 2016

The immediate aftermath was both shocking and predictable: Markets took a massive hit in many regions, the British pound fell to its lowest point since the mid-’80s, and even the UK’s perch as the world’s fifth-largest economy looked precarious.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

DBS leaders expect to see more than 5,000 people actively innovating DBS’ services and operations at DAX each year. Working with FCAT, the charity searched for third-party vendors and iterated testing on compliance with legal and regulatory requirements to be able to accept Bitcoin. Capital One — Capital One Labs.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 30, 2017

million in new capital , Swiss anti-fraud specialist NetGuardians now has more than $14 million in total funding. “This collaboration with Swisscom represents recognition from a leader in this Swiss market,” NetGuardians’ Chief Operating Officer Raffael Maio said. With an infusion of $8.7 (CHF

Fraud 15

Fraud Regional Risk Management Conference 15

CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

As more companies look to capitalize on these commercial opportunities, investment into the drone space continues to grow. But drones can also be ground or sea vehicles that operate autonomously. Many of the drones are being designed exclusively for surveillance, but others for offensive operations. Conservation.

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