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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Tech innovation is on the move in the country, with increased attention from Big Tech companies like Google and digital startups like Chipper Cash , a no-fee, cross-border payment company that launched there earlier this month. Google recently announced a new addition to Google Maps in Nigeria that will speak in a local voice.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Other investors in the round include K3 Ventures , GGV Capital , Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures , the release stated. In addition, the Grab-Singtel consortium was selected by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to set up a full digital bank, according to the release.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The purchase is said to be in line with Sea’s aim to expand its position as a FinTech trailblazer throughout the region. Vietnam’s MoMo, the digital wallet company, has raised $100 million from a collection of six investors co-led by Goodwater Capital and Warburg Pincus. and PT Danadipa Artha Indonesia.

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APRIL 24, 2020

With social distancing and an economic downturn the new reality for many markets around the world, venture capital is expected to slow significantly. Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. KarbonCard. AvidXchange.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. X1 Card Raises $12 Million In Funding Round Led By Spark Capital.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

STC Pay, a digital wallet that is part of the Saudi Telecom Company, has teamed up with payments company Moven Enterprise to launch a new challenger bank in the country, according to reports. Almoayed has helped Moven to deal with rules and regulations for banks in the area.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

FinTech startup EasyEuro — based in both Paris, France and Shenzhen, China — has closed a $4 million pre-funding deal to launch a Neobank (a 100 percent digital bank) that will target Europe and China simultaneously, the company announced in a recent blog post.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ayoub Jemail has been assigned the role of general manager of business development for the region, the company stated in the announcement on its website. FinTech across the Middle East is also set to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 30 percent, and expected to raise over $2 billion in venture capital funding by 2020.".

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

As consumers flock to banking apps, succeeding in the world of digital banking is not as easy as it used to be when mobile apps emerged a decade ago. Around the Digital Banking World. However, legacy banks across the globe have been far from idle when it comes to digital and mobile innovation.

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JULY 7, 2015

Yet while the demos and screen shots at events like Finovate have provided fascinating fodder regarding the future of digital banking, the FACTS show that these buzz-worthy players have had infinitesimal impact on market share. Ally Bank $23,212,768 $60,709,382 $37,496,614. Capital One* 29,565,607 54,374,989 24,809,382.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing. Similarities To The EU.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

You’d be forgiven for thinking that, in banking, the deal is dead. NCR Digital Banking Senior Vice President and General Manager Doug Brown told Karen Webster there will be an acceleration of deal making on the other side of the pandemic, particularly as financial institutions (FIs) recalibrate and expand their digital efforts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The Asia-Pacific region is home to 20 of the top 50 crypto exchanges. Binance is backed by Vertex Venture Holdings, the venture capital arm of Singaporean firm Temasek Holdings. Singapore has been attempting to modernize its banking as of late, with another announcement that it would be offering digital banking licenses.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom is a known advocate for European startups who has invested much of his fortune into promising startups across the region. But even he has faced difficulties last year in trying to build up a venture capital (VC) fund to back European entrepreneurs due to the uncertainty cast by Brexit.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Digital Engagement Had Great Attendance and Extracurriculars. Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Danske Bank , the Copenhagen-based retail bank, has partnered with FinTech firm Zenegy to roll out a new method for automating payments made with corporate cards, a report from Crowdfund Insider says. Mastercard also rolled out a service to help with working capital and automation.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

The MENAP region has a significant opportunity to increase its economic prosperity by unlocking the productivity delta that exists between the region and global benchmarks," they said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

GPS's technology helps brands by allowing them to provide customized experiences put squarely in the cardholders' hands, the release says, having previously supported FinTechs, digital banks, and eWallets on their various journeys. Last year, GPS partnered with the U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia. Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? News about Chime ’s latest funding round might give pause when comparing the tech-savvy upstart’s valuation against some traditional banking players.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

21), outlining an alliance that sees Investors Bancorp subsidiary Investors Bank collaborating with OnDeck Capital subsidiary ODX to digitize the bank’s loan origination platform for digital loan services in select markets. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Popular Bank will maintain a presence in most of its current communities, with 27 branches located throughout New York in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, as well as in northern New Jersey. Of the 11 branches closing, eight are within two miles of another Popular Bank branch. New York Metro. Nicole Siciliano. 631) 806-7742.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

recovery shifts into rockier territory amid an uptick in infections that has some regions shifting back toward shutdowns. Rick Roberts , analyst and portfolio manager at Vulcan Capital , joined Karen Webster to discuss Disney ’s big digital win, the latest stimulus debate and the week’s other major developments.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The newswire said representatives from local banks will sign on with a task force from the central bank, which will assess the financial products and services that are being proposed. These customers will be able to send money to WeChat Pay from Family Bank’s PesaPap mobile banking application and USSD service.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

That will fall to the tech upstarts, he said, the customer-centric businesses that deeply understand their customers, and who embrace banking-as-a-service. Welcome, perhaps, to a digital banking landscape that has room for the Bank of Google, and the Bank of PayPal. in sight, too.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? News about Chime ’s latest funding round might give pause when comparing the tech-savvy upstart’s valuation against some traditional banking players.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The new Workforce Spend Playbook highlights the newest solutions helping SMBs to more effectively manage their capital, and focus on their expansion ambitions. This demand is driving the global expense management software market to reach $6.6 billion in value by 2025. Inside The Playbook.

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Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction Study from J.D. The 2016 U.S.

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AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America fintech companies are creating solutions aimed at rethinking banking, lending, and payments in the region. We used the conventional definition of Latin America to include all countries in the following regions: South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. Digital Banking. LatAm Fintech.

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JUNE 28, 2018

But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Evidence of that comes from Swift’s Latin America Regional Conference , held earlier this month in Miami. Fraud is a Top Worry.

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APRIL 23, 2019

There has been a lot of interest from China toward the Latin American region, with companies like Didi Chuxing , Huawei and Baidu all looking for investments in the area. Tencent said last year that it was going to boost its investments in certain “key areas,” including digital payments.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

28) that they are tackling that challenge head on and solving the FinTech acceptance problem in an entirely new way across 10 key markets in the Asia-Pacific region. As a result, Dill said, digital commerce will find footing in Asian markets that have, thus far, been underpenetrated — with good reason. This region, home to more than 4.3

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JULY 31, 2019

Visa, of course, provides entry into that program, and acts as mentor, helping FinTechs navigate the multiple moving parts that is the dynamic landscape of digital payments and new tech. Success has already come from other parts of the globe, he said — specifically, from the Asia-Pacific region. Whole Ecosystem. “If

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JULY 1, 2016

This week sure seems to hint that the answer is “yes ,” considering alt lending startups not only received the most venture capital this week, but they also received the highest funding rounds of any other B2B FinTech industry. Commercial Banking. D3 Banking. Alternative Lending.

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JUNE 14, 2022

The combined solution, available in the cloud or on-premise, is available to clients in France and the Benelux region, with the potential to expand into other geographies in the future. Paris, France – June 14 – 2022 – Finastra today announced a partnership with Lozenge Analytics, offering the capabilities to Fusion KTP customers.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. Clearco provides growth capital for small businesses. SoftBank has also backed a number of other crypto-focused vendors, including investment firm Hashdex , Brazil-based exchange Mercado Bitcoin , and digital asset wallet O3 Labs.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

But, while closing physical bank branches might appear to be a wise cost-saving measure, the move comes with risks that could hurt banks’ relations with new millennial customers. Can banks have it both ways? We see a harmony between digital capabilities and the branches,” he said. Getting in Front of Change.

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