Chris Skinner

MAY 10, 2017

It shows how important FinTech is when major financial centres vie for focus. London has been leading the charge to be the FinTech capital of the world, but many other cities are nipping at their toes. So I was intrigued to see Hong Kong issue their FinTech strategy today. Does this matter?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration can be an effective way for financial institutions (FIs) to launch new digital products. While FIs are exploring how APIs can elevate operations like small business loan underwriting, traditional FIs are also turning to their third-party FinTech partners to augment processes and product offerings.

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PYMNTS

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. In the U.S., KarbonCard.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Small business finserv was a popular target this week, with startups securing funding for their SMB banking, lending and accounting tools. Lendingkart.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. Shopmatic said in an announcement that it would “leverage the MatchMove reach and network to originate new customers as well as accelerate our platform growth across the region.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

One area of impact is small business finance and lending, with small businesses and lenders seeing a slowdown in demand. Small business lending platform Funding Circle commented on this effect in its latest earnings data, noting that there has been “some deterioration” in its higher-risk small business loan bands in the U.K.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 Aspire Financial Technologies.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Following a record-breaking Q2, global fintech private market deal activity remained elevated in Q3’21. . In our State of Fintech Q3’21 Report, we dive into global investment trends to spotlight takeaways including: . The second-highest quarter on record for fintech financing, up 147% YoY. Want to go even deeper?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

As FinTechs eye growth, and look to gain scale by providing more “mainstream” financial services, might those plans hit a speed bump when it comes to the infrastructure needed to bring products to the masses? Those regulators state that such services can be brought to thus-far underserved areas, and might boost lending to small businesses.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Alternative lending was the golden child among investors around 2015, but lately, the industry seems to have fallen out of favor thanks to regulatory uncertainty and questions over the viability of some business models. Alternative Lending. This week alone saw two examples of those concerns in action: One U.S. lawmaker, Rep.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 30, 2016

Last week, I participated in a Finextra webinar on the topic of “Connected Credit and Compliance for Lending Growth” with panelists from ING, Vertus Partners, Misys and Credits Vision. Cost of compliance. Changing client expectations. Competition from new entrants.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

For small businesses, expansion is key, and expansion needs capital. For small business lenders and for FinTech too, expansion is key; but for Biz2Credit, expansion is literal. Drilling down a bit into the Puerto Rico market in particular, Arora noted some differences between small business lending versus, say, the United States.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

For weeks the FinTech industry has been managing fears and anxieties over the future of the novel alternative finance space. Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Alternative Lending. alternative lending space this week, too.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

With a goal of expanding its presence across the Nordic region, Enterpay, based in Finland, has raised new funding from NFT Ventures, the companies said Monday (Feb. Alternative Lending. Capital Float. million , India’s Zen Lefin, better known as Capital Float, will expand its abilities to lend to SMEs. Rippleshot.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2016

Whether it is equity or debt platforms, the trend is very much alive with regional variations and adapting regulations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at the problem of creating accessible, affordable personal loans for consumers. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Not one of the four alternative lending startups that secured investments this week were from the U.S. B2B FinTech space is silent. Alternative Lending. Late last week, South Africa’s LulaLend brought some rare attention to the nation’s alternative lending space. Well, in the U.S., that may be true.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Singapore’s FinTech firm ADVANCE.AI , Hong Kong’s financial services company Sheng Ye Capital and Singapore’s firm Phillip Capital are the most recent in a series of contenders for critical business permits in Singapore. billion in capital on hand, and be governed by Singapore leadership.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Tala, the consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced Monday (Oct. In a press release , Tala said the undisclosed investment from PayPal will help the company bring visibility and access to underserved regions in emerging markets across the world. 22) a strategic investment from PayPal.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This week's look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations explores how a range of banks is turning to partners and API connectivity to enhance small business services, from lending to payments. app-first bank Atom is also collaborating with the company to enhance its own small business lending workflows.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup is all about data. However, the biggest funding round of the week went to a company that is not yet in the B2B FinTech space, though it has plans to use the capital to launch a cross-border, small business (SMB) money-transfer service. Catch up on the latest investment rounds below.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. to help bailing out their SMB customers, with some regional financial institutions (FIs) already taking action. Europe Clears 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. And Experian Australia & New Zealand announced that it has acquired FinTech Look Who’s Charging.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For startups, 2016 wasn’t the best year in venture capital. VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. Alt-Lending. and the U.S. round out the rest of the investment activity.

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CB Insights

APRIL 16, 2019

Southeast Asia is a historically underbanked region. As of 2018, only 47% of adults in the region had a bank account, while only a third of Southeast Asian SMEs had access to loans or lines of credit. READ THE 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Southeast Asia’s nascent fintech sector is seeing increasing growth.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2016

The alternative lending boom of yesteryear secured impressive amounts of attention, and dollars, from venture capitalists towards the FinTech startup industry. Today, however, investors are increasingly showing a more conservative approach to the FinTech space. Alternative Lending. We break down the investments below.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

B-North wants to disrupt the £154 billion UK business lending market. The majority of SME lending is via the big High Street banks and our experience shows they often use outdated ‘legacy’ systems, rigid lending policies, and faceless, centralized processing centers. percent in equity at a £14,247,942 ($18.7 million ($1.97

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The company provides customers with trust system and identity solutions to aid in the areas of eCommerce and lending, particularly in terms of credibility. South Asia is the fastest-growing market in FinTech and eCommerce, according to Credify. The area is projected to be a $72 billion market for FinTech in 2020, at an CAGR of 72.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

KPMG had some bad news for the FinTech world this week. Along with CB Insights, KPMG researchers found in their latest quarterly analysis that FinTech investment by venture capitalists declined across the globe in Q3 of this year. Their “ Pulse of Fintech “ report found $2.4 Alternative Lending.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

operations to PNC Bank , creating the fifth-largest regional player in the U.S. Firms with strong balance sheets, he said, have been in a position of strength to capitalize on select opportunities. No matter the size of the bank or the regional focus, there’s a general realization that disruption is on the horizon.

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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 based alternative small business lending isn’t dead with investors and an India startup landed more than half a billion dollars. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It is amazing how the ecosystem continues to grow and how fintech start-ups are booming. Discover the finalists of all regions here. In Europa the winners were Everledger , specialized in anti-fraud technology for financial services and insurance; and Origin an electronic platform that facilitates bond issuing in the capital markets.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

That’s the opinion of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which earlier this week said technology would be one of the underpinnings of getting lending to increase to SMEs, a group that would naturally benefit from improved access to capital. In the U.K.,

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