PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, Raghav Mathur, head of data science and analytics at Singapore-based Grab Financial Group , discussed the opportunities in data technology that can address the region’s most pressing SMB lending needs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Well-funded and organized fraud operations, meanwhile, continued to amass more capital, manpower and technology. That’s a recipe for negative reviews and frustrated feedback on social media. It’s time to fight back. Businesses across the U.S.

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NCR

MARCH 5, 2018

With more competition from emerging fintech players and new technology such as mobile and artificial intelligence demanding banks rethink how they deliver services to consumers, some companies are now looking to question how banks should define themselves in today’s market. What do banks need to be effective?

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 23, 2022

It would do that by using technology, design, and data science to provide a customer experience that would generate its publicity. In general, because each product is built on the same technology platform and there are no branches, general and administrative expenses are approximately 85% lower than incumbent banks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

At least one thing is clear about Facebook ’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with the Joneses. Another analyst who deals directly with blockchain said Facebook faces no major threat from the technology, at least not yet. “Could it be?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

While loan requests with traditional banks can take between three and four months to be approved, B-North’s model will allow loans to be made to SMEs within 10 days through the use of cutting-edge data technology. million small businesses operating in the U.K., The startup has already raised £4.5 million in seed funding so far.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and others in the food service space are rapidly adjusting their operations during the pandemic, with many implementing new technologies online and in-store to ensure customers can seamlessly and safely place orders. For more on these stories and other headlines, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

At the time, GAC said it wanted to access Tencent ‘s knowledge in digital payments, social media, Big Data and AI. Under the terms of the deal, which was inked Thursday, the venture will get one billion yuan, or $149 million, in capital.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

The Canadian quick-service coffee chain said on a social media account that it has notched funding from the Chinese technology company, but did not disclose the size of the investment known, according to a report. Luckin had 4,507 self-operated locations as of last year’s close.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood of SMBs. Yet many firms struggle to gain access to the capital that helps them launch or sustain operations. Initially we plan to operate in the Netherlands.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In other news, the Marco Polo Network has announced that it has secured its first Russian-German import-export operations financing project. We launched our first distributed ledger technology in trade finance as early as 2017. We are trying to break down the barriers to allow everyone to use bitcoin,” said founder Pete Cheyne.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Business confidence remains relatively high, but the latest analysis from CB Insights found that venture capital (VC) investment took a turn for the worse in Q1. Reports earlier this week in the Financial Times revealed that global venture capital funding dropped 13 percent to $6.3 Webware.io. Canada’s Webware.io

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

The pandemic is continuing to throw typical business operations for many industries into flux, resulting in disastrous financial consequences. The hope is that these changes will offer SMBs the adaptability they need to keep their operations moving throughout the ongoing pandemic. Government entities in the U.S. SMBs across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”. ” He noted that projects with distributed ledger technology (DLT) could unlock “billions of pounds in capital and liquidity.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Treasury official Sigal Mandelker, who serves as undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said cryptocurrencies that operate anywhere in the United States will have to comply with regulations that target fraud. In remarks to reporters this past week in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. FINMA’S Take.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

The country’s fourth-largest bank said it anticipates that its loan capacity will be maxed out under the program since it is operating with the current asset cap limitations. Apple acquired artificial intelligence (AI) startup Voysis to improve its natural language technology, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (April 3).

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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Lex Sokolin

MARCH 31, 2021

The Distribution of Social Capital A lot of the language in fintech and Ethereum has been about democratization, and helping people have better financial services. Other forms of social capital are just as valuable?—?from The idea of social collapse and blockchain rebirth generates attention, outrage, and speculation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This time around, WeLab, which operates lending platforms targeting both consumers and small businesses, said it is watching industry peers closely — especially those that go public — but stopped short of saying it was planning an initial public offering (IPO) itself. Kinara Capital. B2B payments. SMB Accounting. ScaleFactor.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

The project involves WeChat , the social messaging app designed and operated by China-based Tencent. million that serves as the capital of Guangdong province, have been using smartphones and facial recognition technology to link their national ID cards with their WeChat accounts.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

Alternative data can create an accurate ‘digital fingerprint’ of a consumer, blending trusted online and social media intelligence with conventional offline data for hyper-informed decisions—handled in a way that doesn’t sacrifice the consumer experience for security. SVP of Operations at Socure. Previously, he served as the Sr.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

It costs merchants nothing to join or remain on Sky.Garden; all they provide is their shop name, MPesa phone number and a few personal and business details (such as operating hours). They spent several months traveling and researching before raising their first capital from friends and family in early 2016. The Sky.Garden Story.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2017

to Mexico to India to sub-Saharan Africa, SMEs’ need for access to capital is universal. PayPal and Village Capital have just expanded their partnership in an effort to, as they say, “democratize” access to financing for entrepreneurs and SMEs in various markets across the globe. From the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

There may be a few resilient, strategic entrepreneurs out there who don’t need venture capital to run a successful startup. “It’s a huge anomaly,” said Small Business Administration Head of Innovation and Investment Mark Walsh, referencing the ability for startup founders to make it without venture capital.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2024

This fictional novel with an ugly cover is a fast-paced and entertaining story of a plant manager desperately trying to improve operational performance and his marriage. This work offers bankers a set of rules for successfully capitalizing on innovation and a guide of when bankers should innovate and when not.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? At an average of $1 million per year to operate, the branch is the most expensive per unit channel in banking, given that a good branch serves 2,000 to 3,000 customers. Branching is expensive – banks need to use the asset wisely.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Social media scams account for the highest losses and are higher than any other fraud typology , at a reported half-billion total loss. In assessing the true cost of fraud, Gartner, the respected technological research and consulting firm, has coined three distinct pillars of fraud costs.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 20, 2015

From social media to the use of all caps, every individual action can affect credit worthiness. It’s easy to get bogged down in the endless debate over the mingling of banking technology. The banking technology more than the banker will actually make the call. So what’s the best way to move forward?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

15) that it has launched a global initiative, She’s Next, Empowered by Visa, which seeks to support the advancement of women-owned small businesses around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. 30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

Newid Capital and angel investors also participated, reports said. millio n raise from FirstFlow Capital, based in Malaysia, which will go toward product development and building a larger user base. Sands Capital joined in as a new investor, while the World Bank’s IFC, Accel and Flipkart also participated in the funding, reports said.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2023

Just when you were getting your bank’s head around how you will operationalize ChatGPT (our breakdown HERE ), AutoGPT, an application built on top of ChatGPT, gets released and takes the technology to a new level. For example, we set a goal of finding the highest-rated steakhouse in Orlando and then make reservations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

With nearly $120 million raised for enterprise-serving startups, B2B venture capital saw one of its most successful weeks this year. Businesses across the globe operating in the blockchain, eCommerce-as-a-Service and alternative lending spaces (to name a few) all secured funding. It was also one of the most diverse. Pwnie Express.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

In many cases, the podcasts or hosts have sizable social media followings, and all release a new episode at least once per month so you can stay up to date with the latest trends in the finance world. Listen to the podcast episode, " How To Sleep Easier at Night About Capital and Risk Levels.". keep me informed. Whitepaper.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Trackers and Reports.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 24, 2016

tweeted Eileen Burbidge, a partner at Passion Capital and FinTech Envoy of HM Read More. In a stunning vote, British citizens decided to leave the European Union, and the so-called Brexit has not just profound implications for fintech, but creates massive uncertainty for global financial services. How can we be so stupid?”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

The company also set up a multi-million-dollar subsidy program to reduce operating costs and capital risks for their merchants, in an effort to help them get back to work safely and efficiently. The company mobilized its offline sales force and encouraged them to use VR and social media to better engage customers.

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