PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

The Institute for FinTech Research at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (THUIFR) has unveiled a blockchain scholarship program with Ripple ’s help, Cointelegraph reported. 22), “We @Ripple are excited to work with Tsinghua University Institute for FinTech Research (@THIFR3) and help develop the next generation talent for blockchain in China!”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 24, 2023

This decade-long crisis touches banks’ products, technologies, people, processes and the political climate. In an article titled Is the Banking Crisis Over? We Are About to Find Out , the Wall Street Journal identified three concerns that could determine if the banking industry is out of the crisis or still in one: Deposit costs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an impact on open banking developments worldwide as regulators, financial institutions (FIs) and businesses set their sights on helping their current customers rather than future innovations. The European Banking Authority (EBA) is relaxing some of the E.U. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

As Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) becomes fully implemented, the merchants, banks and third-party payment services within the European Union (EU) are still working out the particulars. For more on the latest PSD2 and GDPR news, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends section. Around The PSD2 And GDPR World.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Consumers frequently used BNPL to buy clothing, with that merchandise category claiming 71 percent of transactions made with the financing tool. A United Arab Emirates-based FinTech recently took in $23 million in Series A funding to power its delivery of such services. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later Space.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

A new blockchain accelerator, MState , has found some high-profile backing. News from Business Insider on Tuesday (Jan. FinTech companies will pull in $4.7 billion in investments this year, with blockchain a key category. 9) stated MState secured backing from IBM and Comcast Ventures. I’m not sure.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Roughly a fifth of those queried by the DTCC stated that FinTech as a general category poses at least some systemic risk next year, which is up 5 percent from last year. The bank said that fellow participants in the transaction included Region Brokerage Company and the Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD).

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

For many companies, 2018 is a year of regulatory change: In Canada, for example, there are proposed changes to the Canadian Payments Act that could result in the creation of a non-bank associate member role for Payments Canada. As a result, the proposed change could open new doors for companies that are not FIs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking’s Big Digital Shift? NEW DATA: Inside Main Street SMBs’ Digital Shift. The Flaw In Demonizing Big Tech. Trackers And Reports.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

This month’s Digital Banking Tracker™ cover story features an interview with Ed Metzger, Santander UK’s Head of Innovation about their early feedback from incorporating a voice assistant into their student-focused SmartBank app – and what’s next for voice technology in banking. Around the world of Digital Banking.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

It’s really difficult, the banking ecosystem is not fast and that’s just reality,” Jim McCarthy, industry expert and former innovation head for Visa, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. The “almost “is simply because it is not clear that it is even a legitimate quote. This may be one of those cases.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 31, 2015

And on Wednesday the banking team convened to review our priorities and refresh our topic taxonomy – so much has changed in the last year that we knew it was time for a refresh. It could also have been, of course, being in New York the weekend before, or seeing Carnegie Hall during business hours.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2018

Amazon Go added a new store, Lyft added bikes, Bixby added sports, consumers added more personal debt to their already heaping piles, and the U.S. Amazon Go added a new store, Lyft added bikes, Bixby added sports, consumers added more personal debt to their already heaping piles, and the U.S. economy added jobs. Amazon Go 2.0

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 7, 2019

Alan is one of just 65 authors from around the country to receive the award, which recognizes contributors for their reporting of complex legislative and litigation news, as well as their strategic insight and overall knowledge of the legal industry. We certainly hope that our readers will agree.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Businesses flooded banks with applications and the initial $340 billion of funds was gone in a matter of 13 days. Around the same time, April 29, Treasury issued new guidelines – and a warning. Treasury into the program would likely be fully depleted by the time the panel reassembled for the sixth conversation the next week.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The good news is that financial institutions can take several steps to ensure they avoid troublesome software integrations, says Steven Martin of Marcato Advisors, a bank consulting firm focused on achieving success with fintech. This category sounds really mundane, but I see it so often,” Martin said.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 18, 2017

We’re only at the beginning of this new age of computing which holds the potential to transform the entire working of a bank. In this context, what can banks and FIs do today to get started with AI? CB Insights’ AI-Fintech map provides a good example of active use case categories.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

At least 35 percent of credit unions, commercial banks and community banks — including 40 percent of the top-performing FIs — cited integrating legacy technology with new innovations as the biggest hindrance to innovation. Making Old and New Work Hand-in-Hand. That’s where we come in.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Traditional institutions are picking up steam in their efforts to collaborate with alternative financiers and FinTech firms, largely viewed as a way to spin the competition into allies and upgrade their lending services without the burden of in-house R&D. The Fed’s survey — of top bank officers at 72 domestic banks and 22 U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Or turn into new opportunities as others take stock and adjust those plans. Before “fake news,” there were the public beheadings, live shootings, live suicides and bullying – many of which were very viral. Halloween , the annual celebration of the spooky and supernatural, is just a couple of days away.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Excluding auto sales, which are more volatile month-to-month than other retail categories, spending was up.9 But this week, buoyed by a string of rather encouraging numbers, retail is sizzling, and not at all softly. Coming down the stretch in Q2, things are looking a good deal brighter than they have in some time. 9 percent, beating out the.5

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CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

One of the biggest trends in fintech today is the rise of digital banking products like mobile checking accounts and new debit cards. From Square to Paypal, a host of fintechs are creating products that let consumers spend money directly out of digital accounts using a physical card. get the 86-page fintech report.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 1, 2017

TransferWise unveils new APAC hub in Singapore. Temenos adds open banking, PSD2-based services to its MarketPlace initiative. Prival Bank of Panama to deploy Temenos’ core banking solution, T24. Qumram wins “Best RegTech Company” in 2017 FinTech Breakthrough Awards. Vantiv to buy Paymetric.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. FinTech threats and distractions. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Payments chaos.

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Lex Sokolin

APRIL 29, 2019

In news of cross-selling financial products across categories, roboadvisor Wealthfront has gathered a nifty $1 billion of deposit assets for its 2.29% interest-yielding non-bank cash account. As a second large issue, it is worth asking whether the US is experiencing an online banking renaissance? You read that right.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

What we learn is that familiarity does not always breed contempt — checks are still a well-trodden way to make a payment — but that new technologies are starting to make some headway. We’re two days away from the official start of the halfway mark of the year. These businesses — we call them Store Fronts — number 3.8 Are SMBs Ready For EMV?

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). Definitions will evolve, and we may include or exclude certain categories in the future. No pure-play mining companies. Value ($B).

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). Definitions will evolve, and we may include or exclude certain categories in the future. No pure-play mining companies. Value ($B).

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

One of the major players is Rho , which is competing both on the banking side and with its newer corporate charge card. These mid-market companies have substantial banking costs but aren’t big enough yet to get much attention at traditional large banks. There are thousands of business banking options for small businesses.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2022

CB Insights has unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Fintech 250 — a list of the 250 most promising private fintech companies worldwide. . Others are striving to make banking, loans, mobile wallets, and investing products available to historically underserved populations all over the world. . FINTECH 250 COHORT HIGHLIGHTS.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

But it got me thinking about who would be my picks if I were assembling a fantasy banking team. The Owner/Chairman Criteria: I looked to Bank Director Magazine's annual scorecard for my pick. The Owner/Chairman Criteria: I looked to Bank Director Magazine's annual scorecard for my pick. So I thought I would give it a shot.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2015

We’re taking the fintech developer tool showcase to New York March 29 & 30, 2016. Developer news: Hack (Make!) the Bank London tickets now on sale for 7 & 8 November 2015. Self Lender names MX as 1 of 3 startups who is “absolutely crushing it” in fintech. Stay tuned for details. billion ($7.3

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The US has no equivalent of the EU’s Payment Institution (PI) licence, but this would be a practical way to allow new entrants access to the infrastructure needed to deliver great new products and services. From Regulator will start issuing bank charters for fintech firms. This announcement is, I think, really important.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 8, 2016

December: Named one of the top 50 Emerging Stars in the KPMG and H2 Ventures global Fintech 100 report. October: Named FinTech Forward 2015 Company to Watch. December: Introduces bank account deposits using POLi online payment service. December: Introduces bank account deposits using POLi online payment service.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 3, 2017

In addition to the financing news, LendUp also surpassed $1 billion across 3.3 The company’s team of 200+ aims to help consumers rejected by banks find a safe alternative to payday lenders. In October of last year, H2Ventures and KPMG placed LendUp in the Leading 50 category of its Fintech 100 list. million times.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Neural Configuration and Consciousness We are making our way through Lisa Feldman Barrett’s deeply compelling book, How Emotions Are Made. It speaks of the latest scientific understanding of the functioning of the brain?—?a a compex collection of networked neurons continuously firing to generate a narrative model of the reality we experience.

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