PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Goldman Sachs as FinTech player? Call it FinTech for the masses, done with higher rates on savings than might be seen elsewhere, and where those rates are going higher by several basis points, starting, well … now. The digital age is upon us, though, and the bank is proving nimbler than perhaps some might think. and the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

GME) one of the largest payment financial technology companies in South Korea, according to a Tuesday (June 23) announcement by MoneyGram. Our new partnership with GME, one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in a key market, will further support this strong digital growth.”. has partnered with Global Money Express Co.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Ireland has been ramping up to boost FinTech efforts — a trend that has spanned several countries globally. As reported this past week, per Yahoo Finance , Ireland wants to see as many as 50,000 people employed directly within the country’s international financial services sector, with a target date of 2025. In the U.S.,

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Core provider Fiserv’s market strategy continues to focus on bank partnerships and fintech acquisitions as revenues grow and development picks up speed. Financials were in line with expectations, Fiserv Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano said during today’s fourth-quarter earnings call.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2019

When Swedish banking firm Klarna became Europe’s most valuable financial technology startup last week, it was only the latest sign that digital finance has escaped the troubles afflicting legacy lenders. European fintech companies raised $3.3 billion valuation. billion in venture capital in the first […].

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). FinTech Efforts In Africa. The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

Regulators from around the world are teaming up to create a blueprint for a global FinTech “sandbox.”. According to Reuters , Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the plans for a global testing bed for new financial technology apps.

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FICO

JULY 9, 2021

The pandemic and associated economic uncertainty have made the landscape for card lending even more challenging, with the need to shape an effective strategy for engagement with all of their customers. To find out more about how PrescreenCentral can benefit both FinTech partners and financial institutions alike, read the new executive brief.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that it is working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to develop a regulatory sandbox for FinTech firms. “We A sandbox provides relief from certain regulatory requirements so FinTech startups can test products and government authorities can offer guidance.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 27, 2023

Industry pundits in the know about everything financial technology and financial technology firms will soon be clinking martini glasses saluting each other and telling stories about their profitability and number of bank installs they have under their belt. It is a veritable "who" of financial technology firms.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Financial condition and competitive market environment and client base.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It’s a concept that banks and financial technology (fintech) companies should—and are—quickly learning. Five years ago, industry watchers forecasted fintech to be the imminent and dramatic demise of traditional banking. Likewise, fintechs are realising that flying alone can be energy sapping.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Financial technology services company WEX is going to acquire Discovery Benefits (DBI) , an employee benefits administrator, the company announced on Thursday (Jan. It will also expand diverse market channels, including consulting firms and brokers.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 7, 2020

In a year of major fintech acquisitions, SoFi today announced a $1.2 billion deal to acquire Galileo, a financial services API and payments platform that powers big names like Chime and Robinhood.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Nyca Partners, the venture capital firm focused on the FinTech market, raised $125 million for a second fund. The fund invested in a slew of FinTech startups, including Lending Club, SigFig and Orchard. By providing financial technology knowledge to early-stage companies, we are able to offer a unique and much-needed service.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A financial institution’s Banking-as-a-Service strategy needs to be more than an extra credit project for the I.T. As the collision of traditional banking and fintech continues, there will be more competition and more innovative banking solutions due to the increasing number of actors seeking defensible niches and operational scale.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

It’s not exactly dogs and cats living together in harmony, but FinTechs and banks — the upstarts and the traditionalists — are certainly cozying up, a trend that looks certain to continue. The deal is newsworthy because the mainstream view still sees banks and FinTechs as adversaries, each competing for payment and financial services revenue.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

Traditional banks and other financial institutions are undergoing tremendous pressure right now to compete in an environment where they are faced with enormous scrutiny from government regulators looking to mitigate risk. Using API technology, customers can integrate Santander’s cash management solutions into existing ERP systems.

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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

With new research finding racial disparities in small business lending, one fintech is examining how artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can help improve fairness and reduce inefficiency that may be present in traditional lending processes.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

To offer businesses a simple way for supervising expenditures, digital financial technology firm Wirecard is teaming with Payhawk to roll out a new Visa card, according to an announcement. Payhawk, which was started in 2018, triumphed at the Paris FinTech Forum’s Startup Challenge last year, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

An India-based financial technology startup that targets SMEs has announced new funding from a group of backers, including one co-founder of payments giant PayPal. ClearTax said it plans to use the financing to launch new products, expand its team and build out its mobile strategy. ClearTax announced Tuesday (April 26) a $1.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

billion was invested in FinTech startups in Q3 2016 , calculated KPMG and CB Insights in their most recent Pulse Of Fintech report. Researchers agreed that this shows a continually high level of interest in the financial technology and innovation space among investors, despite the overall drop in VC funding. 83% of U.S.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

What should be their strategy for Digital Banking transformation? These firms collectively known as FinTechs or Financial Technology firms are disrupting the banking industry by dis-intermediating across a banking customer’s financial value chain. What can banks learn from the FinTechs?

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Lex Sokolin

MAY 25, 2020

There are, all of a sudden, a lot of deals being done across financial technology. You are forgiven for not remembering all my favorite Fintech minutiae. Wealthtech is one fire, they say now. I am not sure if it is on fire, like doing really well, or like it’s just burning down. Maybe not all of a sudden. Here’s a reminder.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we explore the Nordic region, where Norway is taking a strong lead across the FinTech landscape. Why The Nordics Have The FinTech Touch. The startup’s mission to open up the hedge fund world to all has gained it a great deal of attention in the financial space.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies recently published a joint report on the B2B payments landscape: B2B payments + WCM Strategies. Moving forward, banks, financial technology providers and their corporate clients must work together to reduce the complexity that is bogging down the payments landscape.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

“Mastercard and ACI share an extensive and complementary track record of real-time payments success,” said Craig Saks , ACI’s chief strategy and transformation officer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

In this month’s Feature Story, PYMNTS talked with Alexandre Liuzzi, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Brazilian financial technology provider BeeTech , about how these frustrations can be reduced through the use of APIs and digitized onboarding methods. .

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

What should be their strategy for Digital Banking transformation? These firms collectively known as FinTechs or Financial Technology firms are disrupting the banking industry by dis-intermediating across a banking customer’s financial value chain. What can banks learn from the FinTechs?

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Financial technology startups will enter the next decade with a little more street cred than the last time around. Nearly 60 upstarts focusing on financial services — from Stripe Inc. to Chime Inc. to Plaid Inc. — have garnered valuations of more than $1 billion in recent years, according to CB Insights.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asia financial technology (FinTech) and ridesharing company, is expanding its reach with the announcement on Tuesday (Aug. Called “Thrive with Grab,” the strategy is designed to tap into the region’s vast market.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Banking Transformed Banking Transformed by the Financial Brand’s Jim Marous has new episodes several times a month and features executives from financial institutions, financial technology firms, authors, consultants, and other experts in the banking industry.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

FinTech AeroPay has launched a new suite of digital payment solutions intended for cannabis businesses, according to a press release. The company calls its strategy “smart bank transfers,” referring to the way the tech can handle the entire cannabis supply chain from grow ops and suppliers to retailers and drivers.

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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. Sounds like a cool strategy to build a smarter bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Amid the market uncertainty of the pandemic, small business owners often have to do more with less, and they're expecting the financial technology solutions they use to do the same. A Mobile-First Strategy. Everything contributes to speeding up the payment flow.".

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