American Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The San Francisco-based technology company says its new product, Porto, will let investors securely trade more than 200 currencies using multilayered approval systems and biometric credentials.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Luxembourg regulators have given a thumbs-up to the FinTech PingPong , authorizing it to do business as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI). The B2B company has offices in New York, San Francisco, Japan, Hong Kong and Hangzhou, China. PingPong says it has worked with 800,000 sellers across the globe, spanning 14 markets.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Varo Bank, the first fintech to secure a national bank charter, today announced a $510 million oversubscribed funding round, a new raise that more than doubles the company’s previous funding, bringing total funding for the San Francisco, Calif.-based based mobile bank to $992.4 The bank's total valuation now stands at $2.5

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BankInovation

AUGUST 23, 2021

It has been a year since Varo Money broke ground by becoming the first fintech to secure a national bank charter without buying a bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Revolut said its new open banking offer was developed with TrueLayer , a London-based financial technology (FinTech) company. The use of the TrueLayer platform ensures that account information from major German banks is securely integrated and updated in real time in the Revolut app,” the release said. banking license.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 leads the rest of the world in the total value of FinTech investment due to the large amount of funds available to invest in the market, with investors focusing on late-stage, clear front-runner FinTech companies,” said KMPG U.S. “The

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Venture capital (VC) is not easily available to every startup, but this week, VC investors hinted at a big year ahead for the B2B FinTech space. In its oversubscribed series A funding round, OnPay , a Georgia-based payroll software startup, secured $6 million, the company said this week. Flutterwave. AvidXchange.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Movement to foster collaboration between FinTech firms and traditional financial firms continues to gather steam across the globe, aided by government encouragement and initiatives. FinTech Alliance debuted this week, with a roster that tops 500 members. In one recent example, the U.K. banking license in partnership with Sutton Bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

The FinTech company SoFi is making its first leap to go global with a big move into Hong Kong. The opening of a Hong Kong outpost is part of SoFi’s bid to acquire online brokerage firm 8 Securities, while expanding its business and serving up commission-free trading there. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2020

District Court in San Francisco late Friday, (Aug. national security, foreign policy and the economy. Revenues from FinTech and business services grew by 30 percent to $4.3 It alleges Trump's directive is unconstitutional. Revenue from online games, one-third of total sales, swelled 40 percent. billion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

San Francisco-based FinTech startup Brex has acquired Neji, Compose Labs and Landria to help it build out its product offerings for growing businesses. San Francisco startup Compose Labs specializes in next-generation video and runs CommonLounge, an intuitive platform for learning technology.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

4) to buy its FinTech competitor, SIA , for about 4.6 This is not the first mega deal involving FinTech companies. billion) to acquire Ingenico Group , the Paris-based technology provider of secure electronic transactions to create a FinTech dynamo. the San Francisco-based financial services company.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

FinTech startup Plaid is looking at doubling its size in Europe, Bloomberg reported. The focus for the San Francisco-based company is now on broadening its global reach after an acquisition for $5.3 Plaid allows users to securely connect and share data their financial accounts to their apps, like Venmo.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

That’s why we introduced a new, secure way to accept payments through websites, and we have enabled customers without an online presence to get paid fast through secure payment links,” said Revolut CEO and Founder Nik Storonsky. “Companies across Europe know that it’s now essential to their success to be able to do business online.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The FinTech company, based in both San Francisco and Nigeria, secured the venture capital (VC) investment from Worldpay , which has also struck a strategic partnership with the firm. At the time, Flutterwave said it would use the funding to further build out its technology and continue expanding throughout Africa.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The rise of FinTech, the increasing globalization of finance — and even ravages of the coronavirus, which is making us all bank and transact across phones — all have pointed to one simple, urgent question: Just what is a bank, anyway? The 8 Securities deal comes a few weeks after SoFi said it would spend $1.2 Looking For The Continuum.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

The Salt Lake City payment processing platform has joined with Plaid, a Visa subsidiary based in San Francisco, that builds financial technology platforms to connect bank accounts and initiate automated clearing house (ACH) transfers. Plaid is connected to more than 11,000 financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Investment in B2B FinTech startups came through a variety of channels this week, from venture capital to growth equity. Drift said it will use its funding to hire more employees this year, open a new office in San Francisco and continue to develop and expand its automated B2B services for its sales and marketing teams.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The CEO of SoFi, the digital personal finance company based in San Francisco, said its investor accounts have doubled this year, mostly due to fractional shares. CEO Anthony Noto told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the FinTech company’s investing platform has seen a significant uptick in user numbers since January.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

29) announced a deal for the AML platform of Beam Solutions , a San Francisco-based startup that focuses on transaction monitoring and helping financial companies comply with KYC regulations. The Palo Alto-based firm on Tuesday (Sept. As part of the deal, Beam employees in the U.S. will move into Jumio’s Palo Alto headquarters.

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

I thought one panel participant explained eloquently where the financial services industry is in the digital transformation journey when he put it in terms of the incumbent bank’s relationship with fintechs. He observed: We’re in what was described as “Phase 3” with fintechs.

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Let's Talk Payments

APRIL 26, 2017

Creating a faster and more secure bank payment experience SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2017 – Today, Plaid and Dwolla announced a new partnership to offer a fully tokenized ACH payment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2016

The company announced on Wednesday (May 4) that it secured $11 million for its freight procurement solution, which allows commodity traders across the globe to book freight and logistics services via an online portal. Canada-based Bench stands as this week’s sole B2B FinTech company that secured venture capital this week.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We can assure you all account information remains secure, and no personal or financial data is at risk.”. San Francisco-based Chime launched in 2013, offering debit cards, savings accounts and checking accounts to consumers without any fees.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

Asia scored big this week with investments in Singapore, India and China across industries like enterprise security and eInvoicing, while European startups made their mark, too. But a seed-stage startup fund in San Francisco announced its own new $50 million investment pool, so funding for B2B FinTech startups in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

It was late November 2017 when the world got its public preview of Visa B2B Connect at the Singapore FinTech Festival. Its new FinTech team could ultimately have more than 100 workers. Uber is taking advantage of New York’s talent pool in the financial department, which has more depth in the San Francisco sector.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

It was late November 2017 when the world got its public preview of Visa B2B Connect at the Singapore FinTech Festival. Its new FinTech team could ultimately have more than 100 workers. Uber is taking advantage of New York’s talent pool in the financial department, which has more depth in the San Francisco sector.

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 17, 2019

IBM will be hosting IBM Think 2019 from February 12-15 this year at a new location in San Francisco, CA. Optimizing risk, compliance and security. Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 10, 2016

Two Singapore startups aim to improve the accessibility and security of international payments SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2016 – Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) announced today that it has selected two.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Security Bank Midwest. Security Bank. So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued. Two years ago, Lead Bank and Self expanded the program to include a secured credit card. Ag Lender Score. Red River State Bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It was another busy week for B2B FinTech startups, with globally and vertically diverse companies securing new funding for their enterprise-targeting tools. PYMNTS takes a look at the latest in B2B FinTech funding below. Based in Germany, Fraugster raised more than $13.9 reports in The Wall Street Journal said this week.

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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. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The other panel, which I will moderate, is titled “The Rapidly Evolving Landscape for FinTech” and will examine the legal issues facing users of aggregated data and data providers, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain, and the legal challenges facing marketplace lenders (including Madden and “true lender”).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

In India, where investors have shied away from alternative nonbank financial companies as of late, one small business (SMB) lender managed to secure an impressive funding round. Alternative small business lender Lendingkart secured new funding this week to the tune of $11.5 Lendingkart. million from Alteria Capital. Growth Street.

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 31, 2019

One of the first steps that payments business executives can take is the recognition that they will not be serving an army of smartphone-wielding and hard-to-please class of consumers, but rather addressing a mindset that places immediacy and enterprising innovation foremost, underpinned by security and privacy, over feature and functionality.

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 28, 2019

With such a great lineup of education and activities for financial services leaders at IBM Think from February 12-15 in San Francisco this year, planning your agenda will be tough. Moscone South, Level 2 | San Francisco Ballroom 207. Moscone South, Level 2 | San Francisco Ballroom 210. Filla, IBM.

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