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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Cardlay, based in the U.K.,

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Searching for the Priceline of Fintech after Lending Market Meltdown Week

Bank Innovation

You could have bought Priceline stock below $10 in 2001. For many years you had little to show for it. From then until 2008, you had some appreciation, but not much. Then the stock shot up above $1,000 (as of writing it is $1,261). Yes that is 100x return from Read More.

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PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

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According to a report , the Chinese startup PingPong, a FinTech company, will invest €100 million ($113 million) in Luxembourg. PingPong and Luxembourg’s relationship goes back to 2017, when the FinTech startup got a payments license in the region, which allowed it to operate between Chinese outfits and customers in Europe.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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Billtrust’s First Institutional Investor Sells Stake

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A press release issued Monday (May 14) said Edison sold its stake in Billtrust to private equity firm W Capital Partners. He saw the opportunity in this market before the FinTech ecosystem declared enterprise-focused FinTech a ‘cool’ sector.

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120 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century: November 2020 Update

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn list (values as of 2 Dec 2020). Personal Capital. Related: The Best Fintech Conferences this Week (7 Dec 2020). Fintech Startup of the Week: Breach Clarity Wins Finovate Best of Show (Nov 2020).

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 update)

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At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. 2-feb-2021.