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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. Funding Xchange secured $10.3

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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

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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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Artificial Intelligence: FIs’ Friend Or Foe?

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It doesn’t mask murderous intentions with a calming voice like HAL of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” What will banks do with all that liberated capital? Artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t walk and talk like C3P0 of “Star Wars” (many would say: “Thank God”). It’s not a beautiful but cunning killer like Ava of “Ex Machina.”.

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

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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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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech.

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

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DLA Piper , which advised MOXY on its FDIC application, said in a statement this week that the bank is still awaiting clearance from Washington’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking. Reports in FinTech Futures on Wednesday (Jan. In a report published last year, the U.S. have emerged to do. .”