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Jack Ma Tells Chinese Regulators Ant Group Not A Bank

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The IPO is being led by tech teams at most of Ant's underwriter banks, rather than by finance teams, Reuters writes, meaning that the classification as a tech company has merit. Ant, formed in 2004 as Alibaba's payments processor, also works to connect China's borrowers and lenders and can secure short-term loans in minutes.

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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 was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.

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The Rise And Fall Of Faster Payments Fraud

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Back in 2004, fraud was on the rise globally. Digital fraud was a new beast, and people didn’t know any better than to be tricked by phishing emails that today would raise red flags for even the most technologically illiterate consumers — sketchy email addresses, poor grammar and those classic sob stories from Nigerian princes, to name a few.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

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Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Ant Technology. 2018 round. 5 Nov 2021. Nov 2018 transaction. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Secondary market May 21. Credit Karma. Sep 2021 round. June 2021 round. Netherlands. Nov 2021 round. Estimate based on 2021 IPO value. Mar 2021 round. Zepz ( WorldRemit ). Q2 Holdings.

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The 198 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (June 2021 update)

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Bunq , banking startup from The Netherlands. Trulioo , Canadian fintech security company. Related: Top 15 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2021. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) June 2021. -based wealth management platform. 102(t): $2.1B 105(t): $2.0B

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The 171 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update)

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US-based challenger bank. US-based bank tech provider. US-based payments security provider. Top 26 Digital Lenders to U.S. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. . #88 Current : $2.2B 119 (tie) Alkami : $1.4B 119 (tie) Chargebee : $1.4B US-based payments company. 126 Signifyd $1.3B