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Berkeley Intros Real-Time Business Payments

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Jonathon Hamburg, chief executive officer and founder of Berkeley Payments, said DirectSend’s technological capability “is unmatched on the market today.”. The service also supports new debt repayment and collections resources as well as the real-time transference of prepaid cards directly from consumer bank accounts.

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UK Watchdog Investigates Klarna Over Email Fiasco

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A spokesperson for Klarna told the BBC that anytime anyone uses Klarna checkout technology they are agreeing to the terms and conditions, which includes getting promotional emails. . Klarna's checkout technology is a product some retailers use to process payments on their website.

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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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Atradius Reports: Top US Firms Take Longest Time To Pay B2B Invoices In A Decade

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The company paid its invoices 83 days after issuance on average last year, and has been taking at least two months to pay supplier invoices since 2005. This tug-and-pull is the subject of much B2B FinTech innovation that has emerged in recent years, from commercial cards to cash flow forecasting automation.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

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By most measures, Y Combinator (YC) is far and away the most important incubator in the technology space. Fintech (note 1) has been part of YC from the beginning. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. You are almost guaranteed a multi-million funding.

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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. The first, Divvy, is a corporate credit card and expense management firm in the same category with Brex, Expensify, and others. Ant Technology.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

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. The first, Divvy, is a corporate credit card and expense management firm in the same category with Brex, Expensify, and others. Ant Technology.