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Checkout.com becomes UK’s most valuable fintech at $40bn

TheGuardian

London-based firm founded by Swiss surfing enthusiast Guillaume Pousaz overtakes worth of rival Revolut A London-based online payments company has become Britain’s most valuable private fintech business after its latest fundraising valued it at $40bn (£29bn), handing its surf-loving founder a paper fortune of around $20bn.

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How Thinking Smaller Helps FinTechs Scale

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In fact, when it comes to FinTech companies, thinking “small” by focusing and serving a relatively small number of huge markets may provide the best opportunity to drive more impactful revenue with sustainable and profitable growth. Navigating the FinTech Waters. Preparing for a FinTech Future. eventually become commoditized.”.

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Mastercard’s Incoming CEO’s Take On The Future Of Payments

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Haythornthwaite has served as chairman since May 2006 and Banga has served as CEO since 2008 — when he took over the helm shortly after the onset of the financial crisis. Which, he noted in 2019, means the future isn’t in holding off FinTech or other payments paths, but in embracing and incorporating them.

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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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Goldman Sachs Provides $100M Loan To Konfio

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Goldman Sachs Group is giving a $100 million loan to Konfio, marking the first time the lender’s structured finance, investment and lending business has provided a credit facility to a Latin American FinTech. Konfio’s technology is also able to keep non-performing loans under control, with the company’s delinquency rate at 4.8

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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Now, it’s true that some companies — including some very big names across many important sectors of the economy — are taking measured steps and experimenting with blockchain tech — aka distributed ledger technology (DLT) — in the support of use cases that address tough problems.

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How To Live Forever In The Financial Services Space

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From user interface technology to security and risk management, the only constant in the financial space is that nothing stays the same for long. Apart from significant investments in marketing, there are two critical components for the long haul: technology and working capital. Slow and steady doesn’t win the financial services race.

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