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FinTechs Link With FIs Down Under And Beyond

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Increasingly, digital strategy is in the purview of banks and non-bank lenders, who in turn are seeking pairings with FinTechs. The insurance FinTech, said the site, will seek to offer insurance contracts that are binding in real time, whereas traditionally insurance companies have finished the process. The FinTech is Finserve Africa.

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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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Issufy Scoops HSBC’s John Crompton For Chairman

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John Crompton, HSBC ’s former global head of corporate finance, has been named chairman of the advisory board at FinTech Issufy , which sells an electronic data management tool so banks can collect investor feedback online, as well as handle tasks such as the allocation of shares.

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Why Does a Fintech Darling Need a Bank?

Jeff For Banks

Arkadi was a frequent speaker on the FinTech rubber chicken circuit, being viewed as a visionary industry disruptor. So its brand didn't blow away its buyer, Capital One, either. If Moven driven deposits keep coming in, CBW may have to raise capital to support the balance sheet. Why do FinTech firms rush to banks?

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Where are The FinTech Darlings Now?

Jeff For Banks

FinTech, FinTech, FinTech! A banker told me yesterday that if I wanted headlines in American Banker , put FinTech in my copy. Firms started in the dorm room that have no employees, just an eager volunteer, no revenue, and no capital need not apply. That's all I'm hearing. It's like global warming.

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Chinese Officials Join US Politicians In Suddenly Falling Out Of Love With Big Tech 

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The news agency said that while Pan stopped short of calling for Ant’s breakup, officials want the firm to set up a separate holding company to ensure its capital adequacy and regulatory compliance. Any FinTech disruptor, when it becomes so big, represents systemic risk,” he told Webster.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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And while much has been quiet on the ILC front ever since, as of 2017, two big FinTechs made them very visible again: Sofi in June and Square in mid-September. Square already has an SMB lending arm – Square Capital – which it operates through a deal with Utah-based Celtic Bank. billion to more than 141,000 firms.

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