PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Kazakh FinTech group Kaspi.kz initial public offering (IPO), which was poised to be the biggest IPO by a central Asian company since the 2008 global financial crisis. Last month, Shore Capital London announced plans to quit its London listing, and more companies have left the LSE’s main market this year than have joined.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the backers of a new $111 million European early-stage venture capital fund, according to CNBC. 30) by London-based venture capital firm Firstminute Capital , CNBC reported. The new fund's main investor is RIT Capital Partners.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and banks' subsequent pullback from the small- to medium-sized business ( SMB ) lending arena, a slew of alternative lenders emerged onto the scene to fill the credit gap. In Canada, one of those alternative players is Thinking Capital. Flexible Technology.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Nuvemshop, a LATAM alternative to Shopify, has notched $30 million in a venture capital round, while Alibaba is going deeper with its ShipStation partnership. Nuvemshop has landed $30 million in a venture capital round as it aims to bolster its business. Jeon Hyuk Goo, E9pay Co.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Silicon Valley startup Social Finance (SoFi) is closing a merger deal with blank-check firm Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. Social Capital Hedosophia is one of three special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on the lookout for investment opportunities. V to file an initial public offering (IPO). . billion in cash proceeds.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The funding initiative is being led by existing investors Great Hill Partners LP, the Boston-based private equity firm, Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture capital firm based in China and.406 406 Ventures, the Boston venture capital fund.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The latest global FinTech collaboration ties together Singapore and Dubai in a deal designed to encourage innovation in digital payments, online and mobile commerce, and related areas. The deal between the two countries comes as other global FinTech partnerships are being formed. The FinTech is Finserve Africa. According to U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

The following Deep Dive explores how these issues are hindering SMB financing as well as how FinTechs are exploring technologies to overcome these issues and give SMBs the help they need to thrive while the world economy faces its biggest challenge in years. FinTechs that harness ML to process loan applications were approving 57.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Plus, London’s FinTech space has been going strong in 2020 despite the pandemic. The FinTech reportedly invested in Paystack’s Series A round back in 2018. Data: London FinTechs Netted $3.6B London’s FinTech space has been going strong in 2020 despite COVID-19, with $3.6 Stripe did not make terms of the acquisition known.

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Bobsguide

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The global financial crisis of 2008 fundamentally changed the operating landscape for capital markets players, creating a challenging environment of volatile markets and new regulatory barriers. From a market perspective, things are beginning to improve and new opportunities are unfolding as banks.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

and other nations around the world as a result of the global pandemic continues to draw comparisons to the 2008 financial crisis — so it’s only natural that analysts may turn to the past in an effort to predict what could lie ahead. But that’s not to say that these FinTechs have a certain path ahead. The More Things Change.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 15, 2016

From then until 2008, you had some appreciation, but not much. You could have bought Priceline stock below $10 in 2001. For many years you had little to show for it. Then the stock shot up above $1,000 (as of writing it is $1,261). Yes that is 100x return from Read More.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

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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CB Insights

APRIL 22, 2020

Unlike larger, more established firms, they have small cash buffers and depend on external capital to sustain growth. GET THE 102-PAGE State of fintech REPORT. Below, we dig into how the financial difficulties that many SMBs face could impact fintech companies (especially B2B fintech startups).

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Bork will spearhead Sezzle’s enterprise business development efforts, as the company focuses on client acquisition following its recent capital raise. As PYMNTS recently reported , the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm raised $55 million in its latest capital round.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

The 2008 global financial crisis forced traditional banks to pull back from small businesses (SMBs) considered too risky and unprofitable to finance, leaving a gap in the market for alternative lenders and FinTech firms to fill. The bank-FinTech collaboration trend has hit the small business customer segment particularly strong.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. As the financial crisis unfolded in 2008, they met to discuss what they saw as the rise of FinTech and the increasing availability of financial software and data. Observing the rise of disruptive companies in Europe and the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

So far, Paidy has notched a total of $281 million in equity and debt, one of the largest amounts raised in Japan’s FinTech sector. Paidy has been successful in developing their business by offering a unique payment service with superb customer experience in the very competitive Japanese FinTech industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

15, 2008 fall of Lehman, which filed for bankruptcy that day. The rise of FinTech offers a bit of a prism through which to view those events. Outstanding credit card debt is at the second highest point seen since the end of 2008, and total outstanding debt stands at $1 trillion. trillion at the peak of the financial crisis.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

He noted that regulators shouldn’t have allowed Westpac to merge with St George Bank back in 2008, reported The Financial Times. The official noted that FinTechs aren’t mature enough to address the competition problem in the country and thus the need for regulation.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2015

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Earlier this month, the FASB considered and rejected further deferral of the CECL standard, initially issued in 2016 in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. 2 FASB meeting were the complexity of some aspects of CECL, “onerous data collection” requirements, and capital implications. Other concerns cited in the Feb.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, Dare explored how this surge in funding availability has affected the alternative finance market, and what's ahead for FinTechs as government funding schemes eventually run dry. Yet these businesses only invoice at the end of the month, adding further delay to their capital in-flows. Funding Ebbs And Flows.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

While access to capital can be the largest barrier to overcome for many small businesses, for the mid-market, many of the biggest challenges occur as a result of so much choice in providers and financing products on the market today. And the challenges don’t stop after financing has been issued, either. Overwhelming Choice.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Further enhancements to resolution requirements, also resulting from the financial crisis, have also played a part in promoting the resiliency of the global banking sector, yet with the unintended consequence of restricted access to capital for some borrowers, including small businesses.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Interest in the space has been revitalized due to the harsh financial blows the pandemic has dealt, providing opportunities for SMBs to gain capital and for lenders to facilitate. Facilitating this support has become critical for lenders during the pandemic, notably those providing access to the U.S. The Speed and Security Balance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to the alternative lending market as a result of a massive gap in available capital, especially for small businesses and startups. Alternative finance , for instance, also filled the need for small business borrowers to obtain a faster, digital way to access capital.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

Reports cited rivals Lending Club, OnDeck Capital and Prosper as online alternative lenders that were able to compete with banks to service borrowers by offering a seamless, digital experience. Banks are losing market share to P2P platform providers,” Misys Senior Product Officer Jean-Cedric Jollant told Reuters. “By

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Jessica Ellerm

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

On Wednesday Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison jointly announced the launch of a new fintech advisory panel, bringing together bankers and fintech leaders alike, and tasking its members with the job of making Australia the leading force in financial technology within the APAC region.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to Inna Kaushan, Solna’s CEO and co-founder, though the rise of FinTech firms that link suppliers to external financing can certainly be positive for small companies, these firms must be transparent and borrowers should understand that taking out a loan or other type of financing is not their only option. With the U.K.

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BankBazaar

JULY 31, 2023

Blast from the Past: The Birth of BankBazaar Back in 2008, the fintech revolution in India was truly revolutionised with the founding of BankBazaar by Adhil Shetty, Arjun Shetty, and Rati Shetty in the vibrant city of Chennai. BankBazaar continues to lead the way in fostering a supportive work environment for all.

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The lack of “just right” solutions for many small business financial problems has been a golden opportunity for FinTech firms. In the FinTech space, much of the focus is on consumer-oriented solutions like Mint for financial management, Venmo for P2P payments, and Prosper for social lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. Now, a decade on, small business optimism is up in the U.S., But a new report from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to become a staple among entrepreneurs seeking financing. In the U.S., It’s on this business model that alternative finance in the U.K.

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FICO

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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