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Creative Group FinTech Lands $25M To Expand Into 30 Countries

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Founded in 2010, Creative Group enables customers to digitally buy or send prepaid credit to spend with their favorite brands, as well as to send cross-border credit remittances. We are an official digital distributor for some of the world’s most powerful brands,” said Günther Vogelpoel, CEO of Creative Group. “We

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German FinTech Raisin Eyes US Launch Following Latest Acquisition

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European wealth management FinTech Raisin is planning to roll out in the U.S. Headquartered in Spain, Choice FS was founded in 2010 as a software solution to help banks and credit unions (CUs) customize deposit accounts. Raisin will license Choice FS’ software to banks in the U.S.,

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

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Mastercard , like most consumer credit connected brands, was hit hard in the early days of the Great Recession. However, those trend lines soon gave way to growth in the early 2010s and beyond — driven by the digitization of commerce — with the card network’s revenue tripling in the last decade.

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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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Phillips 66 Partners With WEX For Exclusive Multi-Year Private Label Extension 

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FinTech service provider WEX signed on with Phillips 66 to handle exclusive private label and universal fleet card services, Verdict reported on Wednesday (Aug. WEX and Phillips 66 have partnered since 2010, the release said, to develop a sales and marketing program that depends on new payment technologies for fleet customers.

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OrderGroove Funds Frictionless Commerce With $20M Series C

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The majority, at 72 percent, came from FinTech. Within FinTech, banking held sway. Consumers no longer want to just be transacted with—consumers want to be in relationships with the retailers and brands that know them well.”. They’re now circling your brand. This marks Ant’s expansion into Korea.

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Credit Sesame Launches Co-Branded Service

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Then, Credit Sesame launched its Siri integration and co-branded offering: “Credit Sesame makes it easier than ever for consumers to access, monitor, and manage their credit and loans, and protect their identity. Product Launch: Mobile App: January 22, 2015, Co-Branded Service: May 2015. Founded: January 2010.