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German FinTech N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO

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German neobank N26 hired Dr. Jan Kemper as its new chief financial officer (CFO) as the Berlin-headquartered FinTech looks toward a future initial public offering (IPO). In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5

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AltFin Shines As Investor Interest In B2B FinTech Continues

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Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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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. With the growth capital they invest, we are able to further accelerate our growth internationally. We are excited to have Prime Ventures on board.

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Marqeta Expanding Overseas, Sets Up Shop In The UK

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and the rest of Europe are attractive markets for Marqeta because of the growing number of digital-only banks and FinTech startups located in Europe. “We We have invested an enormous amount of resources in tech and operations, and have been quietly building a presence there,” Gardner said. than the startups operating out of the U.S.

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Where are The FinTech Darlings Now?

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FinTech, FinTech, FinTech! A banker told me yesterday that if I wanted headlines in American Banker , put FinTech in my copy. If a bank deems a vendor critical to its operation, it must analyze the vendor's financial statements to be confident in its viability. That's all I'm hearing. It's like global warming.

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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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Yes, Virginia, There Are Women Leaders In Fintech

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Engle has more than 30 years of experience at AT&T, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, DTCC and Bank of America. In her spare time, she mentors FinTech start-ups in London and the U.S., while pursuing a Ph.D. in blockchain/distributed ledger technology in relation to financial market infrastructures.