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JANUARY 7, 2021

billion, with the goal of bringing FinTech businesses to public markets. SoFi’s technology platform Galileo , which it acquired in April, has helped position the startup at the nexus of the digital transformation in banking and financial services. The deal would give SoFi a post-money valuation in excess of $8.65

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

3) that it has completed its multimillion-dollar acquisition of CPS Payment Services , a B2B payments and accounts payable (AP) automation technology provider. Repay CEO John Morris noted that the deal will strengthen the firm’s offerings while also helping the FinTech and payment processing solutions provider push into new sectors.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 4, 2021

federal district court seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represents CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. The first two lawsuits were dismissed on ripeness grounds.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 15, 2024

In the fintech space, only Fintech Meetup , launched in 2021, has reached critical mass this decade. Last week’s event in Las Vegas attracted a self-reported 4,000 attendees and was the talk of the fintech pods and Substacks the last few weeks. The pandemic slowed the introduction of new events.

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MARCH 31, 2019

FinTech companies that offer new technology to help move cash and funds across borders are becoming increasingly popular and disruptive to traditional banking institutions. TransferWise was started in 2011 by two Estonians: Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. They’re also often more affordable.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

FinTech unicorn TransferWise is now offering its money transfer services in Argentina, letting users move money to and from over 60 countries, the company said on its website and in a press release on Thursday (Aug. Also, Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has invested in Argentinian mobile banking startup Uala.

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Alex Jimenez

AUGUST 28, 2018

What is Fintech? Fintech is a dynamic segment at the intersection of the financial services and technology sectors where technology-focused start-ups and new market entrants innovate the products and services currently provided by the traditional financial services industry." -PwC PwC Fintech Report. Source: UBS.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

MarketInvoice, the FinTech, announced on Monday (Jan. In a press release , MarketInvoice said the Series-B funding round was led by Barclays and FinTech fund Santander InnoVentures. Technology credit fund Viola Credit also participated in the equity round. 21) that it has raised £26m in new equity funding.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

22), BofA Merrill said the solution also integrates data analytics and machine learning technologies to accelerate the process. The interbank payment system has become the subject of innovative efforts as FinTech firms and banks explore how to enhance automation and transparency in the process. In a press release issued Monday (Oct.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Following our previous mapping of the most well funded startups in each state and most well funded food & beverage startups in each state , we used CB Insights database to identify the most well-funded private fintech startup in each state. FINTECH TRENDS Q3 2017 RESEARCH BRIEFING. D3 Technology. Total Equity Funding ($M).

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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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APRIL 30, 2018

In 2011, Buffett made a $10 billion investment in the company in support of then-new CEO Ginni Rometty’s turnaround plans. The first quarter of 2018 saw that shrink to 15 percent growth and 47 percent revenue. This all comes on top of Warren Buffet dumping nearly all of his IBM holdings at the end of last year.

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JULY 2, 2019

The company’s technology is reportedly used by many FinTechs, among other companies, according to reports. Following a Series A in 2011, Currencycloud was launched in a more widespread manner in 2012, and has created an infrastructure for business-to-business (B2B) cross-border payments.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

It will also involve various verticals, from FinTech to healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI). MediXserve CEO and Co-founder Jojy Azurin said, according to the outlet, “Blockchain is such a raw technology that companies require people, money and resource[s] to go into research and development.

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MAY 27, 2020

CEO Anthony Noto told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the FinTech company’s investing platform has seen a significant uptick in user numbers since January. Founded in 2011, SoFi made its reputation by refinancing student loans for millennials. Since then, it has expanded its financial products to offer personal and mortgage loans.

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

percent loss is bitcoin’s worst month on record since August 2011. We see an immense opportunity for private equity investments in cutting-edge technological developments, particularly in Asia and in industries such as FinTech and blockchain. By December 1, it was trading at just $3,964.

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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. So FinTech (six) firms need capital and revenues to grab a foothold in the financial services market. If looking for a FinTech (seven) partner, follow your vendor management procedures.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Tribeca Venture Partners , which led the company’s Series A round in 2011, led the financing. We are extremely fortunate to be backed by some of the top investors in both FinTech and [Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)].

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Tech and Finance

JUNE 8, 2017

In this position, Engle will lead the company’s Client Technology Solutions group, which provides critical technology platforms and applications. She will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and execution of the firm’s technology agenda. In her spare time, she mentors FinTech start-ups in London and the U.S.,

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). Phantom Technologies. Related: 281 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2022). Dec 2021 round. Blockchain.com. Mar 2021 round.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). Phantom Technologies. Related: 281 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2022). Dec 2021 round. Blockchain.com. Mar 2021 round.

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MARCH 22, 2018

Founded in 2011, Sift Science plans to use this latest round of funding to grow its fraud detection and prevention product globally. Our customers, who span the spectrum from top FinTech innovators to Global Fortune 500 institutions, have validated this view by partnering with us to solve extremely hard problems.”.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). But we achieved a new milestone surpassing the $1 TRILLION-mark in total valuation among the 120 public and private financial technology companies. The company was founded in 2011. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. 2-feb-2021.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

One of the latest signs of that comes this month from Germany, where Hamburg-based Deposit Solutions , a company that launched in 2011 and sells open banking technology, recently announced it had raised $100 million in capital in a round led by Vitruvian Partners, a Munich private equity firm.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. 2-feb-2021.

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APRIL 19, 2017

The company’s new technological development is intended to bring back the human component to customer service without relying on actual people. Sagar won Academy Awards in 2010 and 2011 in the field of scientific engineering for his accomplishments with facial motion technology. An Oscar-Worthy Banking Solution?

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Insights on Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Pressures stem from a myriad of sources: competition from fintechs; unrelenting regulatory environment; associated costs of compliance (or non-compliance!); They rapidly leverage technology to compare options such as prices, features, and banking reputation when purchasing products and services. Millennials are a fastidious breed.

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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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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The UK-based independent fintech industry group attracted 100 entries resulting in 22 finalists across 8 categories, 8 category winners and one overall champion. Customers: Shell, KLM, United Nations, Toyota, SITA, Lloyds Register and a range of technology startups. Founded: 2011. Digital Assets. HQ: London. Founded: 2016.

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JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape.

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APRIL 22, 2016

But technology is changing the foreign exchange trading game, and market volatility may be the only sure thing in this space. The company provides traders and institutions with a virtual private server (VPS) service, using cloud technology to host an FX trading platform. Technology, too, makes this possible.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Panowicz, who worked for fellow Finovate alum mBank as Senior Director and Managing Director from the fall of 2011 to the spring of 2015, will be responsible for Kreditech’s product and technology departments. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Kreditech demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2014.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Leading Digital Consumer Banks (United States)* ranked by our FAB score (Fintech Attention Barometer**) Company FAB Score** Founded HQ Web Visits (Oct ’23) TrustPilot Score TrustPilot Reviews Funding ($M) 1 Wise (Transferwise) 10581 2011 London 38,100,000 4.2 Consumers (Nov 2023) first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The preponderance of activity, of course, stood within FinTech, and with roughly 93 percent of that amount. In 2011, Tripathy saw that the future of customer support was on mobile. After weeks of rather anemic activity, investment pacing picked up quite a bit into the period that ended November 25.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 16, 2022

Startups looking to raise capital have more options today thanks to evolving technology, regulation and market behavior. Related: The 55 Biggest Fintech Conferences & Events in 2022. The 287 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (March 2022). Initially, crowdfunding had adverse selection problems (e.g. 1,800,000. 8 Mar 2022.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Fidor Bank won in the “Best Use of IT in Retail Banking” category at the 16th Annual Banking Technology 2015 awards this week. The winning companies were chosen from more than 120 entries by eight judges from the fintech industry. The company’s last Finovate appearance was at FinovateEurope 2011 in London.

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