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Dwolla Partners With Currencycloud On International Payments

PYMNTS

Financial technology company Dwolla has announced it is teaming up with global payments platform Currencycloud so that its clients can facilitate international payments. Launched in 2012, London-based Currencycloud is regulated in Europe, the U.S. and Canada, and has processed more than $50 billion to over 180 countries.

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Tech Center: Dubai Takes A Front Row Seat To FinTech Growth

PYMNTS

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, we take a look at how Dubai is giving FinTech hubs around the world a run for their money. As of 2012, Dubai was the 22nd most expensive city in the world and the most expensive city in the Middle East. FinTech Hive Generates Buzz. 2016, the inflation rate was 0.12

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Plaid Technologies Scores $44M Off Goldman Sachs-Led Round

PYMNTS

The week is getting off on just the right foot for the folks over at Plaid Technologies, who are announcing $44 million in new funding. Or, said more simply, Plaid provides an API layer that sits between banks and FinTech innovators who want to access bank account information for what they are doing and makes the connection possible.

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This week’s podcast: a conversation with Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation

CFPB Monitor

Paul formerly worked in the Arizona Attorney General’s office where he was in charge of fintech initiatives and led the state’s successful efforts to create the first “regulatory sandbox” in the United States which allows new financial technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment with reduced regulatory risk.

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120 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century: November 2020 Update

Fintech Labs Insights

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. Full Fintech Unicorn list (values as of 2 Dec 2020). Ant Technology.

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Innovation versus consumer protection: emerging battle lines

CFPB Monitor

The announcement by the Office of Comptroller of Currency that it will allow financial technology (fintech) companies to apply for national bank charters as way of fostering “responsible innovation” has already drawn fire from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). .

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Money 20/20 Has Emerged As The Must-Attend Fintech Event for 2016

William Mills

In the financial services industry, there have been several mainstay trade shows where bankers and service providers come together to learn about new products and technologies: Finovate, the ABA Annual Conference for Community Bankers and BAI Retail Delivery are all examples, and there is another emerging. If you attend.