PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

Australia’s adoption of alternative finance and FinTech is outpacing that of the U.S., according to OnDeck Capital Chief Executive Noah Breslow. These numbers are from KPMG in 2013, and in 2016 that had grown to $220 million.”. market, the two markets are similar.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor. This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Robinhood Markets, coming off a new $280 million funding round backed by Sequoia Capital, has seen its value and services expand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters report. More market turmoil has also driven people’s interest. The company, launched in 2013, is now valued at $8.3

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

In addition, corporate clients will be able to apply for working capital loans and make vendor and salary payments. In Africa, the biggest private bank in Kenya, CBA, has cemented a partnership with a FinTech there, Ennovative Capital, a Kenyan firm that licenses software to boost payments speeds.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2017

Aiming to back and support FinTech startups focused on the underserved, Accion International and VC Quona Capital raised $141 million in funding. The Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund is setting its sights on emerging markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia that have shown the most potential for inclusive FinTech.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To improve the financial lives of millions of Americans, speed matters — especially for FinTechs seeking to bring new products to market digitally and to target consumers underserved by traditional banking models. As Choubey told Webster, the FinTech traces its roots to providing financial access to 90 million Americans.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

or largely focused on the domestic banking market. If you have an interesting podcast to share, please send it to marketing@abrigo.com. Breaking Banks Breaking Banks , billed as the #1 global fintech podcast and radio show, began in 2013 and is hosted by media firm Provoke.fm. Check them all out in our Knowledge Center.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From payments to insurtech to lending, fintech companies are attracting investor attention. In 2018, startups in the space raised more than $45B, a record amount, while Q3’19 fintech funding recently clocked in with a quarterly record of nearly $9B. GET THE 88-PAGE q3 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Data is as of 12/19/2019.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

BlueVine, the FinTech startup that recently announced a $60 million round of financing, has added $12 million to its Series E round of funding from M12, Microsoft’s venture capital fund. Founded in 2013, BlueVine is one of the leading FinTech players in online small business lending.

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NCR

MARCH 23, 2017

Countries like the UK, China and the US are traditionally seen as the powerhouses of the fintech world, but it’s testament to the expanding global presence of this market that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could be its next big growth engine. The post MENA: The next fintech hotspot?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Well, for starters, as bankingtech.com reported this week, the bank was bought by Latvian FinTech entrepreneurs Marks Moskvins and Maksims Jarosevskis. The site Baltic-course.com noted that the two new co-owners put two million Euros in the bank to boost its capital position. Who were the buyers? And how come so … cheap?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In an interview in 2013 , Founder and then-CEO Renaud Laplanche boasted that incumbent banks like Chase were “like Blockbuster Video” in a world in which tech and new lending models like LendingClub’s would bury them. Take Goldman Sachs and Marcus. Marcus is a digital consumer platform that includes lending and deposit-taking.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

Trade finance has evolved into an expansive market that combines supply chain finance, invoice finance and factoring, reverse factoring and a slew of other products – all aimed at ensuring that cash flows more easily through supply chains. factoring market at about $230 million. trillion trade finance gap in existence today.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

It’s the golden age to be in the bitcoin market, because it’s imperfect,” said Zhou Shuoji , a former IBM technology consultant whose firm, Fintech Blockchain Group, runs a bitcoin hedge fund and venture capital fund. If the market is here and I can see a chance to make money, I will,” Zhou said. “If

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

This teardown features annotations & commentary by four Social Capital partners. Thanks to the Social Capital team for updating/confirming their portfolio data on the CB Insights Editor. Social Capital is a VC fund with a focus on healthcare and education. As in all teardowns, the data analyzed comes from CB Insights.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

FinTech startup Fidel has raised $18 million in Series A funding co-led by U.S.-based Founded in 2013 in London, this first round of funding will support Fidel’s ambitions to grow internationally and hire more talent. All of this helps businesses get to market and scale faster,” Dev said.

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Jessica Ellerm

MAY 20, 2017

To give you some idea of what these issues are, here are just a few startling superannuation stats for the uninitiated, that are well worth putting your fintech opportunity hat on and considering. In 2013/2014 men, on average, retired with $292,500 while women ended up with $138,150. Fees & Charges.

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CB Insights

JULY 21, 2017

Earlier this week, Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia, nominated three companies for its award for the fintech company most supportive of the “non-cash national movement of inclusion.” Round investors included Autotech Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, and Founders Capital.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 29, 2018

Global fintech investment has been on a tear over the past several years and 2017 was no exception. across 1,128 deals to VC-backed fintech companies. Despite hitting new annual highs, global VC-backed fintech deal activity ended on a downward trend, falling for the second straight quarter in Q4’17.

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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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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. Capital Markets & WealthTech. Founded: 2013. Fintech Startup of the Week: Challenger Jiko Buys a $100M U.S. Digital Assets. HQ: Zurich, Switzerland.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

With a big government backing, bold entrepreneurial spirit and increasing FinTech interest, the country’s tech scene is quickly becoming a global force to be reckoned with. The government has pledged nearly $2 billion per year since 2013 to support the local startup landscape. Establishing The FinTech Bridge.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As credit unions (CUs) face increased competition from traditional banks and new players from the FinTech crowd, many institutions ponder the same question: What can we do to keep our doors open? Membership could be obtained by spending five dollars on a share of capital stock. PYMNTS recently spoke with St. Membership to St.

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CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. Nubank’s other investors include Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, and Goldman Sachs. Innova Capital, Naspers.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Thinking Capital is the leader in the Canadian alternative lending space, leveraging technology to be at the forefront of the fintech industry. By combining their people and technology, Thinking Capital is transforming the way business owners get the capital they need to grow. thinkingcapital.ca | thinkingcapital.ca/blog

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Combined, these 31 European startups have raised more than $21B in total funding, and operate across industries including fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Earlier this year, it launched a fintech subsidiary, Auto1 Fintech, with Deutsche Bank and Allianz. Select Investors: DST Global, DN Capital, SoftBank Group.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Aria Systems just bagged $50 million in Series E funding in a round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners , Madison Bay Capital Partners, and Hercules Technology Growth Capital. “We did not have a challenge raising this funding. The period that ended Feb. The week saw an interesting bifurcation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

3 tallied up $361 million in investments, dominated by the FinTech space at $283 million of that total. The FinTech sector saw a strong pull of banking activity as Atom Bank raised roughly $126 million and said that it would announce within the next few weeks the names of the investors who put up the capital.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

But outside of a drive to take the smarty city concept to a nationwide level, Singapore has also gained recognition for its advancement in innovation-driven entrepreneurship and becoming a startup capital of the world. With an estimated population of just 5.47 million, an unemployment rate of 3 percent and an adult literacy rate of about 96.54

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Focus on developers.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The digital banking market continues a long burn—this time like the smoke of a Texas summer barbecue. market expansion. market has been a hard row to hoe for Temenos. market – already well established internationally from the aforementioned growth. So now you can lose those European loafers and wear these [cowboy boots].”

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

iSignthis has successfully placed more than 26 million shares with institutional investors in a capital raise of $10.45 “The funding will enable iSignthis to accelerate growth, and further leverage our market advantage as a superior product with only limited competition,” said iSignthis marketing director, John Karantzis.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 16, 2015

The funding takes the Azimo’s total capital to $31 million , and puts the company’s valuation at an estimated $100 million. Frog Capital led the round, with participation from MCI Investments, e-ventures, Greycroft Partners, and other investors.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Incumbents are not standing still and are acting to protect their market share. Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. Table of contents: Market map: the startups disrupting retail & commercial banking. Incumbents Play Catch-Up.

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Tech and Finance

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Pendo Systems (Pendo) was widely recognized by industry leaders and publications including ACQ5 Global Awards which named it Capital Markets Technology Provider of the Year and SWIFT’s InnoTribe Showcase, which awarded Pendo the title of Top Innovator. Pendo believes the replacement market is over. “We Yet now we have a bubble.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 8, 2017

FI/fintech partnerships and investments such as the above notwithstanding, the U.S. At the same time, the OCC is doing what it can to make it easier for fintech companies to become a part of the regulated federal financial system. The post Fintech Favorites appeared first on Finovate. Wealth Management and Investing.

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