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Citi Venture Investing Head: ‘Financial Services is Becoming More Like Tech’

Bank Innovation

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

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Robinhood Faces Another Service Interruption Due To Technical Issue

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The financial technology company is regarded for helping to make trading in vogue with millennials, Reuters reported. “We The company noted in a separate tweet that its systems had been completely brought back online and its web platforms were working. “We We were able to resolve this at 9:39 AM PST,” Robinhood said in a tweet.

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Checkout.com Buys Australian Startup Pin Payments

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Checkout.com faces competition from Stripe, a San Francisco technology company that allows businesses to make and receive payments over the internet, and Adyen, a Dutch payment company that provides businesses a way to accept eCommerce, mobile and point-of-sale payments.

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Closer to home, in Wyoming, a bill has debuted in the state legislature to create a FinTech sandbox.

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Investment Tracker: FLYR’s Data Science Shakes Up Travel Industry

PYMNTS

Even with the push to online commerce, finding affordable fares and booking deals is still a game of chance for consumers. FLYR is a data science company that sits at the intersection of travel and financial technology, said Project Manager Andrew Jing. You see a great airfare when you’re booking online, and you want to book it.

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Kid-Friendly: Baby And Children’s Tech Startups On Track To Reach Five-Year Deal High

CB Insights

These included a $448M investment to China-based online parenting platform Babytree in Q3’16, as well as a $150M Series D to China-based baby products sales platform Mia.com in Q3’15. Using CB Insights data, we analyzed funding trends from 2013 through 2017 year-to-date (7/20/17) in the baby and kids tech category.

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China key to banking and payments innovation

Banking 2020

Financial services organisations in China are expected to shine a light for the rest of the world when it comes to innovation in the banking sector in the coming years, with the primary drivers being non-traditional companies that are looking to develop new payment solutions and platforms. At the turn of the millennium, just 1.8