PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

FinTechs and non-bank financial service providers are set to take over traditional banks as the preferred choice for small business (SMB) customers in Australia, a new report by Scottish Pacific found. FinTech offers include creating seamless online loan applications and software that analyzes financial data to deliver the best possible deal.

Fintech 118

Fintech Lending Survey Innovation 118

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Nyca Partners, the venture capital firm focused on the FinTech market, raised $125 million for a second fund. According to a report , Hans Morris, the former Visa president turned venture capitalist, created Nyca Partners in 2014, launching a $30 million fund. Nyca Partners isn’t the only one eyeing the FinTech market.

Fintech 100

Fintech Capital Lending Innovation 100

Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2016

Asian fintech deal sizes dwarfed U.S. Global fintech funding skyrocketed in 2014 and 2015, but tapered off in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the implication that 2016 won’t be so sweet, according to the report. deal sizes in 2015, a new report from KPMG and CB Insights shows. But yesterday’s Ant Read More.

Fintech 150

Fintech Report Capital blockchain 150

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators. It amounted to about $12.5

Fintech 100

Fintech Lending Capital Innovation 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. The company said its efforts recognize “the important role FinTechs play in the world’s rapid digital transformation.”. 12) announcement.

Fintech 163

Fintech Innovation cryptocurrency blockchain 163

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

One emerging player in the Australian FinTech market has just secured another round of capital. According to TechCrunch , this round had participation from Australian VC funds Rampersand and Reinventure, along with existing investors Cultivation Capital, along with Mark Harbottle, cofounder of logo marketplace 99Designs.

Fintech 100

Fintech Online Capital Fraud 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The capital city is Mexico City, which alone is home to almost 9 million. Nearly $120 million has been invested in approximately 300 startups based in Guadalajara since 2014. Mexico’s longstanding business culture resulted in the government investing $658 million to an estimated 620,000 entrepreneurs back in 2014. percent to 59.8

Fintech 100

Fintech Capital Millennials Mobile 100

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).

Innovation 15

Innovation Fintech Online Mobile 15

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group was launched in 2014 to provide global financial services. At the time, Credit Suisse and China International Capital Corp. Also in January, Ant was reportedly seeking a wholesale digital banking license in Singapore , with a capital commitment of $100 million.

Groups 175

Groups Report Capital Regulation 175

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Delivery Hero acquired a majority stake in Yogiyo in 2014. The (food) delivery market has been flooded with gigantic Japan-backed capital and influential online platforms, leading Woowa to factor in partnership as a survival strategy,” a spokesman at Woowa Brothers told Reuters. The market in South Korea is $5.9 reports said.

Capital 130

Capital Online Marketing blockchain 130

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

A lack of access to capital. FinTech in particular is an increasingly important part of Chinese business growth, with 84 percent of SMBs reporting that 10 percent of sales come through digital payments tools like Alipay and WeChat. The red tape of regulation. The burden of administrative tasks. Even more – 97.5 69 percent of U.K.

Survey 193

Survey Regional Capital Data 193

Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Fintech is booming. In 2013, according to a report by Accenture and CB Insights , total investment into Fintech was just less than $4 billion. By 2014 it ballooned to more than $12 billion globally, with 750 deals. They need to start looking at Fintech startups as an opportunity, not a threat.

Fintech 100

Fintech Report Innovation Trends 100

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

The Brazil-based FinTech Nubank raised $400 million in a Series F round of funding led by TCV , making it the first major Latin American investment by the Menlo Park, California fund. . Previous contributors also participated in the funding round, including Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer, Ribbit Capital and Thrive Capital.

America 134

America Capital California Fintech 134

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

FinTech company Greenlight Financial Technology , which makes products to help parents raise financially literate children, said Thursday (Sept. The round also included new investors BOND, DST Global, Goodwater Capital and Fin VC and Greenlight’s first institutional investor, Relay Ventures. billion, according to a company blog post.

Atlanta 140

Atlanta Leadership Financial Technology Capital 140

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

Goodlord is backed by Finch Capital, which led the company’s previous round, also a Series B, and Latitude Ventures, which is a “sister” fund to London seed firm LocalGlobe. Oxx Capital, the recently ousted software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm founded by Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson, also contributed to the round.

Capital 151

Capital Software Fintech Online 151

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Union Square Ventures, Ribbit, Vy Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, the San Francisco-based startup’s existing investors, and new additions Ventura Capital and Uncorrelated Ventures also participated in the round. Santander InnoVentures said it has invested in more than 30 FinTech companies after being established in 2014.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Strategy Cards Capital 131

Bobsguide

MAY 18, 2022

Financial institutions, central banks, and fintech start-ups alike have been exploring the potential of machine learning in the past few years. WBS Training Ltd organizes workshops and conferences for the capital markets and treasury divisions of investment companies worldwide, centering its efforts on education. Register: [link].

Training 146

Training Examples Risk Management Conference 146

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Conductor, which has been backed by Riverwood Capital since 2014, is a key technology processing platform for retailers, banks and other companies in Brazil, according to the press release. In a press release , Visa said the investment will go to help Conductor expand its products and to accelerate innovation in payments.

Company 128

Company Payments America Regional 128

CB Insights

DECEMBER 12, 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. in late 2014.

Fintech 41

Fintech US Lending Analytics 41

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Cloud-native London FinTech startup Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round led by Draper Esprit, with participation from existing investors Lloyds Banking Group, IQ Capital, Backed and Playfair, Thought Machine announced on Monday (March 2).

blockchain 141

blockchain Groups America Google 141

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The agency first proposed a special banking charter for FinTechs in 2014 that would limit pushback from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The industry claims that means payments banks wouldn’t be subject to the same capital liquidity requirements that regular banks are. FDIC), the states and the courts.

Regulation 349

Regulation National System Industry 349

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

The Seoul venture capital division of Japanese multinational holding company SoftBank has raised $270 million, or 317 billion won. self-driving company Cruise , $20 million in Mexico’s FinTech startup Clip and $1.1 Investors include South Korea’s National Pension Service. billion in U.S.

Capital 153

Capital National Report Groups 153

Banking 4 Tomorrow

DECEMBER 24, 2014

2014 was the biggest year in FinTech by far with billions being invested globally, which is to be expected in a global growth sector. But how much was invested globally in FinTech this year? It depends on how you classify FinTech.

Customer Experience 106

Customer Experience Google Fintech Innovation 106

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we check out a small country with a huge potential to emerge as one of Europe’s premier FinTech spaces. The country’s GDP was approximately $880 billion in 2014. Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about the Netherlands and its tech scene: .

Fintech 100

Fintech Bitcoin blockchain Policies 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

million in a Seed funding round for its neo-bank epiFi, led by Sequoia India and Ribbit Capital, TechCrunch reported on Sunday (Jan. Also participating in the funding rounds were David Velez, Kunal Shah and VC fund Hillhouse Capital. FinTech startups have been aggressive at filling the banking void.

Google 101

Google Capital Millennials Digital Banking 101

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Additionally, LendingClub’s stock has lost 88 percent of its value since its 2014 IPO. Mashing up OnDeck’s quick credit-decisioning tech with Chase’s risk and underwriting models and capital pools gave Chase a way to expand its community of SMB borrowers without expanding its bad debt. Take Goldman Sachs and Marcus.

Fintech 183

Fintech blockchain Lending Digital Banking 183

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

According to FinTech Futures , the $9.5 million initiative will assist FinTech startups focused on helping lower and middle income people throughout India. Early-stage [FinTech firms], when provided with the right mentoring, insights and capital support, can have a huge and positive impact on the lives of many people.”.

United States 100

United States Fintech Community Innovation 100

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

But we are heading to France, where the country’s capital city is making a name for itself as a booming tech center. The city’s GDP per capita was $70,760 in 2014, making it one of the top 10 riches cities in the world and one of the most economically powerful cities in Europe. The Next Startup Capital.

Fintech 121

Fintech Conference Capital Regional 121

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

BlueVine , the provider of working capital to small business (SMB) owners, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it has inked a deal with Veem , the cross-border payments company. Veem has been tackling this problem since launching in 2014,” wrote Amadon in the blog post.

Payments 100

Payments Capital blockchain Software 100

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. Firms started in the dorm room that have no employees, just an eager volunteer, no revenue, and no capital need not apply. That's all I'm hearing. It's like global warming.

Fintech 60

Fintech Capital Cards Bitcoin 60

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The firm is the holding company for an array of FinTech companies operating in supply chain finance, invoice finance and the dynamic discounting market. Its units include Distribution Finance Capital, Satago and Oxygen Finance, while it also owns a minority stake in peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa. reports noted.

Lending 122

Lending Capital Groups Financial Technology 122

PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

IPOs: See a renaissance of sorts, topping $35 billion in 2018, amid the fastest pace in 20 years and among verticals as far-flung as wholesale clubs and FinTech firms. The volume is the highest seen since 2014. Capital is flowing and investors’ pulses are quickening, it seems. Chatbots, it turns out, can boost the bottom line.

social media 111

social media Fintech Policies Data 111

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

Launched in 2014, Robinhood is a minimalist app that lets users set up an an online brokerage account, transfer funds from accounts at major banks (including Chase, Citi and Band of America) and check the prices of their stocks. The talks are not final and no deal has been made. Jack Randall, a spokesman for Robinhood, declined to comment.

Regulation 123

Regulation Millennials California Capital 123

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.

Capital 34

Capital Software Google Company 34

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Goldman Sachs Group is giving a $100 million loan to Konfio, marking the first time the lender’s structured finance, investment and lending business has provided a credit facility to a Latin American FinTech. Launched in 2014, Konfio raised $43 million in equity and $260 million in debt. So I saw an opportunity.”.

New York 123

New York Lending Conference America 123

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

This strategic transaction, which brings together two FinTech leaders, is a great opportunity for customers, employees and shareholders of both companies,” Enova CEO David Fisher said in announcing the deal. Voce’s move came amid a big first-quarter loss and a 96 percent drop in the stock’s value since 2014.

Online 165

Online Fintech Report Strategy 165

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The supplier payment solution by FinTech firm Tipalti has attracted venture capitalists. “We look forward to Dovi Frances joining our board of directors and contributing with his extensive experience in the FinTech world.” The company announced on Wednesday (Sept. 14) that it closed a $14 million funding round led by SGVC.

Payments 100

Payments Leadership Fintech Regional 100