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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Here are critical facts to know about some of the most popular BNPL service platforms: Afterpay: Afterpay was founded in Australia in 2014 but was acquired by fintech Square earlier this year. The Congressional House Financial Services Committee held a hearing last fall, “Buy Now, Pay More Later?

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Alt-Lending Conglomerate TruFin Lands $97M In IPO

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An alternative lending conglomerate based in the U.K. The firm is the holding company for an array of FinTech companies operating in supply chain finance, invoice finance and the dynamic discounting market. The companies were grouped together between 2014 and 2017 after investments and acquisitions by Arrowgrass Master Fund Ltd.,

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Nyca Partners Raises $125M For Second FinTech VC Fund

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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.

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FTC sends 2016 ECOA report to CFPB

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However, like the FTC’s letters on its 2014 and 2015 ECOA activities, the letter on 2016 activities does not describe any 2016 FTC ECOA enforcement activity and only contains information about the FTC’s research and policy development efforts and educational initiatives. Fintech forum. Interagency fair lending task force.

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

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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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Cloud Lending Solutions Partners with Fujitsu

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Lending platform Cloud Lending Solutions recently announced a partnership with Japanese technology company Fujitsu. Fujitsu will help Cloud Lending Solutions distribute CL Originate , CL Lease , CL Loan , and CL Collections to its large and small business customers in Japanese and ASEAN markets.

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Fintech Unicorn List Q2 2015: 46 Arrived + 37 Closing In

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We published our first fintech unicorn list in April 2014 with a mere 11 companies. Time will tell whether these valuation bets are temporary insanity from private investors or the beginning of a long cycle of re-imagining financial services. Here is the breakdown by fintech sector: Sector. Dec 2014 round.

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