PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Ant, spun off from Alibaba in 2014, was set to list on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges in November until regulators stepped in and suddenly pulled the plug. . Chinese financial regulators called Ma and his leadership team to answer questions on the eve of the company’s stock market debut.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

It feels like 2014 again with the ongoing popularity of alternative lending startups. Earlier this week, reports emerged that some alternative lending and industry professionals are beginning to heighten their anxieties about incoming regulation, particularly as some ponder whether the U.S. Alternative Lending.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Marketplace lending. Marketplace Lending.

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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

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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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Alternative lending has been popular among venture capitalists, but France may not come to mind when one considers the top alt-fin markets of the world. The French alternative lending startup announced a $2.8 It marks NewAlpha’s third FinTech investment from its fund launched in Nov. Unilend may help to change that.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

PREPARE FOR THE FINTECH FUTURE. As investor preferences shift, download our free 106-page fintech report to see what trends to watch in 2019. Since 2014, news mentions of impact investing and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing have increased tenfold. GET THE 106-PAGE FINTECH TRENDS REPORT.

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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. That last measure aims to ensure that banks lend money and provide banking services to underserved and minority consumers. FDIC), the states and the courts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Ant Financial , the Chinese FinTech giant and an affiliate of Alibaba Group , posted an earnings pre-tax loss of 2.4 It marked the third time that Ant had a quarterly loss since its unit’s result was disclosed by Alibaba in the early part of 2014. billion yuan ($353 million USD) for the quarter ending Sept. It posted 9.18

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. Oh, what a mere 12 months can do.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk implored the crowd to get beyond the marketing talk and stop marketing in the past. His point that Uber sells time (nobody wants to keep submitting payment) as much as transport was spot on, and he encouraged us to test our marketing campaigns and double down on what works. Online delivery?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

Co-founded by FinTech veteran Ricky Knox, Tandem also recently purchased Harrods Bank , which enabled the startup to achieve its goals of moving into the U.K. banking market. Founded in 2014 by Ford, London-based Pariti is a mobile app that has access to your existing bank accounts.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Fintech is expensive. Fintech is everywhere. Fintech is the global competition for regulation, talent, and macroeconomic supremacy. Fintech is the trade war between the US and China. Fintech is the trade war between the US and China. Fintech is Facebook and Amazon. Fintech is the next bubble to burst.

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The lack of “just right” solutions for many small business financial problems has been a golden opportunity for FinTech firms. In the FinTech space, much of the focus is on consumer-oriented solutions like Mint for financial management, Venmo for P2P payments, and Prosper for social lending.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Unfortunately, “60 Minutes,” famous for investigative journalism, missed the really big story in FinTech. A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

As the decade neared the halfway mark in 2014 that figure had improved to about 53 percent. Which has created an opportunity for FinTech players worldwide — but also perhaps a series of unseen risks for Indian consumers. But where banks don’t provide, FinTech innovators rush to fill a vacuum. billion into lending startups.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2017

Alternative lending has shifted from a competitor of traditional FIs to a collaborator, often lending a digital hand to banks in need of upgrading their systems to provide faster, more agile financing to SMEs. s Big Four banks, with alt lending firms and P2P lenders acting as key vessels for BBB funding. businesses.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s not only for consumers, though: Alternative lending firm Kabbage recently found that mobile lending is on the rise among small businesses, with a more than 360 percent increase in the number of SMB loans accessed via mobile device between April 2014 and February 2018.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Investors have cooled off to alternative lending in the U.S. Just look at the near-immediate struggle faced by Lending Club and OnDeck after their IPOs in 2014, or more recently, the knock-on effect Lending Club’s less-than-noble lending practices have had on investor confidence in other marketplace lenders.

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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.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The banking competitive landscape has intensified with digital challenger banks like Chime and Varo picking up market share in a digital-first environment already favoring megabanks like Chase and BofA. The financial terms of Atlanta-based NCR’s deal for Bay area-based Terafina (founded in 2014) were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

As has been seen previously, FinTech dominated, marking a rebound from the end of last month when traditional banking had held sway. The biggest deal in FinTech came with Wimdu, at $90 million, as the German vacation company was sold to Wyndham’s Danish arm, Novasol. million) in a Series A. “We’ve That’s the goal.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In a sign that small business lending may be well on its way to moving beyond the traditional conduits of big banks and other larger financial players, online platform Lendio, which helps smaller companies find access to capital, reported heady growth for 2015. The company said Wednesday (Feb. million in funding.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2016

It has been a truism on The Street that smaller companies and their smaller stocks (measured in terms of market capitalization) have commanded a premium against other, relatively larger brethren, with the caveat that, sometimes, the smallest stocks are the ones that climb to the most dizzying heights. In the investment world, size matters.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Tight regulations around the legal marijuana industry are barring non-wealthy entrepreneurs from entering the market, according to reports from Forbes on Wednesday (June 13).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

Meanwhile, Australia and Ireland revealed their continuing support of the alternative SME lending space, even as the U.S. market struggles with investor doubt and regulatory scrutiny. Alt-Lending. The funding is the first external debt raising for the company since its launch in 2014, reports added. But the U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st century fintech unicorns* and update it at least monthly. Previously unrecognized: HealthEquity : The HSA (Health Savings Account) giant went public in 2014 and is currently valued at $4B Tinkoff Bank (TCS: LI): Public company founded in 2006 serving the Russian market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

The pullback of banks from the small business lending space left a gap filled by alternative lenders who are exploring new ways to connect entrepreneurs with capital, a journey that includes innovation and a bit of experimentation. An IBISWorld report published in 2014 found that 98 percent of U.S.

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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

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. Founded: 2014. Capital Markets & WealthTech. Fintech Startup of the Week: Challenger Jiko Buys a $100M U.S. Digital Assets. HQ: London. Funding: $3.2M.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Market opportunity. Business lending and corporate cards. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. MCBS, with a market cap of $705 million, and LTM revenues (net interest income plus fee income) of $125.5

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. This is a classic bank deal – one acronym buys another at a good price and plans to cut the hell out of cost while adding markets. Market cap in January: $19B.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Their were 9 fintech companies and one healthtech. Description: Alternative credit scoring and lending in emerging markets. Metrics: – LOIs with 3 major non-profits – $80M of aid payments already committed – Another $87M in pipeline – 1% global market share BEFORE full launch. Founded: 2014. Funding: $120k.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech. Amazon Payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 18, 2016

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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