PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

One emerging player in the Australian FinTech market has just secured another round of capital. PromisePay , a fully managed payments platform for online marketplaces, has raised $10 million in order to fuel its continued growth. Everything is moving online. There’s a fundamental shift in payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The newspaper cited Ripple’s use of blockchain technology and the ability of two small banks, one in Canada and one in Germany, to complete cross-border online transactions in record time as an example of the latest banking innovations. trillion in 2014 to $2.3 But some banks are competing with the FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Miami-based FinTech ClassWallet has grown its classroom expense management offering to help with the requirements of custodial and maintenance workers in primary and secondary schools, according to a Monday (Jan. 25) announcement.

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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 was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.

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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).

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

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. It’s projected that Mexico will represent the world’s fifth-largest economy by 2050.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

But the most recent research suggests entrepreneurs are also clear about what is helping them grow, and what they are looking for in terms of technology, professional support and beyond. The report highlights mainland China SMBs’ use of technology to grow, with 78 percent of Chinese entrepreneurs expecting their firms to grow this year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The platform leverages 10x Future Technologies to give Westpac’s partners the ability to offer banking products and services. . As a disruptor of traditional credit, Afterpay was founded in 2014 to offer its customers interest-free installment plans for online purchases. The collaboration will enable Afterpay to offer its 3.3

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

It was a good day for Jumia Technologies on Friday (April 12) — and that’s a good signal about the future prospects of eCommerce in Africa, home to some 1.3 Some of its brands include online takeout service Jumia Food, travel booking service Jumia Flights and classified services Jumia Deals. Jumia Scope.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

The PSD2 -related regulation counts itself among a raft of those set to become law across the continent, focusing on boosting online commerce security by requiring cardholders to provide two forms of identification to verify their identities when transacting. Those under €30 ($33.93

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). Phantom Technologies. Related: 281 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2022). Jan 2022 round. Infrastructure. Nov 2021 round.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. 161 $323 21 Branch 357 2015 Minneapolis 222,000 $633 22 Albert 315 2015 LA 1,270,000 $176 23 Current 307 2015 NYC 856,000 $402 24 Greenlight 302 2014 Atlanta 458,000 3.8

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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. So FinTech (six) firms need capital and revenues to grab a foothold in the financial services market. If looking for a FinTech (seven) partner, follow your vendor management procedures.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Alibaba Group Holding ’s founder and chairman Jack Ma said the company “will do anything to share technology” with Africa. Paystack already processes about 15 percent of online payments in Nigeria, which is Africa’s largest economy, ahead of South Africa and Egypt. Very few of those transactions happen online, but it’s still early.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Amadon said that’s because traditional banks rely on old technology to enable cross-border payments, which requires involving a number of banks across multiple countries in the transaction flow, making it difficult to administer changes. Veem has been tackling this problem since launching in 2014,” wrote Amadon in the blog post.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

By some accounts , more than 90 percent of existing data was created after 2014. financial services sector as consumers embrace digital technology for the banking and retail industry. Adoption of digital payment technologies is poised to grow significantly among U.K. billion per week in 2014. billion per week in 2014.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Losing customers can be as easy as experiencing one too many online glitches, however, which can drive clients into the competition’s arms. It is not the technology itself that is important, however, but the strategy behind it. This is similar to the card aggregation solutions that fellow FinTech Curve offers.

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William Mills

JANUARY 14, 2016

Content marketing has rapidly emerged as a key marketing strategy within the fintech industry in a relatively short time. I vividly remember my content marketing conversations with clients in early 2014. We would like to share some of the latest content marketing trends and our fintech- related experience over the past year.

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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. According to Glover, that means banks in the U.S.

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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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Tomorrow's Transactions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

I’m having fun at Finovate Fall 2014. If you want to see the future of #fintech, pay attention to Dr. Who. The illuminated amongst us have long known that Dr. Who sends us secret coded messages that tell us about the future and so it is the most important television programme in the world for fintech folks.

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Celent Banking

MAY 5, 2017

Technology. What old technology lacks in flexibility it makes up for in stability. In late 2014, a systems upgrade lead to a number of glitches , including bill payment going down, online banking being inaccessible, and the safe-to-spend feature showing incorrect balances. I’d say there are a few contenders.

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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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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 7, 2021

Launched in a midtown (NYC) basement venue in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. Founded: 2014. Related: Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021).

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 7, 2021

Launched in a midtown (NYC) basement venue in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. Founded: 2014. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. FinovateSpring, May 2021 (Digital).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

It is, of course, obvious that the internet has changed how the world gets its information and conducts its commerce, but the specters of fraud and data breaches are keeping the latter from reaching its true potential online. For businesses, 2014 was “the wakeup call” and a “banner year for internet crime.”

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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

AUGUST 24, 2016

In 2014, ID Experts reported $22.8 Radar also helps clients with cybersecurity and data breaches, but is more focused on complying with government regulations and determining whether online security breaches should be reported to the government authorities. The capital Radar raised will be spent on technology, sales and marketing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 29, 2016

It gives online shoppers more payment flexibility with instant financing of up to $5,550 (€5,000) for up to 36 months at rates comparable to local banks. Kreditech’s Sebastian Diemer and Alexander Graubner-Müller presenting at FinovateSpring 2014. Consumer financing company Kreditech announced a new business line today.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Trackers and Reports.

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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. Customers: Shell, KLM, United Nations, Toyota, SITA, Lloyds Register and a range of technology startups. Digital Assets. HQ: London. Funding: $3.2M.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 10, 2017

In a funding round led by online payment service provider, PayU, Germany’s Kreditech has raised $120 million (€110 million). The investment is the largest equity investment in a German fintech company to date. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Kreditech demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2014.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 31, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised in 2014 to end “financial untouchability” and launched a government campaign to reduce the forty percent of the population without access to basic banking services. Banking in India is in the midst of a major reinvention, a digital reinvention to be exact. Digital India.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Panowicz, who worked for fellow Finovate alum mBank as Senior Director and Managing Director from the fall of 2011 to the spring of 2015, will be responsible for Kreditech’s product and technology departments. His long tenure in finance and technology includes stints at Alior Bank, Microsoft, eBay, and The Boston Consulting Group.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

During a busy year we saw Jill supporting her local community, blogging with Mark Cuban, spinning up new PPP technology and innovating with things like curbside banking. For more than 20 years, John has helped City National grow its niched commercial and private banking businesses with strategic technologies. THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2014

By most measures, Y Combinator (YC) is far and away the most important incubator in the technology space. Fintech (note 1) has been part of YC from the beginning. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. You are almost guaranteed a multi-million funding. During the past 4.5

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