Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Innovate Finance, which represents 300 UK fintech companies, says venture capital investment fell from $1.2bn (£970m) in 2015, to $783m last year. “Our members tell us Brexit has had a chilling effect on investment,” Innovate Finance chief executive Lawrence Wintermeyer told the BBC. .

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BankBazaar

JULY 31, 2023

Blast from the Past: The Birth of BankBazaar Back in 2008, the fintech revolution in India was truly revolutionised with the founding of BankBazaar by Adhil Shetty, Arjun Shetty, and Rati Shetty in the vibrant city of Chennai. Bid farewell to stacks of paperwork and lengthy verification processes!

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

Over the past eight weeks PYMNTS has cast a weekly global spotlight on one of the many tech hubs fostering innovation and tech advancements across the world. We began the Weekly Tech Center Roundup journey in London – Europe’s self-proclaimed startup capital. In 2015, U.K. s Technology ‘Hotbed’ Picks Up Steam.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2017

Canadian financial technology companies backed by venture capitalists reached a level not seen in nearly two decades, despite a slowdown of investment dollars flowing into FinTechs in the U.S. According to a report by Reuters , while FinTechs may not be red hot in the U.S., Reuters reported investments in FinTech in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based billion in 2015. But digital channels will help more small business gain capital, according to the statement. communities.”.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Fintech is on pace to best venture capital 2015 fundraising by 36% this year as startups focus on transparency and ease-of-use to disrupt the incumbents. billion into the sector, Bruce Taragin, managing partner, Blumberg Capital, said at a recent gathering at Columbia Law School in Read More. Last year, VCs poured $11.9

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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.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

-based Apruve landed funding for their solutions, signaling continued interest by venture capitalists (VCs) in not only alternative finance, but in FinTech firms looking to address B2B companies’ pain points of delayed and unpaid invoices. The company recently announced $3.2 In the accounts receivable space, U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

Avidia Bank is embracing real-time payments as part of its push to promote collaboration with FinTechs, the financial institution announced Friday (July 12). Offering real-time payments as well as a range of APIs will enable Avidia to expand its offering to FinTechs that want to integrate faster payment capabilities into their own solutions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

China is an emerging FinTech hotbed thanks to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption. But a new report from Citi found that, while China may be the market to watch for FinTech investments, the U.S. continues to thrive at the top of the B2B FinTech mountain.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Europe is on the path to entice FinTechs. European Union (EU) finance ministers met this week to discuss ways in which the EU can ensure its FinTech industry is solid and promotes growth, an initiative some policymakers view as critical, as the U.K., a global FinTech hub, prepares to leave the EU following Brexit.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Image source The Daily Fintech founders are at SIBOS in Geneva; reporting every day, snippets of insights on the Fintech Genome. We held our breath for nearly 9 months after the $13m Sequoia Capital Seed round for Lemonade was announced at the end of 2015. Stay tuned on all SIBOS Insights conversations.

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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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For all of the commotion about Brexit, it appears as though London’s reign over the world of FinTech may be secure — even after the U.K. London will maintain its FinTech influence if this landscape does not change,” said Early Metrics CEO Antoine Baschiera in a statement. FinTech startups in the first half of 2017 alone.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

Capital One, Wells Fargo, Fifth Third, PNC and TD, along with Safeguard Scientifics, each contributed equally to the $30 million investment round, announced on Sunday (April 17), bringing Transactis’ total funding up to $70 million. are electronic. PNC Executive Vice President for Treasury Management James G.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It appears Manchester may be giving London a run for its money as the next great FinTech sector in the U.K. The city’s FinTech reputation and tech sector are on the rise. Manchester has a proven track record of supporting FinTech investments complemented by a high-caliber of talent,” he continued.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

In an effort to expand its digital offerings, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance has reportedly created a $50 million corporate venture capital fund designed to back startups in the FinTech market. We are looking for innovative companies that are going to address clients’ need in a new way.”.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 24, 2016

Just under 10% of the companies — 15 to be exact — were fintech-related. This is about average for a YC incubator class, with the 26% from Summer 2015 being an Read More. Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Days just wrapped up, with 159 startups taking the stage and making their play for funding.

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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. They need to start looking at Fintech startups as an opportunity, not a threat. Often the injection of new capital by the buyer can give a startup the resources needed to flourish.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

It’s all their fault that funding for fintechs continued to fall in the third quarter. (We’d We’d also add that the exuberance in the first part of 2015 was making some investors nervous.) Exhibits No. 1 and 2: Brexit. Presidential election. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the Read More.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Image source # 6 on our Fintech Predictions for 2016: The strange inversion we saw in 2015, when private companies were valued higher (on paper at least) than public companies, will end in 2016. The headlines will refer to Unicorpses. This is happening now. It is happening in private unless Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

With a strong penetration of smartphones and mobile commerce, Spain is quickly gaining visibility in the FinTech world, and its capital city is leading the charge. Considered a “dark horse” in FinTech, Madrid is making strides to improve conditions for startups to flourish and boosting record venture rounds for its homegrown companies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we head back to Europe to explore Germany’s “startup capital” and learn about the thriving ecosystem where a new startup is born every 20 minutes. . In 2015, Deutsche Startup Monitor found that a third of startups in Germany reside in Berlin.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Around the world, global tech centers are standing out for increased innovation, funding and tech opportunity. In this week’s Tech Center tracker, Facebook gives the French tech ecosystem a big boost of support, Canada’s FinTechs reach record high investments and young entrepreneurs in Gaza catch the eye of Silicon Valley. and the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report. B2B FinTech’s Time.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

is no longer the world’s largest market for FinTech investment, according to the latest report from Citigroup, released this week. Analysts found that, in the first nine months of 2016, China held the top spot for FinTech investment, with funding raised for that period doubling compared to the same period in 2015.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Goldman Sachs Private Capital provided the credit facility that will be used to promote Capify ‘s growth across Australia and the U.K., ” In another statement, Goldman Sachs Private Capital Executive Director Pankaj Soni described Capify as “one of the leading small business finance providers in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a burgeoning hub for startups in the technology sector. Trezeo , a FinTech startup that seeks to smooth out income for self-employed workers, is one of the innovators that call Dublin home. Charlon said that Dublin is an attractive place to FinTech firms for several reasons.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Argentina as a whole is vying for the top spot as South America’s startup capital, despite an uphill battle with its economic conditions. As of last year, the paid-in minimum capital requirement to start a business in the country was 2,500 Argentine pesos (fewer than $170). Just this week, U.S.

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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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

6) a new round of equity financing led by new investors, including Pritzker family business interests advised by The Pritzker Organization and DNS Capital. The capital raise, which follows the close of a minority equity financing round led by Goldman Sachs in Oct. The round also included existing investors.

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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. Blockchain. Marketplace lending. Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Alipay’s latest expansion — this time, to Luxembourg — shows not only the increasing reach of the China-based mobile payments ecosystem, but also stands as the latest example of companies in payments and FinTech gaining licenses to operate in Europe. There, PSD2 was designed to encourage FinTech and payments innovation.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Well, what do we say about 2015? And, give or take a stumble or two, we snuck through it and did a reasonable job on 2015 objectives, in our humble opinion. So, it seems we’re good with only one outstanding item—digest the 2015 GonzoBanker Awards! 2015 Executive Call-out. ” – Tom Armstrong. Bravo OZRK!

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about Athens and its tech scene: Athens is the capital city of Greece and has an estimated population of 3.75 FinTech is gaining momentum in the city, with a 40 percent rise in card transactions being recognized since capital controls were imposed back in July 2015.

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