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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

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

The FinTech startup has already created several financial services products, including cryptocurrency and stock trading, savings wallets, junior accounts and rewards. Storonsky said Revolut wants to develop “many more innovative products” that will advance “innovation and competition” across the financial services sector.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Credit unions (CUs) face stiff competition from banks, FinTech firms and other players in the financial industry, but they have several intrinsic advantages. The total number of CUs in operation declined from 6,743 in 2015 to 5,390 as of 2019, but the total number of CU members increased over the course of the decade from 89.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Developing markets are quickly increasing their rate at which paycards are accepted, according to the latest research by RBR. 23) with positive news for developing markets. According to the report, regulations, combined with FinTech innovation, are accelerating payment card adoption in these markets.

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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

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

AUGUST 10, 2017

Banks and FinTech companies have a complicated history. While traditional banks offer a more established and tested set of products, the offerings of newer FinTech companies — such as real-time data, streamlined payments and quick notifications — are helping these new players encroach on banks’ territories. Why the tension?

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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

JULY 25, 2016

With FinTech startups exploding on the scene, U.K. and Korea want to make it easier for both companies to invest in the financial technology sector, creating a so-called “FinTech bridge.” based FinTech companies and investors access to the Korean market and Asian investors and Korean FinTech companies access to the U.K.

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Insights on Business

JUNE 23, 2017

In the banking world, that means the “FinTechs,” companies that exist at the intersection between technology providers and financial service providers. FinTechs appeared on the scene about a decade ago and started cherry picking a number of financial services that had historically been provided by banks.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

is already a hotbed of FinTech startups, but the government is getting behind it in a bigger way, committing to invest £500,000 a year into financial technology companies. government is also gearing up to launch a network of regional FinTech envoys as an effort to enhance the country’s status as a leader in FinTech.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

With the financial services space shifting from a competitive nature to a collaborative spirit between traditional banks and emerging FinTechs, one major stakeholder in the payments industry has quietly been an integral part of this co-op: the Federal Reserve. Louis, as its new payments strategy director.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Banks need to keep this requirement top of mind as they compete against other FIs in newer markets, however. Challengers see fraud protection as especially important, particularly as they attempt to ween customers away from legacy FIs and their own nimbler FinTech competitors. Bringing a global fraud approach to a new local market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

PYMNTS' October Banking As A Service Playbook: Powering The Next Generation Of FinTech Innovation , a collaboration with Transcard , examines developments around banking as a service (BaaS) and how its digital-first nature makes it ideal for current banking needs. And it goes well beyond that as a unifying financial faculty.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

JPMorgan just launched its own version of a FinTech accelerator, but with a twist. That’s all part of JPMorgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank’s new strategy for a program called In-Residence , a FinTech startup-like lab designed to help young companies overcome industry challenges.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 18, 2016

In the US alone, the unfulfilled small business lending market was estimated to have reached $96.5 billion in Q4 of 2015. That’s a lot of lending mouths going hungry, but also a big pie up for grabs by those smart enough to work out how to actually lend to Read More.

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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

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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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Chris Skinner

MARCH 22, 2017

I blogged a year ago about TechFin, the incumbents’ view of applying technology to existing banking services, versus FinTech which seeks to transform the financial system. First they started to invest in equivalent products and services to their own in other markets of similar nature, such as India and Thailand.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. We’ve assembled a list of innovation labs from some of the most recognizable names in retail looking to disrupt their industries. Founded: 2015. Founded: 2015.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Lacewell said the new rules are the first steps in the revision of New York’s BitLicense to better meet the numerous changes in the industry since 2015. BitLicense was introduced in New York in 2015 , at a time when other regulators were suspicious of electronic money.

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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

AUGUST 10, 2020

trillion rise from 2015. Sixty-eight percent cited the need to quickly bring solutions to market and 58 percent said they need to reduce costs or maintain profit levels. Boosting Speed To Market. Developing new programs and innovations can be a massive time sink for all businesses, especially banks.

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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

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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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. Community bank marketing resources.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

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. For one, the country is in the European Union (EU), so there is easy access to the European market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Visa Partner Launch Eyes $17T Digital Payments Opportunity For FinTechs. trillion luxury travel market and how innovative payment solutions could open the market to even more travelers. Another day, another tech event announcing the latest and greatest hitting the market this fall checked off the list.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2019

British FinTech startup Revolut is collaborating with Mastercard to help it expand into the U.S. The payments giant has been partnering with Revolut since its 2015 launch. “As will be a huge milestone for us, and we are delighted Mastercard will be our go-to-market partner.”. All of Revolut’s first debit cards in the U.S.

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Alex Jimenez

AUGUST 28, 2018

What is Fintech? Fintech is a dynamic segment at the intersection of the financial services and technology sectors where technology-focused start-ups and new market entrants innovate the products and services currently provided by the traditional financial services industry." -PwC PwC Fintech Report. Source: UBS.

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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Its omnipresence is altering how members want to interact with their CUs, though regulatory and compliance issues often mean that members cannot reasonably expect the same lightning-fast interactions they might get from banks and FinTech firms. Deep Dive: CUs Deploy Emotional Marketing Campaigns To Stay Competitive. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Citigroup was as well, but ultimately decided to scrap it instead of bringing it to market. When Citi kicked off the development in 2015, it code-named the cryptocurrency Citicoin, but never formally announced the project. JPMorgan Chase isn’t the only bank that has been working on a cryptocurrency.

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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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