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Core Unicorn Deals Rattling the Future of Financial Technology

Gonzobanker

Bank executives should take these new deals’ valuations as a sign that the free market sees the future of finance as unbundled from the traditional industry structure. As new cloud-native, API-driven solutions come to market, the term “core” seems to live in the eye of the beholder. Response From The Other Two Big 3 Players.

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The Financial Technologies SMEs Aren’t Using

PYMNTS

The average small business considers itself a “moderate” user of technology, according to the PYMNTS.com SMB Technology Adoption Index. 70 percent of SMEs didn’t use tax software in 2016 , found Office Depot in its most recent Small Business Index survey. Only 13 percent say they’re willing to jump on the innovation bandwagon.

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Prosper Shutting Down Secondary Market For Loans Later In October

PYMNTS

Prosper, the P2P lending marketplace, is reportedly closing down the secondary market for its loans later this month. The company doesn’t operate the secondary market itself but outsources to FOLIOfn, which is operated and maintained by FOLIOfn Investments, which is a registered broker dealer.

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Top News In Payments: China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades; Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T

PYMNTS

In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. billion in 2016 to $15.1 billion in 2016 to $15.1 China’s economy grew by 6.1 In Two Years.

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Mastercard, IFC Expand Partnerships To Bring Digital Payments To Emerging Markets

PYMNTS

Mastercard and IFC , a member of the World Bank Group, announced Thursday (April 26) that they have updated a $250 million global risk-sharing facility in an effort to expand access to electronic payments in emerging markets. This partnership will help bring modern financial services to underserved people around the world.

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Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks

Chris Skinner

They want to get to the nirvana of new technologies, but are stuck in a spaghetti of old systems. What we are seeing is many new companies launching capabilities built upon the latest internet-enabled technologies. They are very different to banks and are collectively known as FinTech, financial technology start-up companies.

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2016 State of Content Marketing in Fintech

William Mills

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. Our clients had no idea what content marketing or HubSpot encompassed. 2015 was a content marketing tsunami.