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The 50 hottest FinTech firms 2017

Chris Skinner

I sit on the judging panel for the FinTech 50, now in its fifth year, and the final list was revealed yesterday. Chosen from a long-list of over 1,500 companies across Europe, The Fintech50 2017 – the most hotly contested in its five-year history – features 24 businesses new to the list.

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12 Coolest Brands in Banking 2017

Bank Innovation

Those innovations may seem cool to the wider public, but we – the fintech-obsessed – dig deeper to uncover the underlying coolness within mainstream Read More. What Amazon did with “Just Walk Out” stores was cool. Snap’s Spectacles – also interesting. Some may argue that Pokemon Go had a good run too.

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Bitcoin Joins American Express and PayPal on 2017 List of Social Media Darlings

Bank Innovation

American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.

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The Finanser’s Week: 17th July – 23rd July 2017

Chris Skinner

This week’s main blog headlines are … Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks There’s an old joke about the guy who’s lost driving in the countryside who stops to ask a pedestrian how to get to the city.

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The Finanser’s Week: 10th July – 16th July 2017

Chris Skinner

I remember flying into Singapore’s brand spanking new Changi Airport … Globalizing finance through FinTech I got to thinking about yesterday’s post on humanity in part due to a discussion of global banking. Obviously, the internet and mobile and global connectivity, but also the homogeneity of globalisation.

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Silicon Valley FinTech Brex Scores $200M Credit Line

PYMNTS

San Francisco FinTech Brex announced a $200 million debt capital raise from Credit Suisse that will be used to expand its eCommerce business and credit offerings to new companies, Brex announced in a press release on Thursday (Dec. Brex deals in business-to-business (B2B) payments with corporate cards tailored to specific industries.

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Bump On The Road To National FinTech Charters?

PYMNTS

The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. The national licenses would let FinTechs lend money and paychecks to consumers. In the U.K.,

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