PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. And in 2017, those investments were off-the-charts nuts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Human capital management firm Netchex and restaurant business management technology provider Delaget are teaming up to promote data integration for the restaurant sector, with a focus on payroll. “As a market leader, Netchex was an obvious choice.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

An additional $10 million was also raised from Nigerian commercial banks, earmarked for working capital. The company has continued to grow its product offerings and customer base since its 2017 launch in Lagos. Kobo360 connects truckers seeking work with companies that need deliveries across Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Kenya.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In addition, B2B venture capital (VC) went to FinTech firms and underbanked consumers and small businesses (SMBs) experienced banking hurdles. billion | Visa’s revenue, according to its most recent earnings report for the first fiscal quarter, which ended in December 2017. Here are the numbers: $4.9 Consensus stood at $3.26

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Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

The roundtable, co-hosted with Cashfac (a leading cash management technology provider), was organized in Amsterdam on January 31st, 2017 and saw participation from industry leaders from European transaction banks, as well as a trade body and a fintech.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

But APIs can offer a different strategic advantage, especially to B2B FinTechs, according to A.J. Because APIs facilitate integration between two services, the technology allows FinTechs to innovate in their niche markets, rather than attempting to be a jack of all trades. It’s a sentiment echoed throughout the B2B FinTech market.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There are just two China-based fintech businesses valued at over $100B in the world. The second, conceivably, is Tencent’s fintech business. In May 2019, Barclays released a note estimating the value of Tencent’s fintech business at $123B, or close to a third of the company’s total market cap. billion yuan).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

According to recent data from travel and expense management software firm Certify, analysis of 2017 data showed a 4 percent decline in the number of corporates using a manual expense management system compared to the year before. .” What is clear, though, is that demand for T&E technologies is on the rise.

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Jessica Ellerm

DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to a report commissioned by the Australian Tax Office, introducing structured e-invoicing practices between businesses, and businesses and government agencies, could save the Australian economy $10 billion every year. These numbers are backed up by a recent report from global invoicing powerhouse Tungsten Network.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2017

Dabbling in FinTech innovation, expanding internationally, integrating digital systems — businesses must make progress, but they’re facing unfamiliar threats as they make these moves. Those challenges surpassed the 15 percent that said access to capital is their biggest challenge. And we’re not just talking about cyberattacks.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

As with numerous other industries, the Covid-19 crisis has propelled digitization in the space — with fintechs and financial services incumbents alike. Between 2017 and 2060, it’s expected that approximately $50T will change hands in what will be the largest aggregated transfer of wealth in history.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

But how can community banks successfully compete with big banks and fintechs that are spending billions on their digital lending capabilities? Source: DeBanked ) Square Capital lent about $1.6 billion to small businesses in 2018, up nearly 36% over 2017 and double that of 2016. In a recent American Banker. Taking Stock.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

There have been 52 new startups founded in 2017. When thinking about Orlando’s tech industry, some say the city’s access to capital, accelerator programs and tech clusters are what sets it apart. PYMNTS: What’s Orlando’s FinTech sector like? Median household income (2015): $42,318.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

At this time last year, BTC traded at $460, meaning the digital currency’s value has grown over 230 percent within the period—with just over half of that growth coming in the first five months of 2017. With growth like this, the “ outrageous prediction ” that bitcoin could hit $2,000 in 2017 doesn’t seem quite so out there. (To

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The 2017 report , released Monday (Oct. As security issues are overcome, increased collaboration and partnership within the new payments ecosystem will create business value for corporates, banks and FinTechs. Banks must embrace this opportunity to enhance their offerings in collaboration with FinTechs and third-party developers.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

The May 2018 retail sales are the highest they’ve been since November of 2017. Powering the push in spending, according to the Commerce Department reports, are historically low unemployment figures , wages finally starting to show real gains and additional liquid capital among workers due to the tax cuts of late 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

According to the PYMNTS/Unifund Financial Invisibles Report , 81 percent of participants said their financial situations have either remained stable or improved since last year, and the number of consumers seriously delinquent on debt dropped 11 percent between Q4 2017 and Q2 2018. percent between the end of 2017 and the middle of 2018.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe went on to raise a seed round from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk in 2011.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 8, 2017

House of Fraser currently offers consumers credit and loyalty cards; it said it will detail how it will use its new relationship with Tandem in the first half of 2017. FI/fintech partnerships and investments such as the above notwithstanding, the U.S. The post Fintech Favorites appeared first on Finovate. ” InsurTech.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. This includes the EU’s revised payment services directive (PSD2), the UK’s Open Banking, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s virtual bank license, the US OCC’s Fintech Charter, and Brazil’s new banking rules.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

Capital One recently suffered a data breach resulting from poor security practices that exposed 100 million credit card applications and accounts. Capital One’s estimate for $150 million on $28 billion seems off, to say the least. There is a lazy thing to say, and I said it in 2017 about Equifax. Here is our factbase.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

Capital One recently suffered a data breach resulting from poor security practices that exposed 100 million credit card applications and accounts. Capital One’s estimate for $150 million on $28 billion seems off, to say the least. There is a lazy thing to say, and I said it in 2017 about Equifax. Here is our factbase.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Fintechs are carving out their niche in the financial services industry by making the needs and expectations of the modern-day consumer their number one priority. trillion) in 2017. Customer experience and the relationships consumers have with their banks have never been more important.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

If you read anything but this newsletter, you’ve got to read: Blockchain Capital’s 2019 Year in Review Messari Research Crypto Theses for 2020 DappRadar 2019 dapp Industry Review Decentralized Finance Overview So let’s narrow our entire lens to decentralized finance. all Fintech unicorns?—?that

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Scalable Capital launches Android App in the U.K. Credit Karma announces free tax returns. The Beast Apps introduces comprehensive MiFID II compliance integration solution, Minotaur. Hyperwallet begins 24/7 support amidst launch of new Austin contact center. Xero interviews David Barrett, CEO and founder of Expensify.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 3, 2017

Starting in 2017 former Microsoft executive Jeremy Korst will be the man driving the message at tax compliance innovator and FinDEVr alum , Avalara. Last fall, Avalara announced an investment of $96 million that took its total capital to more than $300 million.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

Consumer tax solutions provider H&R Block is ramping up its position in the small business financial services market with the takeover of Wave. In a deal announced Tuesday (June 11), H&R Block has acquired Wave Financial, a small business FinTech firm offering accounting, payroll, invoicing, payments and bookkeeping services.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 16, 2022

According to Jim Marous, CEO of The Digital Banking Report : “Consumers expect financial institutions to understand their needs and deliver personalized solutions similar to what they receive from fintech and Big Tech firms. A new crop of fintech startups—often called challenger banks—is addressing this personalization gap. solutions).

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Bussman Advisory

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

There should be no doubt by now that initial coin offerings – token sale fundraisings by startups – have established themselves as new and very compelling forms of capital raising. Startups, primarily in the blockchain world, raised $4.6bn in various forms of token launches in 2017, a quantum leap from the $0.2

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Jessica Ellerm

MAY 20, 2017

To give you some idea of what these issues are, here are just a few startling superannuation stats for the uninitiated, that are well worth putting your fintech opportunity hat on and considering. And even if you did know, navigating pre and post tax contributions from your salary becomes yet another headache to deal with.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 15, 2016

This trend of focusing on commercial lending for portfolio growth seems to be gaining, as reflected in a 2016 poll by Sageworks where 42 percent of respondents said they would be focused on CRE lending for portfolio growth in 2017, while 39 percent said C&I would be the core of their growth strategy. Small businesses in the U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In December, we added 7 new unicorns for a month-end total of 273. Their total market value is now $2.1 trillion, down $110B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Dec 1) = 266. trillion. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. Their total market value is now $2.23 trillion, just $20B more than last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. +

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. Their total market value is now $2.23 trillion, just $20B more than last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. +

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). 3.5B: Coalition – US cybersecurity insurance provider founded in 2017. 1.3B: Marshmallow – UK auto insurance provider founded in 2017. 1.3B: Blockdaemon – US crypto payments provider founded in 2017. trillion. .

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