PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qonto is operational in Spain, France, Italy and Germany, and handled €10 billion ($11.08 Qonto launched its corporate digital banking solution in 2017. Compliance startup Chainalysis landed $30 million in a funding round, and Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 billion USD) in transaction volume last year. .

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. Some even say that blockchain will be the most influential FinTech technology of 2018.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 2, 2017

The background to this was announced in a press release on 1st February 2017: Ripple’s Distributed Financial Technology fits within NBAD’s existing infrastructure and offers a secure end-to-end payment flow providing transaction immutability and payment integrity. Forget hours or days.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The firm is the holding company for an array of FinTech companies operating in supply chain finance, invoice finance and the dynamic discounting market. The companies were grouped together between 2014 and 2017 after investments and acquisitions by Arrowgrass Master Fund Ltd., reports noted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

Naspers, Africa’s largest company based on market value, is gearing up to spend $1 billion in India in the form of investments focused on the financial technology market. Tencent also operates WeChat, the wildly popular messaging app. In 2017 Indian startups raised $10.4 billion in funding, setting a record.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Go-Jek started its Thailand operations with food delivery and motorcycle rides with the Get brand, which put pressure on Singapore-based Grab. Go-Jek’s Go-Pay payment system rolled out in 2017, accounting for over half of the startup’s transactions. Get reportedly claims to have more than 20,000 drivers through its app.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Financial technology firm Green Dot , which made its name on its prepaid debit card solutions, is ramping up its focus on Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) after posting $14.3 per share during Q4 2017. million in net income for the fourth quarter of 2018. The stats beat analyst estimates, with the company posting $0.56

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Rocket Internet , the Germany eCommerce company, is aiming to invest in financial technology and artificial intelligence startups with the $3 billion in cash it has, reports Reuters. Rocket Internet owns majority stakes in HelloFresh and Global Fashion Group. Sales were up 18 percent after excluding the impact of currency changes.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Taiwan’s central bank is looking into implementing blockchain technology in order to improve its operations. In addition, the bank will also try to explore the feasibility of enhancing the security and efficiency of payment systems using decentralized ledger technology,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Established in June 2015 , the Secure Payments Task Force has engaged more than 200 financial institutions, consumer groups, payment service providers, financial technology firms, merchants, government agencies and others interested in payment security improvement efforts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to allow FinTech companies to operate in all states, according to the same standards as banks — a move that would require the office to issue special charters to those younger payment and financial technology firms. Additionally, the report calls upon the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We had to deal with credit and trust issues very quickly,” he said, echoing other FinTech leaders and entrepreneurs who operate in the Middle East and in the Gulf countries. “We offers a recent example of how those P2P lending trends are playing out, and the challenges some operators might face down the road. But that’s not all. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

The firm released its 2017 Payments Outlook report last week and made some conclusions that B2B FinTech players may find disappointing. Last year, ‘disruption’ was the watchword in payments — primarily the FinTech variety,” concluded Ken Paterson, Mercator Advisory Group VP of research operations and author of the report.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK , for instance, is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Dana Cita, Aktivaku and Findaya. billion in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies recently published a joint report on the B2B payments landscape: B2B payments + WCM Strategies. Nearly a quarter of survey respondents said they were doing business in each of the 10 key markets identified by the survey, with the vast majority operating in North America. Payments Rails.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

million — already ahead of 2017’s full-year take of $167.7 million and four times the amount raised in the first six months of 2017. Financial technology seems to be leading the startup charge, representing 40 percent of the largest 10 deals of the year so far, collectively worth $100 million. So why the boom?

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Insights on Business

JUNE 14, 2018

Learn more about how IBM solutions help banks digitally transform their organizations so they can innovate, operate and engage to generate value across the ecosystem here. The Banker Technology Projects of the Year Awards 2017.” August 1, 2017. Footnotes: Macknight, Joy. The Banker.

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Tech and Finance

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Payment systems are moving to real-time around the globe, according to a the fifth annual “ Flavors of Fast ” report from FIS , the financial technology powerhouse. FIS found 40 active real-time payment programs around the world, up from 25 in 2017 and nearly three times as many as the company’s inaugural 2014 study.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

The city is able to attract investors due to its low logistical and operational costs and excellent infrastructure, international outlook and liberal government policies. The World Bank ranked the United Arab Emirates as the 26nd best country to do business in 2017, out of 190. 2016, the inflation rate was 0.12

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As technology continues to provide more creative means for financial transactions, so, too, must financial technology companies be careful to abide by the rules that ensure stability and fairness in these emerging markets.” LendingClub has agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle the matter. “As So, Now What?

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateFall 2017. I checked out their web site and they are promoting their IOS/Google Play mobile apps (no surprise) and I found this: This website is operated and maintained by Collective Returns, Inc. Check back for new updates throughout the day. MalauzaiMonkeys. finovate Tweets.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

And most recently, Allianz made a strategic investment in US online homeowners and renters insurance carrier Lemonade , which currently operates in New York, Illinois, and California. Stated investment focus: Underserved risk markets, innovative approaches to risk underwriting, financial technology with application to risk underwriting.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2017

In what might be the freshest start to a new year for any fintech in 2017, banking software innovator CR2 has announced two major changes at the top. Paul Geraghty, previously CFO at Curam Software for IBM , joins CR2 as Chief Financial Officer.

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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. The company said its capital value has jumped from 280 million pounds in 2017.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

By the end of 2017, these five trends will be realized — one way or the other. They know this which is why they’ve spent $20 billion on financial technology solutions in 2015 alone, up 66 percent from the year before. To Download: TOP 5 TRENDS IN GLOBAL PAYMENTS 2017 , fill out the form below: [contact-form-7].

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In a $460 million deal, Texas-based ATM operator Cardtronics has acquired Canada-based DirectCash Payments. Once the deal closes in Q1 of 2017, it will boost Cardtronics’ network to 225,000 ATMs across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Phase two of NACHA’s Same Day ACH initiative will take effect 15 Sept 2017.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

PYMNTS recently reconnected with Britt for the December Tracker cover story to discuss the trends he expects to see in digital banking in 2017. With Phase 2 of the faster payments transition looming, what other technologies could hold promise in the space? INTERNET OF THINGS TRACKER. UNATTENDED RETAIL TRACKER.

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CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

On an annual basis, 2017 saw overall funding to VC-backed Canadian companies increase to $2.7B, even as deal activity dropped 13% YoY, according to the Full-Year 2017 Money Tree Canada Report from PwC Canada and CB Insights. Fintech: The financial technology category has the greatest number of startups in our table.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella referred to chat as the “third run-time” — an indispensable piece of operating a platform, second only to the operating system and the web browser. Mentions of chatbots in earnings calls and press releases skyrocketed, and for many, it seemed that chatbots might be the next big disruptive technology.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Founded: August 2017. Presenter Profile: How they describe themselves: AI Foundry uses AI and user-guided machine learning to transform enterprise operations by integrating information, people and processes. Founded: January 2017. Synapse Financial Technologies, [link] @synapsefi. Website: projectfinance.io.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

financial technology efforts. In addition, there is increased lawmaker attention to promote innovation among non-bank providers of new payments and payment-related technology, and more consumer concern about online and data security. financial system around a set of core principles. Treasury Department. FinTech Growth.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

DBS launched its Singapore innovation lab to break out of its “traditional banking mindset to think, behave, and deliver more like a technology company,” according to Neal Cross, chief innovation officer. DBS leaders expect to see more than 5,000 people actively innovating DBS’ services and operations at DAX each year. Founded: 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

As the realization has dawned that mobile operators are competing with customer card-carrying way more directly than they are competing with each other, the year has seen a variety of players, even some unexpected ones, team up to take on the digital payments revolution. So, will 2017 be the year that mobile wallets ignite at the POS?

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In the years since the Great Recession, financial institution executives became increasingly optimistic. In Cornerstone Advisors’ annual What’s Going On In Banking study, CEO optimism hit a five-year high in 2017 and, for the most part, stayed that way for 2018. Stay on track with the tech refresh cycle.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The SEC, OCC and CFTC have been generally more cautious not to step on financial technology innovation. To what type of organism is a permissionless, open source, programmable financial ecosystem most uncomfortable? To what type of technologist is decentralized technology a risk? Some norm or law must be breached.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The SEC, OCC and CFTC have been generally more cautious not to step on financial technology innovation. To what type of organism is a permissionless, open source, programmable financial ecosystem most uncomfortable? To what type of technologist is decentralized technology a risk? Some norm or law must be breached.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 6, 2017

FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY. Fintech 250: The Tech Startups Redefining The Financial Services Industry. FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY. Fintech 250: The Tech Startups Redefining The Financial Services Industry. We debuted our inaugural Fintech 250 at the Future of Fintech conference on June 26, 2017. Back to top.

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