Bank Innovation

MARCH 11, 2019

Fintech funding is significantly on the rise. CB Insights' 2018 Q4 report showed a $21 billion, or 120% total increase in fintech funding from 2017 to 2018. And already this year, there have been several notable funding rounds.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Deals in 2018 were up 15% compared to the previous year, while funding levels surged 120%. In this brief, we take a look at the most active fintech investors in 2018, measured by unique investments, and how they compare to 2017’s list. top fintech investors in 2018. Key takeaways.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Silicon Valley FinTech startup Step has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Dec. The funding round was led by new investor Coatue Management, a slew of celebrity backers and Big Tech executives.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Venture capital firm Canapi Ventures announced $545 million in funding that will serve as its inaugural venture capital funds, gleaned from a sizable investor base. Chip Mahan, also managing partner, said the urgency of its mission was visible through the fact that most of the financial sector is running on software from decades ago.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

London FinTech startup DAG Global is going after the first merchant bank license in the U.K. Businesses managing cryptocurrencies have had a tough time maintaining relationships with legacy banks because of the perception that bitcoin-type transactions are connected to criminal behavior.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CB Insights has unveiled the third annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the top private fintech companies using technology to transform financial services. The 2020 Fintech 250 cohort has raised approximately $49.2B 25+ winners will be presenting at our upcoming fully virtual Future of Fintech Conference (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Visa, management said on the call, will capitalize on what was termed a FinTech-driven evolution that is currently shaping financial services, as well as growing Visa’s core payments business. That activity comes against a larger backdrop where FinTech is gaining ground. Delving Into The Numbers. The money movement?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Australian challenger bank Judo Capital has chosen VERMEG , a leading banking and insurance software solution company, to meet its Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting requirements as it pursues its full banking license. “Regulatory reporting is an essential function for Judo.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. In addition, we saw more and more B2B FinTech models proving out at the banks, coupled with larger and later-stage investments as the FinTech world scales up.”. For markets like the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The bank expects a return on invested capital higher than 25 percent in 2024. Ebury’s existing investors, including co-founders and management, will reinvest in the transaction, and the current management team will remain leading Ebury’s expansion. The deal is expected to value Ebury at around £700 million.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Ant Group’s pending IPO could spell a multibillion-dollar payday for a small and elite group of foreign investors, who bought a stake in the giant Chinese FinTech two years ago, The Wall Street Journal reports. A trio of top mutual fund managers – Fidelity Investments, Rowe Price Group Inc. and BlackRock Inc.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2 customer impact.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Marry tech and talent, then risk management can pay dividends, notes an upcoming PYMNTS webinar. He noted that in the financial services realm, firms are already heavily regulated and they struggle with the looming threat of consequences, should shortcomings arise, when it comes to risk management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. Travel and Expense Management. Workforce Management.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 2018, companies from 31 countries and 19 categories — spanning payments, digital banking, insurance, and more — made it onto the CB Insights 2018 Fintech 250 list. Below, we dive into where the Fintech 250 Class of 2018 startups are now. GET THE 102-PAGE q4 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Phone number.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, 14 European startups reached unicorn status, led by Roivant Sciences with its $7B valuation. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the Europe-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018. Select Investors: Founders Fund, SoftBank Group, NovaQuest Capital Management. Roivant Sciences. NuCom Group.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Liberis , a London-based FinTech that lends to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) for future credit and debit card sales, has raised £32 million (more than $42 million), according to City A.M. The round was led by investment firm FTV Capital. The FinTech has offices in Denver, London and Stockholm. Europe and the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

At the top of the list, according to reports, is incoming FinTech disruption, legislation like PSD2, market shifts stemming from Brexit and more. Among the speakers was Graham Taylor, Vodafone’s assistant treasurer, who emphasized the potential for PSD2 regulations to have a profound impact on corporate cash management and payments.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Canadian VC-backed companies saw funding drop 13% in H1 2019 compared to H1 2018. Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor. This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

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. billion in 2018 from $945 million in 2017 and will grow more than 80 percent year over year to reach $9.7

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

Increasingly, digital strategy is in the purview of banks and non-bank lenders, who in turn are seeking pairings with FinTechs. The insurance FinTech, said the site, will seek to offer insurance contracts that are binding in real time, whereas traditionally insurance companies have finished the process. The FinTech is Finserve Africa.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The wealth management industry is under siege by a new crop of “robo-retirement” fintech startups disrupting retirement savings. WEALTH TECH TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2018. Sudden volatility has shaken the markets and the state of wealth management. We define this group of fintech startups as “robo-retirement.”

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Change has been long overdue for the wealth management industry, which is facing growing competition, outdated legacy tech , thinning margins , and an aging client base. As with numerous other industries, the Covid-19 crisis has propelled digitization in the space — with fintechs and financial services incumbents alike.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Goldman’s expanded move into South Africa coincides with the scaling down of other brokerages, including Macquarie Group, Arqaam Capital, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse Group. Africa’s working-age population is anticipated to go up to nearly one billion by 2030, up from 705 million in 2018, according to the African Development Bank.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Voice reads key and then can access the dashboard manager where you can then log into a variety of apps like Credit Karma, Amex, Bank, etc. VoiceBiometrics, Password Manager, voice driven payments, digitizes ID’s, (not a digital ID), They are an identity provider. ^DG. Fortress ID is a password manager. 09:34 am Cashoff.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia. Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

In a Series C round led by Sequoia India and Ribbit Capital, online payments firm Razorpay has notched $75 million in funding. Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund and Tiger Global Management, who are existing investors, also joined the round in the Bengaluru-based firm, DealStreetAsia reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Goldman’s expanded move into South Africa coincides with the scaling down of other brokerages, including Macquarie Group, Arqaam Capital, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse Group. Africa’s working-age population is anticipated to go up to nearly one billion by 2030, up from 705 million in 2018, according to the African Development Bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

million from investors including Partech, Axeleo Capital, Lafayette Plug and Play and others to further develop its loyalty program integrated into credit or debit cards. Founded in 2018, Joko’s loyalty program already works with dozens of major retailers including McDonald’s, Uber, Starbucks, Zara and more.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

FinTech upstart JUMO has notched $55 million in equity and debt funding. The newest investment round had participation from current investors, with the inclusion of Odey Asset Management, Leapfrog Investments and Goldman Sachs, in addition to new undisclosed investors, Quartz reported.

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CB Insights

JULY 10, 2018

Today, there are over 25 fintech unicorns across four different continents. Using CB Insights data, we dug into which investors have backed the most billion-dollar fintech startups — and which are poised to gain the most if their portfolio companies manage exits on par with their huge private market valuations. First Name.

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Bobsguide

MAY 18, 2022

Financial institutions, central banks, and fintech start-ups alike have been exploring the potential of machine learning in the past few years. The workshop is open to software engineers, data scientists, quantitative risk managers, and anyone who is interested in learning more about machine learning models and their applications in finance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The FinTech firm will also serve as the consumer credit card issuer for the AA and the bank’s U.K. is an exciting and important development in Jaja’s journey and is part of our strategy to create partnerships that will help more people embrace a simpler way of managing credit.”. FinTech startups increased 57 percent to $1.6

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Plaid, the FinTech platform provider that recently raised $250 million in venture funding, is gearing up to expand into Europe. The company is branching out into new markets and recently acquired Quovo , which created a platform for investment and brokerage aggregation that is used by many big players in wealth management.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Plaid, the fintech platform provider which recently raised $250 million in venture funding, is gearing up to expand into Europe. The company is branching into new markets and recently acquire Quovo, which created a platform for investment and brokerage aggregation and is used by a lot of the big players in wealth management.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From payments to insurtech to lending, fintech companies are attracting investor attention. In 2018, startups in the space raised more than $45B, a record amount, while Q3’19 fintech funding recently clocked in with a quarterly record of nearly $9B. GET THE 88-PAGE q3 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Data is as of 12/19/2019.

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