PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

But then again, only two weeks into 2020, mergers and deal-making in payments, specifically within digital payments and FinTech, are sizzling. The biggest one, so far, of course, has been Visa inking a deal to purchase FinTech firm Plaid for $5.3 Target’s toy sales were flat with 2018 and electronics were actually down.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Fifty-four percent of small business owners say they are optimistic about the national economy , found Bank of America’s 2018 Business Advantage Small Business Owner Report. More than 90 percent of survey respondents said they feel the government did not adequately prepare the small business community for the new tax code.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

The announcement comes on the heels of Visa’s announcement that it would buy FinTech firm Plaid for $5.3 Taken together, the $350 million in capital invested by Ant and the group of financial investors values the firm with an enterprise value of about 2.3 raised $550 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in June of 2018.

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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.

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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? billion, respectively, to small businesses in 2018, PayPal is now the largest online small business lender in the United States, with over $4 billion funded in 2018. Taking Stock.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Charles Dickens’ famous starter to A Tale of Two Cities , as it turns out, is a pretty good way to sum up the year 2018 from the view of the alternative financial services segment. However, as 2018 wore on, headwinds started to blow back on the segment, most especially in the form of rising interest rates.

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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. Consolidation will continue, even between fintech startups. Total wealth management deals were up 31% from 2018, according to PwC. Source: Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

“Historically we’ve seen we’ve seen compliance functions — specifically in tax and regulatory areas — focus on risk avoidance versus risk management,” he told PYMNTS. It’s a long term gain in terms of balancing long term capital output with immediate returns on savings.

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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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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound. The May 2018 retail sales are the highest they’ve been since November of 2017. indebtedness in 2018. Adyen comes out of the gate and crushes it, so to speak, as FinTech moves beyond the unicorn stage to … a unicorn on steroids, with a $15 billion market cap.

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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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Jessica Ellerm

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Jessica Ellerm (@JessicaEllerm) January 1, 2018. That’s why each week I write an article for Daily Fintech , and try to choose something I don’t understand and/or want to learn more about. Jessica Ellerm (@JessicaEllerm) January 5, 2018. Scored a contra trip to Hong Kong to Next Money Fintech Finals 2018.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2019

Yesterday, one of my favorite recent YC grads (Summer 2018) Goodly , announced its $1.6 And it’s not the first time financial institution capital has backed startups in this area. There is some chance that student loan repayment could get tax perks along the lines of 401(k)s or IRAs, which will incent the market even more.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. While the darling of FinTech conferences, this divestiture seems primarily driven as a means of Customers delaying the $10 billion Durbin hit and maintaining quarterly EPS expectations from the Street. Here’s hoping a final remodel of the stage coach occurs in 2018. Payments chaos.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Download the free report to find out how fintech is shaping the future of wealth management and investing. This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

trillion) in 2018 alone, and growing at double digits into the current year. Platform operators and merchants must conduct due diligence related to everything from intellectual property and tariffs to tax laws and FX rates. Top markets include Japan, the United States and Korea. A Strategy of Global Expansion.

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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. 2018 round. 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. Total (Dec 31) = 273. 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. 2018 round. Nov 2018 transaction. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. Their total market value is now $2.23 Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. + 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. 2018 round. Nov 2018 transaction. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. Their total market value is now $2.23 Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. + trillion. .

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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 ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. 2018 round. Nov 2018 transaction. In August, we added 17 new unicorns for a total of 238. Their total market value is now $2.21 trillion, up $100B from last month. Total (Sep 30) = 238.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. After a comprehensive investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Holmes was banned from the laboratory testing industry for two years and was ultimately charged with wire fraud by the Department of Justice in summer 2018.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2021

At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. 2018 round. Nov 2018 transaction. Nov 2018 transaction. In November, we added 9 new unicorns, and lost 3, for a month-end total of 266. Their total market value is now $2.23

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). 168t ($1.3B): USA crypto tax software provider TaxBit. Full Fintech Unicorn List. 2018 round. Nov 2018 transaction. In August, we added 17 new unicorns for a total of 225. Their total market value is now $2.1

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

GonzoBankers, 2018 has been a troublesome year. We’ve simultaneously disdained and feared the fintechs, artificial intelligence and blockchain consortia. about the best and worst in banking for 2018 and get fired up to start again in ’19. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the 2018 GonzoBanker Awards ! Let’s think.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. The chatter at AOBA centered on three important topics: #1: The Breaks.

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Bussman Advisory

DECEMBER 13, 2017

On the other hand, I don’t think anyone expected the unprecedented growth in the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies or the related ICO boom. In fintech, the two most promising use cases remain payments (where there are $50–60 billion of potential savings to be had) and trade finance (which stands to save some $15 billion).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

To that end, the number of banking firms that actively provide services for marijuana firms has grown by 20 percent since the dawn of 2018. It’s about small business loans, mortgages for facilities, and funding for capital improvements. That’s according to data published at the end of last month, per data from the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 7, 2019

After the initial high of the “Trump Bump” in late 2016 and the euphoria-promoting “Tax Bump” of late 2017, bankers saw their fortunes turn against them in the second half of 2018. Hopefully your holiday season was restful GonzoBankers – because 2019 is literally going to be a bear.

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