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Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2018

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EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K.

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Mastercard Grows Partnership With B2B FinTech ANNA Money

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ANNA, which was started in 2018, has worked with Mastercard since its launch. The company combines a Mastercard debit card, mobile business account and virtual assistant into one offering, which is designed for freelancers, small businesses and startups. 4) announcement. and Ireland, said in the announcement.

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Democratizing FinTech Development Without Compromising Compliance

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’s open banking framework have grown more diverse since its launch in 2018, the initial excitement behind the regulatory initiative was its opportunity to lower barriers to market entry for new FinTechs, and to augment competition in the financial services world. Though applications of the U.K.’s Biggest Hurdles.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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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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Top Banks Keep Ahead Of FinTechs’ Competitive Threat

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The delicate balance between bank-FinTech competition and collaboration continues to teeter in the U.S. In a market without Open Banking regulations, FinTechs continue to enter in to the market, collaborating with bank partners to offer their own financial services — which often compete directly with other financial institutions.

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Apple Pay And A Decade Of Innovation Top Payments News This Week

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We have deep, data-supported dives on Apple Pay, the outlooks for payments innovation in the 2020s, web sales taxes and Amazon’s holiday shopping season news. Lights out for the FinTech charter idea ? Cards in the field, so to speak, were up 4 percent year on year to 3.4 NRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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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. billion in 2018 growing to $1.1 Benjamin Franklin.

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