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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Kuda, Nigeria’s first digital-only bank with a standalone license, has raised $1.6 Unlike other FinTech startups, Kuda was granted a banking license from the Nigerian Central Bank. Kuda is the first digital-only bank in Nigeria with a standalone license.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 21, 2018

PREMIUM – Every year Bank Innovation assembles a list of 44 innovators that caught our attention in digital banking and fintech. These are the people Bank Innovation believes to be this year’s movers and shakers in the industry, paving the way with forward-thinking technologies and ideas.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Ukrainian financial institution UKRSIBBANK is collaborating with Sweden-based FinTech upstart Dreams, while Oportun Financial is pursuing a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Ukrainian Bank Partners With Swedish FinTech.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Cross River Bank, a company that provides banking services for FinTechs, has partnered with payments processor and tech provider RS2 Software to provide an improved payment and digital banking experience for its customers, the companies announced. RS2 builds payment solutions for upwards of 14 million merchants.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Digital technologies that can be quickly developed and integrated into banks’ platforms, particularly those that enable faster payments, will therefore be critical. The following Deep Dive examines how digital banking preferences are evolving as well as the ways FIs and FinTechs are responding — and partnering — to stay competitive.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Specifically, the metamorphic impact of mobile open banking and instant payments has been the first real test of the trust bond that holds CUs together. With the possible exception of FinTechs that stand to gain from customer defections and perhaps some legacy banking competitors, no one is rooting against the CUs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

FinTech startup EasyEuro — based in both Paris, France and Shenzhen, China — has closed a $4 million pre-funding deal to launch a Neobank (a 100 percent digital bank) that will target Europe and China simultaneously, the company announced in a recent blog post.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The largest FinTech startup in Latin America — Brazil’s Nubank — is reporting a 25 percent increase in the number of clients since August, Reuters reported on Friday (Oct. The digital bank said at the Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo that it has 15 million clients, according to Nubank founder and CEO David Vélez.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The push toward digital banking seems an inexorable one, with the technology and demographics acting as tailwinds, and where governments have increasingly gotten into the act of promoting digital banks (the pure-play kind) and making forays into bits and bytes, where once paper and face-to-face transactions reigned.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

The twist is, that gap in small business banking innovation led external FinTechs to step in and today, small business banking is a highly competitive, and highly innovative, area of financial services. In India, Visa recently announced a partnership with FinTech Open to introduce new small business banking services.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Compliance failures are prevalent worldwide: Approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance between 2008 and 2018. FinTechs could face these same financial pains as regulators increasingly demand that they follow the compliance rules to which FIs must adhere.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

But even as more consumers use mobile and online banking apps than ever before, they are frustrated by the experience when they log on, and still prefer visiting a bank branch for more involved transactions. . Around the Digital Banking World. Fintech sector as a whole brought in just £1.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ukrainian bank UKRSIBBANK, part of BNP Paribas Group, is teaming up with Dreams , a financial wellness FinTech startup based in Sweden. The collaboration will also help UKRSIBBANK stay ahead of the competition and “futureproof its digital banking offering” as challenger banks and FinTechs crowd the personal finance landscape.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

CB Insights unveiled the second annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the most promising private companies applying a mix of software and technology to transform the financial services industry. THE FINTECH 250 STORY. CB Insights clients can view the full Fintech 250 story by clicking the button below. Please click to enlarge.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The London-based FinTech B-Social raised £7.8 million in seed funding as it prepares to rebrand as Kroo and become a full-fledged bank, reports said on Wednesday (Feb. million as the company continues the journey to becoming a fully-licensed bank. . “We banking license. In 2018 , the company raised £3.2

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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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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

London-based fintech Revolut is the latest European startup to apply for a banking license, the company said today. Revolut, which offers pre-paid cards to its customers, is hoping that the move will draw customers away from incumbent banks. Revolut expects to receive the license in the first half of 2018.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. The bank […]. operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Efforts in the Middle East by banks and other financial institutions to embrace FinTech are on the rise. As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. The bank has also estimated that the tally includes 4.4 Outside U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Digital banks. Blockchain. Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

FinTech firms are taking on real-time payments for business-to-business (B2B) use cases – and teaming with banking partners to drive innovation. AvidXchange , for instance, worked with Fifth Third Bank to enhance B2B payments while leveraging the inherent capabilities in the RTP network from The Clearing House.

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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

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Recent acquisitions illustrate how data is driving fintech valuations. Fintech deals continue to dominate the financial service headlines, and a growing number of these transactions are in analytics. Precision Lender reports 150 clients, and Cornerstone sees them mostly in commercial banks. nCino recently announced.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The strategy also dovetails with API integrations and the emergence of open banking business models. Elsewhere, in Denmark, the FinTech firm known as Nordic API Gateway , which offers the money app Spiir, said this past week that they have received a payment initiation service provider license (PISP).

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2021

In the past few years, the burgeoning popularity of digital banks has only underscored the severity of these problems, with upstarts like Chime and SoFi offering cheaper, faster, and more convenient banking experiences. . get the state of challenger banks report. First name. Company Name. Phone number. Source: PwC.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

Coverage includes Oracle ’s decision to bring its FinTech Innovation Program to Brussels. The blockchain is gaining traction in India , where the market for such technology is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58 percent during 2018 to 2024, according to a report from 6Wresearch.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Finding Friendly Ground With FinTech Firms. That is a big revelation — fundamentally, it means that when people are planning their future, saving for retirement or planning a loan for a home, they are willing to trust that to a FinTech simply because of ease of use and access,” she said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Monese raised $60 million in Series B funding led by Kinnevik in 2018. PayPal, Augmentum Fintech, International Airlines Group and Investec’s INVC Fund also participated in the round. The company said it has more than 1.4 million signups, with over 100,000 new users coming on board every month. as well as France.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 25, 2019

Fiserv acquiring First Data Corporation is a huge deal in the fintech world. Twenty-two billion dollars is a monster-size deal, but at 2X First Data’s annual revenue, the price is a way lower revenue multiple than the growth-oriented digital mashups lining up in the market. Diversification versus Concentration.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

The new Digital Banking Tracker highlights how banks are adopting new approaches to protect their customers and clients from nefarious actors. News From The Digital Banking Landscape. In the UAE, for instance, a group of banks recently banded together to crack down on acts of check-related fraud.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories. And Experian Australia & New Zealand announced that it has acquired FinTech Look Who’s Charging. The deal combines Experian’s global open data solutions with Look Who’s Charging’s advanced enrichment capabilities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The debit card was introduced early in 2018 in Europe. Glint Pay users use a bank account to purchase actual gold held in a vault in Switzerland, and the company charges a 0.5 Glint Pay was started by entrepreneur Jason Cozens. “We We want gold to be considered like any other currency,” Cozens said. “We percent transaction fee.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported. The firms are operating using distributed ledger technology (DLT), which has been growing — in 2018, the number of firms using it sat at only 27 percent by comparison.

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