William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

While this is true everywhere, this is a particular challenge in a market like India. MuniRisk solves information fragmentation for municipal market participants. MuniRisk solves information fragmentation for municipal market participants. The municipal bond market has always been pretty low on the radar for most firms.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

million in 2018 — according to CNBC. Revolut attributed the losses to its expansion into new markets and the introduction of new products. Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. The company posted a total loss of $139.6 million (£106.5

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 16, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—The legacy infrastructure of most banks leaves something to be desired, and payments technology provider Baton Systems wants to use the cloud, APIs, and distributed ledger technology to help.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Bankers as Buyers explores what banks will likely invest in this year and provides ideas and concepts from leading industry analysts, banking consultants and financial technology professionals on the top trends impacting the financial industry in 2018, including: Mobile Developments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Financial technology startups were able to raise $39.57 What’s more, a $14 billion investment in Ant Financial represented 35 percent of the total funding in 2018. Ant Financial is the payment affiliate of Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant. billion in funding in 2018, setting a new record.

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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. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

STC Pay, which does financial technology work for both companies and individuals, works with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. Its digital wallet was introduced in October of 2018, enabling users to do things like pay bills, send money internationally and share or transfer money with people they know.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Financial technology providers are partnering up to offer expanded mPOS capabilities to merchants, which are looking for tools to avoid long checkout lines. charitable giving market come from online donations , and the canned tuna industry is adapting to the tastes of millennials and younger consumers amid a decline in consumption. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Last month, in a speech at the Bund Summit in Shanghai, Ma criticized Chinese regulators for excessive oversight of banking and financial technology, according to the FT. More than 5 million people made orders in Shanghai for stock, reportedly a new high for IPOs on the STAR Market, which was launched in 2019.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it is planning to steadily develop a system of rules to regulate financial technology (FinTech) in the country. China has become an emerging FinTech market due to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption. “I

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William Mills

JANUARY 25, 2018

–Research and perspective provided by 45 sources in free report for the financial industry–. William Mills Agency, the largest independent public relations and content marketing firm specializing in the financial industry, released its 15th annual financial services industry report, Bankers As Buyers 2018 today.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Financial technology services company WEX is going to acquire Discovery Benefits (DBI) , an employee benefits administrator, the company announced on Thursday (Jan. It will also expand diverse market channels, including consulting firms and brokers. In 2018 alone, the company generated $100 million in revenue.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The year 2018 was a record year for small business (SMB) optimism in the U.S., The Bank of America Business Advantage “ Fall 2018 Small Business Owner Report ” found continued positivity among the nation’s small businesses, and in their outlook for the months ahead. are at the highest they have been in three years.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qonto intends to squeeze more out of its existing markets, improve and upgrade the offerings on its platform, and focus more on local needs. In 2018, Qonto was awarded a payment institution license, developing its own banking apparatus from there. Qonto is operational in Spain, France, Italy and Germany, and handled €10 billion ($11.08

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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. The FinTech market is attractive to investors because the financial industry has long been in need of disruptions. percent from 33.2

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China feeling the most pain. In the first quarter of 2018 venture funding going toward FinTechs stood at $6.2

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Phone-based banking has had success in other international emerging markets like China, India and Kenya. percent of retail sales in Mexico were made online in 2018. In a press release , Amazon said Alexa earned to speak and understand Spanish tailored for the Mexican market.

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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. Look Who’s Charging Founder Stuart Grover added: “We are extremely excited to combine the technology and data we have built to support the Australian banks with Experian’s market-leading open data technology.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

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 – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4 Just under $3 billion – or $2.7 billion in 2017.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Only through continued collaboration and fundamental research will it be possible for this technology to mature and for policy-makers to fully understand its potential,” Scott Hendry, Bank of Canada senior special director of financial technology, said in a press release about Jasper-Ubin project3.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The IBM team will present on a variety of topics ranging from AI to the future of payments to the current trends in financial services. Monday, October 22, 2018. For those in marketing, data and analytics roles who have business operations responsibility. Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Veronese, 2nd level Room 2406.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

DBI) , an employee benefits administrator, by financial technology services company WEX. In 2018 alone, the company generated $100 million in revenue. The DBI acquisition will also serve to expand diverse market channels, including consulting firms and brokers. Broader Healthcare Appeal.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Last year, East & Partners released a report , “Financial Technology and the Corporate,” that revealed 13 percent of corporate treasurers and CFOs had already entirely switched their banking provider. Their key motivation, the report found, was to access enhanced FinTech.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2019

Cash App, a smartphone-based money transfer service operated by financial technology company Square Inc., As the WSJ put it, “the forces of technological change have come for one of rap’s great muses. These days, it’s becoming more about the digital payments instead of paper currency. How quaint that can seem now.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

To that end, Far Point Acquisition – which operates as a “blank check” company that focuses on financial technology deals – said on Thursday (Jan. raised $550 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in June of 2018. New day, new multi-billion-dollar deal within the payments space. The IPO – and Other Attractions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At best—its originator and Visa’s SVP and global head of innovation and go-to-market, Shiv Singh, told Karen Webster—back in 2015, it was a mini project, a toe in the water to engage an entirely new audience for Visa: the developer. In 2018, participating U.S. An Ends-Oriented Approach. The Upcoming Season. A World of Challenges.

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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. Corporate treasurers gathered for the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) annual conference last week, and there, treasury professionals made clear where their priorities stand today.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Hong Kong is far from the only market Philippines officials and innovators are looking to collaborate with when it comes to blockchain-based global trade. Singapore’s central bank also announced a new agreement with the central bank of the Philippines to explore how blockchain could facilitate international payments between their markets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

While financial services (FinServ) innovations often emerge with built-in security measures, new market trends — including faster payments and open banking — are introducing new security threats to corporate treasury departments, according to cybersecurity company BioCatch. The tactic is relatively simple.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

Attune currently provides a tech analytics platform for brokers to streamline the Business Owner’s Policy quoting and binding process using data from public and private sources and has plans to add Excess and Worker’s Comp to its platform by 2018. Allianz Ventures. Number of investments: 7.

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Insights on Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Every year, Money20/20 is one of my favorite conferences because I get to hear firsthand how leaders are reinventing financial services and are making fundamental shifts in technology, processes, people–and ultimately their own markets–to deliver better customer experiences, build skilled workforces, and solve industry-wide challenges.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Ideally, those actions should run the gamut of transactions and financial services, across payments and cards. In an interview with PYMNTS, Domach said that “we are very early in the journey with voice technology, especially when it comes to final financial technology.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

The goal is to become one of the most valuable financial technology startups in the world as it eyes a region-wide expansion and seeks a valuation between $8 billion and $10 billion, according to reports in Recode. The goal, according to Ripple, is to add an average of two or three new financial institutions per week to RippleNet.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

In a recent study of 200 government leaders from 16 countries, IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV) looked specifically at blockchain technology as a possible solution for securely sharing sensitive data. They’re looking at this as a leapfrog technology.

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NCR

MAY 25, 2016

The disruption caused recently by the emergence of a wide range of new financial technology (Fintech) players has been a huge jolt for the banking sector, and reminded traditional players that they cannot afford to be complacent in the face of these competitors.

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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

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Welcome to FinovateSpring 2018. Stephen Butler (General Manager), Sid Probstein (CTO & VP Professional Services), Alan Swahn (VP Marketing), Percy Johnson (VP Solutions), Alex Levi (VP Sales). Synapse Financial Technologies, [link] @synapsefi. “Invest smarter by timing your fees, not the market.”

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