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MARCH 20, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Greenlight Financial Technology Inc., a PFM that provides “smart debit cards” to more than 100,000 users to begin financial literacy conversations with their children, is launching a credit product.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Fresh off its January announcement to acquire payments processor First Data Corporation, financial technology vendor Fiserv seems to be banking on a breakout year for the bank-backed P2P payment service Zelle.

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The Banker Technology

AUGUST 7, 2018

The Banker ’s Tech Projects Awards 2018 recognise the most innovative, imaginative and successful projects in financial technology from around the world. This year’s submissions were impressive examples of how the industry is responding to changing customer needs, as well as empowering staff to better serve customers.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Welcome to FinovateFall 2018. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateSpring 2018. He has more than 34 years of experience in financial technology and is a recognized leader in financial and technology marketing. finovate Tweets.

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William Mills

MAY 8, 2018

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2018. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateSpring 2018. He has more than 34 years of experience in financial technology and is a recognized leader in financial and technology marketing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

million in 2018 — according to CNBC. Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. The company’s revenues actually tripled last year, increasing 180 percent to £162.7 ($213 million) from 2018. The company posted a total loss of $139.6 million (£106.5

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William Mills

JANUARY 25, 2018

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. The report includes industry research about what technology, solutions and services U.S. Talent Wars.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

(The Paypers) In 2018, George Gesek , the CEO of NOVARION Systems made an insightful introduction on quantum computing to The Paypers’ readers, worthy of a follow up

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

Coming up on the half mark in 2018, total fundraising on the continent has hit $168.6 Financial technology seems to be leading the startup charge, representing 40 percent of the largest 10 deals of the year so far, collectively worth $100 million. million — already ahead of 2017’s full-year take of $167.7 So why the boom?

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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. Talent Wars.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateSpring 2018. He has more than 34 years of experience in financial technology and is a recognized leader in financial and technology marketing. Tweet #Finovate.

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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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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Embedded finance, the release noted, refers to the integration of financial service technologies with other provider solutions. Traditional banking isn't built to serve small businesses, and financial technology is quickly filling that gap,” he said, according to the release. Embedded finance solves this on both sides.".

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

New technologies such as stablecoins — privately-issued digital currencies — could transform the way people store and exchange their money, making payments cheaper and faster,” the release stated. Peirce defended the slow pace for many securities regulations, but not when they limit new technologies from being used.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In the years since the Great Recession, financial institution executives became increasingly optimistic. In Cornerstone Advisors’ annual What’s Going On In Banking study, CEO optimism hit a five-year high in 2017 and, for the most part, stayed that way for 2018. Leverage the cloud and outsource services. Watch your MRCs and COLAs.

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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. However, while the technology is fine, the financial services (FinServ) offerings concern the president of Chinese financial investment platform Phoenix Finance.

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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. When the two companies combine, DBI, known for its benefits account technology, will get WEX’s cloud-based platform.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Investment bank Financial Technology Partners is advising AvidXchange on this fundraising round, according to sources. AvidXchange has ranked among the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 for the past six years, the company said in a blog post last month.

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JUNE 15, 2020

To offer businesses a simple way for supervising expenditures, digital financial technology firm Wirecard is teaming with Payhawk to roll out a new Visa card, according to an announcement. Payhawk, which was started in 2018, triumphed at the Paris FinTech Forum’s Startup Challenge last year, according to the announcement.

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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. billion: The total value of payments processed by Clover mPOS solutions in Q3 2018. In addition, tens of billions of dollars in the U.S.

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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. Ant's third funding round in 2018 raised $10.3 Ant’s IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong is expected to be the world’s biggest. billion from foreign investors.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Welcome to FinovateSpring 2018. Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. In fact, Fiserv recently sold ALL of their mortgage technology to a PE firm. This is either my 21st or 22nd Finovate; I’m not sure.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

The new funding follows a $215 million investment in 2018. This fresh round of investment is a testament to Voyager’s success in providing Filipinos with access to convenient, relevant and inclusive digital financial services through PayMaya,” the five investors said in a joint statement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Credit unions (CUs), as much as other financial entities, are seeing a boom in competition as banking moves to online and mobile channels. Customers today expect to be able to access financial services instantly, which can put pressure on CUs that need to stretch restricted technology budgets into innovative new features.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

While we have separately covered what we think will be the main trends in FinTech for 2018, here’s a selection our more popular posts from 2017. You would be hard-pressed to find tech industry jargon spoken and written about as much as the secure ledger technology known as blockchain. Banking on blockchain for increased trust”.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2018, Qonto was awarded a payment institution license, developing its own banking apparatus from there. Compliance startup Chainalysis landed $30 million in a funding round, and Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 It also plans to hire more employees with the capital. million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2020

OneConnect Financial Technology and China Merchants Port Group ( CMPort ) will work to create a blockchain-based system with Shenzhen customs to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. OneConnect is the financial arm for Ping An Insurance, the largest insurer in China.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 17, 2017

The PSD2 rules go into effect in 2018, providing a new opportunity for financial technology companies to compete with banks. But there's also an opportunity for banks.

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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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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

The system would involve users paying for online purchases using QR codes, and it would be the first time Amazon offered the technology in the country. The system is called CoDi, and its goal is to bring more people into the financial sector. percent of retail sales in Mexico were made online in 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

million in the 2018 quarter. William Jacobs, chairman and interim CEO, said in a statement that since he took office, he had been impressed by the work at the company and looked forward to further work in the field of leading and transforming the financial industry in the future. 31, 2019, with total operating revenues of $249.3

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

Europe’s Billon has signed a letter of intent with financial technology provider FIS to explore joint product development and sales opportunities for its corporate blockchain solutions. Billon’s mission is to civilize blockchain technology to solve the world’s financial and data management problems.”.

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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 country ended 2018 on a high note, with startups receiving a combined $10.5 Tencent also operates WeChat, the wildly popular messaging app.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 5, 2019

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). Arizona was the first state to create a fintech sandbox and we will soon be publishing a blog post about Utah’s new fintech sandbox.)

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