PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

When Mastercard launched the Start Path accelerator program in 2014, the goal – according to VP and senior business leader, Amy Neale – was to make it easier for emerging companies to enter “our world” through a combination of operational support, commercial access and some strategic funding. The Start Path Admissions Process.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Visa, management said on the call, will capitalize on what was termed a FinTech-driven evolution that is currently shaping financial services, as well as growing Visa’s core payments business. That activity comes against a larger backdrop where FinTech is gaining ground. The company also operates in Canada and the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The company, which launched in October of 2018, will set up shop in Lagos. Abiodun Animashaun, the co-founder of the Lagos-based ride-hailing startup Gokada, will serve as country manager. Alicia Levine, who works at BRCK, an internet hardware and service startup, will become the company’s chief operating officer.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 19, 2018

To a maximum capacity audience and kicking off an exciting week of IBM Think 2018 in Las Vegas, IBM VP Saket Sinha led the “Intelligent Automation in Financial Services” breakout session. Many operations within financial services could be improved with machine learning. Intelligent automation’s ascent in financial services.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Enter, IBM Think 2018 , the premier business and technology event of the year that underscores and emphasizes the bond between business and technology. If you look for a common theme among the financial and banking sessions, speakers, demos and client stories at Think 2018, it is disruption through agility. Digital wealth management.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Corporate treasurers have said they’re interested in a slew of cutting-edge FinTech solutions that experts believe will disrupt financial business management. These professionals widely agreed that positive disruption is on the horizon as a result of FinTech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Ebury operates in 19 countries and will expand in Latin America and Asia with Santander’s investment. Ebury’s existing investors, including co-founders and management, will reinvest in the transaction, and the current management team will remain leading Ebury’s expansion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2020

The program will pull in data from Chinese custom services, port operators, logistics companies, financial institutions and export and import firms, and will aim to make financial matters more accessible and offer a better, cheaper tracking system. billion in 2018, and went public on the New York Stock Exchange last year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Earlier this year, CoinDesk data revealed more money was raised via ICO in the first quarter of 2018 than in the entirety of 2017, totaling $6.3 He is also CEO of his new venture Genesis , a company formed to provide consulting and asset management services in the context of cryptocurrencies. billion raised via ICO in July.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

The vast majority of traditional financial institutions (FIs) plan to increase their collaborative efforts with the FinTech world, according to a PwC report published last year. The two-sided benefits of a bank-FinTech collaboration are certainly beneficial to FinTech firms like additiv.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Middle market companies need help navigating the complexities of accounts payable management, especially when it comes to cross-border, cross-currency payments. That’s especially important as businesses gain scale, as they expand reach into new geographic areas — and as they grapple with AP operations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

FinTech upstart JUMO has notched $55 million in equity and debt funding. The newest investment round had participation from current investors, with the inclusion of Odey Asset Management, Leapfrog Investments and Goldman Sachs, in addition to new undisclosed investors, Quartz reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Together, SAP and EY said they are pushing for corporate adoption of blockchain in the area of supply chain management, a common target of open-source blockchain projects. Their partnership deploys EY’s Ops Chain supply chain management solution built on distributed ledger technology.

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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. operations with a soft landing of customers to Varo.

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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. Today, 22 of those companies have become unicorns, 17 have exited, and none have shuttered operations. GET THE 102-PAGE q4 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2018

According to new research from Magilla Loans , which offers an anonymous search engine data for both home and business loans, a survey of mortgage and business lenders found plans to originate more than half a trillion dollars’ worth of loans in 2018. percent in 2016. percent in 2016. Citing research from U.K. ” “The U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Southeast Asia is now front and center on the world’s FinTech stage, and it’s no accident. Regulatory efforts to promote FinTech innovation, a bustling climate for blockchain and interest from other markets eyeing the region for expansion have all led to Southeast Asia’s impressive standing in this space.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor. This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Competitive Disruption.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, 14 European startups reached unicorn status, led by Roivant Sciences with its $7B valuation. The companies on our list operate across industries including healthcare, cybersecurity, transportation, and more. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the Europe-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The scheme by the “Modern Money Team,” as Putnam referred to the entire operation, was reportedly to offer investors “cryptocurrency trading packages” they had purchased, which could have ostensibly been used for “arbitrage” opportunities at Bitfinex. The group managed to get $12 million from 2,000 investors, Coindesk reports.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

Increasingly, digital strategy is in the purview of banks and non-bank lenders, who in turn are seeking pairings with FinTechs. The insurance FinTech, said the site, will seek to offer insurance contracts that are binding in real time, whereas traditionally insurance companies have finished the process. The FinTech is Finserve Africa.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 7, 2019

Continuity recently shared its perspective on surprises in 2018 and what lies in store for 2019 Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Compliance Risk Management Compliance Management Operational Risk Compliance/Regulatory Consumer Compliance Mortgage Compliance Feature3 Fintech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Australia challenger bank Judo Bank has announced a collaboration with credit management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider InfraRisk to bolster its small business lending operations. InfraRisk is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based FinTech solutions provider PINTEC, which acquired InfraRisk last March.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Change has been long overdue for the wealth management industry, which is facing growing competition, outdated legacy tech , thinning margins , and an aging client base. As with numerous other industries, the Covid-19 crisis has propelled digitization in the space — with fintechs and financial services incumbents alike. First name.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

million in total funding across nine rounds, with startups ranging from corporate travel and expense (T&E) management and small- and mid-sized business (SMB) accounting to artificial intelligence and beyond. and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. Travel and Expense Management.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The wealth management industry is under siege by a new crop of “robo-retirement” fintech startups disrupting retirement savings. WEALTH TECH TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2018. Sudden volatility has shaken the markets and the state of wealth management. We define this group of fintech startups as “robo-retirement.”

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The bank acquired the team behind credit card startup Final in Jan’18, and it is rumored to be in talks with personal finance management app Clarity Money. But overall, Goldman’s recent fintech M&A binge appears to be an industry outlier, not the norm. Fintech: 2017 Year-in-Review & 2018 Trends.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

German food delivery platform Delivery Hero is launching its own early-stage venture capital (VC) firm — DX Ventures — that will be managed independently to focus on advancing founder-led startups. Delivery Hero operates in 50 countries in over 700 cities across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

India saw a busy year in B2B FinTech as the small business (SMB) community continued to demand enhanced financial services. The nation continues to push against cash in favor of digital payments, while both the government and private sector continue to fuel FinTech innovation. Soon, we might have to ask them to go home.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

has its own Open Banking initiatives coming into force in 2018, too. readies for both PSD2 and Open Banking reforms to take effect, Nesta , an organization aimed at promoting innovation across a range of industries, set up the Open Up Challenge , a way for FinTechs to present their solutions for the SMB banking industry. As the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Michael Jaffe, the company’s insolvency administrator, said Wirecard has enough liquidity to keep operating for the time being. The $28 billion FinTech leader was once the envy of Europe. The bidding is expected to start next month, and Jaffe said he is confident of finding buyers, Bloomberg News reported. a share on Aug.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

South African regulators also approved Goldman Sachs for a bank operation license as the firm strives for growth in the most liquid and sophisticated economy on the continent. Africa’s working-age population is anticipated to go up to nearly one billion by 2030, up from 705 million in 2018, according to the African Development Bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Gaming FinTech Mazooma has formed a partnership with FinTech data network Plaid to bring an instant transfer solution to the iGaming and sports betting industry, according to a Tuesday (Nov. bank connections are an ideal complement to Mazooma's ACH processing platform, risk management features and compliance protocols," he added.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The new payment facility will help to boost cash flow management and automate payments. Manual work won’t be as necessary and businesses will be able to access expanded payment operations, the release says.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 11, 2018

PREMIUM —In 2013, Bank Innovation asked readers to predict the state of innovations in banking for 2018. Data collected in the September 2013 Bank Innovation survey showed that our readers had excellent foresight into the current innovations and challenges of the fintech industry.

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