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JANUARY 2, 2020

Gartner’s Digital IQ Index for 2019 surveyed 80 banking and financial brands, including national banks, regional banks, online banks and fintech startups. It examined 1,200 data […].

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MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. MatchMove’s LightSpeed solution won top honors in the category “Best Payments Innovation of the Year” in the 4th Payments and Cards Awards 2019 held in Mumbai, India.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. however, funding for FinTechs actually increased to $3.7 B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. In the U.S., billion, compared to $3.6 KarbonCard.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Brexit may dominate the headlines when it comes to the United Kingdom, but FinTech funding proceeds apace, and financial backers show a continued sanguine attitude about the space. based FinTechs said they have garnered more than 200 million pounds. Thus far in 2019, data from Innovate Finance , the U.K.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the potential for rapid growth and job creation, FinTech firms in Africa have caught the attention of global investors. Moreover, the FinTech firm provides a single point of connection for banks as well as mobile wallets. And, by 2021, the company seeks to reach $99 million in revenue as it eyes FinTech growth on the continent.

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MARCH 6, 2018

s exit from the bloc next year, the EU’s executive is set to propose a draft law aimed at boosting the FinTech market throughout the region. The proposed law would bypass the mixture of regulatory approaches FinTech firms currently have to deal with, as well as review how firms handle cybersecurity and cyber threats.

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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. Trade volumes between the regions were worth more than $320 billion in 2018. .

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AUGUST 28, 2019

In China, the central bank has said that it will offer up a three-year development plan for the domestic FinTech sector. The reports state that the FinTech firms in that country “should take the approach of [Chinese president] Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide.”

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JULY 31, 2019

Even in 2019, there persists this idea in the mainstream that invention stems from the epiphany and late-night toil of the solitary scientist. And that’s where we come to FinTech. As FinTech continues to grow, it becomes ever more clear that the endeavor, to put it one way, is a massive team sport. FinTech Partnerships.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Third, read and enjoy the 2019 edition of the GonzoBanker Awards, our 18 th. annual list. We may not be good, but we’re persistent!

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Beyond product and strategy, payment methods come with highly regional preferences. A recent study by GoCardless analyzed payment preferences for subscriptions, memberships, bills and installment plans in 10 countries and found a number of regional quirks. One of the biggest issues — especially among U.S. How Do Consumers Want to Pay?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Unlike other FinTech startups, Kuda was granted a banking license from the Nigerian Central Bank. Now in beta mode, Kuda will use the funds for new tech and a live launch by fourth-quarter 2019. New features were also introduced specifically for the region in an attempt to attract more Africans to the service.

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APRIL 9, 2019

In any number of countries spanning the globe, FinTech firms continue to make inroads into financial services, with at least some encroachment onto traditional players’ turf. The report, titled “IFZ FinTech Study 2019,” showed as many as 356 active FinTech companies in the space, up 62 percent year over year as measured in 2018.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Last year was a banner year for fintech, with over 1,700 deals worth nearly $40B. From record levels of funding to increasing consumer tech adoption, fintech is seeing dramatic growth across the globe. GET THE 106-PAGE FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. VC-backed fintech investing in South America hit a record 55 deals last year.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Remittance payments might be on the rise in this region, but common pain points with cross-border money transfers have persisted, including a lack of transparency. The World Bank also noted that it is expensive to send money across borders, with the average fee for transferring $200 at 7 percent in Q1 2019.

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JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. Brazilian lawmakers have been developing open banking plans since 2019, for example, outlining rough guidelines to be enacted late this year.

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JUNE 3, 2020

In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. It is one of the region’s fastest-growing companies, having just turned in a stellar first quarter in a region that has more complexities than any of its northern neighbors.

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CB Insights

APRIL 16, 2019

Southeast Asia is a historically underbanked region. As of 2018, only 47% of adults in the region had a bank account, while only a third of Southeast Asian SMEs had access to loans or lines of credit. READ THE 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Southeast Asia’s nascent fintech sector is seeing increasing growth.

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JULY 3, 2020

Open banking is shaking up the financial industry and is poised to revolutionize the way banks share data with each other as well as with third-party app developers, FinTechs and payment providers. and the EU have similar legislation mandating open banking for their respective regions’ financial industries. Both the U.K.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, California FinTech Green Dot is rolling out the GO2bank mobile banking to help cash-strapped individuals, while stimulus checks are reportedly posing challenges for some users of H&R Block and TurboTax. Green Dot Introduces GO2bank To Help Cash-Strapped Consumers.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Credify, which was founded in 2019, said it plans to use the money to expand further into Southeast Asia , to continue with product development and to push forward with live client engagements. South Asia is the fastest-growing market in FinTech and eCommerce, according to Credify. An average of 1.6

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

One area where the pandemic may significantly impact emerging data protection and open banking rules is the Middle East and North African region (MENA). The ongoing pandemic has caused many regulators in the MENA region to examine the digital and open banking infrastructure they have in place. Around The Data Protection World.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Danske Bank , the Copenhagen-based retail bank, has partnered with FinTech firm Zenegy to roll out a new method for automating payments made with corporate cards, a report from Crowdfund Insider says. As a result, Danske Bank was ordered out of Estonia and closed its operations in Russia and the Baltics.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

S&P Global noted 219 bank and thrift deals in 2019 through the end of October; so far this year, there seem to have been slightly more than 90. And digital remains a siren call for banks of all sizes, and for regional players. Here, then, we’re seeing deal-making that does not involve the marquee names of U.S. banking – J.P.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

This is the bank’s third loan to a Latin American FinTech in 2019 — and the biggest ever in Mexico. In 2019 alone, the Latin American eCommerce pioneer has seen its market value more than double to $29 billion. It also provided a secured credit facility of as much as $100 million to Mexican FinTech Konfio in August. “We

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From payments to insurtech to lending, fintech companies are attracting investor attention. In 2018, startups in the space raised more than $45B, a record amount, while Q3’19 fintech funding recently clocked in with a quarterly record of nearly $9B. GET THE 88-PAGE q3 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Data is as of 12/19/2019.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 6 years, Latin America (LatAm) fintech funding has grown from less than $50M to top $2.1B This has caused some investors to pull back in the region and challenged startups to raise funding from new investors, as illustrated further below by the number of unique investors and startups in the LatAm fintech market. First name.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

FIS and Worldpay combined in mid-2019, Fiserv and First Data combined shortly thereafter and Worldline SA purchased Ingenico earlier this year. Clearly there's regional saturation, which leads to consolidation.”. That’s because FinTechs claim they can do it faster, better and more smoothly than their mainstream banking counterparts.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

FinTech solution company Entersekt has upgraded its authentication technology in the DACH region of Europe, according to a release. According to the release, Netcetera rolled out the solution before the September 2019 deadline. “We Two major Austrian card issuers are also using the technology.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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MAY 1, 2020

and Europe, where open banking and digital banking have gained traction, we are making progress in the region,” said Evans Munyuki, chief digital officer for Dubai FI Emirates NBD. The presence and curation of FinTechs is growing … and we are leveraging the technologies offered by FinTech players to enhance customer experience.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The internet economy in Southeast Asia hit $100B in 2019, on the back of strong growth in e-commerce, ride-hailing, online travel, and media, according to Google and Temasek. The largest internet economy in the region is Indonesia, which has more than quadrupled in size since 2015 to reach $40B. Want the full post?

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APRIL 3, 2019

Large corporates across Asia are driving digital transformation of banking and treasury management in the region, according to new analysis from Greenwich Associates. ” In areas like foreign exchange management, trade, and cash management, working with FinTech third-party providers will be an important part of the digitization journey.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Founded in 2005, the FinTech AffiniPay now processes over $6 billion annually on behalf of 150,000 professionals, according to a news release announcing the appointment. Porter nabbed the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Financial Technology category for the Central Texas region. For its part, Newton, Mass.-based

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Something particularly notable in the emergence of FinTech platforms all over the world, Matt Dill, Visa’ s Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Venture told Karen Webster when they discussed the worldwide launch of Visa Partner. 30), the card network announced just such a FinTech partnership. So today (Sept.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2022

percentage points to 67.52% from the end of 2019 to the end of 2021. from 2019 to 2021. As shown in the graph below, the industry has successfully increased DDA balances by approximately five percentage points from 2019 to 2021. That 9% does not include specialty consumer banks or fintech companies.

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