PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

FinTech unicorn Airwallex is partnering with Visa to introduce a borderless card for businesses, the companies announced on Wednesday (Feb. The Airwallex Borderless Card is being debuted in Australia after being introduced at the innovation festival Pause Fest 2020 taking place in Melbourne Feb. and Hong Kong.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The great digital shift is transforming credit cards into money management tools. Consumers want cards, and they want them quickly, and they want those cards [delivered] in a digital way," said Turner. The company said that through the expansion of its Digital-First Card Program, which was announced last Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

N26 , the FinTech bank startup, is upgrading its N26 Metal card, with a launch happening Wednesday (June 13). According to a report in TechCrunch , the card was first announced at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin in December of 2017 and was available for early access by N26 Black customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Venture capital (VC) is not easily available to every startup, but this week, VC investors hinted at a big year ahead for the B2B FinTech space. In a rarity for B2B FinTech funding, B2B payments startup Flutterwave announced a $35 million fundraise, turning the spotlight to Nigeria’s FinTech community. Flutterwave.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

consumers paid off $10 billion in credit card debt in the third quarter of 2020, and Amazon Pharmacy launched for consumers to order prescription medications. US Consumers Pay Down $10B in Credit Card Debt In Q3. In today’s top news, U.S. Plus, Walmart+ gets a closer look after the retail giant’s third-quarter earnings call.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

One of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC. It might be hard in the midst of roaring markets and headlines trumpeting Dow 30,000 to remember that one of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC. The ABCs of SPACs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. economy had moderate gains in the pandemic year of 2020.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

Well GonzoBankers, the gang is back to work and we are all headed face-first into 2020 – a year with more uncertainty than most about how things will turn out. So, to get your Gonzo executive brains warmed up for a new year, I offer you 20 important banking realities for 2020 to guide your strategic execution efforts: 1.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. billion during 2020’s first nine months. percent during 2020’s first nine months to $1.75 GoodRx earned $55 million in 2020’s first half prior to the company’s September IPO. BigCommerce ($1.6 III at a $1.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Mobile Cards: Make or Break? One way that banks or ambitious social media platforms will win this combat for customers is through the use of mobile credit and debit cards, with a highly configurable nature and full range of card and spend management controls to please the most vacillating of customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s pay-later app Slice is introducing a no-fee Visa Card, while Stripe is purchasing payment processor Paystack. Plus, London’s FinTech space has been going strong in 2020 despite the pandemic. The FinTech reportedly invested in Paystack’s Series A round back in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Supplemental materials released by the company show credit card loans stood at $4 billion, up from $3 billion in the third quarter, and $2 billion in the year-ago period. Loans tied to its cards should reach at least $20 billion in 2024, as the bank noted in an update to its strategic plan.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. FinTech players are also grabbing deposits. What Modernization Looks Like .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Business-to-Business FinTech-as-a-Service (FaaS) startup Rapyd has notched $300 million in a Series D funding round led by Coatue and including both new and existing investors. The London-headquartered FinTech is striving to enable businesses across the globe to quickly onboard and start tapping the platform’s full capabilities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

million from investors including Partech, Axeleo Capital, Lafayette Plug and Play and others to further develop its loyalty program integrated into credit or debit cards. Through Joko’s mobile app, credit cards become loyalty cards, so there is no need to scan or say anything. French startup Joko announced that it has raised €1.6

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Despite ongoing rewards competition, card profitability remains strong. Retail Card, Payment Solutions, and CareCredit).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

Brazil’s unicorn FinTech and payments startup EBANX is trialing a digital wallet, called Ebanx Go, with 10,000 consumers on a test basis, the company announced on Wednesday (Jan. The digital wallet offering is intended to solidify the FinTech’s reach in the Brazilian payments market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

At SoFi , based in Silicon Valley, Renz will lead the FinTech startup’s credit card, brokerage and bank account businesses, one of the sources told WSJ. Jeff Blackburn, in charge of entertainment, business development and advertising businesses, went on sabbatical in early 2020.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If past is prologue, consider the old days of card transactions, where authentication at checkout at the local grocery store may have meant getting on the phone with Amex. As long as we are in a digital environment, then [payments] look a lot like the rest of FinTech or treasury banks or the gig economy,” he told Webster. “I

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Adoption of commercial cards in B2B payments has emerged as one of the hottest industry topics of the year thanks to new FinTech innovations and industry leaders like Visa and Mastercard making a push further into the market. These are optimistic observations for an industry where commercial cards have struggled to get off the ground.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Bad actors have moved to take advantage of the rush to digital payments — particularly those made with debit cards — leaving banks and financial institutions (FIs) racing to keep them off their platforms. Another project we have going on — one that is certainly out in the wild today — is this sort of digital issuance of cards.

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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. VisaNews (@VisaNews) January 13, 2020. That activity comes against a larger backdrop where FinTech is gaining ground. Meet @Plaid.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I’ve connected a few of the dots from over the last decade that I believe will shape how the world will evolve in the 2020s, as well as the role of payments in driving that change. 2020 Trendline One: Rapid Acceleration Of Cash To Digital Payments. 2020 Trendline Two: The Rise Of On-Call Commerce.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The bank worked with TravelBank, a fintech, to offer virtual cards and an app that automatically generates expense reports.

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Lars Markull

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Initially I was planning to write a longer 2020 personal recap, but after an exhausting year (for all of us), I am keeping it short. In 2020 I have learned to focus on a lot more on my inputs and do not worry too much about output/outcome. I guess 2020 has to serve as the excuse for that as well ??. Electronic Value Exchange.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

The problem can be especially acute when it comes to financial institutions (FIs), said John Owens, general manager of Elan Credit Card , in a new podcast interview with PYMNTS. As PYMNTS research has confirmed, the younger generation is markedly embracing the use of mobile card apps for banking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

London-based expense management startup Expend is introducing a FinTech marketplace to support small to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. The new marketplace was launched solely for Expend’s prepaid Mastercard users as well as non-card customers and is targeted to business owners and finance teams.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Visa has partnered with BlockFi to launch a credit card that offers bitcoin rewards rather than travel points or cash back, according to an announcement. The BlockFi Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card , which will be available in the spring of 2021, will give 1.5 The card carries a $200 annual fee. The card carries a $200 annual fee.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

11 , digital banking and payment processing firm i2c announced it was partnering with Purewrist , a FinTech working in end-to-end contactless payment solutions and wearables, according to a press release. Wearables have also expanded their features to include digital payments.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Last month we announced our first 20 speakers for the Future of Fintech (June 14-16, SF). CEO and Co-founder, Divvy (credit card and expense management software for SMBs). Register today for this must-attend fintech event. The post Future Of Fintech 2020: 25 New Speakers Added appeared first on CB Insights Research.

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Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

million in 2020, making up nearly all (99.9%) U.S. This also represents sustained growth as it marks a 3.15% increase from the previous year and a gain of 7.09% over the three-year period from 2017 to 2020. In these times of economic crises and lending restrictions, FinTech will disrupt and fill the gap. reached 31.7 businesses.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The London-based FinTech B-Social raised £7.8 The startup indicates it has over 8,500 customers who have spent more than £1 million with their B-Social cards and have shared over 36,000 expenses with friends. He expects to submit the full banking application in Q2 2020. banking license. In 2018 , the company raised £3.2

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Last month, Bloomberg News reported if Nuvei’s application to go public gets the green light from regulators, it could be the largest Canadian technology IPO of 2020. Founded in 2003, Nuvei said its platform connects the major payment card platforms worldwide, and supports more than 450 payment methods and 150 currencies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In South Korea, Woori Bank said this past week that it has debuted an online platform geared toward FinTech startup entrepreneurs and engineers who develop digital services, according to The Korea Times. These FinTech service offerings can span money transfers and cross-border transactions through the WiBee Bank platform.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2019

Danish FinTech company Pleo, which touts a “business spending platform” that simplifies the expense management process for employees, has raised $56 million in a series B funding round, according to a report by TechCrunch. Pleo allows for “smart” company cards that are paired with software that tracks receipts and spending in real time.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Swedish point of sale credit company Klarna put itself in the awkward position of apologizing and trying to explain marketing emails to surprised and angry consumers, a misstep for a firm whose credit card alternative has found major traction during 2020’s crises.

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