PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Valdis Dombrovskis , the EU’s executive vice president of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People, told attendees of the Digital Finance Outreach 2020 , a series of events for the 27-nation bloc on financial technology companies, that Europe must become the leader in crafting rules for digital finance.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. Another Mastercard Accelerate program, dubbed Engage , has “signed almost 50 new deals with partners” in the first quarter of 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Far Point Acquisition — which focuses on financial technology deals —said it would buy Global Blue, a payments company based in Switzerland, for $2.6 The second full week of 2020 is in full swing. Only two weeks into 2020, mergers and deal-making in payments, specifically within digital payments and FinTech, are sizzling.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Paytronix clearly delivers value to the market by enabling operators to drive incremental sales and deliver safer environments for staff and guests.”. Porter nabbed the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Financial Technology category for the Central Texas region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Creation of the new unit would be part of a much larger overhaul of the financial technology company and subject to approval by Chinese authorities, who pulled the plug on the company’s massive initial public offering late last year, according to Bloomberg. Ant Group had $263 billion in outstanding consumer loans as of June 2020.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Financial technology firm Green Dot , which made its name on its prepaid debit card solutions, is ramping up its focus on Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) after posting $14.3 Green Dot also plans to upgrade the BaaS platform again in 2020, he noted, with an emphasis on risk controls and compliance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

“This partnership will help bring modern financial services to underserved people around the world. It allows us to pool our capabilities in risk management and financial technologies, and to leverage our global network of financial institutions to deliver financial inclusion,” said Stephanie Von Friedeburg, IFC Chief Operating Officer.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

As is laid out in the January 2020 PYMNTS Disbursements Tracker ®, instant money and alternative payment options are transforming everything from medical claims to how we license images and video. Mastercard teamed up with Galileo Financial Technologies to do the same for freelancers. Now, Please. It’s a big hit with users.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ballard Spahr to hold webinar on this legislation on September 29, 2020. We previously wrote about California Governor Newsom’s 2020-2021 Budget and an accompanying trailer bill that would rename the Department of Business Oversight (“DBO”) and significantly increase its ability to oversee financial services providers in the state.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. 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.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

to fully embrace real-time payments for both B2B and B2C activity,” Bottomline Technologies Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Solutions Jessica Cheney told PYMNTS in a recent interview , pointing to the previous rollout of Same-Day ACH and an acceleration of FinTech innovation in the country.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Researchers agreed that this shows a continually high level of interest in the financial technology and innovation space among investors, despite the overall drop in VC funding. SMEs say friends and family have invested in their business, either financially or by providing operational or emotional support. 83% of U.S.

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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. While Nubank is far from a household name in the U.S., And, according to Nubank, it’s just getting started.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 21, 2022

Of course, the sweeping AML Act of 2020 was passed because it also was tucked into the massive defense spending authorization bill for that year—so backers of BSA/AML expansion appear to be reverting to tactics which previously bore fruit.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Speaking with PYMNTS in a recent interview, Sinead Fitzmaurice , CEO of TransferMate , explained that 2020 was a "game of two halves.". The need to remove friction points is not just a 2020, pandemic-driven need," she said. In the immediate wake of remote working requirements, CFOs' first priority was to keep business operating.

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Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Banking institutions must engage with emerging financial technology (FinTech) companies or risk being left behind by an industry that is currently undergoing one of the largest transformations ever seen.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 25, 2020

We continue to be enamored with the technology’s ability to create all this stuff on an open source chassis without any traditional financial technology. It is an ironic desire for the naivete of earlier times which saw the year 2020 as a promise of something cool. Not the dystopian misinformation swirl of today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Emergent Technology, the financial technology company, announced Thursday (Dec. In a press release , Emergent Technology said that by acquiring Interpay, it will extend the operations of its digital payments business, Emergent Payments, into 70 emerging markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Unlike the CFPB which has often given more emphasis to the potential consumer risks of financial technology-related advancements than the potential consumer benefits, the Treasury report takes a more even-handed approach.

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Fintech Report Data Lending 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

With Phase 2 of the faster payments transition looming, what other technologies could hold promise in the space? In the January issue of the tracker, PYMNTS spoke with Dr. David Evans about the “Kim Kardashian of financial technology” — blockchain — and what to expect from other faster payments technologies.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Erin Simpson , chief operations officer, and Allan Rayson , chief innovation officer and chief technology officer, think about their operations and technology differently as well by partnering with fintechs that are also invested in the bank and understand the bank’s strategy with several of them on the board.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella referred to chat as the “third run-time” — an indispensable piece of operating a platform, second only to the operating system and the web browser. Mentions of chatbots in earnings calls and press releases skyrocketed, and for many, it seemed that chatbots might be the next big disruptive technology.

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Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

But the core assumption is undeniable: The emergence of digital technologies, with services tied to particular platforms rather than established brands, has drastically upended many operating practices, commoditized many services, and cleared the way for enhanced competition from tech-based startups.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Such was the case for 2020 accelerator alumni Fintel Connect and Finzly. Combining Finzly’s cloud-based operating system with Fintel Connect’s digital marketing solution allows community banks to both operate more efficiently and strengthen marketing return on investment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

financial technology efforts. In addition, there is increased lawmaker attention to promote innovation among non-bank providers of new payments and payment-related technology, and more consumer concern about online and data security. Treasury Department. The report arrives at a time of growing optimism for U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The launch of this program follows the “One Company, One Exam” pilot conducted in 2019 – 2020. Earlier in the year, the CSBS released a report tracking its progress on initiatives to streamline state licensing and supervision of financial technology companies, informed by recommendations of the CSBS Fintech Industry Advisory Panel.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In a recent Duke University survey, 82% of surveyed CFOs predicted another recession by the end of 2019 or early 2020. An institution’s infrastructure is essentially the heartbeat of its operation, and it’s critical that it be current and maintained at its highest possible level. Stay on track with the tech refresh cycle.

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