PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Earlier this month, NovoPayment , a digital finance and transactions firm, announced news of the launch of its Developer Hub, one of the first such platforms servicing Latin America, according to a press release. Its clients include banks, financial institutions and others throughout the Americas.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to automate foreign exchange (FX) conversion. The solution is supported across 89 countries and can make conversion in 41 currencies, the bank noted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. FinTech Partnerships.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Identifications aren’t standardized across Latin America, and they’re based on paper in many cases.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2019

Like much of Latin America, Mexico is seeing an uptick in financial innovation — especially around digital payments. The post Fintech In Mexico: 80+ Startups Bringing Financial Innovation To The Region appeared first on CB Insights Research. Want the full expert post? Become a CB Insights customer.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It is amazing how the ecosystem continues to grow and how fintech start-ups are booming. Discover the finalists of all regions here. Many fintech startups that made it to the finals focus on Blockchain technology and payments. By the way, is there any fintech start-up you believe has great potential?

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing. Similarities To The EU.

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PYMNTS

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. The funding will be used to expand into North America and Asia.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2017

In North America regulation was the top concern. “This year is marked by a sharp regional divergence about which rules […]. Regulation is still shaping banks’ strategic thinking, says a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

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PYMNTS

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. North America rules when it comes to credit card usage.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The company is reportedly in talks with online used car site Kavak and FinTech Konfio, which aids small businesses in getting loans. . Kavak CEO Carlos Garcia told the news outlet that SoftBank has been meeting with a lot of startups in the Latin American region. . “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

In technology, innovation, of course, is as critical as oxygen, fueling the “next big thing” and boosting top and bottom lines. And, according to Cipher , a data insights firm based in the United Kingdom, in FinTech, the patent race is one that is seeing some clear winners, among them large tech firms, with traditional banks trailing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., as well as the launch of the Flex by Finaxar initiative from Finaxar.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

All of this has occurred as the company has continued to expand the pilot phase of its global payments innovation (gpi) initiative, thus far signing on dozens of major financial institutions to an effort aimed at streamlining cross-border payments. Region Stacy Rosenthal didn’t speak directly of Ripple’s swipes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The move is another move by Japan’s SoftBank Group — which is a shareholder in Uber — to integrate its business in Latin America. SoftBank also recently announced a $5 billion Innovation Fund focused on Latin America, with the goal of investing in technology companies across the region, including eCommerce, FinTech and healthcare.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 25, 2016

Digital is the new reality in Latin America. Threat of fintechs is also a reality. Over 80 fintechs in Brazil and 60 in Colombia are a good sense that the industry is already being challenged beyond incumbents. Atom Bank in the UK, Fidor Bank in Germany, and mBank in Poland are only a few to mention.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

These leaders are forming new partnerships—with fintech startups, financial service providers, and platform companies like Alibaba and Tencent — and exploring emerging technologies—such as AI, blockchain, and open banking—to help them develop a new transactional digital business fabric. IBM Signs On to Sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

After a difficult first quarter, fintech funding rebounded in a big way in Q2’20. Free Download: State of Fintech q2’20. Fintech funding rebounded in Q2’20 but deal activity continues to fall. Below, we answer some of our readers’ most pressing questions from the webinar on the state of fintech. First name.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In some cases, the establishment of one powerful player in a region automatically turns a place into a […]. The number of financial technology companies is on a rise, and every year many of these new companies as well as established ones choose to situate themselves in cities that are not San Francisco or New York.

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Breaking Banks

MARCH 13, 2020

This week on Breaking Banks, we hear from Andy Hernandez, Chief Digital Officer of Regions Bank in a session recorded live in the Sundance Screening Room as part of the MX Fintech Festival, and Charles Potts, Chief Innovation Officer at Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and formerly Fintech Catalyst at the Advanced Technology Development (..)

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In a press release , Visa said the investment will go to help Conductor expand its products and to accelerate innovation in payments. Visa, the payments company, announced Tuesday (October 23) a strategic minority investment in Conductor, a digital payments processing technology platform in Brazil.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Colombia-based RobinFood — Latin America’s fastest-growing chain of “cloud” restaurants — credits proprietary technology, the explosive growth of FinTechs and pandemic-led lifestyle changes as the secrets of its success. Despite low average incomes, Latin America offers a huge overall market size and growth potential.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, we take a look at how Dubai is giving FinTech hubs around the world a run for their money. Dubai is considered to be a hotbed for financial technology and innovation, not just in the Middle East but globally. FinTech Hive Generates Buzz.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The California-based FinTech, whose open API platform enables companies like Square, DoorDash and Instacart to issue credit and debit cards and process payments, announced Thursday (Oct. On the heels of Mastercard’s investment, the two companies plan to expand their relationship globally, starting in the Asia Pacific region.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

Preparations for corporate banking disruption and PSD2 are stirring the innovation pot, it seems. We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. ’s AimBrain deploys biometric authentication technology to combat fraud for FinTechs and financial institutions. EaseCentral. Enterprise Security. Also based in the U.K.

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BankInovation

JUNE 1, 2020

Santander Group’s venture capital fund, Santander InnoVentures, has deepened its presence in Latin America with its fourth investment in the region, this time funneling $5 million in a Series A funding round into a55, a niche alternative SME lender, the VC firm announced in a release last week.

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Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I now think I am a good friend of Pablo García Arabéhéty, CGAP’s Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2018

but it may be smarter for those startups looking to break into that market to look at other regions, Eric Wiesen, general partner for Bullpen Capital, told Bank Innovation. “In EXCLUSIVE— The march of mobile banking and payments continues across the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In previous blog posts regarding fintech in Latin America my position was, and remains, that one of the reasons for being behind is that it lacks of a “Silicon Valley” equivalent. Efforts to create a fintech ecosystem, as Finnovista is doing, become a good alternative to overcome the absence of a geographical pocket of innovation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

In PYMNTS’ June edition of The Digital Payments In A Digital World Playbook done in collaboration with Wirecard , we learn that “digital shifts in regions like the EU and the U.S. are somewhat expected, with consumers in both [regions] more frequently interacting with financial and payment providers through digital channels.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We usually talk about how hard it is for the financial industry to innovate at the right pace, and doing the right bets. In my opinion Latin America lags a little bit behind, in part for not having anything similar to the US’ Silicon Valley. Banking Events Retail Banking banking digital innovation' Hope to see you there!

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PYMNTS

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. The release said AffiniPay is “consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies in America,” including by Austin Business Journal and the Inc.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

SoftBank is eyeing technology investments around the globe, and in March it announced the launch of a $2 billion fund that will target technology companies in Latin America. Claure is the executive chairman of SoftBank’s Sprint Corp.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2019

There is so much innovation and disruption taking place in the region and I believe the business opportunities have never been stronger,” said Claure in a statement at the time. The new fund plans to invest in technology companies across Latin America, going after the same industries and sectors that SoftBank already invests in.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 11, 2017

rehabilitation and growth has lagged behind the rest of the world, youth unemployment in the region continues to grow, political unrest is destabilising the continent, the progressive socio-economic pledge of Europe is being challenged and vitally, Europe has failed to develop any new corporate global powers for the digital age.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

North America has its own late payments problem, new research shows, and the data suggests it’s getting worse — despite a strengthening economy, particularly in the U.S. Canada and Mexico at Atradius , which has just released new analysis on B2B payment practices across North America. . percent in 2017 to 1.8 percent this year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency plans continued to dominate the week’s news, but Visa and Bank of America both made big news, and new PYMNTS research dug deep into the problems of HBO and Netflix subscriber churn and PSD2 challenges. Bank of America is launching a digital debit card. BofA Debuts Digital Debit Card.

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