PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

The fund will set its sights on FinTechs and financial organizations in Africa, Latin America, India and Southeast Asia. Over the past year, the Accion Quona Inclusion Fund has seen nine investments, which include digital commerce company Ula, digital consumer lending company JULO, end-to-end insurance company Sunday and others.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As Mark Rockefeller, co-founder and chief executive officer of small business lending-as-a-service provider StreetShares , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, that pressure to digitize expands to credit unions and community banks in their SMB lending offerings, too, and do it profitably. In markets like the U.K. In the U.S.,

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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. In the US & RoW the two winners were: ModernLend enables users with no credit profile to create one in just 6 months by using alternate metrics; and LendingFront which facilitates short term commercial lending through a simple platform.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 1, 2017

I was reflecting on a friend of mine who runs a FinTech start-up. But it gives you an insight into how hard starting a new firm is, FinTech or Tech or any really. How many of those are there in FinTech? Interesting, particularly when you look at what’s been happening with Lending Club and others. Asia is big on FinTech.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

When news of the financial crisis broke in 2008 and big banks all over the world were eschewing consumer and small business credit markets, Batine and Dunaev saw an opportunity — one that was particularly pressing in developing nations, an area of the world that was below the big banks’ radars. That’s something nobody could predict.”.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America and the traditional banking system is being disrupted across a wide variety of core revenue streams. . Bank of America, for one, saw profits drop 16% year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20 to $4.9B. Tech companies are chipping away at the traditional bank’s market share.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

In today’s top payments news, JPMorgan blocks FinTechs from accessing customers’ passwords, and Ant Financial and Razer throw their hats into the ring for one of Singapore’s five available digital banking licenses. JPMorgan Ups Security By Blocking FinTechs From Passwords. Ant, Razer Join Rally For Singapore eBank Licenses.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Alternative lending was the golden child among investors around 2015, but lately, the industry seems to have fallen out of favor thanks to regulatory uncertainty and questions over the viability of some business models. Alternative Lending. This week alone saw two examples of those concerns in action: One U.S. lawmaker, Rep.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The traditional Latin American banking market is characterized by high fees, concentrated market power among a few banks, high percentage of unbanked consumers, and geopolitical challenges. The post The Latin America Digital Banking Investment Landscape appeared first on CB Insights Research. Want the full post?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One of the biggest tests for FinTech in the coming years is how well it can serve businesses that don’t have easy or efficient access to credit. That test is playing out in Brazil, the largest country in South America, and one of the largest emerging economies in the world. FinTech Sandbox. FinTech Prognosis.

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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. As noted in Insurance Business America , U.S. With FinTech’s Aid, Lending Down Under. has said it will help form a new lending platform, with debt funding to be provided to Athena Home Loans.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

For small business lenders and for FinTech too, expansion is key; but for Biz2Credit, expansion is literal. In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

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. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. million as it prepares to launch its lending-in-a-box offering, according to Asset Finance International. Also in the U.K., Funding Xchange secured $10.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

One of the biggest shifts in banking that FinTech newcomers ushered into the market is the demand among customers for advisory services. Earlier in the year, nCino’s EVP of the Americas, Josh Glover, spoke with PYMNTS about what banks need first and foremost to help FIs balance the need for digitization and advisory services.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

As a potential recession lurks, FinTechs, traditional banks and other financial institutions (FIs) are tightening the reins on loans to small businesses and households with shaky credit, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday (March 28). Square and On Deck Capital are among the FinTechs planning to follow suit in the coming days.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America’s fintech scene is gaining momentum, with 80+ fintech deals closing for around $300M in 2016, and over 100 deals already closed in 2017. Track the LatAm fintech companies in this brief and many more on our platform. Track LatAm fintech companies. LatAm Fintech. 630+ items. Categories.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Not one of the four alternative lending startups that secured investments this week were from the U.S. B2B FinTech space is silent. Alternative Lending. Late last week, South Africa’s LulaLend brought some rare attention to the nation’s alternative lending space. Well, in the U.S., that may be true.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Specifically, who knows what dangers — for banks, at least — lurk in shadow banking, as FinTechs emerge to nibble at market share? or more commonly structured investment vehicles, collateralized debt obligations, money market funds and others — has certainly gathered momentum. FinTechs the More Immediate Threat?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced a new partnership with MK Decision (MK) for its online loan-origination system. Our mission — to stimulate local borrowing and local lending — is well aligned with ICBA Bancard and its community bank clients. “Our

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Latin America was one of the fastest-growing regions for fintech in 2019. While lending and payments providers saw the most deals and dollars in the year , startups are increasingly turning their focus to areas like wealth management and investing. Want the full expert post? Become a CB Insights customer.

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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. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

KPMG had some bad news for the FinTech world this week. Along with CB Insights, KPMG researchers found in their latest quarterly analysis that FinTech investment by venture capitalists declined across the globe in Q3 of this year. Their “ Pulse of Fintech “ report found $2.4 Alternative Lending. and abroad.

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FICO

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tackling the Fintech Threat: A Guide for Banks and Credit Unions. What financial institutions need to compete with fintech threat disrupters. As FinTech funding rises to new record levels – $131.5 Taking the FinTech Threat Seriously: What Should Banks Be Doing to Compete? Thu, 12/19/2019 - 16:29. by Darryl Knopp.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. Explore how B2B FinTech is on the cusp of change as we break down all of the statistics and surveys below. 65% of U.K.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 22, 2015

In this same line, Banco Galicia in Argentina has a very interesting offering – Galicia MOVE – aimed to college students based on a totally digital proposition, underpinned by the use of digital channels and a targeted marketing strategy. Banks are certainly not playing hide and seek with P2P lending. Change or die.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Brazil FinTech Nu Pagamentos SA, also known as Nubank, is preparing to launch small business digital accounts, Reuters reported on Tuesday (July 16). First launched as a credit card issuer, Nubank has been expanding in recent years to enter into the payments and lending markets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Open banking jumped onto the financial services scene with a focus on enabling consumer-facing FinTech platforms to connect with their users’ bank account data. The company operates a suite of APIs for financial institutions and FinTechs to connect data and power customer-facing products. Banks, FinTechs Team Up.

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Current

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

is digital, and the acceleration in our growth and the share of the market we’re capturing, shows we’re improving the financial outcomes of an ever-increasing number of Americans, and now have over 1.75 The 2020 election means change but before we get into what it will mean for Current’s future, here’s a snapshot of the present.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). ICBA chose to back an accelerator program to speed up time to market, Tweddle said.

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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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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. Below, we dive into where the Fintech 250 Class of 2018 startups are now. Our call for submissions is now open for the third annual CB Insights Fintech 250 list.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Yabx , a fintech venture in digital lending, has announced its foray into Mexico as part of its expansion strategy in the Latin America region.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

However, the biggest funding round of the week went to a company that is not yet in the B2B FinTech space, though it has plans to use the capital to launch a cross-border, small business (SMB) money-transfer service. Catch up on the latest investment rounds below. Working to wield the opportunity of Open Banking in the U.K., Biz2Credit.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

This week’s VC Investment Roundup demonstrates investors’ varied appetite for B2B FinTech. Supply Finance said it hopes to enter into three new markets in Europe, beginning with Denmark; that initiative includes a partnership with Omniveta, a Danish firm that links clients to liquidity. Tienda Pago. The company announced $7.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Co-signed by the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Independent Community Bankers of America and The Clearing House, the letter argues that banks and non-bank technology firms are both already embracing innovation in customer service offerings. FDIC), the states and the courts.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

They have not been distributed by fiduciaries to the mass market. Selling a diversified, cheap asset allocation as your core investment is a stable market equilibrium. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. Second, Fintechs (e.g., It is logic. It is statistics. It is math incarnate. Don’t get us wrong.

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