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MARCH 7, 2019

The new fund plans to invest in technology companies across Latin America, going after the same industries and sectors that SoftBank already invests in. That includes eCommerce, FinTech and healthcare, noted the report. The fund will also help existing portfolio companies to expand in Latin America.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Greensill, which provides working capital finance for customers around the world, has acquired Latin America-based lender Omni, a lender to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). “Together we will ensure that SMEs across Latin America have the fairest access to finance available.”

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Visa and banking-as-a-service platform NovoPayment are expanding their strategic partnership to advance the deployment of digital solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, Visa said in a press release on Tuesday (Dec. Visa has also made a strategic investment in NovoPayment.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

SoftBank will add $1 billion this year to its $5 billion Latin America Fund introduced in 2019, adding to last year’s $1.6 Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has selected former Santander head executive Scott Powell to be its new chief operating officer. Also, Visa is working with four global finance firms to help FinTechs issue plastic as well as digital payments. New Visa Alliances Help FinTechs Launch Payments Solutions.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

B2B FinTech-as-a-Service (FaaS) unicorn Rapyd has partnered with Visa to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) expand their FinTech and payment services, Rapyd announced on Tuesday (Feb. Rapyd is also joining Visa’s FinTech Fast Track program “as an enablement partner,” and now issues Visa cards in the U.K.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Latin America-based AlphaCredit has signed up for a funding round to raise $125 million, led by SoftBank’s Latin America fund. AlphaCredit is a FinTech platform with a focus on consumer lending and finance solutions. It provides credit lines to individuals and has usually worked in communities without much access to banks.

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APRIL 9, 2020

The Fed’s move comes three days after Bank of America said requests for the cash reached 10 percent by Monday (April 6). The demand for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans has led the Federal Reserve to consider allowing non-bank lenders to speed distribution of $350 billion in loans through the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reported.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Visa has wrapped up its acquisition of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper , the first deal of its kind by the financial giant in the region. Visa said its acquisition of YellowPepper, in turn, could help to reduce the cost by issuers and processors to launch new financial services, as well as paring back on the amount of time needed.

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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. In news that came from across the Pond, two U.K.-based based FinTechs said they have garnered more than 200 million pounds.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Alacriti is teaming with The Clearing House to help with the adoption of real-time payments (RTP), while Bank of America is rolling out three new business treasury-focused application programming interfaces (APIs). Bank Of America Launches Business Treasury APIs.

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JUNE 15, 2020

Everyone in a modern society needs to know how to read, so America spends an awful lot of time, treasure and talent developing literacy curricula for kids. Lusardi said the problem is especially acute here in America. FinTech Is A Tool, Not A Replacement For Knowledge. Clearing The Hurdles.

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APRIL 8, 2020

When the program went live on Friday (April 3), only two FIs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, had been able to begin accepting applications — Bank of America saw a whopping $6 billion worth of applications in only a few hours, ending Friday with $32.6 Small businesses overwhelmed U.S. billion in applications.

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MARCH 21, 2016

Our last top 5 fintech rounds toured fintech’s human touch — firms working to improve the human condition through healthcare, technological interfaces, and the like. This week’s funding news spans the globe, from the U.S., to Latin America, Read More.

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MARCH 19, 2019

According to a Fintech Finance report, Gottschalk will be based in San Francisco and will focus on strengthening the fund via investment opportunities in the region. portfolio companies a stronger entrance into North America. It also gives the fund’s non-U.S. said Gottschalk.

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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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OCTOBER 13, 2019

The largest FinTech startup in Latin America — Brazil’s Nubank — is reporting a 25 percent increase in the number of clients since August, Reuters reported on Friday (Oct. We have opened many new business fronts in the last 12 months. We are growing quickly,” he said. The company was reportedly valued at $10 billion in July.

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MAY 30, 2018

What will it take to make Latin America more digital — in payments, commerce, FinTech or even healthcare? Cash remains king in the region, with about two-thirds of consumers in Latin America preferring that payment method over credit, according to estimates. Healthcare seems likely to play a role.

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MARCH 20, 2020

Banking technology FinTech Finastra was hit with a security breach on Friday (March 20), and was forced to shutter key systems and send employees home, according to a report by KrebsonSecurity. Two sources forwarded internal notices about the outage.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Bank-FinTech collaboration continues to proliferate in markets around the world. and Europe embracing FinTechs in Open Banking efforts. Elsewhere, FinTechs are taking the initiative to work with financial institutions and offer their technologies in an effort to augment corporate services. An agreement with the U.K.

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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.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

FinTech Kabbage could be seeking a sale , and in doing so, could look to garner up to $1 billion. However, alcohol sales are actually up sharply in America. Apple Buys Mobeewave for $100M. Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones. The deal went down for $100 million.

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JUNE 19, 2020

The June Next-Gen AP Automation Tracker® examines businesses’ growing needs for AP modernizations and how FIs are partnering with FinTechs to meet them. In this month’s Feature Story, Garfield explained how modernizing AP departments can save businesses money and why FIs are partnering with FinTechs to offer clients reliable solutions. .

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The stakes are high for businesses of all sizes, and the latest data on corporates in America makes that abundantly clear. Small business employment, cash reserves and FinTech investment plans are all being shaped by this year’s presidential election. .” 26% of U.S. Even more U.K. treasurers said the same.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

MiddleGame Ventures has launched a new €150MM fund targeting FinTech investments in Europe and North America. Patrick Nickels, the chairperson of the Luxembourg Future Fund board of directors, added that the fund would bolster emerging FinTech firms and make the overall industry stronger. “We

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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. Meanwhile, P2P payments are seeing a new area of growth.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

driven by economic strength, government policy and continued efforts among the financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ) communities to introduce new tools for entrepreneurs — to make running their businesses easier, more efficient and more profitable. In a survey of 1,000 small business owners in the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Small businesses are a growing target for bank-FinTech collaborations and data integration initiatives as financial service providers explore new use cases for open banking. Xero Embraces FinTech-FinTech Connectivity. Xero Embraces FinTech-FinTech Connectivity. Plaid’s Global Expansion. and Canada.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

It’s the end of another work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news. Mastercard has grown its Digital-First Card Program in North America as demand rises for digitally-driven money management offerings. MineralTree bought Atlanta-based Regal Software and California FinTech Inspyrus.

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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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MARCH 19, 2019

InstaReM, the Singapore FinTech startup that enables banks and consumers to send money across borders , raised $41 million in venture funding. Proceeds from the funding round are slated for expansion into Latin America, where the firm plans to open an office. In November it raised $20 million in capital from investors.

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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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AUGUST 13, 2019

Bantotal , a core Latin America banking service provider that works with 60 banks in 14 countries, has partnered with Bitex to perform cross-border payments using bitcoin blockchain, according to reports. A Bantotal spokesperson said the service is used by around 20 million people. Bantotal is based in Uruguay.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Want to understand payments innovation in Latin America ? One may indeed be a bit hungrier than before, but according to what NovoPayment CEO Anabel P é rez told Karen Webster during a recent PYMNTS interview, they can now understand one of the fundamentals of innovation in Latin America. Latin American Progress. Front Row Seat.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Alipay announced news on Friday (Oct. 20) that it is working with JPMorgan Chase on a plan to allow Chinese consumers traveling in North America to pay using their Alipay Mobile Wallet at Chase merchant clients. Partnering with JPMorgan Chase will help more U.S. merchants extend secure payment services to Chinese tourists.”.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Entersekt , the push-based authentication and app security company, announced Tuesday (June 12) that it has opened a new office in Atlanta, Georgia, aimed at supporting the company’s growth and serving as the headquarters in North America. The new headquarters will be located at 7000 Central Park in Sandy Springs, GA.

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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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