PYMNTS

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. Prior to Blumberg, Gottschalk worked at Menlo Ventures.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

“It [the partnership] helps us have a conversation with our merchants about their overarching goals,” Michael Roberts, chief marketing and digital strategy officer of Bank of America Merchant Services […].

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Bank Innovation

JULY 16, 2018

Bank of America will invest about $75 million per quarter in technology from now through the rest of 2019, the bank reported in its earnings call today.

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America Technology Innovation Report 247

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

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.

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PYMNTS

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. In this week’s roundup of the latest B2B applications of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, PYMNTS looks at new data integration models.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Personal banking platform, Finn.ai, will launch in Central America by the first quarter for next year, Bank Innovation has learned.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. is being managed by Amanda Orson , vice president and head of North America. headquarters.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

While banks may be big, slow, lumbering elephants, when they operate as a herd, they can mow down a horse,” said Linville, a former CEO of global cards and consumer services at Citigroup. “I’m He said banks have a leg up on FinTech startups that might find their funding pulled back. What FinTechs And Neobanks Should Do Here.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Pomelo , a fintech-as-a-service platform provider, has raised $35M in a Series A. Pomelo’s customer base includes 3 fintech companies and 1 embedded finance firm. The company currently operates in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, and it plans to move into Colombia and Chile. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Paysend , a FinTech out of the U.K., has received a license to operate in Canada in a move that will expand the company’s global reach, according to reports. The company obtained a money service business (MSB) license in Canada, and it said the procurement of the license was its first step in expanding more deeply into North America.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Bank of America has rolled out a series of features and upgrades to its mobile banking app including a timely partnership for the holiday season with Blackhawk Network Holdings’ gift card marketplace Gift Card Mall.

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America Mobile Cards Management 170

Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 15, 2018

A few months ago, Dean Athanasia, president of consumer & small business at Bank of America, said his goal for the bank was to drive sales from digital channels up to 50% over the next 18 months. However, the bank has not made significant progress towards that goal yet. According to its 3Q earnings for […].

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America Mobile Operations Online 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Banks and FinTechs continue to discover new opportunities in unlocking corporate clients’ financial data, with banks embracing data integration for their own product development initiatives, and FinTechs finding new ways to collaborate with each other. Mastercard Taps FinTech for Biz Card Boost. Bankin’ Steps Into Payments APIs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ongoing trade wars and rising costs of doing business in certain markets have manufacturers and other businesses adjusting where they operate and with whom. Traditionally, a means of mitigating this challenge is for a business to open a local bank account in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Currency Conversion Headache.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

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. Alipay announced news on Friday (Oct. Partnering with JPMorgan Chase will help more U.S. merchants extend secure payment services to Chinese tourists.”.

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America Payments Mobile Online 101

Bank Innovation

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. to Latin America, Read More. It’s a good time to be looking for a Series B raise, apparently.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

They now operate together under the Syncapay brand umbrella via a holding firm created with a new majority equity investment from funds that Centerbridge Partners advises, according to the announcement. North Lane Technologies was known as Wirecard North America in the past. 10) announcement.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Bank of America’s virtual assistant Erica is a perfect example of how the bank is using “AI to make (BofA) better and make it better at scale,” according to Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer at the bank.

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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. Sales and trading operations within banks can be lucrative. Where Top US Banks Are Betting On Fintech. First name.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

s FinTech sector. Independent Panel To Review UK’s FinTech Sector. s FinTech sector is planning a review of the industry to identify opportunities for growth. There’s a growing appetite for mobile banking services in Latin America, where nearly 50 percent of the population is unbanked.

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Fintech Groups Payments Mobile 140

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The ongoing struggle, supposedly existential in nature, that pits upstart, relatively young FinTech firms against arrogantly complacent banks for supremacy in this new and growing world of digital payments and commerce. Or, as a recent CNBC article put it, quoting a source, “a mass extinction event.”. The subject? Not So Black-and-White.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

wants to apply the old way of regulation to the fintech firms that are becoming the new norm for financial services. Fintech has started to permeate the [global] economy in one way or another—fintech Read More. With an anticipated wave of de-regulation, neither the U.S. nor the U.K. Could regtech be the solution?

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Fintech Regulation Operations America 268

PYMNTS

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. operations. He will also serve on the bank’s operating committee.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Taking a page from Goldman Sachs’ book, Morgan Stanley is beginning to lend to FinTech startups in Brazil as it seeks more of a return on its investments. Morgan Stanley’s move comes at a time when the Brazil FinTech market is exploding. Fortress Investment Group also took part in that deal.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Corporate payments firm WEX is pushing virtual card technology within Latin America and has announced a new partner to help the cause. The firm revealed this week that it is working with Argo , a corporate travel and expense management company operating in Brazil and Mexico, to offer a virtual card solution for corporate travel managers.

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America Cards Regional Payments 100

Bank Innovation

APRIL 2, 2019

The bank wants to increase its representation in entry-level analysts and associates in the Americas to 50% for women, 11% for black employees and 14% for Latino employees, based on an email to employees from CEO David Solomon, President John Waldron and […].

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America Fintech Operations Capital 170

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Mercado Pago has over 220 million users through seven countries in Latin America, and it wants to grow its credit offerings to reach new customers outside of its normal sphere, according to Vice President Tulio Oliveira. The new services will include money withdrawal and credit line options. Mercado Pago reached $7.6

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Fintech America Cards Operations 158

Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2017

In North America regulation was the top concern. Regulation is still shaping banks’ strategic thinking, says a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The unit surveyed 200 global banking executives to investigate the challenges retail banks face in the years to 2020.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Ebury operates in 19 countries and will expand in Latin America and Asia with Santander’s investment. Ebury was the first FinTech to go live in 2018 with SWIFT’s global payments innovation. The deal is expected to value Ebury at around £700 million. The bank expects a return on invested capital higher than 25 percent in 2024.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Open banking has been picking up steam in Latin America for more than two years. Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. The Pandemic’s Delayed Effects On Latin America.

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America Regulation Regional Tools 165

PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The European Union’s financial authorities are monitoring how the pandemic may be affecting banks’ and FinTechs’ compliance with rules such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), for example. How The Pandemic Is Highlighting Open Banking Challenges In Latin America.

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Mobile Report America Regulation 229

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma Partners, saw huge potential in the Chilean fintech market. Additionally, […].

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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. What some financial institutions have come to realize is that collaborating with FinTechs can enable them to offer cutting-edge solutions while reserving resources to invest in meeting those advisory needs.

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Fintech Customer Experience Tools Technology 177

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

daVinci Payments will merge with North Lane Technologies for the formation of a new company, operating under the umbrella of holding company Syncapay , which will be a “high growth, premier” payments company with "innovative" solutions, a press release says. North Lane Technologies was formerly known as Wirecard North America.

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