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Japanese FinTech Kyash Notches $45M Despite Pandemic

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FinTech venture capital fund Broadhaven Ventures; U.S. The FinTech has raised $73 million to date to expand its digital banking offerings. Founded in 2015, the FinTech is one of many digital financial institutions — like challenger banks or neo banks — hoping to entice legacy banking customers with higher interest rates or lower fees.

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Bank-Fintech Partnership Targets Cashless Canada

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The Economy Technology Retail Banking Tech Management Mobile Branch Technology/ATMs Online Cards Feature3 Fintech Feature. DCBank and XTM want to place cashless kiosks in retail venues – but is a cashless society a realistic aim?

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Main Street?s Digital Shift, ATM Innovation, PPP Loans Top This Week?s News

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We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking’s Big Digital Shift? Companies that didn’t have online shopping channels couldn’t sell their products, while eateries that didn’t provide online ordering for delivery or pickup couldn’t serve their diners.

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Bitcoin Daily: UnionBank Launches Bitcoin ATM; Coinbase Invests In Disappearing Blockchain Startup

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People who want to use UnionBank of the Philippines ‘s (UBP’s) new bitcoin ATM will need to have an account with the bank. According to The Next Web , UBP, the seventh-largest bank in the Philippines, launched its first cryptocurrency ATM this week. Binance Singapore will come online in April.

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Indian FinTech Creates Inclusive Services For Rural Underbanked

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And they don't have ATMs, don’t issue debit cards and offer very limited services beyond being places for consumers to interact with a cashier to deposit or withdraw funds at a counter. or ‘Why don't you put in an ATM?’ For example, one of the biggest use cases Sarvatra sees with debit cards is consumers using them to shop online.

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Fintech, Financial Institutions and The Customer Search for a Better Experience

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Both sides have been taking a fresh look at partnering to build on their strengths and hunt together Technology Feature3 Fintech Feature Financial Trends Retail Banking Customers Branch Technology/ATMs People Performance Mobile Online Cards Community Banking.

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ATM Turns 50, Cash Still Ageless

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The space changed when Barclays Bank announced the launch of the world’s first ATM machine which could dispense up to ten £1 pound notes in exchange for a bank-issued voucher. Fast track to today and the United Kingdom is home to more than 70,000 ATM machines used by 94 percent of the adult population. That was 50 years ago.

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