PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

For years, throughout the volatility of cryptocurrency values, some industry experts have assured investors and innovators that blockchain is the disruptor in which the market should place its faith. Alas, there is no such thing as a sure bet, especially in the world of FinTech. Broader Doubts Emerge. That is the theory,” he continued.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

15 months ago when I officially committed to Fintech content creation in Capital markets and Wealth management; I was cautious not to discuss blockchain (still not included in Word’s standard dictionary). I’ve been listening to understand and… Read more Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases I.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 14, 2017

As Bank Innovation reported earlier this month, the London-based startup was on pace for a big fund raise. Fast growing alternative banking app Revolut confirmed this week that it had raised $66 million in a Series B Round, and said it would be adding cryptocurrency trading and a new wealth product. In a news release, […].

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Thai FinTech firm DeeMoney is teaming with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple to facilitate quicker and less expensive cross-border money transfers, according to an announcement. DeeMoney is using RippleNet to process inbound payments coming into Thailand as of now, and it is the first non-bank institution in the country to use RippleNet.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Regulatory News, of the Global Type.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

The blockchain — the underlying technology that powers the digital currency bitcoin — may be nearing its mainstream moment in the sun as four of the world’s largest banks are using it to develop a new form of digital currency. That frees up capital trapped during the process.”.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

This week, “Breaking Banks” recounts the history of Bitcoin, and how, despite ambivalent public opinion over the past seven years, fintech professionals and pundits have given it their silent support. After this introduction, the current status of blockchain is discussed by guests Michael J.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

UK FinTech GoCardless Raises $95 Million Led By Bain. FinTech GoCardless has raised $95 million in a Series F funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Fiserv To Acquire FinTech Ondot Systems. The FinTech Fiserv has signed a deal to acquire Ondot Systems. Bitcoin Rally Here to Stay — Or Fleeting?

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Daily Fintech is a global business that happens to be based in Switzerland. Our Subscribers (over 13,800 as I write) are from all over the world, pretty much tracking the growth of Fintech globally. So we don’t take sides in the Fintech capital of the world debate. I have enjoyed Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. VC activity was especially high across the U.S. TravelBank.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Switzerland offers a pathway for responsible financial services innovation harmonized with global financial norms and strong oversight,” Facebook’s Libra Association said in a statement to CoinTelegraph. “We The social media giant wants to move forward and launch Libra in June despite global questioning and hesitation.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 10, 2016

Is there a suspicion… Read more Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases II. She emphasizes that there is too much versioning and regressing from fundamentals; essentially heading towards a different but centralized system. She also mentions that all this versioning is introducing lots of new risks.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2018

INV Global, which includes INV Fintech, this site’s sister accelerator, announced its upcoming token offering at the North American Bitcoin Conference (#TNABC on Twitter) yesterday in Miami. The INV application aims to streamline the interactions and transactions […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

22) on the sidelines of a financial innovation conference hosted by Thomson Reuters. While other countries are warning against cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs), Japan has been embracing digital currency and has become a leader in the FinTech market. It’s too far off,” he said, in an interview with Reuters. Russia, U.K.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 4, 2017

Another day, another dollar—only this is fintech, so it would be more accurate to say another day, another multi-million investment in blockchain, virtual currency, mobile banking, e-commerce, and/or all of the other technologies on the playground. So far, 2017 fintech funding hasn’t veered far from the areas of interest in Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. APIs invite innovative changes to banking.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

With one new unicorn and steady VC- backed deals amounting to $4 billion globally, Q3 2017 has been another positive quarter for the fintech industry. According to a CBInsights Report released earlier this month, Q3 saw 278 VC-backed deals equaling $4 billion globally, compared to $2.6 billion in the same quarter last year.

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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 Europa the winners were Everledger , specialized in anti-fraud technology for financial services and insurance; and Origin an electronic platform that facilitates bond issuing in the capital markets. Share with us please!

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Breaking Banks

JUNE 20, 2019

Brett King and Chloé James host an all star cast on to the show to discuss the launch of Facebook’s new crypto Libra, a financial inclusion app and blockchain (sort of) with Brian Roemmele , early Bitcoin and VoiceFirst evangelist, returns along with Brian Solis (bestselling author of LifeScale ), Sankar Krishnan ( Capgemini ’s EVP for Banking and (..)

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 29, 2018

In fact, all four panelists on “Where and How to Invest in Fintech Now,” at Bank Innovation 2018 in San Francisco, unanimously dismissed investing in ICOs. Like many others, venture capitalists are skeptical about investing in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ICOs are rapidly falling in popularity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

On Tuesday, Dubai FinTech company OneGram announced it would offer a gold-backed digital currency called OneGramCoin with the hopes of raising over $500 million in capital. Additionally, the digital currency represents a major innovation in the growing Islamic finance space. percent of all banking assets globally, some $1.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2016

“Thanks to a first-class education system is graduating tomorrow’s tech leaders and innovators from top-caliber institutions and specialty schools. Canada’s FinTech Jewel. The prominence of FinTech across Canada has caught the attention of the bitcoin industry. Vancouver Catches Microsoft’s Eye.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape. With an estimated population of just 5.47

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our recent coverage can be found in IPO or ICO or IEO (briefing on Colored Coins) and Transparency missing from the suppliers of Capital to Fintechs. The Golem anthropomorphic figure The Golem deal beckons us to revisit the ICO market. Golem’s ICO is over. It raised 820,000 ETH (roughly $8.6 million) in a couple Read More.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

What once may not have been taken seriously — cryptocurrencies and futuristic payments — is today exploding as the innovation financial institutions are targeting for investments, largely hoping to get a jump on the blockchain before disruption takes a bite out of their traditional business. FS must leverage the FinTech ecosystem.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Innovation and ease of business aren’t necessarily the first concepts that come to mind when thinking about the tech environment in the Russian market. Russia is known for many things, but being a breeding ground for startups and tech innovation isn’t necessarily at the top of the list. Changing The Approach To Innovation.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 4, 2016

Fintech is far from a U.S.-only only phenomenon, as this week’s top funding rounds make clear.

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Lex Sokolin

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

has reinforced the value of Bitcoin. The price of the cryptocurrency rose to over $15,000, breaking again the $250 billion market capitalization barrier. Perhaps this was also driven by the much discussed move from PayPal, the payment processor, to finally incorporate Bitcoin into its currency options. billion users?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Lending and borrowing money using bitcoin just got a lot easier. P2P bitcoin lending platform, Bitbond , has released its API for investors and developers. Recent headlines for Bitbond include the launch of its bitcoin purchasing power index in November, and the beginning of its bitcoin affiliate program in September.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

. “We need to be open to discussing it and working through it,” said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, referring generally to bank charters for FinTech companies. And I think that’s the sea change in attitude here at the OCC.”. The OCC would not comment on Circle or any other firm’s charter acquisition efforts.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

It should be a call to action to the cybersecurity regulators that, when innovation — even intellectually and technologically sophisticated innovation — goes off the rails, it’s time to give a good hard look with an eye to reining it way, way in. That means bitcoin. What Does Any of This Have To Do With Bitcoin?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

The message is clear: Automated, digital FinTech solutions can help businesses and financial service providers save money. The latest research puts a price tag on the finances of better procurement, banking, cash management and innovation among small and medium-sized businesses. 139 billion could be saved by U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

As has been seen previously, FinTech dominated, marking a rebound from the end of last month when traditional banking had held sway. The biggest deal in FinTech came with Wimdu, at $90 million, as the German vacation company was sold to Wyndham’s Danish arm, Novasol. million) in a Series A.

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Bankelele

JANUARY 25, 2017

These were the words of Brett King, a futurist and bestselling Author spoke about disruptive innovation to guests at a business forum at the Capital Club, Nairobi. He said that companies that are based on innovation and […].

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, along with participation from current investors, including Innovation Endeavors, Marker LLC, Vintage Investment Partners, Blumberg Capital and Access Industries. In past weeks the situation has been the polar opposite, as 97 percent (or more) has been tied to FinTech.

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