PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The exchange contacted law enforcement, and trading has been suspended until Sept.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2018

American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Visa’s newest APIs will help those within the Visa ecosystem to create digital cards on demand and add digital services. Is Apple Card Already Changing Payments? Amazon Embraces Bitcoin. Bitcoin , through the lightning network, will soon be available as an option to pay on Amazon and other eCommerce sites. Top Stories.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2019

Fintech executives sounded off on blockchain at CB Insights’ Future of Fintech conference this week. The corporate credit card startup is fresh off a $100 million funding round that has landed it a $2.6 According to Henrique Dubugras, CEO and co-founder of Brex, blockchain is overhyped but cryptocurrencies are underrated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Ternio’s BlockCard Teams With P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful for Crypto Debit Card.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Bitcoin payments app Fold has announced that its users can now get 3 percent back in bitcoin when they book a stay and experience on Airbnb. Fold allows its users to buy gift cards for bitcoin with 3 percent cashback, currently offering $25 or $100 gift cards on its website.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

That’s Visa Senior Vice President and Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos reflecting on the impact of the rapid shift to digital for consumers and businesses around the globe who en masse began living many aspects of their personal and business lives in a mostly digital world — literally all at once, overnight.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The community bank and fintech are offering the first live bank account and debit card that offer rewards in the form of bitcoin.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The exchange contacted law enforcement, and trading has been suspended until Sept.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

That means bitcoin. What Does Any of This Have To Do With Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a fascinating technology on the merits. Bitcoin uses math — and math equations that anyone can solve and see — to provide this cash-like feature. And why we might need to channel our inner Frances Kelsey to help get us there.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2022

These fintech and banking trends should be on financial institutions’ radar in the year ahead. This list of top banking and fintech trends for 2022 won’t tell anyone anything they haven’t already heard about. Anyone who’s paid attention to the banking and fintech space in 2021 knows how hot embedded finance is. This is nonsense.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

The fintech industry took a hard hit in 2022 as investors scaled back their investments amid market turmoil. Fintech is central to a16z’s investment strategy. Of the 206 deals a16z participated in last year, almost a quarter went to fintech companies — more than any other industry.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

Blockchain FinTech firm Bitwage already operates in Europe and the U.S. to enable employers to pay their staff in bitcoin or other currencies loaded onto a prepaid card. Reports on Tuesday (June 21) said Bitso can now facilitate the exchange from bitcoin to Mexican peso thanks to Bitwage.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the Wild West of speculative trading that exists now. Favor has met with disfavor, and bitcoin now trades at $3,990 — a bit above nadirs around $3,400 and well off highs that neared $20,000.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

Bitcoin came onto the scene nearly a decade ago in 2009 and has slowly been making strides in the financial world ever since. Over the last few months, bitcoin’s value has increased significantly. As we’ve reported , bitcoin has seen its fair share of ups and downs. and Switzerland move bitcoin up the priority ladder.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 25, 2018

fintech hopes its cryptocurrency-based prepaid debit card will gain traction with bitcoin and ether enthusiasts here.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

More importantly, cash is actually the preferred currency of illegal transactions and terrorist financing; so while the effect of this proposal may not do much for terrorism or money laundering, it is likely to increase the friction associated with bitcoin transactions. Is The Bank of Japan Helping Bitcoin ?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Can the unbanked benefit from bitcoin, or are they merely the experimental subjects of bitcoin adherents, lobbyists and scientists? This week’s Bitcoin Tracker takes a look at the recent bitcoin projects that are in the news and that are targeting the unbanked. Vogel also wanted to clarify regulations surrounding bitcoin.

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 19, 2019

With the introduction of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has just officially been given an expiration date The Economy Technology Payments Tech Management Mobile Online Cards Blockchain Fintech Feature Financial Trends Feature3.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

One minute officials are threatening to punish bitcoin operatives and traders, the next minute they are suggesting that citizens can use bitcoin “in areas where such activities are legal.”. Something’s Afoot In Japan For Bitcoin. Japan seems to be overcoming this hurdle by introducing regulations on bitcoin use.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The others, however, are working with more cutting-edge tech, including bitcoin and artificial intelligence (AI), and just so happened to see the largest funding rounds of the week. PYMNTS breaks down the investments for B2B FinTechs below. Expense Management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

He added that Revolut strives to be “the best in class for customer experience, value and capabilities” and offer a full range of services from deposit accounts and overdraft protection to loans and credit cards. The London-based FinTech was founded in 2015 and has secured more than $580 million in funding on a $5.5 billion valuation.

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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

JULY 21, 2020

Crypto enthusiasts proclaim that you can front the best-known players like bitcoin or the most obscure blockchain-backed currencies circulating the world and tap into the future of money. Even bitcoin is accepted by only a relative handful of digital retailers. Dhamodharan said that’s impossible to say from the outset.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) had started its major run; everyone was excited. In the panel discussions, the bitcoin proponents were talking about it reaching $100,000. This was what everyone was hoping for — bitcoin was finally taking off, and it was going to be HUGE. As 2018 rolled along, bitcoin dipped.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

Explore how B2B FinTech is on the cusp of change as we break down all of the statistics and surveys below. fleet managers consider fuel card fraud a major issue , found oil giant Shell in its first Fraud Matters report on the fleet card industry. Those services include bitcoin and peer-to-peer lending, analysts said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

household debt could hit $4 trillion, primarily in the form of credit cards and auto loans, which have been steadily climbing. Adyen comes out of the gate and crushes it, so to speak, as FinTech moves beyond the unicorn stage to … a unicorn on steroids, with a $15 billion market cap. Bit by bit, the news has been bitter for bitcoin.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

We have deep dives on connected devices, instant payments and what the digital shift means for customer expectations of card issuers. Mastercard: Why It’s Time For Card Issuers To Up Their Digital Game. Consumers’ digital shift means that customer expectations for their card issuers are higher than in the past. banking license.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 23, 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks There’s an old joke about the guy who’s lost driving in the countryside who stops to ask a pedestrian how to get to the city. These are the ones I quite liked, so it’s not … What happened to the bitcoin bubble?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

This week’s look at payment rail innovation explores how corporates and FinTech providers embrace variety to ease friction in card acceptance, employee payroll and invoice payments. Plastiq Eases Card Rail Friction. Instead, new research suggests embracing multiple rails can drive revenue. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

To verify payment cards at the point of sale (POS), Mastercard is looking into blockchain technology. Through a two-way method, the system encodes an encrypted payment card image that is stored on the blockchain with a private and public key. In a filing with the U.S.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Contactless card transactions in the UK will rise to between 6bn – 9bn txns in 2017, and 20bn – 30bn txns across Europe (compared to my forecasts a year ago of 3bn txns for UK and 9bn txns for Europe for 2016). Contactless and Mobile Payments. Transaction Banking. Distributed Ledger Technology.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Contactless card transactions in the UK will rise to between 6bn – 9bn txns in 2017, and 20bn – 30bn txns across Europe (compared to my forecasts a year ago of 3bn txns for UK and 9bn txns for Europe for 2016). Contactless and Mobile Payments. Transaction Banking. Distributed Ledger Technology.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2018

The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K. EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., to the rise of […].

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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. The Comeback Investment of the Year Award – Bitcoin (BTC).

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