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.

Strategy 101

Strategy Fintech blockchain Lending 101

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

In addition, they are expected to jointly explore new product and service offerings in digital lending. Amazon Embraces Bitcoin. Bitcoin , through the lightning network, will soon be available as an option to pay on Amazon and other eCommerce sites. Venmo is one of the FinTechs that have been able to garner widespread adoption.

Bitcoin 175

Bitcoin Apple Cards Compliance 175

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That was a big takeaway this week from the Paris Fintech Forum, one of the biggest annual gatherings of its kind in Europe. Last year, with Bitcoin […]. On Tuesday and Wednesday, about 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, bankers, and regulators descended on the neo-classical Palais Brongniart, once home to the stock exchange.

Fintech 150

Fintech Bitcoin Regulation cryptocurrency 150

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.

Bitcoin 123

Bitcoin social media Lending cryptocurrency 123

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.

social media 247

social media Bitcoin Branding Cards 247

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Credit China FinTech, the Chinese investment company, announced Thursday (Jan. 26) it made a $30 million investment in Bitfury Group, the bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure provider. In an email to CNBC , Credit China FinTech’s Phang said it is looking at using blockchain for its peer-to-peer lending and payment platforms.

Groups 100

Groups Fintech blockchain Bitcoin 100

Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Things we’re reading today include … CME to offer bitcoin futures RBS should have accepted faults more easily, City watchdog tells MPs Fintech firm MarketInvoice joins rush into business lending Pound spikes as Michel Barnier says he’s ready to speed up Brexit talks Bitcoin blasts to new all-time high of … The post Things worth (..)

Bitcoin 171

Bitcoin Lending Fintech 171

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In other news, soccer powerhouse Barcelona is teaming with Chiliz, a FinTech platform, with the intent of creating its own blockchain-based token for the team. Meanwhile, a Peter Thiel-backed venture fund , Valar Ventures, lent a hand in a $30 million second round of financing for crypto trading and lending platform BlockFi.

Bitcoin 141

Bitcoin NJ cryptocurrency social media 141

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said this past week that it is linking up with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, eyeing a regulatory sandbox for FinTech firms. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) says that it has warned some financial companies that they should modify lending terms.

Fintech 119

Fintech Lending Regulation Examples 119

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.

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin America National Report 100

Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2019

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

blockchain 276

blockchain Fintech cryptocurrency Conference 276

Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The year 2017 has been the year for bitcoin, but it has also been the time for digital lenders, who seem to be experiencing significant growth across personal, SME, and student-focused verticals. Despite the abysmal stock fall of LendingClub, arguably the pioneer in the online lending space, digital lenders in […].

Bitcoin 231

Bitcoin Lending Online Fintech 231

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

Innovation 191

Innovation Lending Fintech Bitcoin 191

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.

Washington 101

Washington Regulation Conference Fintech 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

” And it noted that “while blockchain is most associated with cryptocurrency like bitcoin, it has many other uses, including tracking goods in global supply chains or enabling peer-to-peer transactions between connected devices.”

blockchain 249

blockchain US Innovation Lending 249

Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Bitcoin is no longer enjoying the limelight, non-bank giants like Amazon, Walmart and Google have shaken up the banking landscape and automation has become the norm in various aspects of banking with banks like using it in the backend of credit decision-making and lending. It’s been an interesting year.

Google 170

Google Bitcoin Lending Innovation 170

PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. Explore how B2B FinTech is on the cusp of change as we break down all of the statistics and surveys below. 65% of U.K.

Fintech 108

Fintech Lending Fraud Cards 108

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Unfortunately, “60 Minutes,” famous for investigative journalism, missed the really big story in FinTech. A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest.

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin Lending blockchain Fintech 100

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.

Innovation 220

Innovation Bitcoin Fintech Industry 220

Bussman Advisory

APRIL 29, 2022

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here : Interested in FinTech or Digital Assets related Advisory or Workshop? Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance? Subscribe now to our weekly newsletter.

Bitcoin 52

Bitcoin Report social media Fintech 52

Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It is amazing how the ecosystem continues to grow and how fintech start-ups are booming. In the US & RoW the two winners were: ModernLend enables users with no credit profile to create one in just 6 months by using alternate metrics; and LendingFront which facilitates short term commercial lending through a simple platform.

America 100

America Fintech Big Data Regional 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters. And in the wake of the announcement late last month that FinTechs will be able to apply for banking licenses with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, caution abounds. Against the challenges, many of these companies are indeed shifting resources to grapple with GDPR.

Fintech 101

Fintech Survey Regulation Resources 101

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. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

Strategy 190

Strategy Report Lending Fintech 190

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Thus, the RBA is positing the creation and administration of a digital offering that would track the Australian dollar, as well as ostensibly sidestep the volatility that has marked the likes of bitcoin and its brethren. As a] unit of account, people don’t post their prices in bitcoin, even [at] bitcoin conferences.

Retail 219

Retail Payments Bitcoin Policies 219

Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

1 – Mortgage Enterprise Solutions – this includes offering lending operating system (LOS) providers, marketing/lead gen/application/underwriting/fulfillment/closing platforms, servicing Read More. Kevin Simback and Josie Lee seeded the list of US companies using technology in the broad Digital Mortgage Market – MortgageTech.

Marketing 150

Marketing Analytics Software Bitcoin 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

“Big banks and financial services firms were the first corporate players to make direct blockchain investments en masse — unsurprising, given how bitcoin’s underlying technology lends itself (both technically and in popular thought) to financial services,” said CB Insights in a report.

blockchain 210

blockchain cryptocurrency Bitcoin Google 210

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. Despite being banned in its home country of Kenya, BitPesa, a startup that uses Bitcoin to facilitate cross-border B2B payments, has continued to proliferate throughout the globe. VC activity was especially high across the U.S. TravelBank.

Fintech 135

Fintech Capital Groups Analytics 135

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America’s fintech scene is gaining momentum, with 80+ fintech deals closing for around $300M in 2016, and over 100 deals already closed in 2017. Track the LatAm fintech companies in this brief and many more on our platform. Track LatAm fintech companies. LatAm Fintech. 630+ items. Categories.

Company 65

Company Fintech Comparison Marketing 65

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 […].

Trends 299

Trends Bitcoin cryptocurrency Taxes 299

Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A Year in Financial Models, Fintech Valuations, Super Apps, Big Tech, Decentralized Finance, the Multiverse, Pandemic, Revolution, Crypto Art, and the Nature of the Universe Hi Fintech futurists — You should be out partying! Is Ant Financial the best Fintech in the world? Or rather, you should be inside, partying. Runner up?—?

Fintech 52

Fintech Bitcoin blockchain Google 52

Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A Year in Financial Models, Fintech Valuations, Super Apps, Big Tech, Decentralized Finance, the Multiverse, Pandemic, Revolution, Crypto Art, and the Nature of the Universe Hi Fintech futurists — You should be out partying! Is Ant Financial the best Fintech in the world? Or rather, you should be inside, partying. Runner up?—?

Fintech 52

Fintech Bitcoin blockchain Google 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

“We know the demand from the general public is to keep anonymity by using paper money and coins … we will give those people who demand it anonymity in their transactions,” Mu Changchun, head of the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency research institute, said at the FinTech Festival in Singapore.

Bitcoin 101

Bitcoin cryptocurrency blockchain Conference 101

Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 20, 2021

We gaze with wonder at over $1 billion in raises announced last week, and over $10 billion in Fintech company value creation. In lending, we’ve also got Blend, which topped up $300 million. Blend is a “unified platform” for consumer lending, from mortgages to auto to credit cards and personal loans. Like WeWork.

Company 52

Company System Fintech Lending 52

Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 20, 2021

We gaze with wonder at over $1 billion in raises announced last week, and over $10 billion in Fintech company value creation. In lending, we’ve also got Blend, which topped up $300 million. Blend is a “unified platform” for consumer lending, from mortgages to auto to credit cards and personal loans. Like WeWork.

Company 52

Company System Fintech Lending 52

Bank Innovation

MAY 19, 2016

It has been an interesting news cycle in Fintech. First we had Lending Marketplace Meltdown Week.

blockchain 231

blockchain Payments Lending Fintech 231

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). What’s not included: No pure-play coins such as Bitcoin because they are primarily assets, not financial services. Mercado Bitcoin.

Fintech 15

Fintech Bitcoin blockchain Lending 15

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Thus, the RBA is positing the creation and administration of a digital offering that would track the Australian dollar, as well as ostensibly sidestep the volatility that has marked the likes of bitcoin and its brethren. As a] unit of account, people don’t post their prices in bitcoin, even [at] bitcoin conferences.

Retail 100

Retail Payments Bitcoin Policies 100