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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Fintech Bitcoin blockchain Lending 15

Jessica Ellerm

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

Using MasterCard wallet technology and Gemalto’s Trusted Services Hub to secure transactions, the platform’s strategy for acquiring users looks to be mirroring the UK market’s Oyster Card/MasterCard partnership. Harmoney – peer to peer consumer lending. Did you enjoy reading this post?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Last month, Canada’s Competition Bureau released its final study on tech-led innovation in FinTech, offering regulators some thoughts on competition in the payments sphere, along with suggestions on where the competitive landscape could be improved. And why hasn’t that quite happened yet? and the EU. We looked north of the border.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Some themes endure year-after-year, as shown in the table below—real-time payments, cybersecurity, fintechs, blockchain and open APIs. Banks and market infrastructure will need to be one step ahead of perpetrators, due to the diverse and fast-evolving nature of threats to information security.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

There’s a lot to say about the overlap of Fintech and blockchain, but let’s find the very edge of the frontier and focus right there. Ethereum’s decentralized lending and trading are floating around 2,500 daily users. The lending product above is a bit more complicated. It’s like watching Mint.com emerge in 2007.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

In the biggest funding round of the week for B2B FinTech, HR and payroll company Namely secured $50 million in venture capital funding. But it’s not the only B2B FinTech firm that secured new investments. Alternative Lending. Instead, they need to find other ways to achieve their goals.”. Funding Circle.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2016

If unanimously positive perceptions are the hallmark of a bubble, then rest assured that the alt-lending market has moved past that stage. So if there’s no bubble in the alt-lending part of the fintech universe, should we fear a bust? Looking at the P2P lending market in the U.K., Fintech Advances in Asia.

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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. In the U.S.,

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Lex Sokolin

JULY 1, 2019

fee on Binance, $600M of Tether printed, $200M in DeFi lending This is what it looks like, this change in the atmosphere, the fireflies all lighting up as the night comes in. Ant Financial, the inevitable Fintech winner across the developing world, is a toddler at only 5 years old. as it has over and over again across Fintech.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 8, 2015

It’s been a year since we published the first fintech unicorn list. But mostly it’s a dramatic increase in private company valuations, especially in the lending sector. We are using a broad definition of fintech including real estate. The Fintech Unicorn List. Here is the sector breakdown: S ector. Investing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

We published our first fintech unicorn list in April 2014 with a mere 11 companies. Unlike other lists, we include exits (2 companies), public companies (5), real estate plays (2), and a few Finovate alums (3) that are not pure-play fintech, but do have substantial operations in that vertical. Security/Risk. Bitcoin/Block.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 24, 2016

It’s 2016, and the red hot fintech sector has evolved immensely since Finovate first launched 10 years ago. This, combined with increased demand for alternative lending, makes lending a prime space for disruption. The post Fintech with The Jetsons at FinovateFall 2016 appeared first on Finovate. Collaboration.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Japanese Bitcoin exchange. Marketplace small business lending platform. Mexican Bitcoin exchange. Payment security technology. Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, discovery, quotes, lead gen. ——-. Total raised: $224.9

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Total dollars raised, $6.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

Fintech deals by size from May 7 to 13, 2016: Avant (AvantCredit UK). Tags: SMB, payments, blockchain, crypto-currency, bitcoin, payments. Notable raises included Finovate alum Tagit which brought in nearly $9 million to supercharge its mobile application development platform. ——-. Consumer alt-lender. Total raised: $1.92 TechBureau.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. billion is just glad we own some Bitcoins at this point. BCU has worked tenaciously to create a near-lights-out lending process with its consumer originations.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 10, 2015

This week, a wide variety of fintech companies raised money from blockchain security ( BitFury ) to B2B payments ( Karmic Labs ). But once again the lending sector attracted the most cash, accounting for $94 million, or 64% of the $148 million total. Blockchain and bitcoin security. Source: Crunchbase. LSQ Funding.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The total included mega-rounds of $30+ million to three lending plays: FundBox ($50 mil), CommonBond ($35 mil), Orchard Platform ($30 million) and one financial-institution-supported blockchain startup: Chain ($35 mil). The $208 million this week brings total 2015 YTD fintech fundings to $12.4 Powering marketplace lending.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 30, 2015

For just the fourth time this year, weekly fintech fundings fell below the $100-million mark with 15 companies raising a total of $51 million. With just one holiday-shortened week remaining in the year, the total invested in private fintech companies YTD now stands at $18.8 Bitcoin exchange. BTCS (aka Bitcoin Shop).

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

Bluefin Payments received $6 million to expand its secure payment system. Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016: Ceridian. Bitcoin exchange and remittance platform. Stratumn grabbed $670,000 for its blockchain services. Human resources, payroll and health insurance platform. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Buoyed by 7 Startupbootcamp Insurance entrants each grabbing $17,000, a record 30 fintech companies raised money this week for a total of just under $100 million ($95.8 BankersLab received an undisclosed investment towards its commercial lending training & compliance tools. Real estate lending marketplace. GroundFloor.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Large swaths of cash flowed into the global fintech sector last week. Tags: Student lending, employee benefit, SMB, enterprise, Finovate alum. All told, 25 companies brought in $809 million of which at least $330 million was debt (therefore equity investments totaled $479 million). Source: Crunchbase. HQ: Sydney, Australia.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

But if there’s one in the fintech sector, the dozens of investors in these 23 companies didn’t get the memo. In the last full non-holiday week of the year, $685 million poured into fintech companies worldwide. 15 million to security provider Trulioo. FinTech Group. There may be a bubble in tech investing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 18, 2015

Finovate alum, Azimo landed the biggest round outside the lending sector, $20 million at a $100 million valuation. All told, 12 fintech companies raised $205 million ($105 million equity, $100 million debt) this week. P2P mortgage lending. Tags: Risk management, security, regulation, compliance. Year-to-date, $7.7

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Funding to the fintech sector maintained pace this week with another quarter-billion ($234.3 Auto lending marketplace lender. Mobile P2P lending platform. Tags: Enterprise, security, regulations, compliance, fraud protection. million) added to the bank accounts of 17 startups worldwide. Total raised: $135 million.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $266 million in new capital the second week of August. 5 million to CUneXus to expand its consumer lending platform. . $5 5 million to CUneXus to expand its consumer lending platform. Fintech deals by size from 6 Aug to 12 August 2016: Interactions. Pindrop Security. Alt-title loans.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 5, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 2 July to 8 July, 2016: Qufenqi. Bitcoin exhange & wallet. Lending Works. P2P lending platform. Stealth bitcoin payments . Tags: Consumers, mobile payments, credit/debit cards, security, fraud protection. Total dollars raised YTD is $17.9 billion, more than double the $8.5

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 5, 2015

The fintech sector scored its second consecutive under-$100 million week as the summertime slowdown hit the northern hemisphere. million including one Finovate alum, mobile security specialist Tyfone ($6.6 FinTech Group. Online bitcoin exchange. Mobile security. Tags: Security, mobile, Finovate alum.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. Bitcoin exchange. Lending marketplace targeting Hispanic-owned small businesses. The post Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12 appeared first on Finovate. And we are not sure if the NCR inflow should even be considered “new money.”

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

And, although Google searches for “bitcoin” and “blockchain” have slid, companies are still flush with cash from 2017’s ICO boom, cryptocurrency price run-up, and venture capital investment — and are spending it. The rise of security tokens as a distinct asset class. Venture activity. Corporate activity. End of story.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 1, 2016

Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week , the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 Snoopwall landed a cool million for its security solutions. Seven weeks into the new year, fintech companies have raised $4.7 Total raised: Unknown.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 23, 2015

While not a pure fintech play, we included it here because its primary customers are the big insurers, including the U.S. CircleBack Lending. Consumer lending P2P marketplace. Bitcoin wallet & payments. The post Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23 appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. Secure messaging for financial services. Bitcoin compliance solutions. Tags: Enterprise, IDology (investor), security, risk management, payments, Finovate alum. The vast majority, $5.9 billion) and First Data ($2.6

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