PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

As PYMNTS has reported, consumer expectations and retail commerce have both evolved quickly to meet the demand that everything from credit to debit cards to digital wallets be on offer as payments choice. Technology brings the concept of flexible payments into reality. Flexibility Is Key. PaaS could be worth as much as $16.7

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Digital identification technology continues to advance, bringing both benefits and drawbacks. Blockchain-Based Security Methods. Another method used to secure digital identities is blockchain, which has seen success in a number of applications, despite being relatively nascent.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

As PYMNTS has reported, consumer expectations and retail commerce have both evolved quickly to meet the demand that everything from credit to debit cards to digital wallets be on offer as payments choice. Technology brings the concept of flexible payments into reality. Flexibility is Key. PaaS could be worth as much as $16.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2019

“By leveraging technology to improve transparency and accountability in administrative systems, we are completing in short order what many years of administrative reforms had not been able to accomplish,” said Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghana’s vice president, at the Financial Time ‘s Africa Summit in London last week.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Blockchain. Cambridge Blockchain. A $7 million Series A financing round for digital identity startup Cambridge Blockchain was announced this week, with Taiwan-based manufacturing conglomerate Foxconn leading the investment through its funding unit. Endeavour Catalyst and Satya Capital also participated. Expense Management.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Blockchain. Blockchain. Take the blockchain. An alien landing on Earth and reading the popular tech press would be thoroughly convinced that blockchain is the biggest thing to have happened here since the invention of indoor plumbing. Benjamin Franklin.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 7, 2016

As I had contributed to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) work on shared ledger technologies (SLTs), I had been invited to the House of Lords for a slap-up full English and a discussion on the topic with assembled Lords and Commons. Sir Mark had published a report on the technology earlier in the year. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Commercial card startup Brex captured headlines this week when it confirmed a significant funding round that propelled the two-year-old startup’s valuation to $2.6 Funderbeam operates a blockchain-powered funding and trading platform for the private sector in an effort to address the small business venture and capital gap.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2022

These trends received more support this month when the President signed an Executive Order supporting the legal and equitable use of technology around a digital currency and digital assets ( HERE ). By way of background, we gave bankers a primer on how to work with defi and blockchains a while back ( HERE ). Instant Credit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

This week, IBM announced a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to develop a blockchain solution to address supply chain fraud in the seafood industry, including cases of incomplete documentation and mislabeling. But it’s not the only way employees can steal company cash.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Several global companies recently moved forward with efforts to introduce blockchain technology as a tool to enable smoother cross-border transactions. And Axis is not the only financial institution testing the potential application of Ripple’s blockchain-based solutions. News from the cross-border space.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The app stores digital versions of documents like drivers’ licenses, health cards and other forms of identity. Use cases for the digital ID wallet could include accessing age-restricted places like bars, signing into services like online tax filing or verifying identities at polling stations. Department of Commerce.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

Nothing brings money to top of mind like tax season — and tax refunds and stimulus payments , doled out in the wake of a pandemic known as the coronavirus. The trillions of dollars in stimulus funding and tax refunds being extended to families, individuals and businesses is coming — but slowly. Tax refunds? Very slowly.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Companies in this subcategory (1) provide technology to accounting and tax, bookkeeping, and expense management players, or (2) leverage technology to provide these services directly to end-users.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

For Chinese consumers, the partnership will allow any UnionPay consumer to link their card credentials to a PayPal wallet — and start transactions with PayPal’s 24 million merchants worldwide. That is a lot more than the card networks have right now.”. But in the long term, that isn’t going to disrupt the banks.

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NCR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

From the gradual adjustment to EMV chip card technology in the US to the ongoing growth of fintechs and challenger banks, 2016 has been a big year for the financial services sector. EMV chip technology for credit and debit cards was rolled out in the US in October 2015. Will 2017 be the year of blockchain?

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

Awfis, which provides co-working spaces for businesses, said it plans to use the investment to expand its existing network in India, as well as to develop and launch new services on its technology platform. Xage also works in the cybersecurity space, but deploys blockchain for its solution.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

For instance, in mature APAC markets, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are driving digitization of B2B payments through increased use of digital invoices, virtual cards and cloud-based financial management and accounting solutions. Similarly, Asia and Latin America are set to see a 13.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Governments the world over are struggling with bitcoin and blockchain; regulatory frameworks for conventional financial systems are not applicable to digital currencies. But Takach is confident that the law will catch up with technological innovation. Bitcoin regulation, as Turkey is emphasizing, is a bane in bitcoin’s behind.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

It may seem that modern technology has already solved this problem. All transaction information, including funds in escrow, is stored on AirTM’s immutable ledger, Steckel said, a record that shares aspects with blockchain – although it is not decentralized like blockchain. The Alternative.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JUNE 6, 2016

I have to give a presentation about putting identity on the blockchain, even though no-one seems entirely clear what “identity” means or, for that matter, what “blockchain” means. Lots of people seem to think that putting identity on the blockchain is a good thing to.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Emerging markets are wary of adopting anything too cutting-edge, so focusing on new technologies like blockchain could jeopardize relationships with the banks in those markets. There will also be tax liability and compliance challenges around the base currency where funds are being held. Maybe you pay out less often.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Based on a clearly defined strategy, this team has established a dedicated fintech group that offers services ranging from BaaS to sponsoring card issuance and lending, to providing crypto services, to offering niche partnerships to the gaming industry. Brandon Dewitt, MX co-founder and chief technology officer. RIP, Brandon Dewitt.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

We define startups disrupting banking broadly to include mobile-first fintech companies that primarily focus on leveraging technology and software to digitize and streamline retail and business credit, checking, and savings accounts. Neon quickly secured a new partner, BancoVotorantim, to resume card services. Underbanked/Unbanked.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Rogoff also says that cash is used as a tax dodge, as a way to keep illegal immigrants from being paid a respectable wage and for employers to unduly benefit as a result, and for those in European countries as a way to evade the value-added tax and keep the underground economy alive. In other words, not very much for useful stuff.

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Alex Jimenez

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The topics discussed varied from arcane technology topics to discussions about general innovation. Also, during the Chairman’s Address we heard from IBM’s President and Chairman, Ginni Rometty, Hyundai Card CEO, Ted Chung, and Geico CIO, Greg Kalinsky. Hyundai Card CEO, Ted Chung noted “No one gives you an AI solution out of the box.

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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 ). crypto exchange, lender, accounting, blockchain infrastructure, and so on ). Phantom Technologies. Jan 2022 round. Jan 2022 round.

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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 ). crypto exchange, lender, accounting, blockchain infrastructure, and so on ). Phantom Technologies. Jan 2022 round. Jan 2022 round.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. So, we all know this – chip cards were not going to fix the problem of fraud at the POS. Iris Scanning.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We’ve simultaneously disdained and feared the fintechs, artificial intelligence and blockchain consortia. To be in Chip’s presence is to soak up energy, optimism and the mash-up of traditional banking and technology. Gerry is a financial executive who truly gets the impact of the technology shift under way in banking.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 8, 2017

Finovate/FinDEVr veteran Token ( F15 ; FD15 ) is leveraging its digital payments technology to help banks meet new requirements when it comes to third party data access. House of Fraser currently offers consumers credit and loyalty cards; it said it will detail how it will use its new relationship with Tandem in the first half of 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

In payments and FinTech, it’s often the startup’s job to disrupt an industry with many legacy businesses, outdated technologies and processes. The company deploys third-party processors to integrate virtual card, wire and EFT/ACH payments into a single platform. Shortlist just raised $1.5

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Tomorrow's Transactions

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Remember that IRS Ruling about Bitcoins being a commodity, so that traders would have to track the buying and selling price of each individual Bitcoin in order to assess their tax liability? From Bitcoin Tax Ruling – Credit Slips ]. and because they are all different, their history can be tracked through the blockchain.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JANUARY 25, 2016

On the technology road map I don’t think there’s terribly much uncertainty over any reasonable planning horizon anyone is involved in. Mobile is going to remain the central and dominant technology trend. As you can see, I chose four themes to talk about: regulatory, business, social and technical. Here’s (roughly) what I said.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Payment security technology. Income tax service. Pariti Technologies. Tags: Consumer, SMB, accounting, bookkeeping,, tax returns, tax prep. Latest round: $56 million Debt (from Goldman Sachs). Total raised: $154.3 million ($98.3 million Equity, $56 million Debt). HQ: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Real estate technology. Using the blockchain for managing records. Card rewards management. Blockchain. Tags: Consumer, blockchain, crypto-currency, bitcoin. Source: Re/Code. HQ: San Jose, California. million Seed.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This is exactly what we did last Wednesday night after the 71 presenting companies had finished unveiling their newest technologies at FinovateEurope in London last week. Given the pending PSD2 regulation in Europe, almost half of the technology we saw on stage at FinovateEurope had some sort of PSD2 compliance element. Blockchain.

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