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JANUARY 6, 2020

Chinese firm OneConnect , a blockchain-based small business (SMB) lending platform owned by insurance giant Ping An, has launched a new portal to facilitate SMB lending in the Guangdong province, the company announced on Monday (Jan.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is looking toward new technologies to keep a closer eye on the nation’s FinTech , blockchain and digital lending markets. It has also been unfriendly toward other forms of digital finance, including the peer-to-peer lending industry.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2017

The opportunity ship has sailed for personal finance management, lending, or robo advisory sectors of fintech, according to Rebecca Lynn, co-founder of venture capital firm Canvas. So where are investors looking for new opportunities?

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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. In recent years, the firm has not only shored up its presence in more familiar sectors like banking, but also reached deeper into newer territory like blockchain.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

FinTechs continue to push the envelope to see how far open banking frameworks can go in improving the SMB banking experience, and increasingly, SMB lending is shifting to the center of these collaborative efforts. In the U.K., A Win-Win for Banks and SMBs. While more financial service providers in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Cryptocurrency-backed lending platform Cred is opening up its technology to third-party developers, the company has announced. The Crypto-Lending-as-a-Service (CLaaS) solution enables other crypto companies — including exchanges, crypto wallets or mining services — to integrate Cred’s lending functionality into their own solutions.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. It’s just logical that given the extent of recent data breaches, that we’re going to see more of the same.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Chinese state media advised people to stay levelheaded following a price escalation of bitcoin and blockchain stocks triggered by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s support, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Oct. Blockchain’s future is here, but we must remain rational,” he said, according to state-run news outlet the People’s Daily.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

CULedger , a credit union, has inked a partnership with IBM to create blockchain services geared toward credit unions. According to a report in Fintech Futures , the idea behind the project is to use permission-based blockchain technology so credit unions can reach more members that don’t have access to financial services.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

The New York Times newspaper posted a job called “Lead, Blockchain Exploration” on Wednesday (March 13), and later took it down, according to reports. The posting said the organization was looking for someone to “design a blockchain-based proof of concept for news publishers.”.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Blockchain. Marketplace lending.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has a call out for tech companies that can help it develop a blockchain-based know-your-customer (KYC) platform. 29, requesting tech companies who can build a “proof of concept” shared KYC system that would allow commercial banks and the central government to share and update customer data on a blockchain.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

As mentioned in the first part of these two pieces, we talk a lot about FinTech. I don’t intend to define the whole market for each of these, but purely to place a dialogue around where they fit in the FinTech scene at a high level. So, here is the FinTech Wave, Part Two.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 23, 2022

Upon entering the lounge—which was established by Onyx, the bank’s blockchain unit—visitors are greeted by a digital portrait of Jamie Dimon (which morphs into the image of the bank’s head of crypto) and a roaming tiger. Commercial real estate lending is the better analogy. Many of the same principles apply to both types of assets.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

Nova Credit took top honors at the PitchIt 2017 competition on Tuesday, a global fintech faceoff sponsored by LendIt and 500 Startups. Nova competed alongside seven other startups tackling the underbanked in Africa, overdrafts, commercial real estate lending, finance for freelancers, compliance, and blockchain-based lending.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 19, 2016

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

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Ireland has been ramping up to boost FinTech efforts — a trend that has spanned several countries globally. The Times reported late last week that initiatives include a “FinTech foresight” group that will bring together various stakeholders across financial technology and multinational companies. In the U.S.,

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – SME lender, BlueVine has come together with cross-border payments provider Veem in a move that is indicative of a likely trend where payments and lending companies come together. For Veem, the partnership will let the blockchain-based payments company allow its U.S.-

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. and India, alternative small business lending technology company CreditEnable has revealed a $2 million seed round, according to Inc42 reports. CreditEnable.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2018

BBVA bank announced today that it has closed a $90 million corporate loan deal with their technology partner, Indra, via blockchain technology. BBVA used its own internal blockchain system, which is built on the IBM-backed […].

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 20, 2018

and the National Bank of Canada (NBC) announced today that they tested a debt insurance simulation on a new blockchain platform. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Bussman Advisory

JANUARY 21, 2023

Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance? Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 Alternative Lending.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. Banking on blockchain for increased trust”. Banking the unbanked in India”.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Canada hasn’t escaped unscathed from the global pullback in fintech funding , but there are still plenty of companies in the country working to disrupt financial services. download the State of Fintech Q3 ’22 Report. Get the free report for analysis on dealmaking, funding, and exits by private market fintech companies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

In China, the central bank has said that it will offer up a three-year development plan for the domestic FinTech sector. The reports state that the FinTech firms in that country “should take the approach of [Chinese president] Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Blockchain applications may still be a ways away from real-world proliferation, but the technology is certainly beginning to take steps from proof-of-concept phase into beta and pilot testing. This week’s Blockchain Tracker takes a look at some of the latest initiatives to make progress and inch closer to a real-world launch.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

How will banking and fintech business models be impacted by this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic? For insights into these questions, Bank Innovation and INV Fintech, its sister banking innovation services platform, will present a special Zoom meeting on […]. How will banks and startups work together?

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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. Blockchain is a fast-emerging technology allowing effective secured value transfer over the internet.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One of the biggest tests for FinTech in the coming years is how well it can serve businesses that don’t have easy or efficient access to credit. Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology can boost the odds in favor of those credit-seeking businesses. FinTech Sandbox. FinTech Prognosis.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2018

David Brydun, vice president of consumer lending, exclusively told Bank Innovation that the financial institution has partnered with Checkbook.io on a digital check issuance solution that utilizes blockchain. “A A lot of what goes on in digital lending is […]. Baxter Credit Union, based in N.J.,

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – If the future of banking is partnering with fintech startups, then finding the most innovative and efficient fintechs becomes crucial for banks’ success. based The Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator program, which is backed by financial […]. One such program is Little Rock, Ark.-based

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

It seems that blockchain may never leave the lab and enter the real world. And, indeed, this week’s Blockchain Tracker continues its coverage of ongoing tests and trails of blockchain solutions. Take a look at the ongoing tests — and the projects that made it out of the lab — in the breakdown below. Testing Continues.

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