PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Boston Telemedicine Company Amwell Prices IPO. Amwell, the Boston-based telemedicine company, is planning to go public as the demand for virtual healthcare offerings skyrockets amid the coronavirus pandemic. Amwell plans to raise between $490 million and $560 million. Klarna’s Value Hits $10B With Latest Investment Round.

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BankInovation

MAY 13, 2020

A partnership between Citi Commercial Bank and payments fintech Flywire benefited Boston health care workers last month.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard addressed barriers to financial inclusion at a conference hosted by the Boston Fed and the Aspen Institute in Boston on Oct.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

LendingClub, the publicly traded digital-lending marketplace, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Boston-based Radius Bank, which has $1.4 billion in assets and is partnered with several fintech companies. LendingClub will pay $185 million for the acquisition, which the company expects to pay for itself in less than two years.

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BankInovation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Boston-based startup Numerated, which automates commercial loan generation, has acquired Fincura, Inc., a spreading automation and financial analysis fintech.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A new venture capital firm hopes will differentiate it from other fintech investors by taking a more hands-on approach.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Boston-based Radius Bank, along with its NYC-based partner Mantl, has opened a digital account opening platform, the bank announced. This platform allows users to reduce the time it takes to open a new bank account to under four minutes, the bank said. The platform, which was built in August 2017, has also allowed Radius to […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

FinTech Continues Its Disruption. Traditional banks have continued their sloth-like pace in FinTech adoption, added Galarza, which has led corporates to seek innovative services from non-bank players. “In The time for this radical shift is now,” Boston Consulting Group declared. But Banks Continue To Thrive.

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BankInovation

MAY 20, 2022

Before inking deals with the nation’s biggest banks and financial institutions, fintech Akoya was focused on secure open finance. The Boston-based fintech, which originated as an application programming interface (API) division under Fidelity Investments, is now owned by several banks, including the $3.24 trillion Citi and $1.95

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The conference was attended by several Financial Institutions, Service Providers, Fintechs, and Industry Regulators. Among its attendees were representatives from The Clearing House (TCH), The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and SWIFT, along with some of the largest financial institutions in the U.S. . Themes & Takeaways .

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BankNXT

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Shaun Weston talks to Zac Sheffer from Elsen about data analysis, machine learning, engineering, financial services and the startup scene in Boston. Zac Sheffer of Elsen on data analysis and Boston’s thriving fintech scene on BankNXT.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

$24B Eastern Bank selects Backbase Boston-based Eastern Bank announced last week that it has partnered with digital banking platform provider Backbase to provide enhanced digital account opening for consumer and commercial customers.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 17, 2017

Boston-based money transfer firm Flywire has launched a new offering, targeted at international business-to-business (or B2B) payments. The fintech will enable faster settlement between businesses, seeking to make those transaction “local.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The funding initiative is being led by existing investors Great Hill Partners LP, the Boston-based private equity firm, Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture capital firm based in China and.406 406 Ventures, the Boston venture capital fund.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This week, FinTech EMTECH said it’s launching a compliance platform in collaboration with Microsoft to help central banks test their respective CBDCs. Meanwhile, the Boston Fed has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore the necessary tech infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Earlier this month, as PYMNTS noted , the Federal Reserve said its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. And there’ll be quite a bit of tinkering with the technology (especially the infrastructure) and the use cases to get there.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 17, 2018

At the JPMorgan Technology, Media and Communications conference in Boston yesterday, Kelly said: Remember blockchain actually is not very good about facilitating low-value high-volume scale transactions, which is the core of what we do. […].

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American Banker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Boston community bank and a fintech called Monit have developed an app that helps small-business owners forecast their cash flow and how certain events could affect them.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2024

While dedicated financial marketing events are limited, there are many other wide-ranging fintech and banking events that have numerous sessions on marketing and product topics. See below for links to our financial services calendars, including fintech, banktech, insurtech, general banking events, and more.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The online lender's deal for Boston-based Radius would be the first in history in which a fintech buys a mainstream bank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin.

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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.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

Below is our curated list of top fintech, banktech, payment tech, investech global conferences for 2023. These the biggest and best events in the financial services space geared towards technologists, product managers, developers, marketers and C-Suite execs at both financial institutions and rival fintech firms.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. This figure includes new users of online banking platforms or money management FinTechs, services that are covered under U.K. It’s part of that “stand back” posture the Boston Fed noted in its March brief. Artisanal APIs Derive From Deep Merchant Data.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Connecticut-based healthcare and FinTech investor Oak HC/FT led the funding. Also participating were existing investors Boston-based Optum Ventures, which offers capital and strategic guidance to startups; TI Platform Management LLC., The new service is expected to expand Truepill’s direct-to-patient capabilities.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Jim Cunha, senior vice president of secure payments and FinTech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, tells Karen Webster why the Fed is working with MIT to explore digital dollars. Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars. Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are here to stay — if they work.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Fidelity Investments , the Boston-based fund company, is becoming a leader in blockchain technology, investing billions of dollars on that and other cutting-edge technologies. Earlier in September at a presentation, Fidelity chief executive Abigail Johnson highlighted the fact the company has been doing FinTech since before FinTech was cool.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Founded in 2005, the FinTech AffiniPay now processes over $6 billion annually on behalf of 150,000 professionals, according to a news release announcing the appointment. Amy is an exceptional entrepreneur,” said Nick Cayer, partner at Boston-based Great Hill Partners. For its part, Newton, Mass.-based

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

The Boston-based FinTech said its education payments platform will now give students the ability to change payment methods from month to month, or to seek a lower payment or a temporary break, depending on their circumstances.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced news on Monday (April 2) that it charged Michael Liberty, the founder of Mozido , the FinTech startup, with scamming investors out of their money.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

operated Bacs and partnered with Boston payments firm Bottomline Technologies to enable direct debits for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Metro announced on Wednesday (Feb. SMBs and FinTechs. challenger bank Metro Bank has joined the Pay.UK-operated

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And here in the States, as detailed in an interview with Karen Webster, Jim Cunha , senior vice president, secure payments and fintech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, told Karen Webster the joint efforts between the Fed and MIT are focused on exploring the infrastructure that would conceivably underly digital dollars.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The firm has 1,300 employees across offices in seven states and is distinguished as a global FinTech unicorn. percent through 2028, according to Boston Consulting Group. Revenue growth in the business payments sector is expected to grow by around 5.6

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Last week, WMA attended Inbound 2019 in Boston alongside 26,000 other eager marketers. We got to hear from celebrities and thought leaders alike including actress and co-founder of Once Upon A Farm, Jennifer Garner; TV host and journalist, Katie Couric; and Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Research released earlier this month from Boston Consulting Group and Clifford Chance found that banks may see restructuring costs as high as $18 billion and, as a result, may lead to higher banking costs for SMBs. Researchers have also attempted to gain clarity into how Brexit may affect Britain’s FinTech community.

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The Financial Brand

AUGUST 14, 2019

Boston's Radius Bank keeps reinventing itself, using APIs in effort to build a strong deposit base without a branch network. The post Virtual Bank Aims to be Primary Account Engine Behind Fintech Brands appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Online FinTech startup SoFi announced Thursday (Jan. The FinTech IPO Market. 7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 billion deal that brings it instant liquidity and avoids the uncertainty of the initial public offering (IPO) process, while leaving it better positioned to take on legacy banks.

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