PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Silicon Valley credit card startup X1 raised $12 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital, a backer of Twitter, Plaid, Slack and Affirm. The round also had participation from Jared Leto and CEOs of known tech brands. X1 Co-Founder and CEO Deepak Rao said in a Thursday (Jan. Consumer borrowing dropped 19.6

Capital 143

Capital Cards Lending Branding 143

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital.

Fintech 188

Fintech Capital Security Fraud 188

PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. MatchMove said LightSpeed is a “powerful, out-of-the-box solution, which enables you to launch your own branded payments platform within minutes.”.

Fintech 168

Fintech Regional Security Lending 168

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Alternative lender Prospa has raised new venture capital that comes with a prestigious label for the company. The Series B round is the largest-ever venture capital investment into an Australian FinTech startup, according to reports. Reports Wednesday (Feb. Existing backers also participated in the funding, reports said.

Fintech 100

Fintech Capital Lending Branding 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

CircleUp entered the market in 2012 as a data driven variation on venture capital (VC) funding to solve for part of that problem in retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. CircleUp’s lending platform was founded in 2017 to fill that hole and has underwritten about $300 million in loans since then. The first is focus.

Lending 132

Lending Data Retail Capital 132

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More. When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does.

Branding 150

Branding Innovation Fintech social media 150

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

For weeks the FinTech industry has been managing fears and anxieties over the future of the novel alternative finance space. Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Alternative Lending. alternative lending space this week, too.

Lending 101

Lending Analytics Capital Industry 101

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at the problem of creating accessible, affordable personal loans for consumers. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand.

Lending 134

Lending Alabama Online System 134

Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2 customer impact.

Fintech 109

Fintech FDIC Capital Community Bank 109

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

B2B FinTech startups came close to hitting the $100 million investment mark this week, with funding rounds in the U.S., Alt-Lending. The $20 million funding round for Australian alternative lending platform Prospa has set a record, according to reports, as the largest FinTech venture capital funding in the country.

Fintech 109

Fintech Capital Lending blockchain 109

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. Marketplace lending. Marketplace Lending.

Fintech 183

Fintech blockchain Lending Digital Banking 183

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. And those lending in multiple provinces would have to have 5 billion yuan in registered capital at a minimum.

Industry 152

Industry DC Regulation Washington 152

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Indian FinTech Infibeam Avenues , which works in digital payment and eCommerce solutions, has bought all shares of Cardpay Technologies, which provides payment and invoice technology, in an all-stock deal. Cardpay , based in Bengaluru, India, offers a spending management platform to corporations under the brand name “Grit.”

Payments 150

Payments Lending Cards blockchain 150

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

This week’s VC Investment Roundup demonstrates investors’ varied appetite for B2B FinTech. Blockchain Capital. Blockchain heavyweight Ripple made headlines this week when it announced a $25 million investment in Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm focused on backing blockchain startups. Blockchain. SenseTime.

Lending 129

Lending blockchain Capital Software 129

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Aura, a San Francisco-based fintech offering affordable loans to low to moderate-income households, wants to partner with banks to offer those loans to consumers who have traditionally been unable to secure them from larger institutions.

San Francisco 186

San Francisco Fintech Innovation Security 186

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Their collaboration links Bitty to Visa Direct functionality, allowing it to brand virtual and physical prepaid and debit cards linked to a business account. Even so, last month New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood opened an investigation into the SMB lending market with a particular eye on merchant cash advance players.

Samsung 162

Samsung New York Branding Apple 162

FICO

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The guiding ethos of fintech (and really any industry portmanteau ending in ‘tech’) is move fast and break things. The most prominent villain for fintech companies is regulation. And when fintechs and challenger banks aren’t constrained by regulation (as they mostly are in the U.S. Brand protection. and China).

Regulation 52

Regulation Fintech Lending Branding 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

With more consumers than ever interested in fulfilling all their financial needs on mobile, both legacy banks and FinTech firms are focusing on creating digital-only banking services, designed to catch and keep customers using their smartphones to bank. Deep Dive: Challenger Banks Versus Legacy-Backed Digital Brands. About the Tracker.

Mobile 185

Mobile Digital Banking social media Strategy 185

PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

The stage is being set, then, for consumers to pivot away from legacy banking toward trusted brands that, increasingly, are building out financial services. But, in truth, account aggregation is largely an activity that simply moves data from financial institution (FI) to FinTech. You can reward people in non-cash ways.”.

Branding 232

Branding Innovation Regional Fintech 232

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

Trends 175

Trends Fraud Millennials Community Bank 175

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

Fintech 195

Fintech Community Regional Technology 195

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

based early growth, FinTech-focused venture capital firm. Instead of being loyal to one brand, 71 percent of respondents said they would consider opening an account with a new bank if they were presented with an offer they found relevant. The round brought the company’s value to nearly $1.7

San Francisco 180

San Francisco Washington Survey Data 180

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

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. The Charter Advantage .

National 215

National blockchain Montana Lending 215

The Financial Brand

APRIL 28, 2021

Monitoring fintech investments by venture capital firms and traditional banks provides perspective on competitive and strategic trends. The post Global Fintech Funding Explodes During First Quarter of 2021 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

Fintech 35

Fintech Trends Capital Branding 35

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Gartner focused on technology infrastructure, while Money 20/20 was around fintech and payments. Almost every bank and brand we spoke with will increase their investment in these two areas for 2023. Once the intent is discovered, banks and brands then deliver a micro-targeted promotion or process. Big Idea – Trends.

Conference 195

Conference Technology Las Vegas Trends 195

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A recent round of bank merger announcements and the marquee Capital One/Discover deal illustrate this mantra’s popularity. As banks invest in new lending, analytics, risk and CRM systems, leaders need to be demanding jerks and insist that all team members use the darn tools and realize the benefits of workflow automation.

Tools 163

Tools Analytics Data System 163

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

Innovation 15

Innovation Fintech Online Mobile 15

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report. B2B FinTech’s Time.

Fintech 100

Fintech Capital Analysis Trends 100

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. The Generational War Award.

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

SPACs are like that, but for Fintech companies. You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” Fintech-like. The digital lender / neobank / roboadvisor has raised about $3 billion in capital, which is on all accounts an absurd amount of money.

Fintech 52

Fintech Capital Company Data 52

Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

SPACs are like that, but for Fintech companies. You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” Fintech-like. The digital lender / neobank / roboadvisor has raised about $3 billion in capital, which is on all accounts an absurd amount of money.

Fintech 52

Fintech Capital Company Data 52

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

Walmart Pay released its six-month report card , with some pretty interesting stats: ubiquity at all 4,600+ stores, high usage, high repeat usage, rave reviews from their users and a growing crop of brand evangelists that, Walmart Pay execs say, have become an effective recruiting engine. SMB Working Capital. Next time, guys?

Lending 101

Lending Samsung Online Capital 101

CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The pandemic has also accelerated recent trends in banking, especially among the millennial demographic, which tends to favor digital banking and online brands over traditional banks. However, both brands have expanded to additional products, such as Venmo’s credit card and Cash App’s stock investing offering. . SMB lending .

America 101

America Lending Cards San Francisco 101

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

When things are going well for an SMB, managing cash flow is usually oriented around growth and being able to capitalize on opportunities to expand. The old joke is that the best lenders lend money to people who don’t need any, and we’ve gotten good at seeing that things are strong now. The Value Of Getting Ahead Of The Data.

Lending 117

Lending Fintech Data Capital 117

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

For financial services, and specifically for FinTech , the ripple effects may keep rippling. But then again, capital is being deployed into the sector, with more than $3 billion coming to FinTechs through the first few months of 2019, up 18 percent from last year, as Innovate Finance estimated.

Apple 116

Apple social media Fintech Lending 116

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. 5), with Altimeter Capital and Scale Venture Partners leading the Series D round. Alternative Lending.

Capital 108

Capital Software Fintech Company 108

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Farfetch Chief Commercial and Sustainability Officer Giorgio Belloli told Bloomberg that the move comes as luxury brands have been asking about China for years, and “practically everything in China happens on WeChat.”. With the arrangement, shops on the retailer’s platform will have the ability to make stores on WeChat.

Analytics 100

Analytics Lending Community Report 100