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.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With more than $89 million raised, B2B FinTechs this week impressed venture capitalists (VCs) with a range of services, including small business accounting, financing, spend management and payroll. Sleek offers a B2B service that enables startups and young businesses to incorporate and operate, targeting firms in Singapore and Hong Kong.

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BankBazaar

MAY 7, 2024

BankBazaar.com, India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online platform for free Credit Score, marks its third consecutive year of fast and sustainable growth, with an unaudited operating revenue of Rs.215 in co-brand Credit Cards in force compared to the previous year. 215 Crore in FY24.

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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.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The government is gearing up to roll out a digital payments system that will be operated by the central bank, enabling citizens of Mexico to make and receive payments via a smartphone without any fees. The payment system, called CoDi, is slated to launch in March. Mobile phones will become banks.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Companies separated across borders want payments to be delivered on time so they can meet their payment deadlines, access capital and deliver products in a timely fashion. A group of Nordic banks have selected Mastercard to overhaul its financial services operations for the region. Around the Smarter Payments World.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Founded in 2010, Creative Group enables customers to digitally buy or send prepaid credit to spend with their favorite brands, as well as to send cross-border credit remittances. We are an official digital distributor for some of the world’s most powerful brands,” said Günther Vogelpoel, CEO of Creative Group. “We

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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., The most lucrative players are operating in the SME finance space, with a small business banking startup landing more than a quarter of the funding. Soundtrack Your Brand. Alt-Lending. B2B FinServ.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Indonesian FinTech LinkAja closed a Series B funding round headed up by Grab, while Nigeria-based Kuda landed $10 million after a funding round. Indonesian FinTech LinkAja Closes $100M Series B Led By Singapore Super App Grab.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It appears Manchester may be giving London a run for its money as the next great FinTech sector in the U.K. The city’s FinTech reputation and tech sector are on the rise. Manchester has a proven track record of supporting FinTech investments complemented by a high-caliber of talent,” he continued.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. The consensus: the brands ready to flex with the ebbs and flows of changing consumer preferences are the ones that will survive. UK BaaS Railsbank Closes $37M Funding Deal To Support Growth.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom and the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, has landed $175 million in additional venture funding. In a press release , Globe Fintech, known as Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and other existing investors all participated in the fundraise.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Rho Technologies , the FinTech behind Rho Business Banking, has raised $15 million in a Series A round, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

The investors were led by Apis Partners LLP and FinTech investor Crossfin Technology Holdings. However, all three entities will operate separately. Sureswipe will be consolidated under the newly-formed Crossfin Transactional Services (CTS), along with Innervation Pan African Payments and Emerge Mobile’s iKhokha.

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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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

George Lee , chief operating officer of CCRManager , said while digitization is happening in small parts of the system, the worldwide network isn't collaborative enough to easily transition over to new ways of working. But that, too, will depend on member participation, Lee said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

This week’s Commercial Card Innovation Tracker finds the biggest names in the industry, as well as FinTech newcomers, stepping in to drive further adoption of the corporate card. FinTech company Nium revealed this week the expansion of its card-issuing capabilities within Europe, just weeks after rolling out operations in Australia.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2019

But a closer look at the rest of the B2B funding market shows investors turned to FinTechs helping small businesses grow and operate across borders, with FX, cross-border payment, and trade finance solutions securing new funding. Drip Capital. The company is now valued at $300 million.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Though traditional financial institutions have faced a surge in market pressure to digitize as new FinTech competitors emerge, there are still plenty of areas in which banks hold the upper hand, commercial lending included. FinTechs, on the other hand, built on a digital-first foundation, found their footing amid the PPP deluge. "In

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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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In seed funding from well-known angel investors, corporate card FinTech Karbon Card has notched $2 million. The firm, which is based in Bengaluru, said per the report it would put the funding toward operations, market growth and product development. Amit Jangir and Pei-fu Hsieh started Karbon Card last year.

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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.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The FinTech firm will also serve as the consumer credit card issuer for the AA and the bank’s U.K. s Automobile Association and a Bank of Ireland branded card. (It However, the bank put the credit business up for sale with a larger strategy to divest some of its operations. FinTech startups increased 57 percent to $1.6

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2020

FinTech Software-as-a-Service company HighRadius , which works to automate the order-to-cash process, has added a new chief financial officer in Scott Buxton , a press release says. Scott's broad experience is a perfect match to support continued growth.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Mark Lenhard, a PayPal veteran, is joining the board of Modo , bringing the experience of an operator, an advisor, and an investor, having completed work across the full stack of financial services. Lenhard notes the FinTech has a “deep understanding” and expertise — it understands the “pain points” and the right way to solve them.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. FinTech Airwallex recently announced a partnership with i2c , which has been chosen as the payments processor for Airwallex’s commercial card solution designed for cross-border B2B payments. Airwallex Readies B2B X-Border Card.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

With cannabis legalization expanding around the globe, marijuana-targeting FinTech startups are a growing breed, too. The latest to secure venture capital is WAYV , a procurement platform designed for the legal cannabis industry. Licensed brands can expand their reach to retailers, while retailers can receive next-day delivery.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. million this week with fundraising led by Augmentum Fintech. challenger bank Tide raised $10.25 OfBusiness.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

B2B2C FinTech company Even Financial announced that it has raised a $25 million strategic round of investment led by Citi Ventures. Existing investors American Express Ventures, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, and Goldman Sachs also participated. “At

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

These firms are finding that managing both systems in the cloud offers the flexibility and security needed to streamline invoicing and cut costs, while keeping operations running as smoothly and accurately as possible. Across The Next-Generation AP Automation Space.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

N26 , the European mobile bank operator, announced Thursday (January 10) that it has raised $300 million in venture funding, led by Insight Venture Partners. According to N26, the latest round marks the largest private equity financing round for a FinTech in Europe in recent years.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Investment in B2B FinTech startups came through a variety of channels this week, from venture capital to growth equity. In total, backers placed $273 million across companies operating in alternative finance, treasury management, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and B2B sales tech. trillion market. Supply Chain Management.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2016

EUdatap, which stands for European Data Protection, is not hot because of the brand Read More. The move was driven by a major concern with anonymity of transitory persons in European countries having access to pre-paid cards, often of obscure origins.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

B2B FinTech BitPesa , which operates a platform offering foreign exchange and cross-border payment services, is restructuring and has announced new funding to support its expansion efforts. 22) that it is now part of parent company AZA Group, which now encompasses the BitPesa, BFX and TransferZero brands.

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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.

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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.

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