PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 19, 2018

Finastra, which was formed from the union of Misys and D+H, and calls itself the world’s third largest fintech company in the world, has acquired American software company Malauzai in an attempt to strengthen its foothold in the American banking market.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2018

This week, however, venture capital rounds were all about the small- and medium-sized business (SMBs), and how to address their biggest financial management pain points. raised venture capital for their SMB-facing tools, including global payments, accounting and banking. Businesses across Asia, South Africa, the U.K. Nisa Finance.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The innovation of fintech is not limited to retail banking, according to the UK Investment Association, which today said it would launch an accelerator for fintech starts focused on AI, ML, DLT technologies in the asset management sector. Investment Association is a 240-member community.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Although Finly did not disclose how much it raised, the company did note it plans to deploy the capital to focus on imbedding business intelligence within its suite of services, which includes B2B payments, eProcurement services and expense management capabilities.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

million from its shareholders to continue growing and investing in technology this year, Banesco USA entered into an agreement recently with Silicon Valley-based accelerator Plug and Play Fintech. based bank may be a community bank, but it’s thinking big when it comes to digital transformation. Working with $11.9 The Coral Gables, Fla.-based

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. This week saw an impressive $324 million in combined funding for a range of B2B FinTechs and other solution providers, including alternative lenders looking to support small businesses as they manage working capital instability.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if they will have enough capital to fund operations, inventory, expansion and other mission-critical business activities. For loans made via the Working Capital operation, the new money tends to support inventory.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has partnered with Demica , a working capital FinTech, to roll out a new supply chain finance platform for U.K. businesses and their suppliers, as well as help corporate treasurers and the vibrant community of SMEs they work with to better manage and enhance their working capital.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Capital Float. million , India’s Zen Lefin, better known as Capital Float, will expand its abilities to lend to SMEs. The company announced the new funding from IFMR Capital Finance and IFMR FImpact Long Term Multiasset Fund, though the funding isn’t just in the form of venture capital. Alternative Lending. Rippleshot.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

While some firms are adjusting the assembly lines of their manufacturing warehouses to produce much needed personal protective equipment, FinTechs have found themselves in a different position to provide valuable assistance. The second are firms that are attempting to operate as normal to hit their earnings and expansion goals.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

KPMG had some bad news for the FinTech world this week. Along with CB Insights, KPMG researchers found in their latest quarterly analysis that FinTech investment by venture capitalists declined across the globe in Q3 of this year. Their “ Pulse of Fintech “ report found $2.4 Community Funded. P2Bi nvestor.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration can be an effective way for financial institutions (FIs) to launch new digital products. The collaboration reflects a growing interest among banks and other lenders to embrace data sharing via API for their small business financing operations. Jack Henry Links FIs to AR Finance Offering.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 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 customers and the banks that serve them.”. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So, access to capital isn’t just essential for these companies to survive — it’s critical for the economy to thrive. “We all know banks are a key source of capital for small and medium businesses,” Phelan told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Yet, the small business lending gap remains.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation today officially launches BankBoost, a new app that fosters information discovery in the fintech industry. BankBoost is an “answerbase,” which means it is an app for getting questions to your fintech questions. Users can post on any fintech topic and seek answers from the Bank Innovation community.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. But it was an embedded finance FinTech that took home more than half of the funding announced. Its micro-financing portal targets SMBs that cannot access capital via traditional means. Modern Treasury. Jobandtalent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The B2B eCommerce space saw some of the biggest investments of the year for B2B FinTechs, a testament to investors' confidence in the evolution of the market. With demands intensifying among the end customer, wholesalers, suppliers and the eCommerce platforms upon which they operate will have to meet a lengthy list of requirements.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

But mobile devices are an increasingly important part of a small business’ financial management strategy, adding another channel on which banks and FinTechs must innovate to disrupt and improve SMB finances. One of the biggest impacts of mobile-based services will be the shift from weekly or monthly processes to operating in real time.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

This week’s B2B FinTech venture capital roundup is all about data, and, as investors showed, there’s more than one way to offer data services for the enterprise. The company operates a data analytics solution for the enterprise and also announced the launch of Imply Cloud to streamline access to Imply’s solutions. EverCompliant.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The pandemic has cost more than 300,000 lives in the United States alone, and it has also challenged many institutions — such as credit unions (CUs) — that were never designed to operate on a primarily remote basis. Canada’s largest community credit union has announced that it is expanding its commercial network.

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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. A group of investors has acquired Sureswipe , a South African payments company, for an undisclosed amount. We believe each provides a distinctive client solution.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

These startups, diverse in focus, comprised a wide range of the fintech ecosystem, including payments, security and blockchain. The winner of the competition- an identity proofing and verification startup Diro Labs, received admission to the INV Fintech […].

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 3 Articles specific to small community banks were among the most-read blogs, with best practices for construction lending at the top of the list.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

There's no doubt that the small business community is facing a period of immense tribulation. As Eiriz explained, the small business lending community has the opportunity, and perhaps even the obligation, to embrace collaboration and dig deeper into the entrepreneurial community in order to best serve SMBs and support the broader economy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

With a strong penetration of smartphones and mobile commerce, Spain is quickly gaining visibility in the FinTech world, and its capital city is leading the charge. Considered a “dark horse” in FinTech, Madrid is making strides to improve conditions for startups to flourish and boosting record venture rounds for its homegrown companies.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. Breaking Banks Breaking Banks , billed as the #1 global fintech podcast and radio show, began in 2013 and is hosted by media firm Provoke.fm.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

For some, that means targeting small businesses and wielding the commercial card as a tool to accelerate access to much-needed capital — a vital solution to support SMB operations during market volatility. Community bank Five Star Bank is turning to an external partner to support its commercial card rollout.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Ultimately, that effort was pushed back by a coalition of unions, consumer groups, community banking groups and legislators that did not trust Walmart’s business plan or intentions once they had the license and FDIC deposit insurance in hand. That lending operation has been fairly successful for Square, and has lent out over $1.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

House committee this week began reviewing the idea of allowing the likes of Amazon or Facebook to receive charters to operate as banks — an idea that’s already gotten plenty of pushback from traditional financial institutions (FIs). This isn’t the OCC’s first attempt to create a special banking charter that would benefit tech firms.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The debt financing piece of the round was provided by ORIX Growth Capital and Square 1 Bank, which is a division of Pacific Western Bank. “We We are extremely fortunate to be backed by some of the top investors in both FinTech and [Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)].

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