Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. NCR announced plans to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies: NCR Voyix , focused on digital commerce, and NCR Atleos , focused on ATMs. Jack Henry expanded its partnership with SMA Technologies.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 27, 2018

In the second quarter alone, funding for financial technology companies around the world reached $20.3 Right now, venture capital firms, banks, and investors are pouring funds into companies Artifical Intelligence, the clear flavor of the year. Fintech funding this year has been on the rise.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2020

needed financial help in April as the pandemic led to a loss of customers, founder Pavia Rosati turned to her bank, Capital One Financial Corp., But the New York consulting firm was on its own because Capital One wasn’t prepared to accept applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) when it launched.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). The energy and uncertainty of youth are headed back to school. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. But it was a Singapore startup building out a holistic suite of small business financial services that landed the largest round this week, by far.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2019

When Swedish banking firm Klarna became Europe’s most valuable financial technology startup last week, it was only the latest sign that digital finance has escaped the troubles afflicting legacy lenders. European fintech companies raised $3.3 billion in venture capital in the first […]. billion valuation.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

The problem is that old systems and legacy technologies stop the bank moving forward into the nimble and agile future on offer today, and this is exactly what FinTech start-ups believe they can exploit as it is clearly a weakness for the large banks. It is almost like banking in an apps store.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Creation of the new unit would be part of a much larger overhaul of the financial technology company and subject to approval by Chinese authorities, who pulled the plug on the company’s massive initial public offering late last year, according to Bloomberg. China’s central bank told the media on Dec.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paya , an eCommerce FinTech, plans to go public through a special kind of merger with an investment company, according to a press release. The combined company will be known as Paya and will be listed on the NASDAQ as “PAYA.”. III , which is a special-purpose acquisition company. The deal values Paya at about $1.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lendo , a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), wants to help them pre-finance their invoices so they can potentially get paid faster, according to a report. The company is doing its business as an alternative to regular short-term finance by borrowing money against outstanding invoices.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets. Despite lending £6.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. As companies elevate their use of payroll cards, Galileo Financial Technologies is rolling out its own solution to facilitate employee compensation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Nyca Partners, the venture capital firm focused on the FinTech market, raised $125 million for a second fund. The fund invested in a slew of FinTech startups, including Lending Club, SigFig and Orchard. By providing financial technology knowledge to early-stage companies, we are able to offer a unique and much-needed service.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Embedded finance, the release noted, refers to the integration of financial service technologies with other provider solutions. The method will grow tenfold in the next five years, the release stated, citing a Lightyear Capital analysis, as businesses look for ways to access simple, transparent business solutions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

This week, we take a look at how companies are investing. PYMNTS also explores the venture capital and lending spaces as professional investors make some changes and as businesses look to invest in themselves. A 53% CAGR for the online SME lending industry is sure to be welcome news for small business borrowers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Financial services company Enova has a new chief financial officer, and he is reportedly looking to take the company in a new direction. The financial technology and data analytics firm has traditionally focused on the consumer finance space in its lending operations.

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Bobsguide

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

IDC’s prestigious annual ranking highlights the leading companies in financial technology. Vendors on the elite list are recognized based on 2021 calendar year revenues attributed to financial services and fintech industries, and have demonstrated their commitment to their customers and the industry. “The

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia. Over 1 billion transactions are enriched every month through the company’s platform, giving consumers clarity on their spending.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Banking Transformed Banking Transformed by the Financial Brand’s Jim Marous has new episodes several times a month and features executives from financial institutions, financial technology firms, authors, consultants, and other experts in the banking industry. Lending & Credit Risk. Financial Businesses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Prosper, the P2P lending marketplace, is reportedly closing down the secondary market for its loans later this month. According to a report, which cited an email Prosper sent investors last week, the company will shut down the service on Oct. Specifically, the capital would improve funding sources.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Prosper Marketplace is in the midst of exploring strategic options, having hired investment banks JPMorgan and Financial Technology Partners and having disclosed it is considering selling equity in the firm. Specifically, the capital would improve funding sources. Separately, the company raised rates in August.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

In a sign of Grab ’s ambitions in the financial services space, the Singapore ride-hailing firm reportedly had discussions to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte. Unnamed sources claim that the company was one of various possible bidders interested in the payments firm, Bloomberg reported. The news comes as Grab raised over $4.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

challenger banking market saw a flurry of venture capital (VC) activity this week, as FinTech firms aim to disrupt small business (SMB) financial services (FinServ). Compliance startup Chainalysis works with law enforcement officials and financial institutions (FIs) to ensure that their cryptocurrency operations are within regulations.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 11, 2018

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, the OCC’s recent decision to accept applications from non-depository financial technology firms for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter was the focus of considerable discussion. Questions directed at Ms.

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The Paypers

APRIL 23, 2019

(The Paypers) India-based fintech company ZestMoney has raised USD 20 million in its Series B round led by Quona Capital, a venture capital company focused on financial technology prodcuts.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2017

INV Fintech, this site’s sister accelerator, announced a partnership today with Shanghai-based JadeValue, an incubator and investment fund, to enhance financial technology startups in both the United States and China. INV, […].

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Bobsguide

MAY 25, 2022

London — May 16, 2022 — Mindtree , a global technology services and digital transformation company, and Finastra , a leading financial technology provider, today announced a partnership to bring Finastra’s Fusion Payments To Go payments technology to banks in the Nordics, the UK and Ireland, as a managed service.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 30, 2016

A look at the companies demoing live to 1,500+ fintech professionals on September 8 & 9, 2016. Aspire was created in 2015 with a vision of re-imagining the technology infrastructure in the alternative and asset-backed lending markets. Register today. Aspire will demo the Aspire Gateway platform. Why it’s great.

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CB Insights

APRIL 22, 2020

Unlike larger, more established firms, they have small cash buffers and depend on external capital to sustain growth. Below, we dig into how the financial difficulties that many SMBs face could impact fintech companies (especially B2B fintech startups). What a cash flow crisis means for fintech companies.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. The company recently filed paperwork with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s all hands on deck as companies across industries take measures to aid the national and global response to the coronavirus pandemic. For Bottomline Technologies , the opportunity emerged with Friday’s launch of the $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act. Easing The PPP Loan Burden.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The SEC found LCA, LendingClub and Laplanche guilty of fraud for improperly using LCA assets to benefit LendingClub Corporation, LCA’s parent company for which Laplanche was both founder and CEO. By using funds managed by LCA to benefit its parent company, LCA and Laplanche failed to do so.”. The SEC Finding. Attorney Alex Tse. “We

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Canadian VC-backed companies saw funding drop 13% in H1 2019 compared to H1 2018. And, at later stages, Lightspeed POS went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in March, raising $240M and seeing its shares jump 26% on the company’s first day of trading. All companies on this market map are fintech companies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Cross River, a provider of banking services for financial technology companies, has raised about $100 million in a funding round, according to a report by the company. Other companies involved in the fundraising round are CreditEase and Lion Tree Partners, Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Ribbit Capital.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

Among the fuel for this shift is PSD2 , the European banking rule designed to free up data and access (with consumer approval, of course) across standardized formats and processes — which, in turn, could make it easier for smaller companies, for FinTech , to play harder on the field dominated by major financial institutions.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

She is a top advisor to Fortune 500 companies on responsible artificial intelligence strategy and data innovation practices and serves on several boards advising startups, universities, and other non-profits. Neeti Aggarwal manages the financial technology and innovation research at The Asian Banker. See all Posts.

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