Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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JANUARY 12, 2021

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Founder and Curve CEO Shachar Bialick said in a press release on Tuesday (Jan.

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CB Insights

JUNE 10, 2022

Juni , a neobank for e-commerce companies, has raised $206M in a mix of debt and equity. The $100M Series B equity round drew participation from Mubadala Capital, while the $106M in debt financing was provided by TriplePoint Capital. <span q1 2022 brought a -18% decline in quarterly fintech funding. .</p>

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Startup companies in Vietnam, ranging from FinTech to logistics and artificial intelligence, are attracting a record amount of venture capital money in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times. One of the companies attracting a lot of attention is FastGo, which is a competitor for ride-sharing company Grab.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. Shopmatic said in an announcement that it would “leverage the MatchMove reach and network to originate new customers as well as accelerate our platform growth across the region.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Brexit may dominate the headlines when it comes to the United Kingdom, but FinTech funding proceeds apace, and financial backers show a continued sanguine attitude about the space. based FinTechs said they have garnered more than 200 million pounds. Tim Levene, the CEO of Augmentum Capital, told Yahoo Finance that the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Deciens Capital, according to a report. The last year has been a good one for Africa’s FinTech sector.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

London-based FinTech startup Rapyd has secured an additional $20 million in funding, bringing its valuation to $1.2 This latest round of funding comes from new investment firm Durable Capital Partners. Other investors included Tiger Global, Coatue, General Catalyst, Target Global and Entrée Capital.

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CB Insights

APRIL 29, 2022

Series A round drew participation from Force Over Mass Capital, PostFinance, 1818 Venture Capital, and Tribe Capital. The global fintech unicorn count hit 235 in 2021 — up 108% from 2020. The post European revenue-based financing provider for digital companies raises $126M in debt. The $125.7M

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

10), Craig Moore, CEO of business financing platform Beehive , not only made the case for more P2P lending in the Middle East (the company is based in the United Arab Emirates), but also gave a larger view of the FinTech situation in that region as a new decade dawns. But in a new PYMNTS interview on Tuesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Below, PYMNTS breaks down the latest in B2B FinTech funding. based company said it will use its seed funding to propel the company’s expansion.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

FinTech startup EasyEuro — based in both Paris, France and Shenzhen, China — has closed a $4 million pre-funding deal to launch a Neobank (a 100 percent digital bank) that will target Europe and China simultaneously, the company announced in a recent blog post.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. Challenger bank Yelo, operating in India, raised an undisclosed sum from Matrix Partners India, Omidyar Network, Flourish VC and Better Capital, Inc 42 reports said this week. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2022

Global fintech funding fell 33% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to hit $20.4B — its lowest level since Q4’20. Below, check out a handful of highlights from our 197-page, data-driven State of Fintech Q2’22 Report. Below, check out a handful of highlights from our 197-page, data-driven State of Fintech Q2’22 Report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The partnership will enable Bithumb to further expand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The company noted that it still needs to gain approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, which issued regulations for crypto exchanges last summer.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Visa, the payments company, announced Tuesday (October 23) a strategic minority investment in Conductor, a digital payments processing technology platform in Brazil. Visa said its investment in Conductor is part of the payment company’s global strategy to open up the Visa ecosystem and support a broad array of new partners.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). As previously reported, Saudi Arabia has trained sights on FinTech as well, specifically in Riyadh.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Following a record-breaking Q2, global fintech private market deal activity remained elevated in Q3’21. . In our State of Fintech Q3’21 Report, we dive into global investment trends to spotlight takeaways including: . The second-highest quarter on record for fintech financing, up 147% YoY. Company name. First name.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

TerraPay, a Dutch FinTech, has been acquired by a number of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management for an undisclosed amount. million into the company to aid with expansion, according to a release. Our investment should allow the company to further expand and scale its operations.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

And that’s where we come to FinTech. As PYMNTS readers know, the role and appeal of FinTech is increasing significantly as consumer demands rapidly change, and technology and regulatory efforts encourage further innovation in digital payments and global transactions. FinTech Partnerships.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2016

Whether it is equity or debt platforms, the trend is very much alive with regional variations and adapting regulations.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Further, the competition is not just another bank that might make a loan or take a deposit, but it could be a credit union, insurance company, retail store, or a fintech. Traditionally, community banks would compare their financial performance and health to similar-sized banks in their region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Southeast Asian FinTech Grab Financial Group announced in a press release that it has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Hanwha Asset Management , South Korea’s leading asset management company.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

In any number of countries spanning the globe, FinTech firms continue to make inroads into financial services, with at least some encroachment onto traditional players’ turf. The report, titled “IFZ FinTech Study 2019,” showed as many as 356 active FinTech companies in the space, up 62 percent year over year as measured in 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

To continue supporting technology in regions all over the world from North America to Southeast Asia, Leonid Boguslavsky-founded RTP Global unveiled a new $650 million fund to keep investing in early-stage tech companies. The venture capital firm’s last fund totaled $200 million and was rolled out in 2017, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

More than $30 million in venture capital stuck around the U.K., We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. This week the company announced two new solutions as well as $6.5 This week the company announced two new solutions as well as $6.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

PayMongo, a FinTech startup that helps businesses and merchants set up online payments systems, has raised $2.7 The company serves businesses in the Philippines and other regions in Southeast Asia. Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital and others also participated in the funding round. .

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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. About the Smarter Payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. In total, companies landed more than $255.6 million, an impressive way to start the year for the B2B startup space.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Belgium’s capital city is becoming known for more than just housing major international institutions like EU Parliament, EU Commission and NATO. The region is also home to an active and fast-growing startup scene. The city was ranked as a strong innovator by the latest edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS 2016).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Lending FinTech GreenSky has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). The Wall Street Journal reported that the Atlanta-based company, which enables retailers, health-care providers and home contractors to offer loans to their customers, could go public as soon as this summer.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Unlike other FinTech startups, Kuda was granted a banking license from the Nigerian Central Bank. Tech innovation is on the move in the country, with increased attention from Big Tech companies like Google and digital startups like Chipper Cash , a no-fee, cross-border payment company that launched there earlier this month.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Singapore’s FinTech firm ADVANCE.AI , Hong Kong’s financial services company Sheng Ye Capital and Singapore’s firm Phillip Capital are the most recent in a series of contenders for critical business permits in Singapore. Other companies include Razer, Grab Holdings and Ant Financial.

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MAY 13, 2022

Interswitch , an African fintech company, has raised $110M in private equity funding. The round drew participation from LeapFrog Investments and Tana Africa Capital. <span q1 2022 brought a -18% decline in quarterly fintech funding. .</p> q1 2022 brought a -18% decline in quarterly fintech funding. .</p>

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The original guidelines, as reported, had limited at least some types of lending — to 10 percent an authorized institution’s capital bases — but the more recent actions from the HKMA seek to “liberalize” lending activities. Cash invested on the platform, said the company, stands at $2.7 Open Banking Partnerships – Focus On Romania.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Many of them are technical in nature, as firms — especially FinTech firms and traditional financial institutions (FIs) that want to bring digital payments to new markets — must navigate new relationships with multiple payment processors on a market-by-market basis to gain that acceptance. This region, home to more than 4.3

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