PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment.

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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. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. Blockchain. Morpheus Labs. Data Nerds.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top news, Grab celebrated solid recovery in its third quarter earnings report, and PayPal has introduced wallet services for cryptocurrencies. In the Optimizing The Back-Office Playbook, Edwards explains how invoice automation and management solutions can help AR departments power past cross-border invoicing complexities.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 11, 2019

Fintech funding is significantly on the rise. CB Insights' 2018 Q4 report showed a $21 billion, or 120% total increase in fintech funding from 2017 to 2018. And already this year, there have been several notable funding rounds.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Regulatory News, of the Global Type.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

PayPal is partnering with Alpha JWC , the Indonesian venture capital firm, to invest in FinTech companies operating out of Southeast Asia. Bloomberg , citing Jerry Tso, general manager for PayPal Singapore Development Center, reported that under the partnership, Alpha JWC will provide as high as $5 million to the PayPal Incubator.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. Travel and Expense Management. Workforce Management.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While there’s been much hype surrounding venture capitalists’ growing attention on B2B FinTech, this year has largely been lackluster for the industry. Landing the second-largest funding of the week is Tipalti, which helps companies automate accounts payable and manage cross-border transactions. We break down where $77.5 eInvoicing.

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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Digital Currency Group is fundraising again, this time completing a debt capital raise that provided a credit facility of up to $600 million.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Six of the startups come from INV Fintech, this website’s sister […]. The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Exagens Corp.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

The survey stretched across 77 C-level executives, IT managers and others — and of that tally, 76 percent of firms are not currently in compliance with their own information governance policies. FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters. Might a floodgate be opened — if only one were to open the floodgates? Japan Eyes Cryptos, Yet Again.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America’s fintech scene is gaining momentum, with 80+ fintech deals closing for around $300M in 2016, and over 100 deals already closed in 2017. Track the LatAm fintech companies in this brief and many more on our platform. Track LatAm fintech companies. LatAm Fintech. LatAm Fintech. 630+ items.

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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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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

IBM’s management team described its blockchain developer toolkit as another way to make it easier for innovators to “stand up” blockchain networks. A month later, a new management team was put in place to rebuild the business. Some 750 such networks , they said, were provisioned in the first two weeks of that launch. And to learn.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. The involvement of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange comes as the government cracks down on such firms.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 2018, companies from 31 countries and 19 categories — spanning payments, digital banking, insurance, and more — made it onto the CB Insights 2018 Fintech 250 list. Below, we dive into where the Fintech 250 Class of 2018 startups are now. Our call for submissions is now open for the third annual CB Insights Fintech 250 list.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2022

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space. In the introduction to the RFI, the FHFA noted President Biden’s March 2022 executive order.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

The Chinese government has a complicated relationship with cryptocurrency: While it seems to be enthusiastic about the applications of blockchain technology, the country has banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and blocked crypto trading sites.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

“We know the demand from the general public is to keep anonymity by using paper money and coins … we will give those people who demand it anonymity in their transactions,” Mu Changchun, head of the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency research institute, said at the FinTech Festival in Singapore.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

For bitcoin — and for cryptocurrency brethren — a stretch of calm before the storm? The official debut of a new cryptocurrency, Libra , may have stalled a rally in the marquee name in digital coins. Similarly, some other cryptos of note, among them ethereum (the second largest cryptocurrency as measured by market cap, at $28.5

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CB Insights

JULY 11, 2019

Today, there are over 20 fintech startups that have crossed the 1 million customer account mark, according to CB Insights data — including Acorns , Robinhood , SoFi , Coinbase , and Credit Karma , among others. oVER 20 Fintech startups with 1m+ customer accounts. fintech startups are Changing the consumer experience.

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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. Supply Finance.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In news that may be separated from the vagaries of cryptocurrency trading, Banco Santander said this week that it will use Ripple’s ledger, bringing payments across the bank’s OnePay FX platform. Beyond that trading, noted Forbes , there has been speculation that banks would embrace Ripple to move money through cross-border conduits.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

But one of its latest pilots to launch is in Kenya, where the company is collaborating with food supply chain management company Twiga Foods. Together, the companies are testing a blockchain micro-lending solution that would broaden food vendors’ and farmers’ access to capital. Vendors accessed that capital via their mobile phones.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 4, 2016

Fintech is far from a U.S.-only only phenomenon, as this week’s top funding rounds make clear.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

” Such was the difficulty on the Ethereum cryptocurrency network this week, when a few hundred million dollars (no specific amount has been released yet) were frozen due to a vulnerability in the wallet. The Federal Reserve is taking a newfound interest in FinTechs – and the potential disruptions they may be bringing in their wake.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Companies in the asset management arena are assisting with or replacing traditional asset management divisions by providing software and services for businesses, institutional investors, and more. . Companies like Fount and Liqid are digital asset managers with robo-advising capabilities. First name. Company Name.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Of course, the FinTech industry doesn’t have to look it up, but the dictionary now defines blockchain as a technology that enables the keeping of records of financial transactions in a digital database as part of a publicly accessible network. Blockchain is now an official word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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Jessica Ellerm

DECEMBER 5, 2017

This is backed up by the simple fact that what we have witnessed in the fintech space to date, is that innovation tends to flourish at the small business end of the spectrum. Working capital is a huge friction pain-point for businesses, hence the dramatic rise in fintech’s operating in the invoice financing space over the past 5 or so years.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 9, 2019

Efforts to build better connections to bank customer data, trade digital currency and explore artificial intelligence for security and compliance purposes were some of the biggest draws of fundraising for U.S. startups.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation? What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Barnum’s classic quote about a sucker being born every minute has reigned with the likes of Softbank, Tiger Management, Sequoia Capital, Kevin “Mr. The revolution and death of traditional banking appears to be postponed yet again. And once again, P.T. Wonderful” O’ Leary, and of course Tom and Gisele.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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