Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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MAY 30, 2019

based FinTech startup, has raised $5.4 Funding will go to develop its API platform aimed at helping FinTechs connect to traditional banks. The open banking initiative requires banks to let FinTechs access customers’ account information. The capital raise on the part of Yapily comes at the same time that its U.S.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 18, 2017

Now that it has burst, the interview seems quite prescient so, here it is … UBS interview with Chris Skinner Cryptocurrencies – digital currencies based on encryption – are in the midst of a bubble, but that should not overshadow the genuinely transformative change that is taking place within the financial services industry.

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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. Investors Say FinTech Valuations Are High, But Not Overheated. And resale marketplace ThredUp filed for an IPO. Grab’s Earnings Bouncing Back To Pre-COVID Numbers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Adoption of cryptocurrency by large fund managers is being hurt by the difficulty cryptocurrency exchanges and traders located in Asia are having trying to get insurance to protect against hacks and theft. However, getting such coverage is almost impossible despite their best efforts.”.

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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. Data Nerds. Cybersecurity.

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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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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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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. 630+ items. Categories.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This will address the opportunity created as the “account-to-account payments market continues to quickly expand,” a press release said on Tuesday (Sept. He added that the new partnership “will provide great benefit not only to banks and central infrastructures” but to merchants, their customers and financial technology companies (FinTechs).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. The company said its efforts recognize “the important role FinTechs play in the world’s rapid digital transformation.”. 12) announcement.

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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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Let's Talk Payments

MAY 2, 2016

Cryptocurrencies have taken a special place in the minds of financial industry professionals as a wide range of cryptocurrencies have reached quite a significant market capitalization and turnover over the past year.

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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. The company is entering a competitive market but is positioning itself as a hybrid lender targeting middle-market companies that it says are underserved by banks and even the AltFin space.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Libra Association is petitioning the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned Libra cryptocurrency, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. Just yesterday , U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

8) announced a beta offering called Line of Credit that it says lets its FinTech customers use the XRP digital currency to send cross-border payments. The service “lowers both the cost of holding trapped capital and operational costs associated with sending cross-border payments,” Ripple wrote in the announcement.

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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. VC activity was especially high across the U.S. TravelBank.

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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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Bankelele

JUNE 29, 2017

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed rules to create a regulatory fintech sandbox for innovations which do not fit within the country’s current financial regulatory framework. The post Kenya CMA drafts Sandbox Rules to test Bitcoin and other Fintech appeared first on Bankelele.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In Kenya, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its “FinTech Sandbox Guidance Note,” which is now finalized as policy. The first step is one that takes in market-specific operators within a number of spaces, including robo-advisors, crowdfundng and algorithmic trading. Poland, Germany and France.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters. And in the wake of the announcement late last month that FinTechs will be able to apply for banking licenses with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, caution abounds. As many as 85 percent of firms are boosting budgets over the previous year’s, tied to data privacy and compliance.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Richard de Roos, head of foreign exchange for Standard Bank, noted that it also provides an “independent and much safer cloud-hosted record of all documents and steps, instantly available in real time to all parties involved,” according to FinTech Futures.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

While other countries are warning against cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs), Japan has been embracing digital currency and has become a leader in the FinTech market. Earlier this year, Japan recognized Bitcoin as a legal tender and signed off on several companies that created cryptocurrency trading exchanges.

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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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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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Let's Talk Payments

APRIL 20, 2016

Cryptocurrencies seem to be taking a special place in the minds of financial industry professionals as a wide range of cryptocurrencies have reached quite a significant market capitalization and turnover.

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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

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). million in Series A funding this week, led by Singapore-based BEENEXT and 3one4 Capital, reported VCCircle. Open Financial Technologies. Starling Bank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is aiming to boost innovation in cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology (DLT), by easing some of the existing rules. Another important requirement: an institution with a FinTech license must have its registered office and conduct its business activities in Switzerland.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Anyone in a regulated industry — and that’s just about all of them — are also plenty dubious about using cryptocurrencies as the processing rails for supporting those pilots and incorporating them into their longer-term plans should their pilots show promise. And to learn. Take Goldman Sachs and Marcus.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2018

In December, Medici, the blockchain unit of Overstock.com, announced the launch of tZero, an alternative trading system that is creating a platform to exchange cryptocurrency tokens in the U.S. investors to trade cryptocurrency. “I We’re opening a new type of capital market.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

Sources say Robinhood Markets is in talks with regulators about offering banking services to its more than 4 million users. If Robinhood were to start offering more traditional banking services, it would follow in the footsteps of FinTech startups like Social Finance and Stash Financial , which have launched similar products in recent months.

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CB Insights

JUNE 29, 2017

Missed out on the Future of Fintech conference? With the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies crossing $100B and a recent boom in corporate interest, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are definitely having their moment. Sign up to download the presentation and slides. Still … Continued.

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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. said this week.

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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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