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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

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With social distancing and an economic downturn the new reality for many markets around the world, venture capital is expected to slow significantly. Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. In the U.S.,

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Fintech Deals Are Still Happening – and It’s a Good Thing

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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.

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FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking?s Big Digital Shift?

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And according to five observers across the spectrum of traditional financial institutions (FIs), payment networks and digital-only banks, opportunities are there for digital-first and hybrid models alike to succeed — so long as they harbor a relentless focus on identifying and solving customer problems.

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Challenger Banks Raise Record Funds To Take On Traditional FIs

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Digital banking startups are popular in Europe, dangling low fees and mobile apps to attract more customers. Challenger banks have raised $100 million worldwide in the second quarter and are the fastest-growing FinTechs, Lindsay Davis, a senior intelligence analyst at CB Insights, told the FT. .

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

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And within FinTech, that most incandescent of sectors, things might look a bit, well, frothy. What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? On a dollar-for-dollar basis, investors are willing to pay more for the challenger bank than the stalwart.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2024: A Race to Perform … and Earn the Right to Transform 

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Since banks with less than $10 billion in assets continue to struggle in deposit gathering, scale and overall earnings, we wonder how many will not be here in five years? The FDIC Approved This Ad How many times did we hear a speaker admonish the audience to “be sure and sign up for the FDIC notification list.” Five Hundred? (Oh

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

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And within FinTech, that most incandescent of sectors, things might look a bit, well, frothy. What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? On a dollar-for-dollar basis, investors are willing to pay more for the challenger bank than the stalwart.