BankInovation

OCTOBER 16, 2023

London-based Zopa Bank has $95 million in Tier 2 capital to fund its growth, according to the company. The digital bank provides technology for its customers to gain access to better credit products, to transfer card balances in a way that helps pay down credit and improve their financial well-being.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Digital: Pigskin Pick-Ups Bankjoy , a digital banking provider, had a funding round led by the Curql Collective Credit Union Service Organization. Fiserv partnered with Central Payments LLC , a BAAS provider for fintech, and sold its Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation solutions to Trintech.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

BBVA USA is collaborating with Google to offer consumers a digital bank account through Google Pay. The Alabama-based bank holding company said the partnership is key to its strategy? of growing the bank throughout the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis continues to upend the economy, including even the world of digital banking. As previously reported in this space, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, announced its intention to issue five digital banking licenses last year. That was before the pandemic hit.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Components of an effective fintech partnership If leveraging new technology is a priority for your FI, ensure these three elements are present for an effective fintech partnership. . Takeaway 2 When evaluating a fintech partnership, ask how the vendor will help with integration, training, and ongoing success.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The largest FinTech startup in Latin America — Brazil’s Nubank — is reporting a 25 percent increase in the number of clients since August, Reuters reported on Friday (Oct. The digital bank said at the Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo that it has 15 million clients, according to Nubank founder and CEO David Vélez.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The FinTech Capify has pulled in an additional $10 million in an equity round of funding and is banking on continued support from the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division for its lending platform, which is geared to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The FinTech has been operating in those markets for over 12 years. “It

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Kuda, Nigeria’s first digital-only bank with a standalone license, has raised $1.6 Unlike other FinTech startups, Kuda was granted a banking license from the Nigerian Central Bank. Kuda is the first digital-only bank in Nigeria with a standalone license.

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BankInovation

JULY 8, 2022

YAP, a United Arab Emirates-based digital bank, has raised $41 million in funding, the company announced Monday. The bank plans to complete its series A by yearend. Investors include Saudi Arabia-based Aljazira Capital, Abu Dawood Group, Astra Group and Audacia Capital.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, British challenger bank Revolut is seeking a U.K. financial services license, while Capital One has agreed to join Fiserv’s surcharge-free MoneyPass ATM network. Plus, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand revealed on Sunday (Jan. 10) that it had been hacked.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

British banking unicorn Monzo is in talks with Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank for financial assistance in its growth plans into the U.S. The digital bank is looking to raise around £100 million (nearly $ 130.6 The London-headquartered bank raised £113 million in June from the U.S. million USD) in new funding.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. In addition, Monese adopted Thought Machine’s cloud banking platform. Alacriti Collaborates With The Clearing House on RTP.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

In late June, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sent a ripple through the global financial services ecosystem with the announcement of its intention to issue five digital bank licenses to eligible applicants. Only two of the licenses will full digital banking licenses, while the other three will be wholesale banking licenses.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

To be the bank, buy the bank. Earlier this week, a FinTech took the leap into the full spectrum of financial services, perhaps paving the way for future mashups. The $185 cash and stock deal would bring an online bank with $1.4 The $185 cash and stock deal would bring an online bank with $1.4

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 28, 2016

Last week we looked at a group of fintech companies spanning the world with a suite of Series B rounds. Feeling out of place? The five startups below may have the frontier know-how you need. This week the common denominator lies in the oddball assistance needed by entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Digitization also allows CUs to compete more effectively with traditional, larger FIs that have relatively stronger capital positions to invest in new products and services. To counter banks’ inherent capital advantages, CUs can link with FinTechs to address members’ needs on a case-by-case basis, Lotz said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The digital banking industry is heating up — and fast. As a result, these capabilities are evaluated, and in turn, each company ranks in one of two categories — Business to Consumer and Business to Business — depending if the provider offers direct bank-to-customer services or digital banking solutions for banks.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, the government of the Philippines is considering limiting the number of digital banks that run in the country, while Ripple introduced its Line of Credit beta offering. Philippine Government Considers Digital Bank Limits. Ripple Announces Line Of Credit Offering.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

The Financial Times said on Tuesday (June 18) that RBS picked Marieke Flament, Circle ‘s CMO and European managing director, to serve as CEO of the digital bank, Mettle. lender to launch a separate digital bank, reports noted, with plans to debut the Mettle app in August. RBS is the first top U.K. ”

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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

JANUARY 13, 2021

The company, which was valued at $16 billion during a 2019 funding round, is backed by Chinese FinTech titan Ant Financial and Japanese conglomerate Softbank, Reuters said. Brazil’s Nubank has also been boosted by pandemic demand for digital banking, Co-Founder Cristina Junqueira told the Reuters conference.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is offering as many as five digital banking permits to non-banks to boost competition. Ant Financial is worth around $150 billion, making it one of the most valuable private sector FinTech companies in the world. billion) in capital and local control. billion ($1.1

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

FinTech Tide withdrew from the program citing inadequate funding, according to a report in The Guardian. . The FinTech lender Tide is scrambling to secure the funding necessary to offer BBL top-ups to its customers. Tide was founded by banker George Bevis in 2015; London venture capitalist Eileen Burbidge serves as the bank's chair.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Singapore-based FinTech platform Nium is expanding into the Middle East, the company announced on Monday (Oct. FinTech across the Middle East is also set to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 30 percent, and expected to raise over $2 billion in venture capital funding by 2020.".

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 23, 2021

Traditional US financial institutions such as Capital One and TD are still favored over PayPal, Visa and Amazon to deliver digital banking solutions Retail Banking Financial Trends Duties Feature Lines of Business Technology Feature3 Fintech PPP Covid19.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

German neobank N26 hired Dr. Jan Kemper as its new chief financial officer (CFO) as the Berlin-headquartered FinTech looks toward a future initial public offering (IPO). In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S.

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 15, 2020

When COVID-19 accelerated customer movement into mobile and online banking solutions, and triggered consumers to push their funds into bank accounts, banks that had made investments in the digital customer experience were positioned to capitalize.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2022

These fintech and banking trends should be on financial institutions’ radar in the year ahead. This list of top banking and fintech trends for 2022 won’t tell anyone anything they haven’t already heard about. Visa announced the launch of a crypto advisory service for its banking and merchant clients.

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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.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2018

based digital bank Revolut has raised $250 million in a Series C, boosting the company’s valuation to unicorn status. This new raise brings the amount of money the digital […]. The company, which is now worth $1.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Singapore-based FinTech Grab is mulling a U.S. Last week, Grab announced that its Grab Financial Group had raised $300 million in a Series A funding round led by Hanwha Asset Management and joined by K3 Ventures , GGV Capital , Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures. The bank is expected to launch in early 2022.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In the mad dash for small firms to secure capital, many sought their PPP loans from banks other than their usual financial service providers, creating a logistical nightmare for financial institutions (FIs) that still rely on manual and outdated customer onboarding workflows. On Tuesday (Sept.

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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. Whole Ecosystem. “If

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