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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). The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases. FinTech Efforts In Africa.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. Yelo also plans to expand its team and invest in product development and sales, reports said.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Canadian financial technology companies backed by venture capitalists reached a level not seen in nearly two decades, despite a slowdown of investment dollars flowing into FinTechs in the U.S. According to a report by Reuters , while FinTechs may not be red hot in the U.S., million, according to the report.

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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. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”.

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APRIL 30, 2019

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China feeling the most pain. The number of deals did increase to 445 during the time frame, noted the report. It has a valuation of $2.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. According to the banks that have linked with FinTech firms, such guidelines would help relationships between the parties.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Innovate Finance, which represents 300 UK fintech companies, says venture capital investment fell from $1.2bn (£970m) in 2015, to $783m last year. There were 1,436 fintech deals globally, attracting $17.4bn in investment, Innovate Finance says, with China outpacing the US for the first time. But globally, investment rose 10.9%.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

Naspers, Africa’s largest company based on market value, is gearing up to spend $1 billion in India in the form of investments focused on the financial technology market. At the time Naspers said proceeds would go toward growth opportunities in global classified, online food delivery and FinTech. billion with 1,141 rounds.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Reports have said the move by the payments messaging company positions the firm take on payments giants Visa and Mastercard. ” Reports noted the importance of SWIFT expanding into the SMB payments arena beyond high-value complex corporate transactions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. The company recently announced $7.7

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Mexico’s new government, led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is setting its sights on financial technology to get the country out of poverty. The report noted that banking systems embedded on mobile phones are popular in emerging markets, including in China, India and Kenya , driven in part by private-sector FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Rocket Internet , the Germany eCommerce company, is aiming to invest in financial technology and artificial intelligence startups with the $3 billion in cash it has, reports Reuters. Rocket CEO Samwer did note that Jumia, which is still losing money, may need to raise capital during the next two years.

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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. But that’s not all. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett investment company, has been getting in on the FinTech market, investing hundreds of millions of dollars during the past few months. According to the report, the investments were prompted by Todd Combs, a portfolio manager at Berkshire. Paytm is India’s biggest digital payments company.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Nyca Partners, the venture capital firm focused on the FinTech market, raised $125 million for a second fund. According to a report , Hans Morris, the former Visa president turned venture capitalist, created Nyca Partners in 2014, launching a $30 million fund. Nyca Partners isn’t the only one eyeing the FinTech market.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Singapore is changing its rules on venture capital in an effort to support economic growth, reports said this week. Singapore’s central bank will no longer require venture capital managers to appoint directors that have at least five years of fund management experience as they have been.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

If money is a vote of confidence, via investments, then confidence is strong in the tech sector, and specifically for FinTechs. Unlike the broader VC market, early-stage FinTech companies have continued to attract a solid flow of capital in the U.S., national co-lead partner, venture capital practice. “At

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MAY 28, 2018

It’s not exactly dogs and cats living together in harmony, but FinTechs and banks — the upstarts and the traditionalists — are certainly cozying up, a trend that looks certain to continue. The deal is newsworthy because the mainstream view still sees banks and FinTechs as adversaries, each competing for payment and financial services revenue.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, Globe Fintech Innovations has landed $175 million in additional venture funding, while Airtel has teamed with Amazon to launch a mobile-only video entertainment platform. Globe Fintech, which is called Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and existing investors took part in the fundraise.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

While some firms are adjusting the assembly lines of their manufacturing warehouses to produce much needed personal protective equipment, FinTechs have found themselves in a different position to provide valuable assistance. Both categories stand to gain from automated financial technologies. Easing The PPP Loan Burden.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The purchase is said to be in line with Sea’s aim to expand its position as a FinTech trailblazer throughout the region. Since then, PSCU has migrated from being a transaction processing service reseller to a FinTech provider helping credit unions (CUs) and their members. Singapore Tech Startup Sea Buys Indonesian Bank BKE.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

At the top of the list, according to reports, is incoming FinTech disruption, legislation like PSD2, market shifts stemming from Brexit and more. According to reports in Global Finance , an estimated 1,100 corporate treasurers from across the U.K. Reports noted that Taylor pointed to the increasing role of APIs in a PSD2 world.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

GET THE ENTIRE 41-PAGE CANADA VC REPORT H1 2019. Download the CB Insights and PwC Canada MoneyTree report to see all the data. Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. As companies elevate their use of payroll cards, Galileo Financial Technologies is rolling out its own solution to facilitate employee compensation.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

With more countries and regions embarking on the modernization of their payments systems to capitalize on real-time technologies and customer demand, the market opportunity is significant,” said Paul Stoddart , Mastercard president of new payment platforms. Payments giant Mastercard, based in Purchase, N.Y.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

financial technology startup backed by Goldman Sachs , is expanding overseas. Investing.com , citing a Reuters report, said that the company, which helps other startups issue payment cards, has set its sights on London and has already hired five employees and signed up customers. Marqeta , a U.S. The expansion into the U.K.

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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). The company announced a $30 million Series B investment round this week, led by Accel, said reports in Fortune. Open Financial Technologies.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Unlike larger, more established firms, they have small cash buffers and depend on external capital to sustain growth. GET THE 102-PAGE State of fintech REPORT. Download the free report for all the details. What a cash flow crisis means for fintech companies. FINTECH COS HAVE A CASE TO MAKE for government adoption.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

An India-based financial technology startup that targets SMEs has announced new funding from a group of backers, including one co-founder of payments giant PayPal. The backing marks Levchin’s first investment in an Indian startup, reports added. ClearTax announced Tuesday (April 26) a $1.3

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APRIL 21, 2020

The FinTech company SoFi is making its first leap to go global with a big move into Hong Kong. The new Hong Kong-based SoFi Invest will also offer “automated investing” along with financial advice and education, per a press release announcing the expansion.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Accounts payable FinTech Finexio has announced $2.5 The expansion capital will be used to fuel Finexio’s growth, the company noted. million in new funding from new and existing investors. In a press release , the company said a range of backers participated in the funding round, though they declined to name the investors.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

bank Standard Chartered is expanding its network of innovation labs with the launch of an eXellerator lab in Shanghai, reports said this week. The latest lab will aim to promote collaboration between the bank’s employees, corporate clients and FinTech partners to develop new financial services for businesses.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Qonto , a French startup Neobank that caters to B2B clients, has raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by DST Global and Tencent, according to a report. The startup said this was the largest funding round ever for a French FinTech. It also plans to hire more employees with the capital. million.

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William Mills

MARCH 8, 2018

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. Here are three reasons why the fintech industry is thriving in Atlanta: Incubators and accelerators. and stands as a great resource for startups, promoting faster connections between talent, ideas, and capital.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lendo , a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), wants to help them pre-finance their invoices so they can potentially get paid faster, according to a report. Late payments and lack of working capital, [and]/or inadequate cash flows, are the main challenges that [SMBs] face.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, we take a look at how Dubai is giving FinTech hubs around the world a run for their money. Dubai is considered to be a hotbed for financial technology and innovation, not just in the Middle East but globally. FinTech Hive Generates Buzz.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

The Future Of FinTech? Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced its own plan to boost the FinTech market by making it easier for companies to collaborate with the financial technology industry. “FinTech will have a big impact on financial services.” Making Startups Thrive.

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