CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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. Startups headquartered in Ontario dominate the table, with over 40 fintech companies from this market map headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

financial technology startup backed by Goldman Sachs , is expanding overseas. and the rest of Europe are attractive markets for Marqeta because of the growing number of digital-only banks and FinTech startups located in Europe. “We has been a hotbed of new entrants in the banking and payments industry. Marqeta , a U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

million Series B funding round, led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital. The investment funds will enable the Montreal-based startup to continue to deploy its patented solution in markets around the world, develop new product offerings and expand the company’s head count. “We

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Chris Skinner

MAY 12, 2017

Further to my recent trip to Pakistan Business Recorder (their version of The Financial Times) interviewed me in depth about what is happening in FinTech. He is the Chair of the European networking forum: the Financial Services Club and sits on the advisory boards of numerous companies including Innovate Finance, Moven, and Meniga.

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Bobsguide

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

IDC’s prestigious annual ranking highlights the leading companies in financial technology. Vendors on the elite list are recognized based on 2021 calendar year revenues attributed to financial services and fintech industries, and have demonstrated their commitment to their customers and the industry.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Core: Core-n Mazes and Hayrides FIS acquired embedded finance provider Bond Financial Technologies and announced plans to spin off merchant solutions (to be named Worldpay ).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Financial technology company Sleek has reportedly netted $4 million in venture funding for its efforts to take on the traditional corporate services industry. SEEDS Capital , the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore , led the funding round, which also included MI8 Ltd.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The company allows for solutions to some of the biggest problems when it comes to the SMB financing market. Late payments and lack of working capital, [and]/or inadequate cash flows, are the main challenges that [SMBs] face. The startup was founded by Osama AlRaee and Mohammed Jawabri. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

The deal is part of the move toward market consolidation for FinTechs. According to Paya, the company has more than 100,000 customers and partners with software providers in markets that include B2B goods and services, healthcare, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, utilities and education. “As ” Betsy Z.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qonto intends to squeeze more out of its existing markets, improve and upgrade the offerings on its platform, and focus more on local needs. It also plans to hire more employees with the capital. Compliance startup Chainalysis landed $30 million in a funding round, and Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 million.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Finexio did note, however, that Earthport Chairman Sunil Sabharwal and payments industry executives Gary Staub and David Truetzel have joined the company’s board. The expansion capital will be used to fuel Finexio’s growth, the company noted. ” said Finexio CEO and Founder Ernest Rolfson in a statement.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The firm is the holding company for an array of FinTech companies operating in supply chain finance, invoice finance and the dynamic discounting market. Its units include Distribution Finance Capital, Satago and Oxygen Finance, while it also owns a minority stake in peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa. reports noted. reports noted.

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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. The two dominate their local markets and are operating in regulated industries, two characteristics the famed investment firm typically looks for when making investments.

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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. The FinTech market is attractive to investors because the financial industry has long been in need of disruptions.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 7, 2019

A growing number of new players in any industry is a sign of an expanding market and opportunities for innovators. Increasing access to capital, consumer awareness, and acceptance to new ways of managing finances and other ecosystem drivers have been attractive for entrepreneurs in 2018 as well. FinTech is not an exception here.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Industry expert John Meyer digs deeply into the implications of this industry-changing rollup deal here. Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

bPass enables financial firms to tap Ant’s product management, asset management capital verification and full-link pressure test. Ant combined that with Hoperun’s experience in the finance market to create the DCBP solution, it said in the press release. “We

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. or largely focused on the domestic banking market. If you have an interesting podcast to share, please send it to marketing@abrigo.com. Check them all out in our Knowledge Center.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Just think of what the industry dealt with in the last 12 months: The brunt of the unprecedented scope and pace of Fed rate hikes hit home, and banks have seen an.80 Just think of what the industry dealt with in the last 12 months: The brunt of the unprecedented scope and pace of Fed rate hikes hit home, and banks have seen an.80

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As expected, these rate hikes stopped the mortgage industry in its tracks. Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

While its market capitalization is more than 30 times smaller than bitcoin, Tether’s volume has consistently exceeded it since early August at about $21 billion per day. “If Some of the concerning potential patters of trading in the market may start to fall away.”. A number of U.S. Companies that offer or sell securities to U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

Standard Chartered plans to collaborate with local FinTechs to help scale their own solutions in the market while working with corporate clients to develop emerging products to address their needs, particularly in the area of cross-border payments, reports said.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 30, 2016

Aspire was created in 2015 with a vision of re-imagining the technology infrastructure in the alternative and asset-backed lending markets. Networking tools for better access to market participants. Lecker has over 25 years in the ABL industry in a variety of IT, finance, and operations roles.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets. Despite lending £6.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

11), Plaid announced $250 million in venture capital funding, bringing the total amount raised to date to $310 million, with a valuation of $2.65 This Series C round was led by venture capitalist Mary Meeker, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz , Index Ventures and Plaid’s previous investors Goldman Sachs , NEA and Spark Capital. “We’ve

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Bobsguide

MAY 25, 2022

London — May 16, 2022 — Mindtree , a global technology services and digital transformation company, and Finastra , a leading financial technology provider, today announced a partnership to bring Finastra’s Fusion Payments To Go payments technology to banks in the Nordics, the UK and Ireland, as a managed service.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Innovation and ease of business aren’t necessarily the first concepts that come to mind when thinking about the tech environment in the Russian market. Moscow is considered to have the largest eCommerce market potential. The country has the largest online market in Europe, with an estimated 66 million Russians accessing the internet.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

The financial technology firm revealed it will offer banks access to its peer-to-peer lending technology to help banks compete with younger alternative lenders in the industry. Banks are losing market share to P2P platform providers,” Misys Senior Product Officer Jean-Cedric Jollant told Reuters.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Fintech startups have the creativity and agility to develop applications to please these consumers, but playing by the rules of this highly regulated industry costs money and ultimately slows them down. banking industry is going through a period of record profit s, so some banks may be reluctant to change.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Prosper Marketplace is in the midst of exploring strategic options, having hired investment banks JPMorgan and Financial Technology Partners and having disclosed it is considering selling equity in the firm. Specifically, the capital would improve funding sources. Specifically, the capital would improve funding sources.

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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). The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

PYMNTS also explores the venture capital and lending spaces as professional investors make some changes and as businesses look to invest in themselves. However, total investment in these startups — venture capital, in addition to angel, hedge fund and mutual fund investment and more — topped $17.8

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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

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. The fear of non-payment, in particular, tends to be the smaller merchants’ worst nightmare.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 28, 2017

I like analogies because they can inject simplicity into the most complex discussions of financial technology, and make abstract concepts become more concrete and accessible to the casual fan of technology. As Ford has shown with its 3.5L In fact, it makes a LOT of sense.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Neeti Aggarwal manages the financial technology and innovation research at The Asian Banker. With over 19 years’ experience, she specializes in banking, technology and fintech developments across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for FICO. Nikhil Behl.

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