PYMNTS

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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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

• The financial technology firm expands bookings by 300% in H1 2022 versus prior period. A key aspect of the growth is the market dynamic that prefers multi-asset class trading and investment administration, simplifying front office operations, while meeting enterprise-wide best execution and financial control objectives.

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New York Software Capital Leadership 87

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). Open Financial Technologies. India’s Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Aside from TurboTax, Intuit is known for its QuickBooks service, used by businesses, and Mint, an online budgeting platform that pitches people financial products as well. If the deal goes forward, Credit Karma would still operate as an independent entity, and its chief executive Kenneth Lin would remain in charge.

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Report Taxes Online Financial Technology 180

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qonto is operational in Spain, France, Italy and Germany, and handled €10 billion ($11.08 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. million.

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Capital Digital Banking Compliance Mobile 131

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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Lending Capital Groups Financial Technology 122

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. billion in post-program capital and collaborate with Mastercard, major banks, merchants and other high-profile organizations,” Mastercard said.

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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. Tencent also operates WeChat, the wildly popular messaging app. Naspers isn’t the only investor eyeing the startup market in India.

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Fintech Capital Online Financial Technology 123

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. But that’s not all. “We

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Fintech Lending Regional Regulation 144

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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Fintech Capital Financial Technology Industry 139

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Creation of the new unit would be part of a much larger overhaul of the financial technology company and subject to approval by Chinese authorities, who pulled the plug on the company’s massive initial public offering late last year, according to Bloomberg.

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Groups Regulation Lending Operations 141

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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Bitcoin San Diego cryptocurrency Security 141

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

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. The labs are a part of Standard Chartered’s venture capital arm SC Ventures, reports noted. NS Banking said Wednesday (Aug.

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Innovation San Francisco Leadership Big Data 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In other news, the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) announced that it is joining forces with the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on a proof of concept to look into how digital central bank money could be used in the settlement of tokenized assets between market participants. “As We are starting to see more demand pick up in the market,” Lim said.

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Bitcoin San Francisco Taxes Compliance 116

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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Financial Technology Technology Analytics Leadership 16

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

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 But that means some of the upstarts could operate without having to tie up with traditional financial firms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Financial services company Enova has a new chief financial officer, and he is reportedly looking to take the company in a new direction. The financial technology and data analytics firm has traditionally focused on the consumer finance space in its lending operations.

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Analytics Lending Data Customer Experience 100

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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Strategy Report Lending Fintech 190

Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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Fintech Financial Technology Technology Operations 170

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

To that end, Far Point Acquisition – which operates as a “blank check” company that focuses on financial technology deals – said on Thursday (Jan. Taken together, the $350 million in capital invested by Ant and the group of financial investors values the firm with an enterprise value of about 2.3 billion euros.

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Payments Taxes Groups Fintech 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

For Bottomline Technologies , the opportunity emerged with Friday’s launch of the $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act. As businesses establish new operational routines, there is an opportunity for firms to take an introspective moment and consider whether they may be in a position to help in some way, too.

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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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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 and Europe dominated in 2015.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. And some marketplaces in Asia are growing their services through tie-ups.

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Apple Mobile Fraud Branding 159

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, is pleased to announce its inaugural episode of INV Unfiltered — a new monthly podcast series, which will cover current trends and intriguing topics in financial technology and beyond.

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Fintech Financial Technology Trends Technology 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Plaid Technologies announced Monday (June 20) that it had secured $44 million in funding courtesy of a round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. We are excited to partner with Plaid and support the business as it continues to enable financial innovation.”. Roughly how many investors contributed to the $44 million round?

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Technology San Francisco Fintech Financial Technology 101

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

Financial technology seems to be leading the startup charge, representing 40 percent of the largest 10 deals of the year so far, collectively worth $100 million. Branch, he said, “seems like an application of Silicon Valley tech to create financial services. million — already ahead of 2017’s full-year take of $167.7

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Lending ATM Online Course 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

These include wireless home monitoring startup Notion (XL Innovate, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures), on-demand homeshare insurance startup Slice Labs (XL Innovate, Munich Re/HSB Ventures), virtual auto claims operations firm Snapsheet (USAA, Liberty Mutual), and contract-related insurance startup Bunker (American Family Ventures, Hiscox).

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Strategy Marketing Analytics Innovation 28

CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

And most recently, Allianz made a strategic investment in US online homeowners and renters insurance carrier Lemonade , which currently operates in New York, Illinois, and California. Stated investment focus: Underserved risk markets, innovative approaches to risk underwriting, financial technology with application to risk underwriting.

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Strategy Marketing Analytics Innovation 28

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

The city is able to attract investors due to its low logistical and operational costs and excellent infrastructure, international outlook and liberal government policies. Dubai is considered to be a hotbed for financial technology and innovation, not just in the Middle East but globally. 2016, the inflation rate was 0.12

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Fintech Regional Innovation Leadership 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

Bancard’s President and CEO, Tina Giorgio, also came up in community banking , particularly in operations, Rainey noted — which has been critical in developing and rolling out products to their partners’ banks. Community banks, she said, have the digital services that younger consumers want, and are developing them at pace with the market.

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Community Bank Community Millennials Regulation 157

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As technology continues to provide more creative means for financial transactions, so, too, must financial technology companies be careful to abide by the rules that ensure stability and fairness in these emerging markets.” LendingClub has agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle the matter. “As

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Lending Fraud Management San Francisco 135

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. Sometimes, Ghiotti noted, the idea is great, but they don’t have the right team in place to take it market. “That will attract the lion’s share of the value created.”.

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United States Marketing User Experience Digital Banking 102

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2017

ABN AMRO’s Helène Erftemeijer elaborated on the role Fenergo’s technology will play in helping the bank improve the user experience for its clients. “Fenergo is the technology platform that will underpin this initiative.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

In the latest PYMNTS Commanders in Chief series, Bruce Lowthers, executive vice president of FIS Global, a financial technology solutions provider , and president of the company’s Payments Division , didn’t set out to be an innovator. We stepped out to do something that is going to help solve a market or customer problem.

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Innovation social media Security Leadership 101

Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 25, 2020

Software companies are realizing that monetizing through financial products can double or triple their total addressable market. corporations, companies, communities) are making markets for value exchange. When billionaire Ray Dalio begins to promote the idea that capitalism needs to be reformed , it is time to listen.

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Community Fintech US cryptocurrency 52

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Any person licensed, chartered, or who have been issued a certificate under the Financial Institutions Law. Registration fees may be “scaled based on the size or market participation of the entity” and covered persons may be required to register via the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry (“NMLS”). to 4:30 p.m.

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California Innovation Regulation Report 78