PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The solution comes on top of the technology firm’s array of offerings to bolster the GST compliance experience for companies in the country, according to a Wednesday (Sept. The nation isn’t the first to implement an eInvoice requirement as part of more widespread initiatives to cut reduce financial crime. 16) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The week is getting off on just the right foot for the folks over at Plaid Technologies, who are announcing $44 million in new funding. Plaid Technologies announced Monday (June 20) that it had secured $44 million in funding courtesy of a round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

based corporate payments and treasury technology company AccessPay , reports in The Telegraph said on Sunday (Jan. Based in Manchester, AccessPay provides a digital platform for payments, cash management and treasury operations by integrating businesses’ back-end operations with their banks. and U.S.,

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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). Compliance startup Chainalysis works with law enforcement officials and financial institutions (FIs) to ensure that their cryptocurrency operations are within regulations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

financial technology startup backed by Goldman Sachs , is expanding overseas. We have invested an enormous amount of resources in tech and operations, and have been quietly building a presence there,” Gardner said. than the startups operating out of the U.S. Marqeta , a U.S. as the first European country to enter.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The Financial Stability Board this month issued a warning for financial institutions (FIs) that outsource key technologies and functions, warning of " systemic risk " associated with too much reliance on a third-party partner. But it may not always be smooth sailing ahead.

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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. To operate beyond Chongquing, Ant would be required to apply for new licenses.

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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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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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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. Lecker has over 25 years in the ABL industry in a variety of IT, finance, and operations roles. The post FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Aspire Financial Technologies appeared first on Finovate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qonto is operational in Spain, France, Italy and Germany, and handled €10 billion ($11.08 It also plans to hire more employees with the capital. Challenger banks have been an attractive industry for venture capital activity, as firms continue to pop up and try to disrupt the status quo. million.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

million in venture capital funding from Goldman Sachs , JPMorgan Chase , Citigroup and Credit Suisse. These errors are usually handled manually through numerous phone calls and emails between firms, but the startup’s technology aims to reduce the time and resources needed by helping FIs communicate with each other.

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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. Mexico has a lot of the key ingredients to succeed, but it’s not plug and play,” said Monica Brand Engel, a partner at Quona Capital, in an interview with the newswire.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Mediterra Capital is expanding its portfolio with a big new investment that will give the top Turkish private equity firm a stake in the country’s fast-growing digital payments sector. Launched in 2001, PayCore notes that more than a million POS terminals in Turkey operate with software developed and provided by the company.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since Ubisoft is already a leader in the games industry, and shows commitment to probe blockchain as a viable technology for games, we are very excited to be announcing our first cooperation of this kind with them,” said Nicolas Gilot, Co-CEO of Ultra, in a statement.

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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

• New appointments bring significant expertise from across the financial services industry to TS Imagine’s rapid growth. LONDON, 14 July 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announces the appointment of three new board members to support the firm’s rapid growth.

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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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Bank Innovation

APRIL 17, 2019

Having a "frictionless" user experience (UX) is among the top three qualities that bank customers look for when picking a new bank, right after "security" and "trustworthiness," according to a new report by financial technology provider, FIS.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Investment bank Financial Technology Partners is advising AvidXchange on this fundraising round, according to sources. AvidXchange has ranked among the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 for the past six years, the company said in a blog post last month.

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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. The startups raised the capital in 924 rounds. In 2017 Indian startups raised $10.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2019

Barclays also participated in the round, as did existing investors such as Bain Capital Ventures, Pivot Investment Partners and JPMorgan Chase & Co., It has created an operating system that helps create and upgrade software applications for financial institutions — much like the way consumer apps get updated on phones.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2018

Zelle made a difference to the bottom line of financial technology provider Fiserv, the company reported on its earnings call yesterday. It was also noted that several banks — Fiserv serves some 13,000 financial institutions — saw a boost in transactions due […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Berkshire has historically shied away from technology investments, because Buffet said it was out of its area of expertise, noted the paper. 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

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Below, PYMNTS looks at some of the other payments and financial technology companies that are either innovating on top of existing rails or looking to bypass those legacy networks altogether with entirely new solutions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. The company recently announced $7.7 Billhop Eases B2B Card Acceptance.

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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.

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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

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 investors must comply with the securities laws, irrespective of the industry they operate in or the labels they place on the investment products they offer.”.

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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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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. “To

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Global Blue Acquisition Capitalizes On Consumer X-Border Spend. Far Point Acquisition — which focuses on financial technology deals —said it would buy Global Blue, a payments company based in Switzerland, for $2.6 Check fraud has spiked from $8.5 billion in 2016 to $15.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

KPMG reports that investment in technology overall has touched a new high of as much as $8 billion in the second quarter of this year, and through the first half of the year, FinTech investments touched more than $14 billion from $12.2 national co-lead partner, venture capital practice. “At The way it will go? Nobody knows, not really.

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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. That doesn’t mean it’s been easy. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The company doesn’t operate the secondary market itself but outsources to FOLIOfn, which is operated and maintained by FOLIOfn Investments, which is a registered broker dealer. Specifically, the capital would improve funding sources. Media reports said the privately held U.S.

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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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