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JUNE 13, 2019

In a sign of Grab ’s ambitions in the financial services space, the Singapore ride-hailing firm reportedly had discussions to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte. Unnamed sources claim that the company was one of various possible bidders interested in the payments firm, Bloomberg reported. The news comes as Grab raised over $4.5

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AUGUST 12, 2019

According to Reuters , SoftBank “is in advanced talks to invest in Mexican used car platform Kavak and financial technology firm Konfio, several people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the company’s interest in Mexico as it pours money into Latin America. The latest evidence of that comes via Japan-based SoftBank.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Venture capital firm Greycroft , based in New York and Los Angeles, has raised $680 million to fund new startups, according to Bloomberg , looking for "the next Bumble or Venmo.". The firm plans to invest $310 million in early-stage startups and $370 million in growth-stage startups, the report stated.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb. SoftBank has so far earmarked $100 million to $150 million to fund 17 companies and two venture capital firms. . “We Softbank’s move into Latin America is also looking at artificial intelligence (AI) startups that apply the technology to food-related businesses, particularly plant-based food.

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AUGUST 2, 2020

needed financial help in April as the pandemic led to a loss of customers, founder Pavia Rosati turned to her bank, Capital One Financial Corp., for help, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. A bank employee referred her to Capital One’s toll-free customer service hotline. When Fathom Unlimited Inc.

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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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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2018

London bank Standard Chartered has created an investment unit for financial technologies and innovation, the bank reported today. Under the heading ‘SC Ventures,’ the unit will focus on the bank’s existing “minority investments in fintech,” as reported by Reuters, while also searching for new fintech investments.

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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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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.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

STC Pay, a digital wallet that is part of the Saudi Telecom Company, has teamed up with payments company Moven Enterprise to launch a new challenger bank in the country, according to reports. STC Pay, which does financial technology work for both companies and individuals, works with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. But it was a Singapore startup building out a holistic suite of small business financial services that landed the largest round this week, by far.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Vietnam’s MoMo, the digital wallet company, has raised $100 million from a collection of six investors co-led by Goodwater Capital and Warburg Pincus. Plus, Vietnam’s MoMo has notched $100 million from a collection of six investors. Singapore Tech Startup Sea Buys Indonesian Bank BKE. Singapore Tech Startup Sea Buys Indonesian Bank BKE.

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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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JUNE 26, 2020

Brussels is seeking an investigation into the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( BaFin ), Germany’s financial regulatory authority, for its failure to supervise Wirecard, the Financial Times reported. We need to clarify what went wrong.”. A mid-July deadline for a reply from ESMA has been set, he added.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. While we still have some way to go, we are pleased with our progress in 2019,” Revolut Founder and CEO Nik Storonsky said in the CNBC report. “We

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Financial technology startups were able to raise $39.57 Reuters , citing data from CB Insights, reported the funding was on a global basis and was raised via 1,707 deals. billion last year, noted the report. What’s more, a $14 billion investment in Ant Financial represented 35 percent of the total funding in 2018.

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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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JANUARY 13, 2021

Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, which is Globe Telecom’s financial technology division that runs the GCash digital wallet, has raised $175 million in further venture funding. Globe Fintech, which is called Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and existing investors took part in the fundraise.

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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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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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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. and the U.K.

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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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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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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. Integrated loan processing, reporting and analytics tools. His experience includes senior management roles at AT&T Capital, Associates Fleet Services, and GE Capital. Presenters.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

“The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ( BCFP ) and federal banking regulators have monitored FinTech lenders’ use of alternative data by collecting information and developing reports on alternative data,” said the GAO, as noted in media coverage this past week. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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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 African internet and media company has already invested in Indian startups, but the report noted its focus to date has been on food delivery in the country.

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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. 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

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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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JULY 26, 2020

Equifax , the Atlanta-based financial technology company, has purchased Ansonia Credit Data , a commercial credit data firm. Launched in 2006, Ansonia reports on seven million businesses in more than 140 industries. The price was not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The market capitalization of bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, declined to under $100 billion for the first time since October of 2017 amid a steep sell-off in digital tokens Wednesday (November 14). According to a report in CNBC citing Coinmarketcap.com, the market cap of bitcoin was at $98,194,458,586 overnight.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

based corporate payments and treasury technology company AccessPay , reports in The Telegraph said on Sunday (Jan. The funds will be used to more than double its current headcount of about 50, reports said. investors have placed new funds with U.K.-based Beringea, True Ventures and Route 66 provided $11.6 and U.S.,

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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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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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OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Wall Street Journal , citing the company, reported that during the past few months, Berkshire has invested roughly $600 million in StoneCo, the Brazilian payment processor and Paytm’s parent company. According to the report, the investments were prompted by Todd Combs, a portfolio manager at Berkshire.

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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. China TransInfo Technology Corp. and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.

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APRIL 21, 2020

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. SoFi CEO Anthony Noto said, in a prepared statement, that “Hong Kong, a financial capital of Asia, is ripe for innovation and a launching pad for further expansion.”

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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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