Bank Innovation

APRIL 18, 2018

Mobile lending app Tala today secured $65 million in its latest round of funding. billion people, rapidly advancing technology, and government backed initiatives to digitize financial services, India is becoming an important market for fintechs. marked for its expansion to India. With over 1.3

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AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Small business finserv was a popular target this week, with startups securing funding for their SMB banking, lending and accounting tools. Lendingkart.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its fourth class of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 4 of INV Fintech: Bloxable: Bloxable provides decentralized solutions for lending origination and the securitization of mortgages […].

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So it is with the Chinese alternative lending space, with various nomenclature in place, seemingly interchangeable, embracing P2P loans or internet lending – in short, funds flowing outside the confines of the bank branch and the teller window. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Over the […].

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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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JANUARY 22, 2019

Investors have backed Switzerland-based FinTech startup KiWi to help the firm expand its small business payments and lending operations in Mexico, reports in BankingTech said Monday (Jan. The firm enables businesses to accept electronic payments via mobile POS device. Square has also added financing via Square Capital.

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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. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 Aspire Financial Technologies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

With more consumers than ever interested in fulfilling all their financial needs on mobile, both legacy banks and FinTech firms are focusing on creating digital-only banking services, designed to catch and keep customers using their smartphones to bank. An Inside Look at Chase’s Mobile Banking Approach.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hong Kong-based mobile lender, WeLab announced that it raised $220 million in a Series B funding round today. The round included big names like Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Credit Suisse and World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. This latest round of funding brings WeLab’s total to $425 million.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2018

Most fintech startups don’t survive. The landscape of payments, lending, artificial intelligence might seem bustling thanks to all the industry hoopla around it, but the success rate for a startup to make it in these fields — or for that matter any of 15-plus fintech segments — is slim.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

In a submission to a senate inquiry into financial and regulatory technology, PayPal and other fintech companies recognized alternative business finance as a key strategy moving forward, according to the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

France’s FairMoney , a small business and consumer micro-lending technology company operating in Nigeria, has announced $11 million in venture capital funding. Mobile FinTech is key to addressing financial inclusion for under-banked businesses and individuals, particularly in Africa where smartphone penetration is high.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. As the financial crisis unfolded in 2008, they met to discuss what they saw as the rise of FinTech and the increasing availability of financial software and data. Observing the rise of disruptive companies in Europe and the U.S.,

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MAY 2, 2017

For small businesses, expansion is key, and expansion needs capital. For small business lenders and for FinTech too, expansion is key; but for Biz2Credit, expansion is literal. Drilling down a bit into the Puerto Rico market in particular, Arora noted some differences between small business lending versus, say, the United States.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

Venture capitalists continue to back the alternative lending startup community despite recent fallout from Lending Club and revelations the company’s then-CEO Renaud Laplanche allegedly falsified loan documents. Also on Tuesday, India alternative lending marketplace Lendingkart announced its own investment round.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CB Insights has unveiled the third annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the top private fintech companies using technology to transform financial services. The 2020 Fintech 250 cohort has raised approximately $49.2B 25+ winners will be presenting at our upcoming fully virtual Future of Fintech Conference (Nov.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

CB Insights unveiled the second annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the most promising private companies applying a mix of software and technology to transform the financial services industry. THE FINTECH 250 STORY. CB Insights clients can view the full Fintech 250 story by clicking the button below. Please click to enlarge.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 24, 2016

In a stunning vote, British citizens decided to leave the European Union, and the so-called Brexit has not just profound implications for fintech, but creates massive uncertainty for global financial services. tweeted Eileen Burbidge, a partner at Passion Capital and FinTech Envoy of HM Read More. How can we be so stupid?”

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JULY 1, 2016

For weeks the FinTech industry has been managing fears and anxieties over the future of the novel alternative finance space. Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Alternative Lending. Lendingkart.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2016

Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Two fintechs announced new products and services this week geared toward e-commerce sellers, pointing to gaps in offerings from banks and legacy card companies to provide seamless, affordable solutions for online-based businesses looking to scale up quickly or stock up for busier seasons. provides […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

It was the (initially) small FinTech startups that delivered a collective shakeup to the small business (SMB) lending industry. Their next target could be small business lending, and according to some experts, it’s fast approaching the market. New reports in Bloomberg on Wednesday (Oct. We’re starting to see that.”.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

There are some B2B FinTech segments that are mainstays with investors. This week, though, investors revealed their appetite for B2B FinTech firms that can multitask. In one of the largest investment rounds of the week, Colombia’s Portal Finance announced $200 million for its lending solution for banks. Countingup.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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APRIL 23, 2019

China-based micro lender Dunxin Financial Holdings this week announced its plans to roll out a mobile-based supply chain finance solution next month. The solution allows sellers to obtain capital on the same day of shipment to shorten accounts receivable days sales outstanding periods and to enhance cash flow.

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APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Marketplace lending. Marketplace Lending.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2018

Big banks say they want to invest in fintech. But which are the ones actually putting their money on it? Well according to a report by CB Insights, of the ten bulge bracket banks, that would be Goldman Sachs. Based on the new report by CB Insights, which looked at top bulge bracket budget banks, […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – If the future of banking is partnering with fintech startups, then finding the most innovative and efficient fintechs becomes crucial for banks’ success. based The Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator program, which is backed by financial […]. One such program is Little Rock, Ark.-based

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Taking a page from Goldman Sachs’ book, Morgan Stanley is beginning to lend to FinTech startups in Brazil as it seeks more of a return on its investments. The company is also reportedly in talks with international investors about raising $50 million via an equity round that QMS Capital is handling.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Tala, the consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced Monday (Oct. The company said its loans, which are between $10 and $500, are dispersed to a mobile wallet or via a payment method of the customer’s choice. “At 22) a strategic investment from PayPal.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at the problem of creating accessible, affordable personal loans for consumers. Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market.

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JANUARY 3, 2021

Finja , the Pakistan-based digital lending FinTech, has raised $9 million in a Series A round for $10 million, according to a company press release. Finja was founded by Qasif Shahid , Monis Rahman , and Umer Munawar , all tech veterans, as a mobile wallet service.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Bangalore-based FinTech ZestMoney has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs and existing investors Naspers, Quona Capital, and Omidyar Network, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Dec. Japan’s Credit Saison, affiliated with Mizuho Financial Group, has extended $100 million in digital lending. “We

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