PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

For years, the weekend after Thanksgiving has been a harmonic convergence of made-up shopping holidays, concentrating Black Friday and Cyber Monday into three days of riotous retailing. As a companion to National Salesperson Day on Dec. 14 already has a made-up commercial holiday: National Free Shipping Day , in effect since 2008.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

The latest analysis from Forbes confirms what the industry has felt in recent months: B2B FinTech investment is growing. B2B payments “is such a big opportunity, and yet everybody is talking about digital wallets and retail payments,” said Bain Capital Ventures Managing Director Matt Harris in an interview with Forbes. “My

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. Speed matters for FinTechs aiming to bring new products to market digitally and to target consumers not well served by traditional banking models.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Banking and finance are key industries within Switzerland, and the country’s reputation for a competitive economy may make it the perfect breeding ground for FinTech greatness. The nation has been recognized as one of the most innovative and competitive economies in the world. Switzerland has a GDP of roughly $665 billion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

Other banks and B2B FinTechs, meanwhile, have found additional ways to wield the power of the commercial card this week. The tool offers financing for fleet owners to receive capital on loads they have delivered instead of waiting the traditional 30 days for customers to make payments. PayRange Accelerates Vending Machine Capital.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Earlier this week, a FinTech took the leap into the full spectrum of financial services, perhaps paving the way for future mashups. FinTech has bought a bank, and it shows how digital-first firms can broaden their scale and reach with cross-pollination across financial offerings. The cut comes after the retailer announced a $1.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks. million in consumer losses.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Venture-backed fintech funding saw a dip in value and deals globally in the third quarter, compared with the record high 2Q quarter, according to a CBInsights report, with a total of $5.64 billion raised across 375 deals. The report shows that the U.S. saw the biggest drop in five quarters, down 17% to only 130 […].

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BankBazaar

APRIL 11, 2023

National, March 30, 2023: BankBazaar.com , India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online provider of free Credit Scores, closed FY23 with net revenue of ₹160 crore. India’s retail credit outlook continues to look strong and was up by 20.4% Y-o-Y in January, according to RBI data.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Lunar Way , the Nordic banking app, has raised €13 million in venture funding led by SEED Capital. According to a report , Greyhound Capital, Social Capital and individual investors also participated in the round of funding. million) in a round led by SEED Capital, which also included participation by unnamed angel investors.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Venture-backed fintech funding saw a dip in value and deals globally in the third quarter, compared with the record high 2Q quarter, according to a CBInsights report, with a total of $5.64 billion raised across 375 deals. The report shows that the U.S. saw the biggest drop in five quarters, down 17% to only 130 […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Silicon Valley FinTech Affirm is rolling out a new app that will give customers a way to shop at almost any store and split their payments, the company announced in a press release on Monday (Oct. Holiday spending by Americans topped $700 million in 2018 and is expected to be higher in 2019, according to the National Retail Federation.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Though not the busiest week in B2B venture capital funding, investors presented a clear preference for corporate expense management and B2B eCommerce, with additional funding going toward logistics and small business banking firms for a total of $203.5 Targeting the freelancer and small business space, FinTech startup Sensibill announced $31.5

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 19, 2019

BMO Harris Bank is expanding the scope of its in-house accelerator from a local to a national program. The Chicago-based bank is accepting applications from fintech startups for the 2019 BMO Harris/1871 Innovation Program through the end of the day today. Ben Schack, Head of U.S.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

American Bank, National Association. Classic Bank, National Association. The First National Bank In Sioux Falls. Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association. So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Visa is committed to its mission of ensuring smooth operation of non-cash payments for all participants of the payment system — banks, merchants [retail businesses] and consumers,” Visa said, adding that it won’t talk third-party opinions “based on assumptions and personal view of the author.”. We do not see reasons for concern.”.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2024

Of small business owners who applied for a business loan in early 2023, 6 in 10 found it difficult to find affordable financing, and overall, 77% are concerned about their access to capital according to a survey from Goldman Sachs. According to Randi Zeller, senior advisor to Community Reinvestment Fund, USA: “There is no lack of capital.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It was another busy week for B2B FinTech startups, with globally and vertically diverse companies securing new funding for their enterprise-targeting tools. PYMNTS takes a look at the latest in B2B FinTech funding below. million for its anti-fraud solutions designed for retailers. SESAMi/Capital Match.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From payments to insurtech to lending, fintech companies are attracting investor attention. In 2018, startups in the space raised more than $45B, a record amount, while Q3’19 fintech funding recently clocked in with a quarterly record of nearly $9B. GET THE 88-PAGE q3 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Data is as of 12/19/2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

FinTech is no stranger to this pattern, and while venture capital levels have seemed to dwindled in certain markets (analysts found VC funding down by 29 percent in 2016 compared to last year), B2B startups remain the apple of many investors’ eyes. India saw a particularly lucrative year. Supply Chain Management. ShopKirana.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs. Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Gartner focused on technology infrastructure, while Money 20/20 was around fintech and payments. During the two weeks, there were over a hundred significant cyberattacks by nation-states on national and regional banks that you could watch unfold in near real-time (bel0w) at Gartner and Money 20/20. A balance sheet matters.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2016

That couldn’t ring truer for the state’s capital, which many consider to have a tech scene bursting with potential and growth. Last year, 147 companies in Austin’s digital tech ecosystem raised more than $966 million in new capital, with more than $3.9 You know what they say, everything is bigger in Texas. billion in exits.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

In the latest edition of the PYMNTS weekender, coverage includes the latest about PayPal and Google’s views about bank charters, a deep, analytical dive into Facebook’s new payments idea, a look at the new rise of pet retail and other stories you might have missed or simply want to review. Why Pets Are Pulling Retail Innovation’s Leash.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. The Remorseful Pioneer Award.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

The national news cycle was mostly taken up with political talk this week, as the Democrats rolled out history’s first fully digital U.S. Apple this week officially went where no firm has gone before, as its market capitalization tipped over the $2 trillion mark. retail economy that’s been otherwise hit hard by COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

B2B FinTech startups on this week’s list. 10), the firm revealed nearly $11 million raised in venture capital. The Series B funding was led by Fortino Capital, reports said, and follows previous investments that have helped the company expand into the Netherlands, Germany and Spain. This week, investors in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Bank’s Adam Kruis, senior vice president and manager of working capital consulting, and Jennifer Swenson, vice president of corporate payment systems, discuss how the bank ensures smooth implementation of virtual card solutions.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. 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. Over the […].

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Bobsguide

OCTOBER 4, 2022

London, UK – October 3, 2022 – Finastra today revealed a sneak peek at its annual State of the Nation Financial Services research. The platform is the key orchestrator in driving innovation to Finastra customers, whether they are banks, financial institutions or other fintechs.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 30, 2018

Citigroup has a digital-heavy, branch-light business approach that extends beyond its National Digital Bank platform (announced in March and currently in testing phase), according to Stephen Bird, CEO of Citi’s Global Consumer Banking.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. That means that the retail and mass affluent investor are doing it themselves at Coinbase or Binance or MetaMask. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. Second, Fintechs (e.g.,

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. That means that the retail and mass affluent investor are doing it themselves at Coinbase or Binance or MetaMask. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. Second, Fintechs (e.g.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

This past week, the tally stood at $349 million, with FinTech at almost $238 million of that. That capital announcement comes despite fears over what Brexit might mean for the FinTech sector across the pond in general, and the peer-to-peer lending sector continues to grow — by some estimates, at about 50 percent annually.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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CB Insights

APRIL 29, 2020

We round up all of our coronavirus-related content, ranging from telehealth startups to watch, to fintech financing trends, to tech solutions that could help companies manage through the crisis — and beyond — here. Funding, Venture Capital, & CVC. Fintech & Insurtech. Fintech & Insurtech. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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