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Samsung Pay Crosses 1.3 Billion Transactions, But Falls Short of Apple Pay

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As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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Mastercard Leads Investment In Mobile FinTech Mobeewave

PYMNTS

million Series B funding round, led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital. We are delighted to have closed our Series B round of funding, led by NewAlpha and Mastercard, and including Forestay Capital,” said Benjamin du Haÿs, CEO and co-founder of Mobeewave. “We

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London FinTech Curve Notches $95 Million Series C For US Expansion

PYMNTS

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Founder and Curve CEO Shachar Bialick said in a press release on Tuesday (Jan.

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Financial Services Platform SoFi Plans IPO Via SPAC

PYMNTS

Silicon Valley startup Social Finance (SoFi) is closing a merger deal with blank-check firm Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. Social Capital Hedosophia is one of three special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on the lookout for investment opportunities. V to file an initial public offering (IPO). . billion in cash proceeds.

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How 5G Will Shake Up Banking and FinTech?

PYMNTS

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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Samsung launches $150M fund for startup collaboration

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Samsung has launched a $150 million venture capital investment fund to expand its partnerships and collaborations with fintech startups.

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South Korea's Digital Kakao Bank Prepares For IPO

PYMNTS

In addition, Kakao Bank had rapid lending growth, higher net interest margins and more efforts to increase the proportion of low-cost deposits, according to Samsung Securities analyst Kim Jae-woo, quoted by Reuters. Kakao Pay , the FinTech arm of Kakao Corp. with over 34 million users, is also seeking an IPO, PYMNTS reported.

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