PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The partnership will enable Bithumb to further expand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The company noted that it still needs to gain approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, which issued regulations for crypto exchanges last summer.

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blockchain Fintech Bitcoin cryptocurrency 128

Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2016

Whether it is equity or debt platforms, the trend is very much alive with regional variations and adapting regulations.

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Fintech Regional Capital Regulation 150

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. ” Capital On Tap Enables Receipt Bank Card. Capital on Tap wields the commercial card to connect small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to financing.

Cards 208

Cards New York Capital Compliance 208

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

percent of domestic and cross-border payments in December 2017, SWIFT found, with the company’s Head of Payments Markets, Asia-Pacific, Michael Moon noting, “Experts suggest that capital controls and uncertainties over future regulations mean that a significant reversal of the decline in RMB usage for trade and payments is unlikely in 2018.”.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 11, 2017

rehabilitation and growth has lagged behind the rest of the world, youth unemployment in the region continues to grow, political unrest is destabilising the continent, the progressive socio-economic pledge of Europe is being challenged and vitally, Europe has failed to develop any new corporate global powers for the digital age.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

To make sure they can compete with the United States and China, France and Germany want an EU-wide initiative that will fund innovation and research in tech startup projects across the region. With that in mind, France and Germany have called for the European Innovation Council to fund “ambitious” tech startups. “A

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Nuvemshop , a Latin American alternative to Shopify, has raised $30 million in a venture capital round as it tries to boost business, according to reports. The four intended to start a new marketplace software product for the Latin America region.

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America Regional Lending Online 215

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Best Picture — Payments Innovation. By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. And the winners are….

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Regulation Data Regional America 108

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

central bank, is getting a bit worried about sharing some of the financial infrastructure with tech upstarts such as OnDeck Capital and Kabbage , a sense of caution that the newswire said puts the bank “at odds with other regulators looking to bring [those firms] into the fold.”. Reuters reported early Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To help SMBs overcome their fears and expand their global reach, Payoneer and UPS Capital have announced a new service for the latter’s SMB customers, a soluion which helps them process B2B transactions through a licensed escrow service. APIs invite innovative changes to banking.

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Strategy Report Lending Fintech 190

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

million in a funding round that was led by Pangaea Ventures and Happiness Capital. The increase has the effect of stifling a global economy driven by innovation and new ideas. Illicit trade in fake goods is a major challenge in an innovation-driven global economy. Now, the company reportedly has raised $7.5 percent, up from 2.5

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Fraud Innovation Technology Mobile 101

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

million in a funding round that was led by Pangaea Ventures and Happiness Capital. The increase has the effect of stifling a global economy driven by innovation and new ideas. Illicit trade in fake goods is a major challenge in an innovation-driven global economy. Now, the company reportedly has raised $7.5 percent, up from 2.5

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Fraud Innovation Technology Mobile 101

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

Small businesses are essential job generators, and the major driver of economic growth and vibrancy for all regions of the country.”. It is critical that we respond to the needs and concerns of Main Street America,” said Snowe in a statement. Suggestions included that the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

The partnership also marks Currencycloud’s significant step forward into the Asian market, following a $25 million Series D funding round with backing from investors Anthemis, GV, Notion Capital, Rakuten and Sapphire Ventures. ”

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Cards Mobile Digital Strategies Fintech 100

Bobsguide

JUNE 14, 2022

The combined solution, available in the cloud or on-premise, is available to clients in France and the Benelux region, with the potential to expand into other geographies in the future. Paris, France – June 14 – 2022 – Finastra today announced a partnership with Lozenge Analytics, offering the capabilities to Fusion KTP customers.

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Analytics Risk Management Compliance Management 60

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge.

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Community Bank Community Fintech Arizona 183

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The concerns may be surprising, considering how many CFOs in these regions are cash-rich. According to EIU and Deutsche, these professionals also cite heightened financial regulations as having a significant impact on their professional lives, with 40 percent expecting their workload to increase as a result.

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Survey Regulation Strategy Management 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

Meeker is a longtime internet and digital economy expert who now works for Bond Capital, a venture firm. While internet advertising growth is solid and innovation is healthy, there are areas where customer acquisition costs may be rising to unsustainable levels.”. This year’s 333-slide report found that some 3.8

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year. That’s almost impossible to select.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom is a known advocate for European startups who has invested much of his fortune into promising startups across the region. But even he has faced difficulties last year in trying to build up a venture capital (VC) fund to back European entrepreneurs due to the uncertainty cast by Brexit.

Digital Banking 101

Digital Banking Capital Fintech Groups 101

Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

While Dan was the one really working (he presented on “How Big Data can change Financial Services”) I mingled around the participants of this vibrant ecosystem encompassing entrepreneurs, financial institutions, investors, and regulators among other stakeholders. Discover the finalists of all regions here.

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America Fintech Big Data Regional 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

More sellers and products can mean less visibility into what is being listed, thus leading to issues like counterfeit products — or the sale of controlled substances such as health supplements that may not be approved in certain regions. After all, they represent substantial capital investments over the years. Modo Payments.

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blockchain System cryptocurrency Regional 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

B2B: The trillion dollar industry that gets overshadowed in innovation by consumer gee-wizardry tech, B2B is gaining more attention by the day. Across the pond, estimates Innovate Finance and Pitchbook, the B2B FinTech market has gotten nearly half of all FinTech funding in the European Union through the past year. Just sayin’.

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US Apple Innovation Regulation 108

FICO

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Accounting Rules & Regulation Overload. You don’t have to be Nostradamus to predict that regulation will continue to drive change in the collections industry. In fact, the regulatory pressure may be compounded by a rush of interpretation of recent regulation. I’ll break it down to four focus areas.

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Analytics Regulation Regional Marketing 45

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In a round led by Flint Capital, digital identity verification technology specialist Socure has raised $13 million in funding. Featuring participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures, and Two Sigma Ventures, this week’s investment takes Socure’s total financing to more than $17 million.

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Capital New York Compliance Millennials 12

PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

Its ranking as the world’s second largest economy has made it a hotspot for many global banking and financial firms looking to set up regional headquarters. According to Reuters, the decision could enable the flow of capital on an estimated $9 trillion in cash deposits. “FinTech will have a big impact on financial services.”

Fintech 100

Fintech Mobile Guidelines System 100

Tech and Finance

APRIL 29, 2016

PWC identified six priorities for success: Developing a customer-centric business model, optimizing distribution, simplifying business and operating models, obtaining an information advantage, enabling innovation and proactively managing risk, regulations and capital. It suggests that top regional banks in the U.S.

Retail 28

Retail Regional Innovation Survey 28

Tech and Finance

APRIL 29, 2016

PWC identified six priorities for success: Developing a customer-centric business model, optimizing distribution, simplifying business and operating models, obtaining an information advantage, enabling innovation and proactively managing risk, regulations and capital. It suggests that top regional banks in the U.S.

Retail 28

Retail Regional Innovation Survey 28

FICO

JANUARY 13, 2022

A mass of digital solutions and fintech innovations offering real-time Open Banking data alongside transactional insight into customer affordability and vulnerability are being touted to Tier-1 lenders. Regulation also continues to pose demands on already stretched back-offices juggling limited budgets, manpower and bandwidth challenges.

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Industry Operations Regional Analytics 52

FICO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Across all markets, regulation moved quickly around payment holidays and moratoriums for both the consumers and SMEs. Not many had taken analytics into the prescriptive space, utilizing mathematical optimization to determine the best approach to the following: Capital adequacy – what is the best offer to the client?

Management 87

Management Analytics Data System 87

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Commercial operation of offshore fish farms has been limited to date due to regulations, as well as the challenges of efficiently operating a large farming operation far from land. Offshore farming regulations are loosening. Offshore fish farming has seen growing interest in the last decade.

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Study Operations Regulation Regional 45

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The OJK, Indonesia’s financial services regulator, is already starting to clamp down by launching a selective registration process and shutting down unlicensed firms that continue to operate. This analysis focuses on where insurance innovation in the market is happening today and where it is headed next. in 2013 to 15.8%

Policies 61

Policies Lending Operations Examples 61

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

cyber, infrastructure, and regulation. AI, payments, data, and other aspects of innovation are dropping behind the scenes. 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.

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Conference Technology Las Vegas Trends 195

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

million Series C financing round led by Foundation Capital and joined by Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners. Investors depend on fund advisers to give them the straight scoop on performance so they can make informed investment decisions,” said Jina Choi, director of the SEC’s San Francisco regional office.

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Lending Fraud Management San Francisco 135

CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

As more companies look to capitalize on these commercial opportunities, investment into the drone space continues to grow. Innovations in camera technology have had significant impacts on the growing use of drones. Fortunately, conservationists are adopting innovative methods to protect and study our global ecosystems.

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Exercises Data Technology Industry 78

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Finovate newcomer Capital Preferences and alum WealthForge won second and third place respectively at the UBS Future of Finance Challenge Finals last week. Capital Preferences earned $20,000, and WealthForge won $10,000. Capital Preferences earned $20,000, and WealthForge won $10,000. The first prize winner was awarded $50,000.

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