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Half Of Payments Executives Are Focused On Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Payments

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With the advent of emerging FinTech startups, banks face some competition for payments. As a result, banks are investing in and engaging with FinTech startups to grow their customer base and their market share. Functioning properly, contract workers can reportedly be paid “within minutes” directly to a debit card.

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Digital Disruption

Independent Banker

A mix of players, FinTech firms pose threats and opportunities. Call them disruptors, upstarts or the voguish FinTech companies. Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. By Kelly Pike.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

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. You tell us.

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Retail Pulse: CVS, UPS Test Drone Potential; Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership

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Another delivery of a medical prescription arrived at a nearby retirement community for a second customer. We see big potential in drone delivery in rural communities where life-saving medications are needed and consumers at times cannot conveniently access one of our stores.”. UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Costco Card. The fizzle wears on.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. HQ: Reston, Virginia. HQ: Charlottesville, Virginia. Community platform for investors. Ghaio Fintech. The post Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18 appeared first on Finovate. Tradesocio.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

Fintech Labs Insights

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. Distributed ledgers for financial community. HQ: Reston, Virginia. The post Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August appeared first on Finovate.