PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

That’s the description — perhaps clichéd but still apt — applied to FinTech firm Curve , which is on the hunt for $50 million in fresh capital, according to recent comments made by CEO Shachar Bialick to CNBC. Compared with other FinTech firms, “Curve is smaller. An Amazon of banking?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

Apexx, a FinTech startup, is reportedly launching in London, aiming to create a transparent marketplace in which merchants can browse and plug into competing services for a network of acquirers and payment brands. Keenan previously was in charge of Zapp, the VocaLink-backed mobile payments startup that Mastercard purchased earlier this year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

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. To help drive innovation, 25.5 percent — of payments executives are focused on price comparison tools.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Connecting these two dots suggests a few important things that, for banks and card networks, might be the 2020 hindsight that could have come in handy had they stopped to look backwards a few years ago: That the Fed has much more than a passing interest in how faster payments are run in the U.S. A Couple of Important Dots. That’s a big claim.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

While Apple Pay also recently launched in Singapore, Samsung Pay joins the region with its signature niche: the MST tech that makes Samsung Pay usable at virtually anywhere merchant credit cards are accepted. “Innovation and convenience are driving usage of alternative products and services like online and mobile payments.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

The fintech sector represents the second-most frequent investment target for SoftBank in 2021, with 26 fintech companies garnering deals. . A number of SoftBank’s fintech portfolio companies are focused on providing financial services for enterprises. Key focus areas include: Financial services for businesses. Auto/mobility.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Total dollars raised, $6.3

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Over 60% of Ant’s revenue comes from Fintech product lead generation, with capital risks passed on to the underlying banks and insurers, which Ant also digitizes. This therefore incorporates the types of enabling fintech that Refinitiv and Finastra dream about. It is less a banking enablement software (i.e.,

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Large swaths of cash flowed into the global fintech sector last week. Prepaid card platform. Prepaid card services. Peppermint Innovation. The post Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $810 Million Week Ending Nov 20 appeared first on Finovate. Total raised: $10 million. HQ: New York City. Source: FT Partners.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Financial services innovator Nubank closed on $80 million in Series D funding led by DST Global earlier this month, marking DST’s first investment in a Brazilian company. Founded in 2013, Nubank offers a Mastercard credit card with a companion mobile app that features PFM capabilities, spending alerts, and a card lock feature.

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Lex Sokolin

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When the old world wobbles, the new one seems more safe by comparison. For comparison, Visa today sits at about $420 billion in market capitalization, representing the discounted cash flows of owning a payment network. banks, card issuers, e-commerce sites, point of sale terminals, regulators, and so on. The election’s end?—?and

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 16, 2020

In my 25 years in the fintech space, I’ve had the misfortune to experience three massive ecosystem shocks. To help gauge where fintech is now and how and when it will get back on its feet, let’s compare and contrast the three downturns and their recoveries. year run from high to low; for comparison the S&P dropped 48%).

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JANUARY 15, 2015

The FSA’s initiative comes as the UK Government re-affirmed its committment to breaking down barriers to entry for firms using innovative products and technology to challenge the established banking industry. From Finextra: FCA to foster fintech innovation; Treasury pushes P2P, APIs and virtual currency ].

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

XL Innovate. HCS went through a major management shakeup in November 2016 when former AIG head of commercial insurance strategy and innovation Greg Wolyniec joined as president and CEO, while AIG president of liability and financial lines Alexander Baugh was named chairman of HCS’s board of directors. American Family Ventures.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2016

The latest CyberSource annual report on online fraud tells the tale of card-not-present fraud not just going down, but going down by a whole big bunch – across all channels. FinTech got a huge primetime shoutout courtesy of Lesley Stahl, “60 Minutes” and Stripe last week.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

XL Innovate. HCS went through a major management shakeup in November 2016 when former AIG head of commercial insurance strategy and innovation Greg Wolyniec joined as president and CEO, while AIG president of liability and financial lines Alexander Baugh was named chairman of HCS’ board of directors. Allianz Ventures.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

MARCH 26, 2015

Technologically speaking, the credit card as we know it should have vanished long ago. This will enable FinTech firms to make use of bank data on behalf of customers in a variety of helpful and creative ways, and ensure the UK remains at the forefront of developments in financial technology and innovation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 15, 2021

Early on, fintech startups were a small part of its class, although Stripe (S09) and Coinbase (S12) were notable (and extremely profitable) exceptions. When I looked at YCvalums in mid-2014 , there had been just 40 fintech grads in its first 10 years. By comparison, the latest batch (W21) had 54! (Of Cards #Rewards.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

There are a number of great events in FinTech but this one I do my best to attend each year. How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. Clark Brett, VP Bus. 919-740-7182.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

To the extent it pipes people to banking product, that goes to a $500 million market capitalization public company that makes prepaid cards. The start-up is claiming to be EBITDA-positive, thereby reaching an amount of (basic) profitability that many fintech companies lack. have a tough time hitting the innovation agenda.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

You might think the comparison is daft. As a historic comparison, here’s Dropbox reaching $1 billion in revenue. In Fintech, this has meant new payments, banking, lending, and portfolio management Web2 software companies. Users never fill out a single credit card form or account opening action. But let’s dig a bit deeper.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. WrkRiot’s short-lived house of cards falls down. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. But the model doesn’t always work perfectly. want to know THE TOP 20 REASONS STARTUPS FAIL?

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 19, 2020

The results say more about consumer Fintech investing than about any company in particular. Next came the arithmetic of how much these companies raised, and how together they have 15 million users and $10 billion of European Fintech unicorn enterprise value. Grab the financial model we built for this analysis here. It’s not impossible.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

With CRMnext, replacing a lost card or request a new pin is a one button process. Their API is already integrated in a few core systems and other fintech necessitates. Demo: voice conversation with Alexa, able to ask bank account balance, block cards, pay bills, send money to friends. Easy mobile to gift card app.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

BankersLab’s Benchmarking is an addictive simulation game for fintech investors, regulators, and bank executives to predict which managers and lending institutions will make good decisions. Capitalise.com is a ‘one-stop-shop’ search and comparison site to help SMBs easily access financing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The addition of Mastercard Location in 2016, was targeted specifically on reducing cardholder frustrations with potential declines when cards are used outside of home market or otherwise “normal” routines. Gocash is the first multi-currency prepaid card in the UAE market, said Manghat, designed for those traveling in the region.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Title: Fintech ‘Plastc’ Shuts Down After Cancelling All 80,000 Pre Orders. Product: Plastc. Product: Rithmio.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2019

1026.51 (credit cards) and 12 C.F.R. Garry Lacy Reeder II, Vice President, Policy and Innovation, Center for Financial Services Innovation. (A Representative Scott has introduced two pieces of legislation in this regard: the Improving Access to Traditional Banking Act of 2019 and the FINTECH Act of 2019.)

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