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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Ternio’s BlockCard Teams With P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful for Crypto Debit Card.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Fiserv partnered with Central Payments LLC , a BAAS provider for fintech, and sold its Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation solutions to Trintech. Numerated , a business lending origination platform, partnered with Finastra for a LaserPro integration. Credit union lending platform Clutch partnered with Zest.ai

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JULY 29, 2019

A company called Glint Pay has launched a debit card that’s backed by gold instead of currency, according to a report in The Denver Post. The card was released in the U.S. The debit card was introduced early in 2018 in Europe. Users are then given a debit card, licensed by Mastercard USA. office is in Boulder, Colorado.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Plutus , a British FinTech startup, is providing rewards via its credit card to customers who buy from the eCommerce store of Nike , Cointelegraph reported. Users have to utilize the Plutus Visa card as they shop through the web to get the benefit. The rewards are made with Pluton, the native digital currency of the company.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has, as finews.asia reported this past week, amended its credit risk management guidelines in a way that seeks to boost the embrace of analytics when lending to smaller firms.

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MAY 22, 2020

From competitors to collaborators, the FinTech boom introduced a field of opportunity for traditional financial institutions to team up with an industry newcomer to become more agile and modern with their own product offerings. On the other hand,” he added, “the pandemic doesn’t just spare FinTechs. Financing Burdens.

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JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Five Star Bank Taps Corserv Card Tech. Build, buy or partner? Faster Payments scheme.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its fourth class of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 4 of INV Fintech: Bloxable: Bloxable provides decentralized solutions for lending origination and the securitization of mortgages […].

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 28, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Are credit cards the next big hot spot for fintech takeover? That’s what startup Petal hopes its partnership with Salt Lake City-based WebBank achieves, as the startup gears to launch of its first major product: a credit card designed to serve the "credit invisible."

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

FinTech Tide withdrew from the program citing inadequate funding, according to a report in The Guardian. . The FinTech lender Tide is scrambling to secure the funding necessary to offer BBL top-ups to its customers. Lending decisions under the bounce-back loan scheme are fully delegated to the accredited lenders.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Berlin's Mambu is partnering with New Zealand digital lending platform Ranqx , which will use Mambu's API-first digital banking platform to provide digital lending experiences, loan origination, decisioning and monitoring for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release.

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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. Boost Bolsters BMO Harris Bank’s Biz Cards. Global Cash Card’s Legal Saga Ends. ADP Eyes Payroll Card Adoption Jump.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2019

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, speaks with Alyson Clarke, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about the following developments: With the much-awaited launch of Apple Card, the tech giant has taken a page […].

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Gonzobanker

JULY 9, 2021

The fintech market is smokin’ hot right now. Fintech is no different. Q1 2021 was the largest funding quarter on record, according to CB Insights , with fintechs raising $22.8 Banks and fintechs are in a heated mashup and seeking niches. Fifth Third Bank is acquiring healthcare fintech Provide.

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The Financial Brand

AUGUST 30, 2023

This article Current Moves Toward Lending — and Profitability — with Secured Credit Card appeared first on The Financial Brand. Amid a funding crunch, many fintechs are rushing to turn a profit. This article Current Moves Toward Lending — and Profitability — with Secured Credit Card appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

There’s been no shortage of big payments and FinTech announcements over the past few days, such as Apple ’s bundle bet, Goldman Sachs ’ move to bid on the General Motors credit card or Square ’s decision to test small-dollar, short-term loans. Birnbaum noted that many FinTechs benefited from facilitating the U.S.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. however, funding for FinTechs actually increased to $3.7 B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. In the U.S., billion, compared to $3.6 KarbonCard.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2018

New takes on lending and underwriting dominated the opening day of demos at FinovateSpring 2018 here yesterday. But this being fintech's leading demo showcase, the featured startups offered up these basic, fundamental aspects of banking in a new way, often with "artificial intelligence" under the hood. SANTA CLARA, Calif. -

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AUGUST 15, 2019

He added that jumping into more traditional lending “can get us a good way to profitability, if not even all the way.”. The eBank joins smaller rival Starling Bank on the lending front, becoming the second online bank in the U.K. The company is hopeful that its consumer lending division will lead to profits, according to the report.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. The rise of FinTech offers a bit of a prism through which to view those events. Mortgages and Credit Cards and Student Debt…. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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Payments Source

MAY 24, 2019

Fintechs that offer installment loans are having a major impact on credit card lending — and many card issuers are ill equipped to compete.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

At a time when surging coronavirus counts are once again muddying the outlook for consumers and business owners, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shim Steinmetz says the crisis has also provided a silver lining of sorts to nimble FinTechs that can solve merchants’ cash crunch problems. Don’t Put Too Much Faith In Credit.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There are no lending products in fintech Aspiration's near-term future thanks to the neobank's new status as a broker-depositor.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2019

Fintech executives sounded off on blockchain at CB Insights’ Future of Fintech conference this week. The corporate credit card startup is fresh off a $100 million funding round that has landed it a $2.6 According to Henrique Dubugras, CEO and co-founder of Brex, blockchain is overhyped but cryptocurrencies are underrated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

With commercial cards an increasingly popular choice in the B2B payments space, industry innovators are exploring pockets of opportunity to drive adoption through mitigating friction. For others, commercial card innovation comes in the form of overcoming the adoption hurdle of a lack of supplier acceptance. InstaRem Expands BizPay.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

FinTech firms have taken a few approaches to this issue, either by working to replace paper checks with different payment rails or trying to work with checks by addressing their particular pain points. The check system creates a financial environment in which a small business has money, but can’t use it.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

The fintech industry took a hard hit in 2022 as investors scaled back their investments amid market turmoil. Fintech is central to a16z’s investment strategy. Of the 206 deals a16z participated in last year, almost a quarter went to fintech companies — more than any other industry.

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The Paypers

JUNE 20, 2023

Sweden-based fintech Froda has partnered with Lunar and Visa to launch its card-based embedded lending solution for small businesses in Denmark.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The teenager with a Fortnite habit who manages to clean out Dad’s checking account via the debit card linked to the gaming account. The company offers FDIC-insured bank accounts and a Visa -branded payment cards for teens (aged 13-18) with budgeting features and other financial education tools built in. We don't take that lightly.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. and India, alternative small business lending technology company CreditEnable has revealed a $2 million seed round, according to Inc42 reports. CreditEnable.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices. Instant Loans And The Speed And Security Balancing Act.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Small business lending platform Biz2Credit is collaborating with consulting firm Infosys to expand its white label small business lending-as-a-service solution to more financial institutions. We look to partner with leading FinTechs such as Biz2Credit, which are at the forefront of online business financing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Silicon Valley credit card startup X1 raised $12 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital, a backer of Twitter, Plaid, Slack and Affirm. 14) press release that the company has received a positive response to the credit card’s debut, with almost 300,000 users signing up for the waiting list. Consumer borrowing dropped 19.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Wells Fargo rolls out its virtual card services for B2B payments, while PayPal Ventures makes a B2B payments investment. 19) announced in a press release that it is adding a new solution to its WellsOne Virtual Commercial Card , enabling business customers to digitally pay invoices to suppliers and others.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Brazilian banking startup Nubank is going to launch its Nu credit card in Mexico in an attempt to capture a piece of the country’s population of 36 million unbanked, according to a report by TechCrunch. The FinTech has raised $820 million through seven investment rounds and has almost 22 million Brazilian customers.

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