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Why Mexico’s SMBs Need A FinTech Operating System And Not Another Bank

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Emerging markets have their own challenges when it comes to banking, where big, traditional financial institutions (FIs) are anything but efficient. Consider the fact that in Mexico it can take four to six months to open a business account — and as much as a year to get access to a debit card.

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Bessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech

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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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Canadian Fintech Market Map

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Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Data is as of 10/8/2019.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

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Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt.

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Plastiq Talks Commercial Cards, ePayment Trends

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Adoption of commercial cards in B2B payments has emerged as one of the hottest industry topics of the year thanks to new FinTech innovations and industry leaders like Visa and Mastercard making a push further into the market. One is the breadth of expense categories. percent from 2017 volume. percent from 2017 volume.

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Top Banks Keep Ahead Of FinTechs’ Competitive Threat

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The delicate balance between bank-FinTech competition and collaboration continues to teeter in the U.S. In a market without Open Banking regulations, FinTechs continue to enter in to the market, collaborating with bank partners to offer their own financial services — which often compete directly with other financial institutions.

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Small Business FinTech Takes Center Stage With VCs

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With only a few million dollars in combined investments, this week certainly wasn’t the most lucrative for B2B FinTech firms, but the variety and global reach of recent SMB FinTech investments offers a bright spot in an otherwise quiet moment for B2B venture capital. Businesses across Asia, South Africa, the U.K. Nisa Finance.

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