PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Zurich-based FinTech company neon announced it has closed a $5 million fundraising round led by Tamedia. Neon is a simple and mobile banking solution that, even though very easy to use, offers a high level of security. Zurich-based Backbone Ventures and several existing investors also participated in the round.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. Uber reported its earnings last week.

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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 18, 2020

consumers paid off $10 billion in credit card debt in the third quarter of 2020, and Amazon Pharmacy launched for consumers to order prescription medications. Plus, Walmart+ gets a closer look after the retail giant’s third-quarter earnings call. US Consumers Pay Down $10B in Credit Card Debt In Q3. In today’s top news, U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered mobile payments in India and primed them to overtake card payments in the not-too-distant, S&P Global Market Intelligence said this week in its 2020 India Mobile Payments Market Report. But S&P found that there’s an awful lot of ground left for mobile payments to capture.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

The commercial credit card is increasingly viewed as a critical tool for these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in need of fast access to credit, but many financial institutions are going further to nix fees on their card programs, including card products for small firms. Comdata Fuel Cards Facilitate Factoring.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered mobile payments in India and primed them to overtake card payments in the not-too-distant, S&P Global Market Intelligence said this week in its 2020 India Mobile Payments Market Report. But S&P found that there’s an awful lot of ground left for mobile payments to capture.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We have deep dives on digital shopping, remittances and Mastercard ’s FinTech accelerator program. . Mastercard Announces Newest Participants in FinTech Accelerator Program. Mastercard has unveiled the newest class of FinTech upstarts for its Start Path accelerator and partnership initiative. initial public offering (IPO).

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Despite ongoing rewards competition, card profitability remains strong. Mobile & tech. Key themes. Notable happenings.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? According to a new report from PwC titled “Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond” (see sidebar), the retail banking industry is undergoing tremendous change—but, of course, community bankers already know that.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Legacy banks are similarly at work, with one major FI seeking to beat out FinTech competition by offering same-day access to credit card deposits. Airlines are also seeking to enable speedy mobile payments. Southwest customers can use the mobile wallet to buy ticke ts and pay for other services.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2018

Goldman Sachs has agreed to purchase fintech startup firm Final, as a part of its efforts to expand in retail-banking products. Oakland-based Final is a credit card service, which announced that it would close its card portfolio back in December. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

B2B FinTechs are once again showing the different use cases for corporate card technology and how these offerings add value to the enterprise. While Comdata will connect CarrierHQ fleets with access to its OnRoad Card, Convoy rolled out a new fuel card that provides trucking companies with discounts on fuel.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In today’s top payment news, retail remains a bright spot in the markets, Ant Financial has rolled out a strategy for digital evolution in China, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a suit against a Cincinnati-based bank. Payments Stocks Plummet While Retail Remains A Bright Spot.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Several large mobile point of sale projects are hitting the market at once to reach financially troubled retailers, with JPMorgan Chase making use of a three-year-old acquisition to push back against the technology firms that have been gobbling up small-business clients.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Everyone knows that digital and mobile services are key to success in the 2020s — not only in terms of more revenue, but also larger transformations. The problem can be especially acute when it comes to financial institutions (FIs), said John Owens, general manager of Elan Credit Card , in a new podcast interview with PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Consumers are also changing how they pay for their purchases, with a recent study finding that debit card spend was up 11.7 Consumers today are especially likely to use their debit cards for their eCommerce purchases or to make in-store purchases with mobile wallets, and card-not-present (CNP) transactions represented 43.1

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech venture capital fund Broadhaven Ventures; U.S. The FinTech has raised $73 million to date to expand its digital banking offerings. Kyash’s payment solution connects to Visa’s platform so it can issue cards while also customizing business services. . Other investors include U.K. Past investors include Jafco Co.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

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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Banking Exchange

JUNE 17, 2020

DCBank and XTM want to place cashless kiosks in retail venues – but is a cashless society a realistic aim? The Economy Technology Retail Banking Tech Management Mobile Branch Technology/ATMs Online Cards Feature3 Fintech Feature.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Retail Banking Satisfaction Study , retail banking was declared to have bounced back reputation-wise over the past decade, due to improvements in customer service spurred by innovations like mobile banking. Credit unions were more concerned with credit card innovations, both consumer (91.7 Power 2019 U.S. However, just 6.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In what has been — historically speaking — the blink of an eye, mobile phones have gone from zero to nearly ubiquitous in a remarkably short time. Today, more than 5 billion people on planet earth carry a mobile phone of some description. In short, the mobile device has become the necessary navigation tool for day-to-day life.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the latest push toward mobile payments in Asia, South China Morning Post reported that the telecommunications firm HKT has boosted its Tap & Go service to expand to both online and offline payments to retailers, with additional new features tied to P2P payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

As it stands, retail clients in Brazil are moving from certificates of deposits to equity trading in the country because of untraditionally low interest rates. Nubank, for its part, is primarily renowned for its no-fee credit cards and has approximately 30 million customers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2020

A pair of Indonesia’s FinTechs plan to merge in a bid to challenge Gojek ’s GoPay, sources told Bloomberg. With Moka’s app, retailers can accept debit and credit cards or mobile wallets including WeChat Pay and GoPay. The app can be used as well to track sales, manage inventory and run loyalty programs.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Year-old Citi Fintech, the digital banking sub-brand of Citigroup Inc., The unit announced Monday that it had built a new mobile experience for Citigold card members Read More. has launched its first product. That may seem like a long time by startup reckoning, but it’s not so bad for a (gigantic, regulated, global) bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

In addition, Central JD Fintech is introducing the Dolfin wallet in Asia , and AMS Public Transport Holdings Limited along with AlipayHK is launching a minibus mobile payment system also in Asia. As it stands, the company’s Lightspeed platform already serves small to medium-sized retailers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Coverage includes Sweden’s Fingerprint Cards AB unveiling a biometric software platform for payment cards, wearables and USB dongles. Swedish biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB has unveiled its FPC-BEP biometric software platform geared toward wearables, USB dongles and payment cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The traditional strategy of handing an employee a corporate card, hoping they make responsible purchases and depending on accurate expense reports has evolved into a market that embraces automation, artificial intelligence, mobility and an array of card products, from P-cards to virtual numbers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Based on recent research, the Blackhawk team has found that mobile wallet adoption in the U.S. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers, business leaders and consumers have all been trying to wrap their heads around the shifts in retail and payments.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2017

The world of mobile payments has become a major contender in the finance arena. Over the past few years, it seems as though mobile payments have been popping up for various retailers and organizations. Here are the numbers: 50 | Number of currencies now supported by FinTech company Abra.

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Banking Exchange

JANUARY 2, 2020

Both sides have been taking a fresh look at partnering to build on their strengths and hunt together Technology Feature3 Fintech Feature Financial Trends Retail Banking Customers Branch Technology/ATMs People Performance Mobile Online Cards Community Banking.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are now working to extend services into customers’ homes, for example, and consumers are making fewer credit card payments amid uncertainty over what their employment statuses and budgets might be when the bills come due. The Paytm cards can be used both in-store and online. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2022

CB Insights has unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Fintech 250 — a list of the 250 most promising private fintech companies worldwide. . Others are striving to make banking, loans, mobile wallets, and investing products available to historically underserved populations all over the world. . FINTECH 250 COHORT HIGHLIGHTS.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – The two fundamental keys to most challenges retail banks and payment companies face on the innovation front are personalization and efficiency, according to Alberto Corvo, a founding partner at fintech focused investment firm Motive Partners.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Mastercard is collaborating with four eCommerce retailers — WHSmith.co.uk, Funky Pigeon, Cult Pens and The Card Gallery — to offer the Pay by Bank app to online shoppers, Mastercard announced in a press release on Friday (Oct. PbBa is designed to work with the security of a consumer’s own bank.

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