PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments emerging as the top focuses for innovators. To provide commercial card issuers, cardholders and vendors with further automation and flexibility, Boost Payment Solutions is teaming with Visa. merchants accept touch-free payments.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This week's look at the latest in open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration finds financial institutions (FIs) exploring both partnerships and acquisitions to strengthen their offerings for corporates, while third-party service providers have also boosted their data-sharing capabilities to empower those financial service provider tie-ups.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group and its Fintech & Payments Team received national rankings from The Legal 500 in the financial services regulation and fintech categories. It was our first application for ranking in the fintech category.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 10, 2023

Fintech Fime has announced that it’s been selected by Bangladesh Bank to help launch the nation’s domestic card scheme.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

With Visa and Mastercard each having made significant investments to capture more of the SMB segment through an array of payment rails, including card, ACH, and proprietary networks, SWIFT is joining a competitive landscape that aims to overhaul the payment rail status quo. Billhop Eases B2B Card Acceptance. and Sweden, it noted.

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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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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 1, 2022

We are pleased to report that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The Group was ranked in the highest tier nationally in three categories: Compliance, Litigation, and Enforcement & Investigations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

But FinTechs and financial institutions are increasingly crafting partnerships designed to help them both thrive in this global world of digital payment and commerce. It used to be — at least according to common perception — that FinTechs and financial institutions were viewed almost as cats and dogs, as natural, even eternal antagonists.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Efforts in the Middle East by banks and other financial institutions to embrace FinTech are on the rise. As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. million credit cards, 15.8 million debit cards and 10.8 Outside U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Goldman Sachs has launched a personal finance offering for customers of average means, and Franklin Templeton’s Singapore subsidiary has joined forces with Razer Fintech. Plus, First Horizon National Corp. Tennessee-based regional financial services company First Horizon National Corp.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

TerraPay, a Dutch FinTech, has been acquired by a number of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management for an undisclosed amount. We believe in our mission to address financial inclusion by making real-time national, regional and global payments accessible to everyone,” said Ambar Sur, founder and CEO of TerraPay. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Singapore Signs On With FinTech Firms. In Singapore, news came this week that the country will open up its real-time payment system to FinTech firms. The movement to open that FinTech access, said the minister, brings “greater convenience to consumers” as those individuals use their eWallets. In The Middle East.

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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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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

FinTech startup Extend announced it has raised $11 million in Series A financing, as it tries to capitalize on interest in virtual credit cards. Extend , which was founded in 2017 by American Express and Capital One veterans, provides the technology so companies can provide virtual credit cards to employees and contractors instantly.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

National bank RAKBANK , headquartered in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, has teamed up with Mastercard to introduce corporate payment solutions, Zawya reported Wednesday (Jan. It also provides efficient monitoring of travel and entertainment expenses via the SmartData expense monitoring and management tool.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

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. These are optimistic observations for an industry where commercial cards have struggled to get off the ground.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks' embrace of FinTech is often driven by consumers' growing demand for a more seamless and unified experience. This week's look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives finds treasury management in the spotlight. But corporates can benefit from industry collaboration, too.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

It’s an existential threat that can be mitigated going forward, i2c President Jim McCarthy told PYMNTS, by card products – particularly commercial and corporate cards issued by the existing network of banks and FinTechs – and used inventively to solve acute cash flow problems. We] get money to people in need. .”

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The Paypers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

India-based fintech company PayCraft has partnered with NSDL Payments Bank and NPCI to launch a transit card called One Nation Corporate Card.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The company, which launched its products nationally Wednesday, is coming into the market as fintech startups like Wealthfront, Betterment and Varo are touting high-yield savings accounts to vie for market share. Level is also offering 1% debit card rewards and paycheck deposits two days early to sweeten the deal for customers.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 30, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Our CFS Group has been ranked in Band One every year since Chambers USA introduced a national category for consumer finance.

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The Paypers

JANUARY 29, 2021

US-based City National Bank has announced that it has joined with fintech startup Extend to launch a virtual Visa commercial credit card solution.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In South Korea, Woori Bank said this past week that it has debuted an online platform geared toward FinTech startup entrepreneurs and engineers who develop digital services, according to The Korea Times. These FinTech service offerings can span money transfers and cross-border transactions through the WiBee Bank platform.

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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. Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Coverage includes the debut of Hong Kong’s MeReal Biometrics Keyper smart fingerprint card. MeReal Biometrics, a biometric card maker based in Hong Kong, has debuted its Keyper smart fingerprint card, according to reports. The card offers multiple forms of communication ranging from contact to sound waves and contactless.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

PayPal, Augmentum Fintech, International Airlines Group and Investec’s INVC Fund also participated in the round. In February, Monese added support for Apple Pay for personal cards in the U.K. In May , Monese extended Apple Pay support through 13 countries in Europe, and also arrived at National Australia Bank. as well as France.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Whereas FinTechs are undoubtedly newer and faster – risen from the digital age to put banks out of business – they aren’t always able to take deposits or keep some of those associated warranties. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Accounts payable (AP) professionals and vendors still have reservations about adopting virtual cards despite their many benefits. 29), has Penn National Gaming Inc.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. First National Bank of Pennsylvania, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Time will tell.

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

India-based fintech Mobikwik has collaborated with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Axis Bank to launch a prepaid card, usable with merchants across 190 countries.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2020

Neobank Niyo has partnered with the National Payments Corp. The payment cards use the multilingual Niyo Bharat mobile app. of India (NPCI) to advance financial inclusion and introduce financial services to more than five million blue-collar workers in India by 2022, Crowdfund Insider reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. The People’s Bank of China said it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to run a bank card clearing business in the nation. China’s central bank gave Mastercard the green light on Feb.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Indonesian FinTech LinkAja closed a Series B funding round headed up by Grab, while Nigeria-based Kuda landed $10 million after a funding round. Plus, Canadian payment services company Interac is collaborating with Walmart Canada to expand debit card payment methods in store and online.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 2, 2019

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again been ranked in the highest tier nationally in the category of Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance and Litigation) by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 1, 2017

Back in December, I picked up on this new Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Ruling to issue national FinTech bank charters. This would enable a FinTech to go through ONE regulator to get to market, rather than the 200 or more they would have go through today. An obscure regulatory debate has put the entire U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

As detailed by NPR, though at least some verticals, such as grocery stores, accept card transactions (and thus see at some volume of contactless payments), a significant number of smaller businesses rely on cash to keep revenues coming in. percent of total value came from card payments, slightly outpacing the 48.3

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

As a CU for the United Nations community, however, United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) holds a unique, global perspective into the role that these financial institutions (FIs) can play to support payments innovation on multiple fronts. .” in markets like Kenya, mobile payments are the norm. As the U.S.

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