BankInovation

MAY 19, 2023

Emerging financial technology companies have built new services and offerings that place the customer experience front and center, providing a flexibility and speed that traditional banking institutions struggle to match. Fintechs are carving into the essence of what regional and community banks have done for generations, […]

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

i2c , which works in digital payments and bank technology, has joined with Visa 's FinTech Fast Track Program in the US, Canada and CEMEA region as a new enablement partner, allowing for faster integrations with the payments giant's numerous programs, a press release says.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Visa has wrapped up its acquisition of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper , the first deal of its kind by the financial giant in the region. In an announcement of completion of the deal, Visa said it will accelerate the global payments and credit card company’s “network of networks” strategy.

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BankInovation

MAY 31, 2023

Brex, a credit-card startup, has seen a surge in usage of its products following this year’s regional banking turmoil. The company has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue for both its business accounts unit and Empower, its spend management business, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News.

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PYMNTS

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. For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives.

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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. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. SoftBank has so far earmarked $100 million to $150 million to fund 17 companies and two venture capital firms. . “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

It was a big week for B2B FinTech startups in Latin America. Supply chain financing company Greensill revealed its acquisition of Colombia-based Omni, a small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lender that will enable Greensill to strengthen its Latin American footprint. Authenticiti.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Bank-FinTech collaboration continues to thrive as more financial service providers place small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) front-and-center of product development. The technology heightens visibility of funds as they flow through procure-to-pay and order-to-cash cycles, the company noted in its announcement.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2017

German fintech company Deposit Solutions acquired Berlin-based retail deposits platform, Savedo for an undisclosed amount, it was announced today. The acquisition adds more than 18,000 registered clients, 13 partner banks and two new regions (Austria and the Netherlands) to […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Ireland has been ramping up to boost FinTech efforts — a trend that has spanned several countries globally. The Times reported late last week that initiatives include a “FinTech foresight” group that will bring together various stakeholders across financial technology and multinational companies. In the U.S.,

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 25, 2018

PREMIUM - The digital and innovation strategy behind Fifth Third, one the largest regional banks in the country, is simple: build, buy, partner. That strategy has worked well for the bank.The company told Bank Innovation that it has invested $100 million in fintech over the past 22 months and that it expects to make about […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

FinTech payments startup Nium , based in Singapore, is getting a new round of funding led by new investors Visa and BRI Ventures. Chris Clark, regional president of Asia Pacific at Visa, said the company first starting working with Nium last year when the startup joined the Visa FinTech Fast Track program in Asia Pacific.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Colombia-based RobinFood — Latin America’s fastest-growing chain of “cloud” restaurants — credits proprietary technology, the explosive growth of FinTechs and pandemic-led lifestyle changes as the secrets of its success. We are a tech company that sells food,” Vega said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

4) said Boost Payment Solutions is expanding its commercial cards network to new regions around the world, a move the company said would strengthen its international acquirer relationships and broaden the reach of its straight-through processing (STP) solution, Boost Intercept. A press release Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. Shopmatic said in an announcement that it would “leverage the MatchMove reach and network to originate new customers as well as accelerate our platform growth across the region.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

FinTech startup Plaid is partnering with banking platform Jack Henry & Associates to advance the Plaid Exchange for more than 350 financial institutions (FIs). “We Plaid Exchange is the industry’s first open finance platform, the company said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Belgium, which is home to many European Union (EU) institutions, is also a burgeoning FinTech hub. The country has the fifth-highest number of FinTech deals in Europe, according to an analysis from Belgium-based European FinTech platform B-Hive. ” FinTech firm recovr is among the startups based in Belgium.

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PYMNTS

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

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The number of financial technology companies is on a rise, and every year many of these new companies as well as established ones choose to situate themselves in cities that are not San Francisco or New York. In some cases, the establishment of one powerful player in a region automatically turns a place into a […].

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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. million into the company to aid with expansion, according to a release. Our investment should allow the company to further expand and scale its operations.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Lithuania wants to become a global FinTech powerhouse. In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card acceptance, to a bright spot in Europe for FinTech innovation. Regulation is perhaps the strongest driver of Lithuania’s FinTech-friendly environment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

10), Craig Moore, CEO of business financing platform Beehive , not only made the case for more P2P lending in the Middle East (the company is based in the United Arab Emirates), but also gave a larger view of the FinTech situation in that region as a new decade dawns. But in a new PYMNTS interview on Tuesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Cross-border FinTech efforts have seen increasing participation from central banks and monetary authorities. The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions. The Fed And FinTech Firms. Separately, in India, API infrastructure firm Setu said last week that it had raised $3.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The relationship between FinTechs and banks has been complicated, with relatively young upstarts competing with established financial institutions in a new and growing world of digital payments and commerce. But, in fact, banks and FinTechs may make for the perfect marriage, as each works to leverage their unique strengths and opportunities.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Toronto is a powerhouse for financial innovation in Canada: The city has the most sizable ecosystem for FinTech in the country, with 185 startups per one count. NorthOne , a FinTech firm that focuses on small business owners, is one of the companies that call the city home. Funding rounds and exits have followed suit.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Brexit may dominate the headlines when it comes to the United Kingdom, but FinTech funding proceeds apace, and financial backers show a continued sanguine attitude about the space. based FinTechs said they have garnered more than 200 million pounds. FinTech trade body, said that as much as $3.3 FinTech Efforts in Estonia.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

AlphaCredit is a FinTech platform with a focus on consumer lending and finance solutions. Among those payments, SoftBank was involved in raising money for robotics and artificial intelligence firm Berkshire Grey, part of a $263 million haul for the company.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Deciens Capital, according to a report. The last year has been a good one for Africa’s FinTech sector.

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CB Insights

APRIL 19, 2022

Global fintech funding clocked in at $28.8B In our State of Fintech 2021 Report, we dive into global investment trends to spotlight takeaways including: How fintech saw record deal activity despite the funding decline. The record unicorn count, unicorn birth trends, and new fintech unicorns of Q1’22. And much more.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2022

Global fintech funding fell 33% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to hit $20.4B — its lowest level since Q4’20. Below, check out a handful of highlights from our 197-page, data-driven State of Fintech Q2’22 Report. Below, check out a handful of highlights from our 197-page, data-driven State of Fintech Q2’22 Report.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Founder and Curve CEO Shachar Bialick said in a press release on Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to Bertrand Theaud , founder of Hong Kong-based FinTech Statrys , the proliferation of family-owned SMEs across Asia continues to propel cross-border trade volumes in the region. Yet these smaller companies struggle to access the kinds of financial products and services larger enterprises wield to finance that trade.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Visa, the payments company, announced Tuesday (October 23) a strategic minority investment in Conductor, a digital payments processing technology platform in Brazil. Visa said its investment in Conductor is part of the payment company’s global strategy to open up the Visa ecosystem and support a broad array of new partners.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). As previously reported, Saudi Arabia has trained sights on FinTech as well, specifically in Riyadh.

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BankInovation

AUGUST 27, 2021

African-focused fintechs raised nearly $700 million this week in funding rounds for cross-border payments company Zepz and Nigerian mobile-payments startup Opay.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Rapid consolidation in the banking industry is creating a growing band of regional banks that find themselves stuck in a solution provider market that isn’t fully capable of serving them. FIS has captured a dominant share in the regional banking space with its IBS core platform (formerly Metavante).

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