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Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration

PYMNTS

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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Banks Say FinTech Innovation, Not Regulation, Is Now Their Fiercest Market Pressure

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Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up.

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The Crypto Brat Pack Just Earned Themselves Regulation

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Now is the time for bankers to engage lawmakers in how the crypto and digital asset market shapes up. Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand.

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FinTech Regulation Gains Traction Across The Pond

PYMNTS

the continued movement toward bringing fledgling FinTech startups to flight is gaining traction. Regulating such a fast growing market means some trial and error, however, will be par for the course. As might be expected, firms across the pond are watching this regulator/incubator relationship. Of course, the U.S.

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Why P2P Could Soon Play A Leading Role In Middle East FinTech

PYMNTS

So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets. We had to deal with credit and trust issues very quickly,” he said, echoing other FinTech leaders and entrepreneurs who operate in the Middle East and in the Gulf countries. “We But in a new PYMNTS interview on Tuesday (Dec. In fact, the U.K.’s

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In FinTech, The Race for Patents (And More)

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In technology, innovation, of course, is as critical as oxygen, fueling the “next big thing” and boosting top and bottom lines. And, according to Cipher , a data insights firm based in the United Kingdom, in FinTech, the patent race is one that is seeing some clear winners, among them large tech firms, with traditional banks trailing.

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NY Regulator Looks To Interest Rate Caps For FIs And FinTech Firms

PYMNTS

The movement toward linkups between traditional financial institutions (FI) and FinTech firms seems an inexorable one — in the cross-selling of corporate services into consumer bases that embrace individuals and, typically, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, looking elsewhere beyond U.S.

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