PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is looking toward new technologies to keep a closer eye on the nation’s FinTech , blockchain and digital lending markets. Yet onlookers have noted that PBoC has been working diligently toward its own FinTech growth.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The push toward digital banking seems an inexorable one, with the technology and demographics acting as tailwinds, and where governments have increasingly gotten into the act of promoting digital banks (the pure-play kind) and making forays into bits and bytes, where once paper and face-to-face transactions reigned.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

FinTech TradeCore rolled out a platform that helps new financial institutions (FIs) launch quickly and easily, according to a Financial IT report. CEO Stefan Pajkovic founded the company to help emerging FinTechs find their way through the industry’s regulations and licensing requirements.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

.’s open banking framework have grown more diverse since its launch in 2018, the initial excitement behind the regulatory initiative was its opportunity to lower barriers to market entry for new FinTechs, and to augment competition in the financial services world. That’s not to say open banking has failed, however.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2022

These fintech and banking trends should be on financial institutions’ radar in the year ahead. This list of top banking and fintech trends for 2022 won’t tell anyone anything they haven’t already heard about. consumers, 60% of crypto owners would use their bank to invest in cryptocurrencies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Small business Banking-as-a-Service rises to the top in this week's roundup of the latest bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives. Two SMB BaaS companies secured new funding, while FinTech Wise says it is ushering in a new definition of open banking with its embedded banking functionality.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

number of big crypto custodians like Anchorage, Coinbase, and a number of others, have been contacted by banks about whether they’d be willing to be like the third-party custody providers for national banks whose customers want to invest in bitcoin,” he said, according to CoinDesk. “Well, what I have heard.a UNICAS is a project of U.K.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Here’s a decent piece of coverage on CNBC: (JPM Coin) will be one of the first real-world applications for a cryptocurrency … The post Is JPMCoin a cryptocurrency and what should SWIFT do about it? appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

FinTechs could face these same financial pains as regulators increasingly demand that they follow the compliance rules to which FIs must adhere. The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . A report found that the U.S. million. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

European digital bank Revolut , the continent's largest such institution with 13 million users, is close to applying for a U.S. digital banking license, according to a report by CNBC. Revolut's bank charter will be with California, but it will allow the bank to operate anywhere in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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The Paypers

JANUARY 4, 2022

Assembled Financial ’s has introduced Anda , a digital bank solution that offers a low-cost digital bank account insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance and a loyalty program with a cryptocurrency component.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Carlos Costa, the head of the Bank of Portugal and member of the European Central Bank (ECB) board, said banks are going to have to be nimble and fast reacting if they want to stave off competition from FinTechs and digital banking apps. There will be an adjustment on the banks’ side,” Costa said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

London-based FinTech Revolut is planning to tap the $500 million it got from investors to acquire competing technology firms suffering from the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic. Since its founding days, the FinTech has expanded its offerings to include cryptocurrency trading, business banking and more.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The Securities & Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has moved to freeze the assets of a $12 million cryptocurrency mining and multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme, Coindesk reports. In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Not even a month has passed since Julie Demarigny, a veteran in digital entertainment industry having served Warner Bros. and Sony Music, has joined West Coast focused Union Bank as its head of digital banking.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week saw a funding round of more than $550 million for a commercial digital banking provider, as well as a $120 million round for a Swiss-licensed cryptocurrency assets trade and custody services provider.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As reported in this space, and via announcement sent to PYMNTS, the company’s CEO and Founder Neil Ambikar said that the firm will look to accelerate growth, with an eye on rolling out application programming interface (API) enabled banking services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

After getting the banking license, Revolut said it would develop a “financial super app.” The FinTech startup has already created several financial services products, including cryptocurrency and stock trading, savings wallets, junior accounts and rewards. in March through a partnership with Metropolitan Commercial Bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Digital banks. Digital Banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Italian police charged the former head of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, identified by the initials of “F.F.,” with money laundering, fraudulent banking and computer fraud, Reuters reported. “It cryptocurrency exchange Exmo reported a “major” security breach on Mon. They allege that F.F. Meanwhile, U.K.

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American Banker

JANUARY 25, 2024

The San Francisco technology company is partnering with Onramp Invest to offer registered investment experts tools for facilitating larger digital asset transactions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

OMG Network is looking to integrate multiple electronic wallets using the OmiseGo blockchain, while 0x is a decentralized exchange that enables developers to create their own cryptocurrency exchanges. The blockchain network Tezos is linked to a digital token called a tez or a tezzie. In March, Revolut launched in the U.S.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Paybby, whose founder wanted to address disparities in the financial system after the George Floyd protests, is working with banks and others to develop products especially for underserved communities. They include a debit card that substitutes for food stamps and an app that temporarily sweeps cash into cryptocurrency.

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The Financial Brand

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The post Are Cryptocurrencies Coming to Everybody’s Checking Accounts? appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights. With interest in holding crypto rising fast among Americans, there's an opportunity to establish an early presence.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Thai FinTech firm DeeMoney is teaming with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple to facilitate quicker and less expensive cross-border money transfers, according to an announcement. DeeMoney is using RippleNet to process inbound payments coming into Thailand as of now, and it is the first non-bank institution in the country to use RippleNet.

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The Financial Brand

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The post 5 Cryptocurrency Issues Banks & Credit Unions Must Tackle Now appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights. The definition of 'money' and 'investments' keeps expanding. Traditional institutions can't risk falling behind what consumers home in on.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Libra, Facebook’s cryptocurrency, could roll out by January, but in a reportedly “limited format,” per officials. The platform will reportedly offer a collection of cash, trade finance and liquidity management offerings. Some of the functions include integration with many technology partners.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. Paul Murphy, founder of Murphy & Co.

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American Banker

JANUARY 13, 2021

said its digital bank, which will not take insured deposits, will enable the company to strengthen partnerships with financial institutions that offer custody services for clients’ cryptocurrency assets. A co-founder of Anchorage Trust Co.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America’s fintech scene is gaining momentum, with 80+ fintech deals closing for around $300M in 2016, and over 100 deals already closed in 2017. Track the LatAm fintech companies in this brief and many more on our platform. Track LatAm fintech companies. LatAm Fintech. Digital Banking.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Lei said the regulator will reinforce the fusion of FinTech and the foreign exchange market and will oversee the advancement of new technology. “We Tencent’s WeBank , a digital bank in China that provides loans to individuals and small businesses, will be the technical infrastructure provider for the country’s national blockchain network.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 2018, companies from 31 countries and 19 categories — spanning payments, digital banking, insurance, and more — made it onto the CB Insights 2018 Fintech 250 list. Below, we dive into where the Fintech 250 Class of 2018 startups are now. GET THE 102-PAGE q4 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Phone number.

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Chris Skinner

JANUARY 9, 2019

There has been a lot of thinking and rethinking during 2018 about blockchain, cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and everything digital currency related. I wrote about the challenges getting blockchains implemented for example, and was surprised to find myself enduing up as a network meme. The power of the pundit, ay?

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Hsu frequently has shared concerns about the need for the OCC to develop in-depth understanding of the technologies banks are adopting, including in the context of bank-fintech partnerships and bank involvement with cryptocurrency products.

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