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. It has also been unfriendly toward other forms of digital finance, including the peer-to-peer lending industry.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 9, 2022

Bank executives should take these new deals’ valuations as a sign that the free market sees the future of finance as unbundled from the traditional industry structure. As new cloud-native, API-driven solutions come to market, the term “core” seems to live in the eye of the beholder. Response From The Other Two Big 3 Players.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2019

In payments, to gain technology, reach and new use cases (and, sometimes, all of the above), the debate has always boiled down to “build or buy.” Battle Over Payday Lending Shifts To Public Comments. The battle over payday lending – specifically, how tough U.S. Top Performers. Why Visa Brought Earthport Into Its Orbit.

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BankInovation

JULY 7, 2022

And cryptocurrencies, well, they can be as mind-bending as anything financial alchemists have ever dreamed up. It’s from fintech company Percent Technologies and Anzen, a new […]. Shadow lenders and their repackaging of cash flows from loans into securities come with their own complexities.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The “Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses” hearing will be held on March 4 at 11:30 a.m. Paystand is another firm utilizing blockchain in the B2B FinTech arena, tapping into the technology to streamline B2B payments with its payments-as-a-service solution.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B

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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. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Startups headquartered in Ontario dominate the table, with over 40 fintech companies from this market map headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Lenders are weathering the downturn in cryptocurrency better than other players, with the industry seeing strong demand from borrowers. This is helping those who believe cryptocurrency prices will go higher by allowing them to cover the bills, while also lending digital tokens to people who think the price can fall further.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Prime Trust, which provides financial infrastructure as well as technology for custody and settlement of alternative assets, has rolled out a new core banking platform with support for cryptocurrency and other fractional assets. StreetShares offers small business lending technology for banks and credit union.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The rise of blockchain technology was accompanied by that of cryptocurrencies, but innovation in blockchain technology does not mean we should speculate in virtual currencies.”. Two years ago, Chinese regulators banned cryptocurrency and trading exchanges.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Gangs in Latin America are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency to operate illegal trades of drugs, guns, sex and people, Reuters reported. Additionally, institutional customers of crypto lending platform BlockFi can now use bitcoin as collateral in risk-managed loan agreements executed on Fidelity Digital Assets, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The new banking options are largely built around blockchain technologies. On July 22, the federal Comptroller of the Currency issued a notice clarifying that federally chartered banks could provide custody service for cryptocurrency assets. Avanti made its Wyoming intentions clear in February.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

The funding comes in the form of Ripple’s own cryptocurrency and will be used to fund startups selected by Blockchain Capital. Ripple said it hopes the investment will be used to support innovators that deploy Ripple technology. Artificial Intelligence. Tienda Pago. Details of the investment are scarce, but Player’s Network Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The move is also possibly a way for Cash App to stay ahead of competitor PayPal , which has also recently entered the cryptocurrency arena. Other firms have made similar moves, with crypto lending firm BlockFi partnering with Visa to roll out a new bitcoin-backed credit card in 2021, CoinDesk reported. market, Quartz reported.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

The fintech industry took a hard hit in 2022 as investors scaled back their investments amid market turmoil. First name Last name Email Company Name Job Title Phone number Using CB Insights data, we mapped how a16z spread these fintech investments across categories like payments, blockchain, digital lending, and more.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Also in Europe, the European financial markets regulator has said that it wants to spend one million euros to promote market stability in the region as pertains to cryptocurrencies and FinTechs. community banks and small business lending. The one million euros will be spent through 2019, according to reports.

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Abrigo

MARCH 15, 2022

It doesn’t grab the attention the way concepts like open banking or cryptocurrency do,” wrote CCG Catalyst Director of Research Kate Drew in a report. The commercial and business banking market lost $3.3 In late February, for example, SoFi Technologies Inc. In late February, for example, SoFi Technologies Inc. Learn More.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. The company said it plans to use the investment to further build out its lending operations.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 9, 2022

Our focus here is on blockchain-based cryptoassets because of their enabling technological characteristics (eg interoperability, incentive alignment in decentralised networks) for a decentralised metaverse. But many of the enabling technologies to create this ecosystem do already exist. The role of cryptoassets.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

While the prices of cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets have fallen from their 2017 peaks, equity investment into blockchain startups is on pace to hit all-time highs in 2018. See how venture firms, corporates, regulators, and builders are shaping the future of blockchain technology. THE FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECH. End of story.”

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Gonzobanker

JULY 9, 2021

The fintech market is smokin’ hot right now. As fintech startups, challengers, and even mature fintech providers laser in on evermore specific pain points, investors pour funds into the payments, lending, data, and other approaches to pain relief. But is it headed into a warm, steady burn, or will it end up as a dumpster fire?

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America fintech companies are creating solutions aimed at rethinking banking, lending, and payments in the region. Note that the market map is illustrative, and not exhaustive of companies in the space. Holdinvest Technology Fund, Intel Capital, Kaszek Ventures. Track LatAm fintech companies. LatAm Fintech. 630+ items.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

The division will also look at new way to use technology to address financial exclusion; identify and protect consumer data rights; and encourage innovations so that the state maintains its presence as a financial innovation hub. And the New York Times has revealed that it is planning to use blockchain technology to fight fake news.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the Wild West of speculative trading that exists now. As noted just this week, Citigroup has decided that it will scrap its plans to bring a crypto to market after several years of trying.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Smartphone maker HTC has launched a new entry-level phone aimed at cryptocurrency users, TechCrunch reported on Monday (Oct. The new phone also is full of cryptocurrency-related features allowing users to exchange, lend and borrow digital assets. After Google acquired most of HTC’s design team for $1.1

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

It might be easy to look at that 5 percent year-on-year price decline and conclude that perhaps the world’s best-known cryptocurrency is getting more stable. By mid-December, the price was approaching $20,000 — and people were openly speculating that 2018 would be the year the market would meet the $100,000 bitcoin.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

Whether it is an earnings call, quarterly shareholder letter, or employee update, these are concerns the market has, and as a bank leader, you should be prepared. Uncertainty over higher rates, greater market volatility, and the threat of a looming recession, investors now suspect of growth. Top Line Revenue & Lending.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. banks by market value.”. The Appropriate CFPB Target Award.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

As innovative technologies move down stream, small and medium-sized businesses are poised to benefit significantly from being able to customize a flexible payroll and human capital management (HCM) program. Like Du Val, Dunwoodie acknowledged that technological progress has lifted the barrier for smaller employers to meet these demands.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS ’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of its digital currency exchange platform, the company said in an announcement. Crypto startup Uphold is getting into the earning and lending product market with Uphold Borrow and Uphold Earn, CoinDesk reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The second week of December saw bitcoin sit pretty solidly in the 750s and 760s after last week’s high point of $777 — on trend for relatively stable (by cryptocurrency standards) growth upward since dipping down into the 550s this past summer. Don’t go building a backyard bunker and stocking up on cryptocurrency just yet.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Among plenty of emerging use cases, the technology aims to create a new and improved payments system for the world — one that’s secure, transparent, decentralized, fast, and uses cryptocurrencies (types of digital cash) as a means of exchange. But the value of most cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, fluctuates on a daily basis.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Blockchain applications may still be a ways away from real-world proliferation, but the technology is certainly beginning to take steps from proof-of-concept phase into beta and pilot testing. IBM is no stranger to blockchain, and the technology conglomerate has several distributed ledger projects in the works. percent to 7.57

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He further noted that if “I need capital to lend, then let’s have the same rules for everyone – for the internet giants, too.”. One consideration, the group has said, includes regulatory sandbox/innovation hubs that provide industry support as innovation comes to market. and Alibaba in China, may be able to “replace many banks.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Gil Beyda, managing director of Comcast Ventures, is among the growing list of investors convinced that it is bitcoin’s underlying distributed ledger technology – not cryptocurrency itself – that has the real potential for market disruption. There is a token, but not necessarily a cryptocurrency being exchanged.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Alternative lending, eProcurement and cross-border payments innovators all saw impressive activity (though several funding values remained private), and one single startup raised $165 million — more than the rest of the eight other funding rounds this week combined. Alternative Lending. and Singapore markets. eProcurement.

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