PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. The new banking options are largely built around blockchain technologies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The B2B FinTech space saw its fair share of venture capital, too, with investors targeting spend management, alternative small business lending, workforce management and enterprise crypto services — plus, some news of a few more investment rounds likely on the horizon. Chainalysis.

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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. million in new funding to support its operations in Peru and Mexico, according to ImpactAlpha reports.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 27, 2022

And while final numbers are still being calculated for 2022, bankers saw typologies exacerbated by the pandemic provide criminals with avenues for fraud while cryptocurrency scams surfaced more frequently. Lending & Credit Risk. Technology adoption: The “people” side of change. That represents almost 2.8

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nonetheless, Many FIs are looking to simplify and secure their onboarding procedures while also enabling customers to stay safe during the pandemic, leading them to seek out innovative technologies to do so. Brazil-based facial recognition and identification technologies provider Acesso Digital recently reported that more than 5.2

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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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Compliance startup Chainalysis works with law enforcement officials and financial institutions (FIs) to ensure that their cryptocurrency operations are within regulations. Open Financial Technologies. India’s Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 OakNorth operates in the U.K.

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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 13, 2017

Our research shows that the impact of technology advances on jobs will be felt more profoundly by some groups than others, with education level a key differentiator,” Jon Andrews, head of technology and investments at PwC UK, said in the report, as quoted in Computer Weekly. The tailwind will come in part via ISO 20022 messaging.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. Take cryptocurrencies, for instance. The top of any FinTech’s to-do — and to-keep-doing — list.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

In the event that there was significant ongoing demand by households for CBDC, the implication would be … a fall in commercial bank deposits, and a reduction in the availability of funds for lending to households and businesses.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Nicknamed NepFin, Neptune Financial recently announced $10 million in Series A funding for its alternative lending solution. Sands Capital Ventures led the investment, which NepFin recently told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster will go toward expanding its origination team and investing in its underlying technology and data capabilities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

According to news from Reuters , this latest round was led by Jefferson River Capital, LLC, the family office of Tony James, president and chief operating officer of private equity firm Blackstone. While Digital Asset has focused on using its technology in financial markets, the company would not exclude other sectors in the future. “I

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. SMEs want banks to offer bitcoin services , suggesting the cryptocurrency may not be such a failure after all. 65% of U.K.

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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. Kill the check.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Because threat actors often get recipients’ emails from password breach lists, they sometimes include passwords to lend authenticity,” Hunter Johnson, Cofense Professional Services at Cofense, wrote in a blog post. Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Connecting more than 8,000 decision makers and thought leaders across the industry, Sibos 2017 in Toronto was once again the platform where the global financial community explored the disruptions and opportunities in payments driven by innovation, technology and new business models. Open APIs was the standout technology at the conference.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Sales and trading operations within banks can be lucrative. SMB lending . Capital Float is an India-based startup providing business loans through a lending platform. The company has raised $126M in equity funding from investors including Ribbit Capital and Amazon , which is also trying to break into the SMB lending space. .

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. They are mostly looking for simple, convenient payment options, says Cary Whaley, ICBA vice president, payments and technology policy. By Kelly Pike.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Many speakers talked about the huge opportunity to integrate fintech and breakthrough technologies like blockchain and AI into the established banking industry. As disruptive innovation “comes home to banking,” the team at Cornerstone Advisors predicts that the ability of technology to drive tangible business outcomes for banks may skyrocket.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - Technology services provider Synechron launched a regtech program focused on helping its financial services clients on regulatory compliance issues. The program, which Synechron refers to as its Regtech Accelerator Program, went live yesterday.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 31, 2022

This created market dynamics significant enough to raise the cost of lending, and threatened to spill over to the wider economy and amplify the impact of the Covid shock. Cryptoasset technology is creating new financial assets, and new means of intermediation. Collating data in the face of new and emerging risks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

“Over the past few years, the rise of new financial marketplaces, globalized eCommerce, cross-border payments, international remittances, and cryptocurrencies have become significant opportunities for banks,” Caldera wrote in a recent report. Not if you ask Jose Caldera, IdentityMind Global’s VP of Product.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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BankUnderground

MAY 25, 2023

These protocols, based on distributed ledger technology, eliminate, in theory, the need for trust in counterparties and for financial institutions as we know them. Figure 1 shows that three stablecoins and the two largest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ether, make up the top five most borrowed assets. To this date over US$6.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

In the event that there was significant ongoing demand by households for CBDC, the implication would be … a fall in commercial bank deposits, and a reduction in the availability of funds for lending to households and businesses.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Tyler and Cameron, who both studied economics at Harvard, are now CEO and president, respectively, of Gemini , a cryptocurrency exchange. But to give the brothers the benefit of the doubt, they also claim that “bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there’s a tremendous power of social good behind it.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Today, 22 of those companies have become unicorns, 17 have exited, and none have shuttered operations. The demand from incumbents is aligned with a broader industry initiative to upgrade legacy technology, as well as incumbents’ sizable IT budgets dedicated to integrating new technologies. Click to enlarge. .

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Urs Bolt

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Financial Technology (Fintech) could help build an inclusive financial system which allows any group in society to enjoy more convenient financial services by lowering the threshold and costs of obtaining financing, said Wang Zhongmin, a former vice chairman of the National Council for the Social Society Fund, recently at the Hangzhou Bay Forum.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Combined, these 31 European startups have raised more than $21B in total funding, and operate across industries including fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Company Description: This UK-based company operates data centers in Europe and Asia. Auto1 Group now has operations in more than 30 countries. Global Switch.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. Despite charging lower fees, the company failed to gain enough traction with merchants who feared giving Amazon detailed data on their overall business operations. Table of Contents: Amazon’s product strategy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has launched a new central blockchain securities lending platform in Israel, according to a press release — the first in the area. That way, even those operating in shorter-term positions will have access, the release reads. dollars, with privacy coins not allowed.

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Lex Sokolin

JULY 1, 2019

fee on Binance, $600M of Tether printed, $200M in DeFi lending This is what it looks like, this change in the atmosphere, the fireflies all lighting up as the night comes in. The first is that in the web of investment bank technology, there are 20 or more core vendors on which systems run. Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02

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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

AUGUST 26, 2021

Many of SoftBank’s portfolio companies operate across a variety of different industries. Konfio , for instance, provides business credit and lending. The largest fintech deal SoftBank has backed in 2021 is cryptocurrency exchange FTX ’s $900M Series B-II in July. We’ve categorized companies according to top focus areas.

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