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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

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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. As an FDIC insured bank in the U.S.,

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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

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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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Kuwait Debuts FinTech Sandbox

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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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Business Payments FinTechs Embrace A Time To Innovate

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percent — or nearly $50 billion — for example, CNBC reported. Duke Chung , co-founder and CEO of corporate travel and expense management firm TravelBank , told PYMNTS, for example, "Not having a lot of travel in our industry right now gave us a lot more time to innovate and think about where the future is.".

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Bankable Partners With Visa For Global Expansion

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Banking as a service (BaaS) startup Bankable is partnering with Visa to accelerate digital banking solutions, Bankable announced on Tuesday (Feb. clients access to Bankable’s real-time digital banking solutions and faster payments. The strategic collaboration will provide Visa’s U.S.

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In The Middle East, Banks Embrace FinTech

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Efforts in the Middle East by banks and other financial institutions to embrace FinTech are on the rise. As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. Outside U.S.

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Scotiabank: Why Banks Need To Rethink Personalization

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In the July Digital-First Banking Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of digital-first banking, including the long-lasting effects brought on by the pandemic, the shifting attitudes surrounding ATM use, and how the digital banking development field is reaping dividends from the financial industry’s sea change.

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