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Distributed Ledgers Expected to be Most Prominent Financial Technology in 2019, Poll Finds

Bank Innovation

Distributed ledger technology will be crucial to innovation in digital banking this year, according to a poll conducted by Bank Innovation. For the December poll, Bank Innovation asked readers to name a technology, aside from the obvious - artificial intelligence, that would be most prominent in 2019.

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Beyond Mobile Banking, Giving (Alexa’s) Voice to Financial Lives, Naturally

PYMNTS

How to bring mobile banking to the realm of the spoken word – beyond the mere recitation of account data, beyond call and response? Banking is, of course, about more than account balances. Ideally, those actions should run the gamut of transactions and financial services, across payments and cards.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Finding the right place, at the right pace in a volatile and uncertain mobile marketplace. Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. But how far are they willing to go to do their banking on small mobile devices?

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B2B Neobank Qonto Gets $115M In Series C Round

PYMNTS

The startup has said that business banking on the continent needs to be repaired, and that it can provide a much better experience with its mobile and online-first offerings. . Qonto launched its corporate digital banking solution in 2017. billion USD) in transaction volume last year. . million.

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

PYMNTS

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S. Varo Bank N.A.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: German Neobank N26 Eyes IPO With New CFO; Goalsetter Lands $3.9 Million Seed Investment  

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N26 has brought Dr. Jan Kemper on board as its new CFO as the Germany-based financial technology firm eyes a future possible IPO. Goalsetter, the financial technology upstart, has landed $3.9 Goalsetter is a financial literacy and savings tools for teens and children, with a particular focus on educating youth of color.

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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). has partnered with Kenya’s Family Bank Limited, as announced Wednesday (Nov.

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