PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

COVID-19 has closed bank and credit union (CU) branches across the United States, sending the demand for digital banking solutions soaring as consumers hop online to manage their finances from home. FinTechs are also emerging as major CU competitors. We surveyed 4,058 U.S. percent and 72.5

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2018

based digital bank Revolut has raised $250 million in a Series C, boosting the company’s valuation to unicorn status. billion, will use the new funding to expand to further markets, including the United States, Australia, and Hong Kong. This new raise brings the amount of money the digital […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

Legacy banks have their work cut out for them if they want to survive another century as key players in the digital banking world. This is driving legacy banks to take a closer look at their own products and strategies, with many rising to the challenge. Around the Digital Banking World. About the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

“At InstaReM we’re committed to giving people the platform to use their money their way and after launching successful operations in some of the high-traffic corridors in the Asia-Pacific, European Union and the United States, we are thrilled to arrive in Canada,” InstaReM Co-Founder and CEO Prajit Nanu said in the release. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Banks need to make sure they’re using tech in ways that keep the fraudsters out, but don’t send customers looking for another service. In the July Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how banks are using tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to both fight against fraud and better engage customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

While much has been written about India’s vast unbanked population — roughly one-eighth by the World Bank’s estimates — the more important issue to really look at is how much of India ’s population is under banked , Mandar Agashe , founder, managing director and vice chairman of Sarvatra Technologies told Karen Webster.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 7, 2023

The launch of Charlie points to an underserved niche in banking: older adults. In mid-May, a digital bank account for the 62+ crowd debuted in the United States. It’s only a matter of time for retirees to get a rewrite of digital banking. Well, it happened. You’ve been the everything to everyone.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

Banks have been forced to reduce or suspend in-branch activities to prevent the risk of infection at branches at least temporarily. The largest bank in the United States, J.P. Developments From Around The World Of Digital-First Bank ing. The global digital banking platform industry generated $3.95

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Digital banking customers of today aren’t looking for the bank with the newest features — they’re looking for the bank that can keep their data safe. Any security mishap can send customers to one of the other digital banking apps that are ready and waiting for them. Around the Digital Banking World.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. Some even say that blockchain will be the most influential FinTech technology of 2018.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 17, 2017

On Wednesday the American Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)* followed up on its promise last December to introduce a national bank charter for Fintech bank startups by issuing a white paper on how to apply for a licence, the evaluation process and what will be involved.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Traditional financial institutions (FIs) may offer only money transfers made via expensive correspondent banking networks, and some customers may require assistance from several financial services providers to meet their needs. Legacy banks often send remittances over correspondent banking networks, which can drive up costs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

21) a collaboration to help FinTechs and other financial-affiliated businesses with fast issuing of debit cards and bank accounts for customers, without expensive startup fees or long-term contracts. FinTechs, for example, can leverage the new initiative to create debit cards and bank accounts more easily.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

The Berlin-based firm said it plans to use the money to speed up its expansion and “deepen its footprint” in the 50 countries where it currently operates, with a special focus on the United States, Japan and Brazil. Mambu said it is also embarking on a hiring spree, with plans to double its payroll to over 1,000 by 2022.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Something particularly notable in the emergence of FinTech platforms all over the world, Matt Dill, Visa’ s Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Venture told Karen Webster when they discussed the worldwide launch of Visa Partner. 30), the card network announced just such a FinTech partnership. So today (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are still struggling to respond to the rise in digital banking adoption spurred by the pandemic. The increase in digital banking use has also breathed new life into the discussions surrounding the technology FIs are employing to make sure they can offer this level of support.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

What do track and field stars, NASCAR drivers and millions of businesses owners around the United States have in common? While more speed may mean more endorsement money for athletes, it means faster settlements and more efficient business for commercial banking customers. They all have an appreciation for speed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The pandemic has cost more than 300,000 lives in the United States alone, and it has also challenged many institutions — such as credit unions (CUs) — that were never designed to operate on a primarily remote basis. Credit unions have stepped up to reinforce their digital operations during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

More than 40 percent of United States businesses received at least some of their invoices in 2019 via a form of communication that many younger generations may have trouble identifying, let alone using: fax. This statistic is emblematic of a larger problem in the world of B2B payments. Around The BaaS World. About The Playbook.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

21) a collaboration to help FinTechs and other financial-affiliated businesses with fast issuing of debit cards and bank accounts for customers, without expensive startup fees or long-term contracts. FinTechs, for example, can leverage the new initiative to create debit cards and bank accounts more easily.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Consumers have noticed the rising levels of fraud in digital banking, and they are not pleased. Around the Digital Banking World. Regulators as well as banks are searching for ways to keep launderers and other fraudsters out of online banking. In fact, one recent study found that 71.2 About the Tracker.

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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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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Less than 10 years old, the Brazil-based digital bank counts 70 million clients across its three operating countries ( source ). The largest fintech bank in Latin America, this master of digital marketing – known for creating cool products with strong organic growth – continues its massive expansion in Mexico and Colombia.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Open banking comes in several flavors, yet its rise requires robust Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures, Zac Cohen , chief operating officer at identity verification firm Trulioo told Karen Webster in a recent interview. In recent years, we’ve seen the heavily regulated version of open banking in the E.U.,”

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. And from the very beginning, there have been pure-play digital banking startups. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. But unlike ecommerce, digital-only banking was slow to catch on.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

German smartphone bank N26 , valued at $3.5 Berlin’s most valuable FinTech startup grew from the 3.5 In 2019, N26 began operating in the United States. CEO, said in a PYMNTS interview that growth came after N26 evaluated domestic customers’ online banking perceptions and preferences. Nicolas Kopp, the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This deal looks good for Temenos, Kony and the banking industry clients of both firms. The digital banking market continues a long burn—this time like the smoke of a Texas summer barbecue. Geneva-based Temenos’ announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based digital application provider Kony in a deal totaling $580 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the United States, 8 million consumers have fallen below the poverty line since May, for example, movement that severely reduces the access these consumers may have to financial tools. Legacy FIs must navigate several challenges to be able to offer mobile payments support with the same seamlessness as third-party FinTechs.

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CB Insights

JULY 25, 2019

Fintech is often associated with digital tools targeted at tech-savvy millennials. But there is a growing market of fintech companies serving the unique financial needs of Baby Boomers and older retirees — and for good reason. Fintech services for seniors are targeting a range of sub-categories.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Fintech is expensive. Fintech is everywhere. Fintech is the global competition for regulation, talent, and macroeconomic supremacy. Fintech is the trade war between the US and China. Fintech is the trade war between the US and China. Fintech is Facebook and Amazon. Fintech is the next bubble to burst.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

BlockCard, a digital currency FinTech platform by Ternio, is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful to debut a new digital currency debit card, which lets users take out money from an automated teller machine (ATM), among other features.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Advanced technology is increasingly raising the stakes of how CUs should operate, with members coming to expect the instant payments and slick mobile interfaces that large banks and FinTechs have made standard. How Digital-First CUs Can Break The Impersonality Barrier. percent within the past year, total assets have risen 6.4

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). 7 born this month (Digit Insurance, Divvy, Mambu, Melio Payments, MX, PPro, Sunlight Financial). + It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. Full Fintech Unicorn List. United States.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 31, 2021

Fintech startups had quite the showing in this year’s INC 500 ranking. In comparison, last year the highest-ranked fintech was #46 Yieldstreet and there were only 2 other fintech startups in the top 100. Based in the United States. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) August 2021.

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