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In B2B, FinTech And Banks Eye (And Serve) SMB Capital Needs

PYMNTS

In one example, OurCrowd , which operates in the equity crowdfunding space, has struck up a partnership in Thailand with Bangkok Bank , boosting OurCrowd’s reach in Asia. The bank is billed as being the market leader in corporate and SME banking, with its focus in China and Southeast Asia.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

Gonzobanker

Digital Transformation – More Digital Than Transformative As bankers shared notes on recent technology investments, it is clear that there has been more digitization of how bankers already do business rather than a rethink of how to create a customer experience and operate the business with new tools and capabilities.

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CUs Work Together To Stay Ahead Of The Competition

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Their traditional banking rivals are now supplemented by young, agile FinTechs that advertise the most advanced technology and much greater efficiency than their legacy counterparts, meaning that CUs must lean into their strengths to get ahead. Few are more familiar with this challenge than St. Louis, specifically, is very overbanked.”.

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The MoneyGram Acquisition — Is A Bidding War Coming Soon?

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in Leawood, Kansas, specifically — to start rethinking their competitive strategy, just not after the deal went through. MoneyGram has over 2 billion bank, mobile and virtual accounts, a presence in 200 countries, 350,000 agent locations and a little over 35,000 ATMs. and around the world to rethink how they are competing.”.

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Temenos to Acquire Kony: So What?

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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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Envel is the New Simple Bank (Fintech Startup of the Week)

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They have said they are working with BaaS provider Cambr and Q2 for digital banking technology. On the banking side, the startup is working StoneCastle for deposits and Kansas City-based nbkc bank to power banking services, including a soon-to-be-launched debit card.

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Fintech Fundings: 39 Companies Raise $930 Million Week Ending April 15

Fintech Labs Insights

Equities markets operator. HQ: Lenexa, Kansas. Digital bank. Tags: Consumer, lending, banking, deposits. Aire raised an undisclosed amount to further its new credit scoring system. Here are the fintech deals by size from 9 April to 15 April 2016: Bats Global. Latest round: $252.7 million IPO. Total raised: Unknown.