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Fintech Deals to Watch: Fall Festivities

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Core connectivity and API providers CFM and NXTsoft merged, acquiring document workflow provider IMM and rebranding as Kinective. Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Alogent acquired document imaging and tracking solution provider AccuSystems.

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Mitek Upgrades Digital ID Verification With NFC Technology

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A major provider of financial technology to banks, Mitek Systems said its digital identity verification software will now incorporate near-field communication (NFC) technology as well. Mitek, a top developer of digital identity verification and mobile check deposit technology, announced on Thursday (Oct.

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Ant’s IPO Journey Faces Regulatory Hill – Is Lending In Crosshairs?

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3), stock exchanges in Shanghai and Hong Kong have suspended the looming IPO (initial public offering) in Ant Group, citing regulatory changes in the financial services landscape — and summoning executives including controller Jack Ma to meet with Chinese regulators at the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

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Cryptos, Blockchain Listed Among SEC Priorities In 2020

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In documents released Tuesday (Jan. 8), the Securities and Exchange Commission ’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance and Examinations (OCIE) offered up a list of its priorities for the year that has just dawned. Call it, perhaps, a New Year’s Resolution list — for regulators. The decision had originally been scheduled for Dec.

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German Finance Minister Speaks Out Against Stablecoins

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Speaking about stablecoins, which are cryptocurrencies backed by more traditional financial products, like fiat currency, securities or gold, Scholz said, “We cannot accept a parallel currency. It also will discuss how to deal with potential problems and challenges that come from using digital financial technologies.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

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Engagement platform Personetics also secured $85M from Thoma Bravo Digital banking provider Apiture announced a fundraising round led by Live Oak Bank, Pinnacle Bank, and BHG Financial Digital banking provider Backbase raised $128.6M

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UK Financial Watchdog Says Wirecard Cooperative But Assets To Stay Frozen 

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The report said firms such as Pockit, the London-based financial technology company that offers an alternative to traditional banks, and U Account, the Sheffield, England digital bank, a subsidiary of subprime lender Morses Club PLC that provides finance to poorer clients, are among those hardest hit. authorities.

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