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SoFi To Buy Galileo Financial Technologies In $1.2B Deal

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In a deal valued at over a $1 billion, SoFi said it has inked a definitive deal to buy Galileo Financial Technologies. The firm’s offerings can be accessed through desktop, mobile and a tangible debit card. These are products that many of our leading fintech clients are asking for. I think it’s very powerful.”.

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Mastercard Leads Investment In Mobile FinTech Mobeewave

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“This is a major market validation of our payment acceptance platform, and highlights Mobeewave as an industry leader in the FinTech space.”. This financial backing has also brought us one step closer to realizing our goal of making payment acceptance an option for everyone.”.

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Fintech for Kids: Greenlight Raises $16 Million in Series A Funding

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Greenlight Financial Technology, a fintech startup for kids, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round today, Bank Innovation has learned. Greenlight Technology is a combination of P2P and PFM features on a mobile app, and is unusual in that it focuses on children.

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Cambodia, Singapore In X-Border FinTech Pact

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Cross-border FinTech efforts have seen increasing participation from central banks and monetary authorities. The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions. The Fed And FinTech Firms. The banks have also agreed to share data on emerging markets.

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Yolande Piazza Officially Head of Citi Fintech

Bank Innovation

Citi Group named long-time executive Yolande Piazza the head of Citi Fintech today. Piazza, a 30-year financial technology veteran, who has been serving Citi in a variety of roles since 1988, will lead the group’s efforts in mobile, payments, and general fintech innovation.

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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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Middlegame Launches €150m FinTech Fund

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MiddleGame Ventures has launched a new €150MM fund targeting FinTech investments in Europe and North America. MGV’s Venture Fund I has already made three representative investments in financial technology startups in the UK: Nivaura, Railsbank and Gardenia Technologies.

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