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JULY 31, 2020

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”.

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William Mills

JANUARY 2, 2020

We all know keeping up with the latest fintech news and continuing to expand your knowledge is important, but actually making time to do so is easier said than done. Here are some of our favorite financial technology podcasts to help you squeeze a little more professional development into your day. Enter the podcast.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In a move that bolsters its financial technology presence in India, Uber has put an Uber Money team into place in Hyderabad. Uber Money teams are also located in Palo Alto, Amsterdam, New York and San Francisco tech centers, Livemint reported. percent business stake per news in January. of India (NPCI).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

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). FinTech Efforts In Africa. The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech startups and financial institutions (FIs). has been a hotbed of FinTech startups. USD) a year into financial technology companies. For me, culture is key.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Razer Fintech and Visa have unveiled a new prepaid card, dubbed the Razer Card, now in its test phase. The Singapore-based financial technology company said the move is part of its goal of establishing “the world’s first global youth bank.”.

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MARCH 26, 2019

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has announced the creation of the Fintech Advisory Group to bridge the communication gap between the FinTech industry and consumer organizations, the organization said in a release. The group members will be picked based on expertise across all FinTech -related issues.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

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. As reported, Singapore has been working on other cross-border initiatives as well.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

In China, the central bank has said that it will offer up a three-year development plan for the domestic FinTech sector. As reported by AltFi , the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has said that the sector represents a “new” growth engine. The statements were contained in the PBOC’s FinTech Development Plan 2019-2021.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

GME) one of the largest payment financial technology companies in South Korea, according to a Tuesday (June 23) announcement by MoneyGram. Our new partnership with GME, one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in a key market, will further support this strong digital growth.”.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Ireland has been ramping up to boost FinTech efforts — a trend that has spanned several countries globally. As reported this past week, per Yahoo Finance , Ireland wants to see as many as 50,000 people employed directly within the country’s international financial services sector, with a target date of 2025. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. The FinTech, however, is finding that companies want to know what the various payment services cost, and they want to optimize those fees. FinTechs, such as Modo, handle the technology and the data security issues.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China feeling the most pain. In the first quarter of 2018 venture funding going toward FinTechs stood at $6.2 It has a valuation of $2.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

AlphaCredit is a FinTech platform with a focus on consumer lending and finance solutions. But AlphaCredit CEOs and co-founders José Luis Orozco and Augusto Álvarez were happy about the opportunity, saying it would give them the chance to keep providing cutting-edge technology for fast, easy and flexible service.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paya , an eCommerce FinTech, plans to go public through a special kind of merger with an investment company, according to a press release. Paya is set to merge with FinTech Acquisition Corp. The deal is part of the move toward market consolidation for FinTechs. The deal values Paya at about $1.3 ” Betsy Z.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. According to the banks that have linked with FinTech firms, such guidelines would help relationships between the parties.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it is planning to steadily develop a system of rules to regulate financial technology (FinTech) in the country. China has become an emerging FinTech market due to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Financial technology company Sleek has reportedly netted $4 million in venture funding for its efforts to take on the traditional corporate services industry. Sam Tay , CEO of FinTech Aptiv8 , noted that his company offers an app for foreign workers. Singapore itself has a growing economy, with 1.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability. FinTech Improvements.

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Let's Talk Payments

APRIL 20, 2017

LOUIS, MO – April 18, 2017 – Financial services firm Edward Jones today announced a multi-year partnership with SixThirty, a St. Louis-based venture fund that invests in financial technology (FinTech).

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MARCH 6, 2020

The fund will set its sights on FinTechs and financial organizations in Africa, Latin America, India and Southeast Asia. We focus on scale-up stage financial technology companies that are expanding access to financial services for underserved consumers and small businesses,” said Rengaswamy.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Far Point Acquisition — which focuses on financial technology deals —said it would buy Global Blue, a payments company based in Switzerland, for $2.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. SoftBank has put money into the delivery startup Rappi in Colombia; Gympass , a Brazilian fitness company; and the FinTech Uala , based in Argentina.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

“This is a major market validation of our payment acceptance platform, and highlights Mobeewave as an industry leader in the FinTech space.”. Thanks to its secure and patented technology, Mobeewave paves the way to widespread adoption of mobile payment acceptance,” said Jonathan Cohen Sabban, NewAlpha’s managing director.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Financial technology startups were able to raise $39.57 On Monday (January 28) Acorns , the FinTech that helps users invest spare change, announced a Series E found of funding that gives it a valuation of $860 million, pushing it nearer to unicorn status. FinTechs brought in $11.89 In the U.S. billion, also a record.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

But in a new PYMNTS interview on Tuesday (Dec. 10), Craig Moore, CEO of business financing platform Beehive , not only made the case for more P2P lending in the Middle East (the company is based in the United Arab Emirates), but also gave a larger view of the FinTech situation in that region as a new decade dawns.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, executives of PayPal and Mastercard touted partnerships between financial technology companies and banks as a positive way to gain customers’ trust and innovate new ways for customers to interact with their finances. On Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, German neobank N26 has hired a new chief financial officer (CFO) as it eyes a future initial public offering (IPO), while FinTech app Goalsetter has raised $3.9 German FinTech N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO. German FinTech N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Accenture ’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific. Europe’s Billon has signed a letter of intent with financial technology provider FIS to explore joint product development and sales opportunities for its corporate blockchain solutions. “FIS

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Treasurers from the largest corporations are more likely to invest in newer financial technologies, found a new report from East & Partners and Contentive Media. East & Partners outlined its findings in the Treasury FinTech Index, which surveyed treasurers across geographic markets. percent planning to do so.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

It’s the end of the first workweek of the decade, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have a deep dive into faster payments for education, seven 2020 trendlines when it comes to the connected economy and news on Samsung’s Neon “ artificial human. ”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Below, PYMNTS looks at some of the other payments and financial technology companies that are either innovating on top of existing rails or looking to bypass those legacy networks altogether with entirely new solutions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Israeli startup Access Fintech has received $17.5 Access Fintech has developed a network to help resolve business “exceptions” (also known as errors) that financial institutions (FIs) make, such as data discrepancies on the financial terms of a trade between counterparties or using the wrong information to identify a client.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Australian consumer FinTech company Douugh is kicking off its visual “Savings Jar” feature as it widens the availability of its artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted bank account with a Mastercard debit card, Mastercard said in a press release on Thursday (Sept. Accelerate 2.0

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A new report by business banking market research and analysis firm East & Partners suggests corporations aren’t opposed to changing banks as a direct result of new FinTech solutions businesses want to use. East & Partners found regional trends in corporate treasurers’ demand for FinTech solutions, too.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

19) that they had inked a deal to collaborate and support FinTech initiatives called the Cooperation Arrangement on Financial Technology Innovation (FinTech Arrangement). According to a press release , the two organizations will support each other’s efforts via the FinTech initiatives LabCFTC and FCA Innovate.

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