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Paytronix Picks Payments Industry Veteran Porter For Board

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Founded in 2005, the FinTech AffiniPay now processes over $6 billion annually on behalf of 150,000 professionals, according to a news release announcing the appointment. Porter nabbed the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Financial Technology category for the Central Texas region. For its part, Newton, Mass.-based

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The 14 Biggest Payments & Card Industry Conferences & Events in 2023

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These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards payments and card technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart payments firms and card issuers. We expect the calendar to expand as we progress through the year.

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Digital Retail Apps Raises C$1 Million in Round Led by Texas Ventures

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Courtesy of an investment from Texas Ventures and featuring additional participation from angel investors in the U.S., Digital Retail Apps is the company behind SelfPay , the mobile payments technology that alleviates the most overlooked pain point of the in-person payment process: the queue.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

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But if there’s one in the fintech sector, the dozens of investors in these 23 companies didn’t get the memo. In the last full non-holiday week of the year, $685 million poured into fintech companies worldwide. FinTech Group. Diversified financial technology provider. HQ: Austin, Texas.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30

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In total, 23 fintech companies raised more than $121 million including Finovate alums Spreedly which brought in $2.5 Financial reporting software. HQ: Austin, Texas. Clarus Financial Technology. The post Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30 appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Trending: P2P, EMV, NFC, NLP… OMG

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In a $460 million deal, Texas-based ATM operator Cardtronics has acquired Canada-based DirectCash Payments. Expect to see much, much more activity as financial institutions and fintech companies develop applications using Amazon’s Alexa and the new Google Assistant. Big handshakes. Cardtronics acquires DirectCash Payments.

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NCR Unveils Business Banking Mobile App

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Jim Huff, SVP of Marketing whose El Paso, Texas-based FirstLight FCU is piloting the new mobile app, highlighted the features that will be available to its businesses, including fund transfer, wire transfer approval, and account notifications. ” Pictured (left to right): Shuki Licht (Sr.

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