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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Core: Core-n Mazes and Hayrides FIS acquired embedded finance provider Bond Financial Technologies and announced plans to spin off merchant solutions (to be named Worldpay ).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

The crypto could be a joint effort between private firms and the government, which would help Japan tap into worldwide shifts in financial technology, as the Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Norihiro Nakayama told Reuters. The first step would be to look into the idea of issuing a digital yen,” Nakayama said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2019

Reuters reported Lagarde said that technology companies’ use of big data and AI i ncreases big tech companies’ dominance in the mobile payments market, which could result in policymakers around the world rethinking how they regulate the banking system and how they ensure financial settlements are made safely and securely. “A

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS ’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of its digital currency exchange platform, the company said in an announcement. Work remains to be done to determine how it can be set up to maximize the benefits for the whole financial system.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The announcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) comes on the heels of a symposium it held in February which included experts from consumer groups, financial technology (FinTech) companies, trade groups, banks and data aggregators.

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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). USD) a year into financial technology companies. has been a hotbed of FinTech startups.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is making another bet on a Latin American financial-technology startup, providing a secured credit facility of as much as $100 million to Mexico’s Konfio Ltd.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s (EU) financial watchdog, plans to examine how German regulators handled oversight of Wirecard AG , the collapsed payments company that is facing a series of criminal allegations. It reported nearly $4 billion of debt to creditors, after it revealed that $2.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2020

In a July survey of 931 firms that received PPP loans, Barlow Research Associates, the Minneapolis-based bank market research company, revealed that of the businesses that secured PPP funding, 28 percent received their loan from a lender with whom they had no prior relationship or a bank that wasn’t their primary one. to InBankshares Corp.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

fashion retailer Missguided is offering a pay later option through Klarna , and Nordic payments company Nets A/S and merchant payment service provider Concardis Payment Group said they have completed their merger. The card will support currencies from Australia, Japan and the U.S., 7) that they have completed their merger. ”

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Paytm, the eCommerce payment system and financial technology company based in India, has announced plans to purchase Raheja QBE General Insurance Co. Last fall, Paytm had a deal to secure $2 billion in a new financing round in preparation for competition with other payment services, including Facebook’s Libra and Flipkart’s PhonePe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asia financial technology (FinTech) and ridesharing company, is expanding its reach with the announcement on Tuesday (Aug. At the start of the year, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group invested more than $700 million in Grab. Grab also has received $2.6

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

I used Afterpay for the shoe purchase because it allowed me to not take as big of a hit to my bank account at a time when I had more expenses than usual occur all at once so that I could feel more financially secure as I awaited my next paycheck. Looking Ahead in the BNPL Landscape.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A group of former software developers from Morgan Stanley have created a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that will reportedly execute trades in less than a millisecond for both retail and institutional investors. Phemex has been in the beta testing phase for several weeks, and started trading on Nov. These things will just take time.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

“Now, helping make SWIFT Cloud Connect real, we are pleased to collaborate with Microsoft to leverage their cloud expertise and advance the frontiers of financial technology, offering a new level of service for SWIFT participants.”. Using a cloud-based solution will boost transaction speed, consistency and security.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

just secured more than $97 million through an initial public offering. The companies were grouped together between 2014 and 2017 after investments and acquisitions by Arrowgrass Master Fund Ltd., An alternative lending conglomerate based in the U.K. reports noted.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Money laundering has always troubled financial institutions, but today’s digital banking system creates additional complexities as fraudsters around the world take advantage of financial technologies to launder approximately $2 trillion annually. AML Strategies and Innovation Quirks.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 12, 2017

He is also one of the Top 5 most influential people on BankInfoSecurity’s list of information security leaders, as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

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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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. The company recently announced $7.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

In today’s top payments news, JPMorgan blocks FinTechs from accessing customers’ passwords, and Ant Financial and Razer throw their hats into the ring for one of Singapore’s five available digital banking licenses. JPMorgan Ups Security By Blocking FinTechs From Passwords.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

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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CFPB Monitor

JULY 17, 2019

As readers of our blog know, our consumer financial services group has been at the forefront of legal developments involving new technologies. Our Banking and Financial Services and Retail industry groups add further depth and specialized knowledge.

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Bobsguide

MAY 25, 2022

London — May 16, 2022 — Mindtree , a global technology services and digital transformation company, and Finastra , a leading financial technology provider, today announced a partnership to bring Finastra’s Fusion Payments To Go payments technology to banks in the Nordics, the UK and Ireland, as a managed service.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

One financial technology firm currently navigating the process of securing a bank charter is Avanti Financial Group , and as it approaches market launch, Founder and CEO Caitlin Long said the firm is focusing on another area of financial services that has struggled to manage complex regulatory challenges: digital assets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Scott Talbott, vice president of government affairs at the Electronic Transactions Association, an industry trade group, told the newspaper banks and card processors like Wirecard are expected to detect and reduce fraud. The financial technology company faces insolvency with debt of nearly $4 billion, after it was revealed that $2.1

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Insights on Business

JUNE 18, 2018

Some important financial technologies are changing the way the world is doing business and that change is now reaching the securities industry. Another technology in discussion will be the ever prevailing blockchain technologies. IBM keynote. This session will take place Wednesday, June 20 from 12:00 to 1:00pm.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Mizuho Financial Group , the Japanese financial company, is gearing up to launch a venture in June to create new businesses with FinTech. Mizuho is among a growing list of financial services companies around the globe who are embracing FinTech, whether it’s investing in startups, partnering them or buying them outright.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Open Financial Technologies. India’s Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 The largest funding round of the week went to challenger bank OakNorth, which raised $440 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund and Clermont Group. challenger bank to secure funding. OakNorth operates in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Jeremy Allaire , CEO of financial technology firm Circle , told PYMNTS that digital currencies are ready to transition from speculation to become more broadly adopted in everyday commerce. . Investors, we noted, watch other investors and may bid prices higher — in expectations that prices will go, well, higher.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The IBM team will present on a variety of topics ranging from AI to the future of payments to the current trends in financial services. These small group sessions allow for quality time with some of our best experts in financial services. Maura K Schoonmaker, IBM Program Director, System z Banking and Financial Markets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

There is significant room for improvement in the cross-border payments space,” said Scott Hendry, Bank of Canada’s senior special director of financial technology, in another statement. Major changes are being proposed by current service providers, as well as startups that regulators need to research to better understand.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

JPMorgan Ups Security By Blocking FinTechs From Passwords. Sometimes, DPO Group CEO Eran Feinstein told Karen Webster, a large paradigmatic shift can fly under the radar, if it looks just different enough from what the world is used to seeing. It all depends on how closely the world is looking — and what exactly it expects to see.

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Insights on Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

As a leader in the financial services industry and at the forefront of payments, mobile, commerce and financial technology, IBM will convene a terrific team of financial services experts and partners for a variety of activities at this year’s Money20/20 conference. Digital Trust in Financial Services.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Beyond the larger picture of regulatory changes, and a so far sanguine investment picture, and in individual company news: In Ireland, eCurrency Mint Limited has brought its application programming interface (API) to the International Telecommunication Union’s Focus Group on Digital Currency including Digital Fiat Currency.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Neeti Aggarwal manages the financial technology and innovation research at The Asian Banker. With over 19 years’ experience, she specializes in banking, technology and fintech developments across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Michal Lodej, group editor, Shard Financial Media. Nikhil Behl.

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