Payments Source

JUNE 12, 2018

MyBucks plans to give away entry-level smartphones, loaded with the company's financial technology, to encourage mobile payments, mobile banking and broader access to digital services in Africa, where financial innovation often moves quickly.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Finding the right place, at the right pace in a volatile and uncertain mobile marketplace. Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Greycroft’s current portfolio includes investments in Axios Media, mobile-games publisher Scopely and Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle startup Goop. It will use proceeds to leverage technology and invest in innovative ideas to drive the long-term health and wellness of all citizens. He pointed to the rise of remote working as one example.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

How important are humans to your retail banking experience? It’s a fair question given that ATMs and mobile banking can now make the whole “teller in a window” thing disappear permanently. It looked like bank branches were teetering on the brink, with net closures of retail locations consistently ahead of new branch openings.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

There] are problems we need to tackle — but I’m skeptical financial technology firms will solve them. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and founder of the Digital Dollar Project, said in prepared remarks that America’s financial infrastructure has fallen behind. After all, it takes days to settle retail bank transfers.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 13, 2021

Robinhood , a financial services company, has acquired Say Technologies , a shareholder communication platform, for $140M. Say Technologies: California-based Say is a technological platform that gives shareholders access to their full ownership stake. WHO ARE THE PARTIES TO THE DEAL?

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Payments Source

JANUARY 3, 2017

Engage Financial Technology, a provider of prepaid card programs for banks, healthcare providers, retailers and other organizations, has partnered with software provider Ensenta for a cloud-based approach to loading funds to prepaid cards.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Simply put, that means consumers’ retail experiences tend to inform their expectations for financial services, said Jim Johnson, executive vice president of FI payments and wealth for FIS , in a new PYMNTS interview with Karen Webster. It sometimes requires working with other financial technology companies.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2020

As COVID-19 disrupts normal operations, retailers are taking stock of available mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. . The advisory board is comprised of leaders from high-growth businesses in complementary sectors — Eden Health , Toast and more.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

But in industries like retail banking, where technology is at the heart of change, staying still is more likely to be one of the biggest risks a financial institution (FI) could take, such is the anticipated pace of change in the next few years. Some businesses might view investing in modernization and innovation as a risk.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It is working with over 20 financial institutions to create the service. Kakao Pay is reportedly set to be the first South Korean financial technology firm working with mobile payments to undertake an IPO. Google Goes Global With Free Retail Ad Initiative. Korean FinTech Kakao Pay Preps For IPO.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK , for instance, is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Dana Cita, Aktivaku and Findaya. Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 20, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Greenlight Financial Technology Inc., a PFM that provides “smart debit cards” to more than 100,000 users to begin financial literacy conversations with their children, is launching a credit product.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Fresh off its January announcement to acquire payments processor First Data Corporation, financial technology vendor Fiserv seems to be banking on a breakout year for the bank-backed P2P payment service Zelle.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2019

Financial technology provider Personetics is building robo-advisor capabilities into its AI-based PFM tool offering. This new feature will allow banks to offer their customers the valuable product of auto-investment, ideally at no extra, or at least minimal, extra cost.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

You would be hard-pressed to find tech industry jargon spoken and written about as much as the secure ledger technology known as blockchain. While it is currently revolutionizing a number of industries , blockchain might as well be the word of the year in technology. The future of financial services: The cognitive bank”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Braun faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the financial technology company’s balance sheet to make it look more appealing to investors and customers. Airbnb CEO Sees Potential For 2020 IPO Amid Bookings Rebound. NEW DATA: How Credit Unions Are Innovating To Help Micro Businesses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Wirecard, the digital financial technology company, announced Tuesday (April 16) it is expanding its partnership with O2 Czech Republic, the largest telecommunications player in the Czech market. The hardware is integrated with Wirecard’s financial commerce platform.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 11, 2017

Seven years ago, the first new retail bank in almost a century got its licence to open: Metro Bank. I keep stressing that we need to remember … The key headlines of the past week include … Bank branches still more popular than mobile apps for new accounts – Computer Weekly The report Who are you calling a challenger?

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

In other Czech news, Wirecard, the digital financial technology company, announced in April that it is expanding its partnership with O2 Czech Republic, the largest telecommunications player in the Czech market. Under the new deal, the two companies will extend their current project in the Czech Republic and will enter Slovakia.

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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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Payments Source

AUGUST 22, 2016

As it charts a long-term digital payment strategy, TSYS has hired Karim Ahmad, a management consultant with a background in financial technology, to be as head of global product and innovation.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, is pleased to announce its inaugural episode of INV Unfiltered — a new monthly podcast series, which will cover current trends and intriguing topics in financial technology and beyond.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2015

It’s not just the technology industry that is constantly evolving – many other industries must also remain adaptable to the changing landscape of the American consumer. For a member that finds himself 2,500 miles from their previous home looking to lease an apartment, they need search no further than their mobile app.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Other investors, meanwhile, decided to place their investments with technology that provides analysis of the purchasing and spending behavior, or tools that help companies finance their spend. Designed for the manufactured house industry, Purchasing Platform ‘s technology combines spend management and eProcurement.

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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 Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 20, 2016

Consumer and technology trends. This affinity for technology has created a culture of convenience, so it’s no surprise that mobile payments are increasing in popularity. This affinity for technology has created a culture of convenience, so it’s no surprise that mobile payments are increasing in popularity.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

It was a busy year throughout the world of payments, with plenty of new technology making headlines along the way. From using virtual reality to overhauling the retail industry to shifting trends in cross-border payments, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 Trackers. DEVELOPER TRACKER.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

The news comes as reports surfaced last year that the Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company was growing its financial technology services via partnerships with three peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms. Go-Jek’s Go-Pay payment system rolled out in 2017, accounting for over half of the startup’s transactions.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 28, 2017

As sharp-eyed Celent retail banking subscribers know, I'm an avid collector of good analogies. I like analogies because they can inject simplicity into the most complex discussions of financial technology, and make abstract concepts become more concrete and accessible to the casual fan of technology.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 28, 2017

As sharp-eyed Celent retail banking subscribers know, I'm an avid collector of good analogies. I like analogies because they can inject simplicity into the most complex discussions of financial technology, and make abstract concepts become more concrete and accessible to the casual fan of technology.

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CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

CATEGORIES: Auto Tech: Startups include Mojio , which provides an open platform for connected cars, as well as LeddarTech , which is developing LiDAR sensing technology. Hopper , for example, is a mobile application that uses big data to predict and analyze airfare.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Financial technology providers are partnering up to offer expanded mPOS capabilities to merchants, which are looking for tools to avoid long checkout lines. At the same time, businesses are willing to switch payments service providers if they are offered a better deal. In addition, tens of billions of dollars in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In a statement published on LinkedIn by president and CEO Dan Schulman, PayPal revealed that Brazil and Mexico-based users of Mercado Libre’s digital payment technology Mercado Pago will now be able to use PayPal to make payments at online checkout at merchants with integrated Mercado Pago.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

which has sold more than 25 million mobile activity tracking devices, is successful because it makes measuring health activity and data—from how many steps someone walks in a given day to how much sleep a person gets—fun. A study titled “Innovation in Retail Banking” by Infosys Ltd., By Elizabeth Judd. Fitbit Inc., Why gamify?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Goes to Aaron Graft, Triumph Financial for building a payments network (for trucking) with its factoring arm becoming the second largest factor in the transportation industry while starting Triumph Pay, which is what has investors valuing the company as it is. The Smarter Bank Technology Award. Goes to MVB Financial.

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