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DECEMBER 23, 2020

In the wake of the collapse of its initial public offering of stock (IPO), China’s Ant Group is scaling back the borrowing limits for some of the young users of Huabei. That arm of the financial technology (FinTech) giant offers a virtual credit card. Chinese regulators are looking to strengthen the rules for FinTechs.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2020

Two more consortiums said they submitted bids for digital banking licenses in Singapore as companies, ranging from a massage chair maker to a property giant and Chinese fintech firms, joined forces to go for the sought-after permits. Beyond Consortium, led by one of Asia’s largest massage chair makers, V3 Group Ltd.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

FinTech company Ant Group continues to press toward having the biggest initial public offering (IPO) ever, with returns at an estimated $35 billion. Ant Group is the online payment affiliate of China-based Alibaba Group Holding. Ant Group gets most of its revenue from consumer loans made on the Alipay payments app.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mastercard has partnered with MTN Group Fintech to provide African people and businesses with digital tools to transact through secure mobile payments.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. which is a huge draw to using BNPL as a non-cash payment method. What Are Some Buy Now, Pay Later Companies? Which one is best for me?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

African FinTech Chipper Cash has landed a whale of an investor. Chipper CEO Ham Serunjogi confirmed on Twitter the startup, which got its initial foothold in the market as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments service, has just wrapped up a $30 million Series B round of venture capital. That was followed by a $13.8 Stripe, the U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, digital payment processor Paya has come to an arrangement to purchase The Payment Group (TPG), and Purdue Federal Credit Union has tapped digital payment experience provider Payrailz for payment services. Paya To Purchase Utility Payments Processor, The Payment Group.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

We’re trying to address [pain points] with a fintech startup mentality and a very convenient […]. MoneyGram is upgrading its digital capabilities beyond international cash pickup services with FastSend, a new feature that allows customers to send money to recipients’ accounts via mobile phone numbers instead of account numbers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Female FinTech entrepreneurs are getting left out of funding even as record venture capital money is being pumped into startups. percent of FinTech startups with female founders received funding January through October, according to Crunchbase, per a Bloomberg report on Wednesday (Nov. Companies that did get funding received only 0.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ant Group has won the nod from China's top security regulators for its Shanghai offering, the last hurdle to clear for the $35 billion dual listing, Reuters reports. Ant, the FinTech backed by China's Alibaba Group, plans to list simultaneously in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In this week's roundup of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, Citi embraces the unlocking of account data to third-party FinTechs, while WEX weighs in on opportunity for banks to take advantage of partnerships. Plus, one FinTech offers a new spin on the open banking model to drive financial inclusion.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Fusion Reveals Payments Platform Banks. The firm said it would work with The Clearing House on a new venture to “foster real-time payments.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at supplier payment and compliance automation firms this week, among other B2B innovators that raised money. The valuation puts the accounts payable (AP) and mass payments company well into “unicorn” territory, meaning it is valued at over $1 billion. million Madrona Venture Group-led seed round.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Reports have said the move by the payments messaging company positions the firm take on payments giants Visa and Mastercard. ” Reports noted the importance of SWIFT expanding into the SMB payments arena beyond high-value complex corporate transactions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. The company recently announced $7.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. . Ant Group was launched in 2014 to provide global financial services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

China’s Ant Group, which owns the widely used Alipay payments app, is looking at selling its 30 percent stake in India’s Paytm as friction between the two countries grows, sources told Reuters. Like Alipay, Paytm is a digital payments platform. Reuters said Paytm, which is partly backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.,

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The Paypers

MAY 8, 2024

Australia-based fintech DataMesh Group has announced a partnership with Visa to improve card-acceptance payment processing experiences.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Papaya Global , which works in global payroll and B2B payments, has a new investor in Group 11 , a U.S. FinTech venture capital firm, according to a press release. Papaya Global’s services provide an end-to-end process including onboarding and managing cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Norwegian banking group Eika Group has invested in FinTech EedenBull to help its banks with new and innovative payment solutions to serve customers, according to a release. The FinTech is in the process of introducing its payments and spend management programs in over 65 banks all around the Nordic region.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Alkami partnered with Clinc for conversational AI, Atomic for direct deposit switching and FINBOA for payment dispute management. Fiserv partnered with Central Payments LLC , a BAAS provider for fintech, and sold its Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation solutions to Trintech.

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The Paypers

MARCH 11, 2024

Ant Group , the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has increased the mobile payment transaction limits for overseas visitors to Alipay and international e-wallets in China.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Canada’s largest private non-bank payment processor, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Canada Tuesday (Sept. The Montreal-based payment technology company was valued at $2 billion at the close of 2019. Last summer, Nuvei purchased payments firm SafeCharge International Group for $889 million. Nuvei Corp.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In addition, every player will have to make use of the country's open payments platform to guarantee interoperability, allowing money be transferred between the country's over 100 traditional banks and new digital services, including Google Pay , without fees.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

When it comes to late B2B payments, there’s good news and bad news. Among the success stories of the nation’s efforts to combat late supplier payments is construction firm Kier Construction, which, according to The Construction Index , has been reinstated to the U.K. billion is owed in late payments to U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Line , the Asian messaging company majority owned by Naver, the South Korean Internet search company, is expanding its business into payments and other FinTech services. People use it to play games, make payments, find jobs and purchase insurance, reported The Financial Times. As cases in the U.S. It had a net loss of $33.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

s FinTech sector. Plus, Alibaba’s Ant Group plans to file an initial public offering (IPO). Independent Panel To Review UK’s FinTech Sector. s FinTech sector is planning a review of the industry to identify opportunities for growth. Ant Group Preps For One Of Biggest IPOs In History.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The Alibaba Group will take a 33% equity stake in Ant Financial, it’s affiliate fintech company that operates popular mobile payments service Alipay, the group announced today.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Checkbook has joined Visa 's FinTech Fast Track program and launched Virtual Cards , a program that will expand the reach of real-time payments, according to a press release. The program launched in 2018 had grown 280 percent at the time, including more than 140 FinTechs around the world.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, China’s State Council reportedly said that small and micro-sized firms can defer loan payments past Q1 2021 as needed, while China’s Ant Group is curbing the borrowing limits for some young users of Huabei. Ant Group Curbs Credit Limits Of Some Users Of Virtual Credit Cards.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Several regulatory agencies — the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Insurance Regulatory Commission, the Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange — summoned Ma, the controlling shareholder in Ant Group, on Monday (Nov. Also summoned were Ant Group Chairman Eric Jing and Chief Executive Simon Hu.

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The Paypers

MAY 23, 2022

Germany-based payment card producer exceet Card Group has announced a strategic cooperation with the green banking fintech ecolytiq.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

After having its $37 billion dual IPO pulled by Beijing, Jack Ma’s Ant Group is working fast to overhaul operations to comply with government regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Jan. The company is keeping the lines of communication open and establishing a time frame to make changes, he noted.

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Payments Source

MARCH 10, 2021

The Arizona Fintech Council, an organization of banks, economic and technology groups, will encourage collaboration and access to the state's regulatory sandbox to promote a version of Europe's open banking policy in the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group and its Fintech & Payments Team received national rankings from The Legal 500 in the financial services regulation and fintech categories. It was our first application for ranking in the fintech category.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech venture capital fund Broadhaven Ventures; U.S. The FinTech has raised $73 million to date to expand its digital banking offerings. and Japanese banks Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. . “I Other investors include U.K.

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