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Banking On APIs For B2B Innovation

PYMNTS

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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Taking New Approaches To Retail Stores And Faster Payment Models

PYMNTS

Smart FinTechs, however, are seeing opportunities in the education space. 12: Number of additional stores that Anchor Shops hopes to build in the Philadelphia and New Jersey region. 12: Number of additional stores that Anchor Shops hopes to build in the Philadelphia and New Jersey region.

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Alacriti, Clearing House Team To Push Real-Time Payments Adoption

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A 17-year-old FinTech is teaming up with The Clearing House , one of oldest players in the U.S. The venture combines Alacriti’s cloud-based platform – which is designed to spur payments innovation – with the Real-Time Payments network, or RTP , developed by The Clearing House.

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Alacriti Launches RTP Solution For Financial Institutions

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Alacriti is rolling out a new solution that will link banks and credit unions (CUs) with the burgeoning work of real-time payments, or RTP. The New Jersey-based FinTech on Thursday (Oct. 22) unveiled its Cosmos for RTP solution.

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CVS Health Launches Barcode-Based CVS Pay

Bank Innovation

Friday, CVS Health launched its new end-to-end mobile payment app, CVS Pay, for select stores in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. For anyone who has to fill prescriptions, there’s an app for that — finally.

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Affirm Confirms $200M Investment Round

PYMNTS

Among those partners are names such as Expedia, Wayfair, Motorola, Dà-Jiāng Innovations (DJI), Casper and Cole Haan. New product launches will also be in the offing, extending beyond an extant point of sale credit that is done in tandem with the Affirm app.

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The United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups

CB Insights

They include cybersecurity company StackPath ($180M) and fintech companies Opera Solutions ($122M) & Petuum ($108M). The startup with the least funding on the list is Rhode Island’s The Innovation Scout , a SaaS platform that has raised $50K. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Clone Algo.