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Far Point Merges With Global Blue In $2.6B Deal

PYMNTS

Virginia-based FinTech firm Far Point closed a $2.6 billion merger deal with Switzerland’s tourism shopping tax refund company Global Blue , earning it a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the companies announced Thursday (Jan. Global Blue CEO Jacques Stern will remain, and Farley will become chairman.

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Online Lender SoFi Sees $12M Loss In Q3

PYMNTS

Online lender Social Finance (SoFi) continues to struggle, recording an adjusted loss of around $12 million during the third quarter before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The FinTech company has now recorded losses for the second consecutive quarter. In August, it posted a second quarter loss of about $200 million.

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Freelancer Banking App Lili Nets $15M For Expansion

PYMNTS

The company offers users real-time, expense tracking tools for taxes and financial insights. We are looking forward to expanding our product suite and market leadership while providing freelancers with an unparalleled banking experience.”.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight.

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Bankers Are Navigating a Brave New World with Mergers and ESG

Gonzobanker

Cornerstone Advisors estimates $145 billion of pre-tax revenue has disappeared for bankers via margin compression in only the past two years. On another front, you have digital disruption and fintech innovation, forcing bankers to step up their investments in transformation and more aggressively attack their existing business models.

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Threats, Risk Coming At Businesses From All Sides

PYMNTS

Dabbling in FinTech innovation, expanding internationally, integrating digital systems — businesses must make progress, but they’re facing unfamiliar threats as they make these moves. And we’re not just talking about cyberattacks. The report found that more than half of these breaches (55.5

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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