PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

For small business lenders and for FinTech too, expansion is key; but for Biz2Credit, expansion is literal. In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 18, 2018

Mobile lending app Tala today secured $65 million in its latest round of funding. billion people, rapidly advancing technology, and government backed initiatives to digitize financial services, India is becoming an important market for fintechs. marked for its expansion to India. With over 1.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Brexit may dominate the headlines when it comes to the United Kingdom, but FinTech funding proceeds apace, and financial backers show a continued sanguine attitude about the space. based FinTechs said they have garnered more than 200 million pounds. FinTech trade body, said that as much as $3.3 FinTech Efforts in Estonia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices. About the Tracker.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Over the […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So it is with the Chinese alternative lending space, with various nomenclature in place, seemingly interchangeable, embracing P2P loans or internet lending – in short, funds flowing outside the confines of the bank branch and the teller window. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Grab Financial Group , the Southeast Asia FinTech company, announced Tuesday (March 19) the rollout of SME lending and micro-insurance for drivers in Singapore as part of its “Grow with Grab” roadmap. Grow with Grab” is its full push into lending and insurance, the company said in the press release.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. of bankers are either strongly interested in or already working with fintechs in digital account opening. The benefits of fintechs. Mobile wallets. Quick Stat.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hong Kong-based mobile lender, WeLab announced that it raised $220 million in a Series B funding round today. The round included big names like Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Credit Suisse and World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. This latest round of funding brings WeLab’s total to $425 million.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered mobile payments in India and primed them to overtake card payments in the not-too-distant, S&P Global Market Intelligence said this week in its 2020 India Mobile Payments Market Report. S&P’s analysis shows that Indian mobile-payment transactions grew 163 percent to $287 billion in 2019.

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Banking Exchange

AUGUST 24, 2020

Colorado may soon witness an influx of new fintech lenders following the conclusion of a long-running legal case Compliance Technology Fair Lending Feature3 Fintech Feature Mobile Online Tech Management Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2018

Most fintech startups don’t survive. The landscape of payments, lending, artificial intelligence might seem bustling thanks to all the industry hoopla around it, but the success rate for a startup to make it in these fields — or for that matter any of 15-plus fintech segments — is slim.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered mobile payments in India and primed them to overtake card payments in the not-too-distant, S&P Global Market Intelligence said this week in its 2020 India Mobile Payments Market Report. S&P’s analysis shows that Indian mobile-payment transactions grew 163 percent to $287 billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

One of the largest business lenders in Europe, iwoca , has announced a new platform called OpenLending that can bring together both FinTechs and banks and help spread iwoca’s lending abilities to the 2 million U.K. businesses that might need it, according to a press release. ”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. The SBA and NCUA collaboration is a three-year agreement that aims to build upon that momentum, and heighten CUs’ share of the SMB lending market.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Indonesian car share app Go-Jek purchased three three fintech startups last week for an undisclosed amount, according to reports. These startups are all focused in the digital payments space: offline payments processor Kartuku, online payments gateway Midtrans, and lending network Mapan.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 23, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Point-of-sale financier Affirm today launched its mobile app as it looks to strengthen its online business. The new app will give customers a virtual card that they can use to make online purchases. The app, which Bank Innovation first reported about in August, is available today for download.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

In China, the central bank has said that it will offer up a three-year development plan for the domestic FinTech sector. The reports state that the FinTech firms in that country “should take the approach of [Chinese president] Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide.”

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Mobile-first U.S. bank BankMobile will look to add new features to its platform through partnerships with fintechs after its merge with Flagship Bank is finished, the company told Bank Innovation. “We

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2018

If there’s one area that fintech companies are giving banks tough competition in the U.S. market, it’s the lending space.

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Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Covid-19 and wider digitalization are boosting specialist online lenders The Economy Technology Tech Management Mobile Online PPP Covid19 Feature Feature3 Fintech.

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Banking Exchange

MARCH 15, 2021

The payments specialist now has more than $54 billion in assets Feature Feature3 Fintech Technology The Economy Financial Trends Mobile Online Cards.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at the problem of creating accessible, affordable personal loans for consumers. Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2017

billion, Min Luo may be the latest Chinese billionaire to have amassed his wealth from within the fintech industry, according to Bloomberg. The founder and chief executive officer of Chinese micro-lending platform Qudian Inc., Luo launched his fintech business only three years ago. With a net worth of at least $1.2

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The eight fintechs chosen to compete for mentorship (among other perks) from top companies like Plug & Play Ventures, InnoVentures, and StartupBootcamp span various corners of fintech, from online Read More.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

50% of consumers now interact with their bank through mobile apps or websites weekly – up from 32% two years ago. Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Consolidation, and Winners Emerging Brew Johnson and Brett Crosby, Cofounders, PeerStreet Brew: “I think the biggest trends will be consolidation in the marketplace lending and crowdfunding space, and increased partnerships/collaboration between banks and fintech companies.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 Aspire Financial Technologies.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2018

Singapore is taking another step towards cementing itself as the top fintech hub in the world. Today the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) said it would speed up the patent granting process for fintechs in the country.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – If the future of banking is partnering with fintech startups, then finding the most innovative and efficient fintechs becomes crucial for banks’ success. based The Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator program, which is backed by financial […]. One such program is Little Rock, Ark.-based

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Fintechs can provide better design capabilities, improved customer experience, research states. Financial institutions are making fintech partnerships a key priority in 2020, according to a new study from Cornerstone Advisors. These numbers represent an increase from 49% and 60%, respectively, in 2019. Register here.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Bangalore-based FinTech ZestMoney has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs and existing investors Naspers, Quona Capital, and Omidyar Network, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Dec. The startup also partners with just about every online payments processor — Razorpay, BillDesk, Cashfree, CCAvenue, and PayU.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Los Angeles based FastPay, a fintech that specializes in providing financing to media companies, has acquired AnchorOps, an electronic payment solutions provider for media buyers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2018

The founder of online lender, SoFi, who was ousted by his board just a few months ago amid sexual harassment allegations, is already working starting a new company. According to reports, Mike Cagney is looking to start another fintech firm with his wife, June Ou, for which he is looking to raise about $25 million. […].

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