PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week. Customers now anticipate rewards, mobile integration, spend-management offerings — and that transactions that feel immediate and seamless regardless of marketplace or platform. FinTech N26 Mulls New Funding Round.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Head Keith Grose and Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell told Karen Webster as part of a recent PYMNTS TV session on London’s FinTech environment, in partnership with London & Partners, the official international trade, investment and promotion agency for London. The New Normal. Grose noted that Plaid entered the U.K.

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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Payments fintechs are leaning on technology as consumers look to them to alleviate payments pressure in today’s high interest rate environment. “The

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With more than $89 million raised, B2B FinTechs this week impressed venture capitalists (VCs) with a range of services, including small business accounting, financing, spend management and payroll. Focused on helping startups manage and analyze expenditure, U.S. With $10 million in new funding, U.S.-based Modern Treasury.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

“ANNA has a unique offering for those working in the creative industries, small businesses and freelancers and we have been delighted to have worked with them since their launch,” Edoardo Volta , head of FinTech at Mastercard U.K. and Ireland, said in the announcement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Morgan Asset Management has announced that it has agreed to acquire FinTech 55ip , which works to help financial advisors deliver tax-smart investment strategies, according to a press release. Morgan Asset Management, the release stated. Nair will stay on as a consultant and special advisor to J.P. George Gatch , CEO of J.P.

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BankInovation

APRIL 4, 2022

Wealth management fintech Pocketnest digitizes financial wellness for financial institutions. based startup is one of the newest additions to Bank Automation News’ Emerging Fintech Directory, a compilation of fintechs in the financial services sector. The Detroit, Mich.-based

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Build, buy or partner? Finastra Chosen by Community FI.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Visa is rolling out a new initiative aimed at connecting European financial institutions and merchants with cutting-edge digital payments services. In particular, Visa said it is teaming with 13 different FinTech “solutions” in Europe it believes are the “forefront of this technology.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. In another bank-FinTech tie-up, J.P. Airwallex Taps Deutsche Bank.

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Fintech mortgage lender Generation Home on Monday secured $1.3 Institutional asset manager Waterfall Asset Management provided the funding to the London-based company; the investment will be partially financed by Barclays Bank. Generation Home will use the funds to lend to more first-time buyers, according to Bloomberg News.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Plus, Lloyds Bank partners with a FinTech to streamline supply chain finance, Expensemanager collaborates to automate expense management and Xendoo pairs up on accounts receivable optimization. Expensemanager Teams With Sage Intacct to Automate Expense Management. Lloyds Bank, Demica Team up for SCF Digital Onboarding.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In the continued drive for collaboration between the FI and FinTech, between governments and financial services providers, efforts this past week focused on the Middle East and support for new initiatives. The company said that Form3 and Ebury are offering access to respective banks and FinTechs through the Form3 platform.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Technology may be enabling automation in small business (SMB) accounting and financial management, but rather than cutting out the need for human accountants in the field, this tech disruption is supporting a change in the profession.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

From competitors to collaborators, the FinTech boom introduced a field of opportunity for traditional financial institutions to team up with an industry newcomer to become more agile and modern with their own product offerings. On the other hand,” he added, “the pandemic doesn’t just spare FinTechs. Financing Burdens.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Digital payment and open banking firm i2c has announced its partnership with Credit Sesame ‘s Sesame Cash , which will give more customers the option to use Credit Sesame’s money management services, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks. FinTechs want to offer compliant banking services, while community banks want new ways to grow deposits.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 10, 2022

To find out what's new on the horizon for fintech, Bank Automation News spoke with Matt Carbonara, managing director for the enterprise practice at fintech incubator and investor Citi Ventures. A division of $2.4

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), better cash flow management through mobile app? To that end, Monit said last week that it is rolling out its mobile finance platform to help give smaller firms more visibility into cash flow management. The app works across browsers deployed across tablets, mobile devices or desktops.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Cross-border FinTech efforts have seen increasing participation from central banks and monetary authorities. The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions. The Fed And FinTech Firms. Separately, in India, API infrastructure firm Setu said last week that it had raised $3.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Outsourced FinTech Opportunity. But as Disque noted, advancements in B2B FinTech have created more options than ever before for a B2B seller looking toward technology to solve some of the biggest pain points associated with selling to corporate customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Also seen in this week’s roundup of the latest in Bank-FinTech innovations was Alacriti teaming with The Clearing House on real-time payments (RTP), while Singapore Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup RootAnt concluded a seed round with $1.46 In addition, Monese adopted Thought Machine’s cloud banking platform.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Ukrainian financial institution UKRSIBBANK is collaborating with Sweden-based FinTech upstart Dreams, while Oportun Financial is pursuing a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Ukrainian Bank Partners With Swedish FinTech.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has agreed with Stone Ridge Asset Management , which has over $10 billion in assets under management (AUM), for MassMutual to acquire FinTech registered investment advisor (RIA) platform Flourish , according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As banks look to streamline access to finance or make it easier to safely share financial information with apps, Barclays Business Banking and Wells Fargo are joining forces with FinTechs on digital initiatives. PYMNTS rounds up the latest partnerships and initiatives below. Barclays & Propel. Wells Fargo & Envestnet. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IBM has acquired Montreal-based FinTech Expertus Technologies , according to a press release , in a bid to boost its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) tech as well as its digital payment strategies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Singapore-based FinTech platform Nium is expanding into the Middle East, the company announced on Monday (Oct. Ayoub Jemail has been assigned the role of general manager of business development for the region, the company stated in the announcement on its website.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 28, 2022

Topping the news for fintech funding this week are two unicorns: a California cryptocurrency asset-tracking platform provider and a New York credit-building platform provider, both of which reached valuations of more than $1 billion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

FinTech startup unicorn Brex has closed a $150 million funding round led by previous investor DST and new investor Lone Pine Capital, Brex said in a statement on Tuesday (May 19). Brex is tapping the new funds for engineering and design to advance its tools for expense management and procurement. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

FinTech startup Plaid is partnering with banking platform Jack Henry & Associates to advance the Plaid Exchange for more than 350 financial institutions (FIs). “We It gives banks, wealth managers, and FinTechs a way to offer stable solutions to connect accounts to apps and services. . “At

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, FinTech startup Brex is launching a business cash management account to take the place of traditional business bank accounts. Also, Saga, a financial company geared to individuals over 50, has linked up with Goldman Sachs consumer bank Marcus to offer two new savings accounts.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The great digital shift is transforming credit cards into money management tools. Through the expanded program, cardholders will also be able to manage their accounts, review their transaction history, check their balances and complete other activities – all in a digital environment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”. Varo Bank N.A.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Such is the case in financial services, where “ FinTech ” is often used to describe financial technology vendors. “A A firm that offers financial technology is not necessarily a FinTech,” said Provenir Managing Director Paul Thomas, who thinks the distinction between the two needs to be clearer. New Delivery, Not New Products.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

The FinTech on Saturday (July 25) confirmed the data breach after reports emerged that details involving as many as 7.5 According to the FinTech, the “malicious party” gained access to user passwords “stored in hashed form using bcrypt , an industry-recognized hashing algorithm.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. But the leader of the pack goes to one corporate travel and expense management startup that impressed investors despite a business trip slump. Bookkeeper360. CreditEnable.

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