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

APRIL 23, 2018

Logistics company Supplylogix has reportedly secured a patent pertaining to inventory management technology, reports in Citizen Tribune said Friday (April 20). Reducing returns, transferring medications to other stores, and reducing costs are all vital parts of improving business operations for our customers,” Harvey said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Robinhood’s $200 million fundraise this week may be the talk of the FinTech town, but B2B FinTechs saw their fair share of fresh investments, too. six FinTechs were able to secure a share of the next round of RBS grant money , with the winners including small business banking and biometrics company Onfido.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Lithuania wants to become a global FinTech powerhouse. In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card acceptance, to a bright spot in Europe for FinTech innovation. Regulation is perhaps the strongest driver of Lithuania’s FinTech-friendly environment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

South African regulators also approved Goldman Sachs for a bank operation license as the firm strives for growth in the most liquid and sophisticated economy on the continent. Africa’s eCommerce volume is expected to reach $75 billion by 2025, and economic output in FinTech is anticipated to add $150 billion by 2022 to its GDP.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

The banking industry faces many day-to-day business challenges, including competition with digitally native FinTechs and the ubiquitous social distancing restrictions brought on by the pandemic. Banks must confront numerous fraud threats when they operate digitally, and some of the most pervasive are forms of identity fraud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Kakao Pay is set to be the first South Korean FinTech working with mobile payments to undertake an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report from The Paypers. The company has tapped KB Securities Co. Kakao Pay is the FinTech arm for Kakao Corp. , The company is likely to be valued at $8.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech venture capital investments, though the industry still managed to pull more than $46.8 The company secured the funding from Hong Kong-based EmergeVest, reports said, while other angel investors also participated. million in fresh funding. SourceSage. Credit Key. Credit Key, a U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Formosa Financial , a treasury management system for organizations to manage their crypto assets, is collaborating with CoolBitX , a blockchain security company, a press release said on Thursday (Dec. The first phase of their partnership sees Formosa’s FMF token securing compatibility on CoolBitX’s crypto app.

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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. Accountants themselves, though, often struggle with technology adoption.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. And yet, some industry experts have observed that AI is not yet being used to its full advantage in vendor management—one of the thornier problems that community banks are wrestling with today.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

New solutions continue to roll out as a result of open banking frameworks around the world and banks’ increasing willingness to collaborate with FinTechs. This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations reveals two new open banking initiatives from FinTechs designed to address back-office friction for banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Venture capital (VC) is not easily available to every startup, but this week, VC investors hinted at a big year ahead for the B2B FinTech space. In its oversubscribed series A funding round, OnPay , a Georgia-based payroll software startup, secured $6 million, the company said this week. Flutterwave.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

million for the company, marking one of the biggest investment rounds for a FinTech company in Northern England. Based in Manchester, AccessPay provides a digital platform for payments, cash management and treasury operations by integrating businesses’ back-end operations with their banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Although Finly did not disclose how much it raised, the company did note it plans to deploy the capital to focus on imbedding business intelligence within its suite of services, which includes B2B payments, eProcurement services and expense management capabilities.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech funding rounds, but investors nevertheless provided an impressive sum to industry startups. B2B FinTech firms were noticeably absent from this week’s roundup, with funding targets instead based in India, Brazil, Spain and the U.K. Interestingly, U.S. The company raised $6.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

million in VC funding for the sector, B2B FinTechs may be showing signs of a mid-year lull. PYMNTS breaks down the companies that did manage to secure funding, below. Two former executives from payments technology conglomerate Square have formed a new B2B FinTech in Australia called Zeller. With a combined $43.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With more than $1 billion raised — and more to come — this week became the most lucrative for B2B FinTech venture capital funding. B2B eCommerce startup Sokowatch scored a win for Kenya’s B2B FinTech community after raising $14 million in Series A funding, reports in TechCrunch said. Digital Risks. Flock Freight.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

Branchless bank and FinTech Green Dot has reported that Dan Henry will step in as its new president and CEO, and will also join the board of directors. Dan is a highly regarded leader and accomplished executive with operational expertise and over two decades of deep experience in the FinTech space. million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. API management platform Cloud Elements landed an undisclosed investment from American Express Ventures, the companies said this week.

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Banking Exchange

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

COVID-19 has already proved its substantial impact on online-based fraud Feature Feature3 Fintech Security Cyberfraud/ID Theft Operational Risk Risk Management Covid19.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2020

Silicon Valley FinTech startup Digits announced a $22 million Series B funding round led by GV — formerly known as Google Ventures — to launch its new expense monitoring dashboard, according to a company blog post. Everything is encrypted for security. “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

The vast majority of traditional financial institutions (FIs) plan to increase their collaborative efforts with the FinTech world, according to a PwC report published last year. The two-sided benefits of a bank-FinTech collaboration are certainly beneficial to FinTech firms like additiv.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the largest global financial institutions are taking steps further into Mexico’s small business lending and finance space, the result of heightened competitive pressure imposed by FinTechs and alternative lenders in the market, reports in the Wall Street Journal said Thursday (March 14). ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

the digital payment and open banking provider based in Redwood City, California, has hired Jonathan Vaux as general manager of its European operations, the company announced on Wednesday (Sept. i2c Inc. , Vaux has more than two decades of experience in payments and product and service development, i2c said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Financial services advisory firm Enterprise Engineering is spinning off a new company to link banks and financial institutions with data management tools. The Ninth Wave Platform is the bridge between FinTech applications and financial institutions, making it one of the most high-performing and secure platforms in the industry.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

InventoryBase , a platform providing property inspection services to property management companies and letting agencies, is adding a B2B payments feature that lets property managers pay third parties that conduct property visits. Property managers submit a job to the platform to receive bids from potential vendors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

B2B transactions are increasingly shaking free of paper-based methods as companies have moved operations online this year. The new offering is intended to give buyers precise knowledge over when their payments will reach suppliers, thus helping them better control and manage their working capital. Check out the full story in the Guide.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2020

The new process also does away with manual paperwork and uses more efficient cash flow management to create a “seamless” process, according to the press release. Yvonne Yiu , head of global liquidity and cash management with HSBC, said the simplicity makes a difference for the customer.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

However, the company wasn’t the only one landing support for its invoice finance operations: India’s M1Xchange and U.S.-based million raised for its solution, which KiWi said will be used to focus on growth in Mexico, where it has been operating since 2015. The company recently announced $3.2

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 5, 2019

commercial banks are increasingly looking to fintechs to improve customer experience. commercial banks are considering new fintech partnerships for improving either customer experience or security, and in some cases -- both. In fact, a new Fraedom report shows that 73% of U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its third cohort of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 3 of INV Fintech: CoverHero is an intelligent insurance roboadvisor that helps users manage, understand, and buy […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Small business finserv was a popular target this week, with startups securing funding for their SMB banking, lending and accounting tools.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Ensuring such payments are secure from bad actors is a priority for the banks that process them. From an instant payment perspective, it has now become much more important to be able to manage the fraud in real time online,” said Tino Kam , head of transaction banking at Finland-based Nordea Bank , in a recent interview with PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

The B2B FinTech ecosystem seems to agree. Although connecting SMBs to capital is essential, it’s not the only challenge that B2B FinTechs are tackling with their newest offerings. Delivery management platform Bringg launched a new solution for SMBs to launch their own delivery operations and manage logistics.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The 6-year-old who get his hands on Mom’s iPad and manages to rack up $16,000 worth of credit charges for online gaming. The teenager with a Fortnite habit who manages to clean out Dad’s checking account via the debit card linked to the gaming account. More than a half-million users signed on within the first six weeks of operation.

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