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MARCH 6, 2018

s exit from the bloc next year, the EU’s executive is set to propose a draft law aimed at boosting the FinTech market throughout the region. The proposed law would bypass the mixture of regulatory approaches FinTech firms currently have to deal with, as well as review how firms handle cybersecurity and cyber threats.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

TerraPay, a Dutch FinTech, has been acquired by a number of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management for an undisclosed amount. We believe in our mission to address financial inclusion by making real-time national, regional and global payments accessible to everyone,” said Ambar Sur, founder and CEO of TerraPay. “We

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). As previously reported, Saudi Arabia has trained sights on FinTech as well, specifically in Riyadh.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The team will be made up of over 100 technology professionals tasked with global financial products as well as technology innovations at its Hyderabad Tech Center that would reportedly make it the inaugural facility in the Asia-Pacific region. of India (NPCI). percent business stake per news in January. Zomato was valued at $3.55

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Bobsguide

MAY 29, 2019

Payments markets are changing drastically, forced by the hand of national and regional regulators as well as a technological advances driving at an incredible pace. Banks and other financial institutions are sitting up to take note. Here, bobsguide speaks with Mohammed Kateeb, group chairman and.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Efforts in the Middle East by banks and other financial institutions to embrace FinTech are on the rise. As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. Outside U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

FinTech startups and big tech may provide competition for established banks that have bad loans on the books, The European Banking Authority (EBA) said on Tuesday (July 3). And, while London has served as Europe’s primary FinTech center, Brexit could change that: The U.K.’s s exit from the bloc next year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Since partnering two years ago, Visa and NovoPayment have advanced digital payments across the region. In addition, Visa Token Services was introduced to the region for payouts, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments and B2B money movement. It’s a testament of our proven enablement model and commitment to collaboration.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Remittance payments might be on the rise in this region, but common pain points with cross-border money transfers have persisted, including a lack of transparency. Sarintorn recently spoke with PYMNTS about how the company’s partnerships with FinTechs are changing its approach to financial services innovation. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The November Smarter Payments Tracker® examines how FIs and FinTechs are innovating to deliver more compelling cross-border and international banking offerings. It also looks at the role of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions in powering FIs’ and FinTechs’ efforts to cater to expatriates and immigrant workers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. Those that felt ready had invested in knowledge of local markets and tax codes, new tech and/or new vendors. Chargehound. AvidXchange.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Clearly there's regional saturation, which leads to consolidation.”. All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena. These are $100 billion market cap companies that are sitting in the middle of the payments supply chain.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Major cities in Europe may not be the only ones after London’s FinTech crown. A new reported from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) stated that Singapore’s fast-growing and lucrative FinTech sector is standing out as many larger rivals around the world are impacted by regulatory challenges and political turmoil.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. the region. There were 441 FinTechs operating in Mexico in 2019, a 14 percent increase from 2018. Open Banking And Digital Readiness.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

According to Tech Nation , Glasgow has a total digital GVA of £480 million. Notable sectors in Glasgow include FinTech, eCommerce and marketplace, social networks and enterprise software, and cloud computing. It’s a premium scene without the heavier costs of doing business you find in other European nations,” he recently told PYMNTS.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 30, 2018

National and regional interests have helped to determine the shape of financial regulations in recent years, but politicians and regulators have acknowledged the need to consider the global nature of markets when constructing them. It could be good news for financial technology providers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

According to Tech Nation , Glasgow has a total digital GVA of £480 million. Notable sectors in Glasgow include FinTech, eCommerce and marketplace, social networks and enterprise software and cloud computing. As part of the FinTech push within Scotland, the U.K. The potential for FinTech greatness in Scotland is certainly there.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. INTRUST Bank recently announced it is also taking part in the trend of collaborating with FinTechs. Enter: alternative lenders.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The movement toward linkups between traditional financial institutions (FI) and FinTech firms seems an inexorable one — in the cross-selling of corporate services into consumer bases that embrace individuals and, typically, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, looking elsewhere beyond U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

McInerney also pointed to government to consumer (G2C), which is a “more nascent” market, with presence in government benefits and tax refunds. He said that the $120 trillion B2B market, as measured in payments volume, is tied to lower velocity but higher value flows. In the U.S. Asia Pacific. trillion in payments volume.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Providing onboarding services in the Latin American market is both an exciting opportunity and a challenging one. If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

Despite direct exposure to the region, they remain unaware of the GDPR requirements. FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters. And in the wake of the announcement late last month that FinTechs will be able to apply for banking licenses with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, caution abounds.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The integration of Bitex into Bantotal program represents a major step in the breakthrough of blockchain technology in banking,” Bitex Chief Marketing Officer Manuel Beaudroit said. A Bantotal spokesperson said the service is used by around 20 million people. Bantotal is based in Uruguay.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Pressures that can lead to market fragmentation exist. The FSB is comprised of national authorities responsible for financial stability in 24 countries and jurisdictions. It was launched following the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 as an early warning system to avoid another “global market meltdown.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Axos Bank parent company Axos Financial has rolled out out commercial banking operations across new markets in the U.S., “The nation’s two largest metropolitan areas are home to a majority of our commercial lending and banking clients,” said Greg Garrabrants, president and CEO of Axos, in a statement.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From payments to insurtech to lending, fintech companies are attracting investor attention. In 2018, startups in the space raised more than $45B, a record amount, while Q3’19 fintech funding recently clocked in with a quarterly record of nearly $9B. GET THE 88-PAGE q3 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Data is as of 12/19/2019.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The integration of Bitex into Bantotal program represents a major step in the breakthrough of blockchain technology in banking,” Bitex Chief Marketing Officer Manuel Beaudroit said. A Bantotal spokesperson said the service is used by around 20 million people. Bantotal is based in Uruguay.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Roughly a fifth of those queried by the DTCC stated that FinTech as a general category poses at least some systemic risk next year, which is up 5 percent from last year. The bank said that fellow participants in the transaction included Region Brokerage Company and the Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD).

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

He said that while small banks, credit unions (CUs) and regional players deeply fear being swept aside by the great digitalization wave that the pandemic has set off, their concerns aren’t actually unique to the financial industry’s smaller end. Instead, FIs must go digital in the ways consumers are seeking.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Latin America is often considered to be the world leader in electronic invoicing thanks to government mandates, but the Asia Pacific region is quickly gaining steam in its eInvoicing efforts, too. And beyond government efforts, FinTechs in the private sector are also promoting eProcurement digitization in the region.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

While plenty of countries are seeing this as an opportunity to grow, some markets are still holding out. The Netherlands, for instance, only recently implemented it because it needed to make sure that consumers’ personal data will remain protected, as payments in the region are mostly digital.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

On Friday (March 8), the world will recognize International Women’s Day — celebrated globally since 1975, when it was adopted as a holiday by the United Nations. The first challenge, Biggar noted, is a typical FinTech challenge. To participate, firms can be early stage, but must have a product in market or some Seed funding.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

With more consumers than ever interested in fulfilling all their financial needs on mobile, both legacy banks and FinTech firms are focusing on creating digital-only banking services, designed to catch and keep customers using their smartphones to bank. China isn’t the only nation where consumers have their pick of banking options, though.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The firm was the first money transfer company to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India under Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines. Visa, Marqeta Team To Boost FinTech Expansion Across Asia Pacific. Amazon Taps Into Bill Payments With Alexa.

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