PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

IBM Acquires Canadian FinTech Expertus. The technology, which is a collaboration with PT Bank Central Asia, functions as a supplement to the GoBiz retailer super app. EU Releases First Drafts for Digital Services, Digital Markets Acts. Plus, Bridgetown Holdings is reportedly thinking about a deal with Tokopedia.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

According to a report in Fintech Futures , HSBC started the beta test with 15 retailers in Hong Kong. In the early part of 2017, HSBC announced the new payment app, geared toward millennials in Hong Kong who also wanted social media built in. bank plans to add more retailers to the beta test in the next few months.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb. Whether it’s our commitment to transparency, our flexible payment terms, our user-friendly experience, or our expanding universe of retail partners, Sezzle is definitely gaining traction as the marquee ‘buy now pay, later’ solution in the U.S.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. It won’t be easy, and some players see it as ultimately handing even more market-making power to Google, Apple and Facebook.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2018

P2P payments service Zelle was once not too keen on social media, but its new video message feature might indicate a change of heart. The video feature, which is being marketed on Zelle's website seems a little, well. The feature works this way: the user adds the name of the person who owes them […].

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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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Bank Innovation

JUNE 24, 2016

In a stunning vote, British citizens decided to leave the European Union, and the so-called Brexit has not just profound implications for fintech, but creates massive uncertainty for global financial services. tweeted Eileen Burbidge, a partner at Passion Capital and FinTech Envoy of HM Read More. How can we be so stupid?”

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Banking leaders looking for the next wave of growth need to think differently about marketing to half the population. Traditional financial institutions that want to compete with fintech disruptors like Chime and X (formerly known as Twitter) need to up their social media game. hours per day on social media.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Yao’s hiring was anticipated because of his contribution to the development of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) and his deep understanding of FinTech and blockchain, according to Caijing. The new team would follow a model similar to Square Crypto, a bitcoin-focused entity separate from Dorsey’s FinTech unicorn Square. .

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, is pleased to announce its inaugural episode of INV Unfiltered — a new monthly podcast series, which will cover current trends and intriguing topics in financial technology and beyond.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

The ABA has a new report out on how banks are using social media, and much of the report focuses on using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like to boost customer service, make connections in the community and recruit staff. It often Tweets columns tied to breaking news and statistics.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others. The event is the 9th annual pitch session for SXSW’s accelerator.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Online retail business is booming during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers increase their use of contactless digital channels to shop safely from home instead of returning to brick-and-mortar stores. I started promoting Afterpay in my emails and on social media, and my sales just started going up and up and up,” she said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The FinTech ecosystem within Saudi Arabia has been expanding steadily over the past decade, for example, with more than 60 FinTechs now operating, compared to the 20 companies operating within the country in 2019. This is also the aim behind several regulatory changes taking place in other MENA markets, notably Egypt.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2016

Y Combinator President Sam Altman knows fintech — he helped Green Dot build GoBank, after all. So when only two fintech startups made it to the stage yesterday at Day 1 of its Summer Demo Day(s) 2016, we took notice. But today 10 of the 48 demoing companies are fintech-focused, Read More.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. The challenge was part Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation today officially launches BankBoost, a new app that fosters information discovery in the fintech industry. BankBoost is an “answerbase,” which means it is an app for getting questions to your fintech questions. Users can post on any fintech topic and seek answers from the Bank Innovation community.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Building The (Retail) Use Cases. Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The European Commission told Amazon of its “preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in online retail markets,” according to the statement. India’s Antitrust Watchdog Opens Google Antitrust Case. Australia Mulls Competition Implications for Consumer Data Right (CDR).

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

By now, savvy internet users have likely noticed that after viewing a specific product at a retail website (like Target.com or Amazon), that ads for that specific product seem to follow them when they visit other sites like Facebook or the New York Times. Retargeting advertising is a new, highly-targeted marketing tool.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 15, 2016

Emirates NBD, one of the Middle East’s largest banking groups, is hosting a hackathon in partnership with Berlin-based Open Bank Project in London, the reported fintech capital of the world, April 15 to 17. The deadline for early applications is today. The event takes place at Level39 in Canary Wharf — where Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 24, 2016

Just under 10% of the companies — 15 to be exact — were fintech-related. Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Days just wrapped up, with 159 startups taking the stage and making their play for funding. This is about average for a YC incubator class, with the 26% from Summer 2015 being an Read More.

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Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

In retail banking, it’s clear customer experience matters, and the stakes have never been higher. But, when it really comes down to it, how can banks, saddled with regulations and security challenges, compete with the experiences offered by customer-obsessed tech powerhouses and agile fintechs? According to the J.D.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 14, 2019

Africa’s largest company by market value is in talks to inject about $200 million into business loan provider […]. Naspers Ltd. wants to spend about $1 billion in India this year as it scours the globe for investments that can replicate its blockbuster bet on China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd., a person familiar with the matter said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

In the latest edition of the PYMNTS weekender, coverage includes the latest about PayPal and Google’s views about bank charters, a deep, analytical dive into Facebook’s new payments idea, a look at the new rise of pet retail and other stories you might have missed or simply want to review. Why Pets Are Pulling Retail Innovation’s Leash.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

JPMorgan may have breathed life into the market, a bit, with news of the JPM Coin (though we point out that this one has been targeted to institutional investors, and not the general public). As noted just this week, Citigroup has decided that it will scrap its plans to bring a crypto to market after several years of trying.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

As reported, the social media giant was hacked through a vulnerability in the Facebook source code, which gave the attackers the ability to steal access tokens, which they in turn used to keep Facebook subscribers logged in. The one million euros will be spent through 2019, according to reports.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

With over 19 years’ experience, she specializes in banking, technology and fintech developments across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Douglas Blakey, editor, Retail Banker International. Burcu currently leads credit analytics and retail credits at Akbank, one of the largest retail banks in Turkey.

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Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

In retail banking, it’s clear customer experience matters, and the stakes have never been higher. But, when it really comes down to it, how can banks, saddled with regulations and security challenges, compete with the experiences offered by customer-obsessed tech powerhouses and agile fintechs? According to the J.D.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

s challenger bank landscape is spreading since regulators have welcomed new competition into the retail banking space. Market entrants are looking to disrupt across a range of segments of the banking industry, but SME finance has become a popular target for these innovators. These challenger banks aren’t just disrupting the U.K.’s

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FICO

MAY 18, 2023

The innovative pay-as-you-go solution allows Dock’s clients, including banks, fintechs, and retailers, to intercept fraudulent transactions and protect their operations, while also improving the user experience. You can read more about this story in the full media release.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

One FinTech player looking to empower cash-only organizations with more payment-accepting abilities is DipJar , a hardware and software service platform designed to enable on-the-spot giving even when a consumer doesn’t have cash on hand. Ingenico also released an omnichannel retail solution , called Ingenico Connect.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Italian banking startup illimity will work with German FinTech Raisin on a new cross-border deposit solution. Both firms also plan to expand illimity’s cross-border deposit accounts to the broader EU market. Cross-border B2B payments are the focus of another partnership between Wells Fargo and TransferMate.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Six of the startups come from INV Fintech, this website’s sister […]. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Exagens Corp., Fintel Labs, iGTB, JUDI.AI, KapitalWise, OpenDoor Securities, and Operant.AI

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

Merchants and brands have poured more money into marketing and social media campaigns for card-linking, attracting more consumers. This, in turn, is bringing more payments and FinTech companies into the industry that are developing new, innovative platforms to widen card-linking’s appeal to even more consumers.”.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 28, 2022

Dubai, UAE, London, UK, New York, US – March 28, 2022 – Finastra today published a market assessment report: ‘Banking as a Service: Outlook 2022 | Paving the way for Embedded Finance’. Key findings include: • More than 80% of regulated financial services providers expect the overall BaaS market to grow.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 2, 2016

Lesley Stahl meets some of the fintechies "challenging the establishment and seeking to reinvent nearly every aspect of modern banking" in an episode that aired yesterday.

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