South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

ERC gave eligible businesses a refundable tax credit of up to 50% of $10,000 for qualified wages paid per employee. The ERC Assist Program SouthState has partnered with SmartBiz, a fintech company, and several known CPAs and ERC processors to assist banks in processing ERC payments for their small business customers. In 2020, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The delicate balance between bank-FinTech competition and collaboration continues to teeter in the U.S. In a market without Open Banking regulations, FinTechs continue to enter in to the market, collaborating with bank partners to offer their own financial services — which often compete directly with other financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Financial technology services company WEX is going to acquire Discovery Benefits (DBI) , an employee benefits administrator, the company announced on Thursday (Jan. When the two companies combine, DBI, known for its benefits account technology, will get WEX’s cloud-based platform.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2018

Instead, it is honing in on technology services, CNBC reported. Yet, technology services is becoming a larger part of Ant Financial’s sales. By comparison, the company’s technology services were approximately 34 percent of revenues in 2017. It generated $2 billion in pre-tax profit last year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year. 2nd Address. 2nd Address.

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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. Meanwhile, logistics, data analytics, and business travel technologies also won over investors. Below, PYMNTS breaks down the latest in B2B FinTech funding.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As Open Banking spreads further into the small business (SMB) financial services market, accounting and lending platforms are taking advantage. bank sets its data sharing rules for FinTech firms. JPMorgan Sets FinTech Data Deadline. FreshBooks Inks Tax Integration Deal. Plus, a major U.S. As the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

With only a few million dollars in combined investments, this week certainly wasn’t the most lucrative for B2B FinTech firms, but the variety and global reach of recent SMB FinTech investments offers a bright spot in an otherwise quiet moment for B2B venture capital. Businesses across Asia, South Africa, the U.K. Nisa Finance.

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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. This means that in the SMB FinServ space, there is a significant market opportunity to target the accountant.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

The cost of technology has lessened, though, opening the door for SMEs to bring bits and bytes to supply chains – lessening reliance on manual processes and invoices of the paper kind, thus eliminating errors. The software firm, Sage, has had five of its accounting offerings focused on VAT, accredited by the UAE Federal Tax Authority.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

The Certified Personal Accountant (CPA) today now has a plethora of FinTech solutions they can use to manage their clients’ money, with the number of digital tools — including cloud accounting portals, cash flow forecasting solutions and intelligent technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) — continuing to rise.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Today, APIs have become a popular way for banks to share this financial data with other services and have given rise to more possibilities for FinTechs in how they meet their customers’ needs — and more debate about the security of such facilitated information-sharing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

and Europe is a natural progression from the surge in FinTech solutions offered to consumers, small businesses and enterprises. Indeed, he said, a lack of regulatory momentum in certain markets means acquisitions are often the most effective choice. For proponents of open banking , the regulatory initiative seen in the U.K. ”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

APIs offer third-party FinTech firms new opportunities to make use of valuable data stored within traditional bank accounts. “Your traditional bank technology only works on what’s happened,” Lyons told PYMNTS in a recent interview. “It works on something called a complete record.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

An India-based financial technology startup that targets SMEs has announced new funding from a group of backers, including one co-founder of payments giant PayPal. Those new products reportedly include financial services for businesses other than tax-related tools. “We ClearTax announced Tuesday (April 26) a $1.3

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

There’s opportunity in serving the middle market in the U.S., For the financial services (FinServ) firms that seek to serve the capital needs of the middle market (which can be defined as companies with a top line ranging from $5 million to $100 million), speed is important — and data is, too. and middle-market firms employ 29.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Technology has the power to help a business rise up from the competition. From spend data analytics to cybersecurity detection, innovative tools in FinTech enable companies to gain visibility into the performance of their business. Small businesses, too, have an appetite for technology. 78% of U.S.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The right talent and tools can equip bankers to take advantage of opportunities in the small business market. As bankers continue to fight the deposit wars, they must move past the polite talk and build a true go-to-market plan to capture the lucrative U.S. No two markets are created equal.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a burgeoning hub for startups in the technology sector. The city is home to European offices for multinational technology companies, as well as banks and startups. Trezeo , a FinTech startup that seeks to smooth out income for self-employed workers, is one of the innovators that call Dublin home.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

PSD2 and open banking regulations were forged to accelerate competition in the financial services arena, and this week, a look at the latest initiatives reveals the opportunity for new market entrants to rival incumbents in the small business banking arena. Payoneer Debuts Program For Banks. Faster Payments and BACS schemes.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

The fear that robots will replace humans in much of the world of financial services isn’t necessarily overstated or unfounded – but that doesn’t mean technology and innovation should be feared. “There are downsides to flying – people die every now and then. . Do you want to stop all air flights?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

GK Plug and Play Indonesia, Pandan Ventures and existing backers Draper Associates, Draper Venture Partners, IQ Capital and Mistletoe all participated in the Series A funding, which will be used to strengthen its secondary market offering and expand its presence throughout Asia and, later, Europe.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

FinTech innovation is often a layered process, taking existing infrastructures and processes, and developing new tools to improve upon them. Take, for example, markets like the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical supplies space. In California, where WAYV operates, and where the legal cannabis market is expected to reach a $5.1

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The State Bank of Vietnam granted FinTech startup GPay a 10-year license to provide intermediary payment services in the country — electronic payment portals, payment services, digital money transfer services and eWallet services. The technology holding company also has member businesses in gaming, security and financial services. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

As open banking frameworks continue to encourage bank-FinTech collaboration , the financial services market is exploring new ways to unlock data — not only with banks, but with each other. For corporates and their accountants, the opportunities in data integration between payroll and accounting and tax portals are similarly vast.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

FinTech company Revolut wants to raise as much as $1.5 Late last month the company announced it was expanding its partnership with Visa to include five new regions in 24 markets including Canada, Japan, Singapore and the U.S. bringing Revolut’s total global footprint to 56 markets. billion so that it can expand globally.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

CB Insights unveiled the second annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the most promising private companies applying a mix of software and technology to transform the financial services industry. THE FINTECH 250 STORY. CB Insights clients can view the full Fintech 250 story by clicking the button below.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

million in the largest investment round ever for a FinTech that operates exclusively in the continent. According to reports, Cellulant’s funding is the largest for an Africa-only FinTech. targets the cannabis industry with its market intelligence and consumer research offering. Small Business Banking. InsightSquared.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

The rise of RegTech is not by chance: There is an undeniable link between regulatory changes and technological innovation, and that link has a profound impact on FinTech and the financial services market. Europe is an epicenter for both regulatory shifts and FinTech innovation. Tax fraud is a massive threat of corporates.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Moves on the part of Amazon and Google to enter the financial services market is prompting European financial regulators to mull whether or not the tech companies need to be supervised. including Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple have been entering the financial services market by supporting digital payments and launching other services.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

The France-based company secured the funding from Eurazeo and Bpifrance , which are backing PayFit’s payroll and human resource management technology services designed for multiple European countries’ particular labor laws. Payroll startup PayFit has announced $79 million in new funding, according to reports Monday (June 17).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Middle market companies need help navigating the complexities of accounts payable management, especially when it comes to cross-border, cross-currency payments. One solution may address tax issues, another currencies, and so on — and that approach, he said, works well for larger firms, but decidedly less well for everyone else.

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Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

European banks are in the midst of a ‘perfect storm’ of negative interest rates, regulatory pressures and market disruption, and are in search of new sources of value. The solution of choice for each bank must be qualified based on the specific characteristics of its client segments and local market considerations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

continues to take significant steps toward a faster payments ecosystem , the market undoubtedly lags behind others across the world in the path toward real-time payments ubiquity. unlike markets like the U.K. ACI Worldwide Executive Vice President of Growth Markets Mandy Killam elaborated on the complexities of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Foreign exchange solutions company OANDA is enhancing its application programming interface (API) that opens up its foreign exchange (FX) technology to third-party apps. The company announced news on Thursday (March 8) that its Exchange Rates API has been updated to include real-time FX rates.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

There will also be receipt managing sub-accounts for tax purposes, and other such perks. We are the only one to be able to do it in a time to market as Agora is coming from this world,” Lapiro said, according to the release. “By Community banks have been working to innovate through collaborations with FinTechs.

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