PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

A group of Nordic banks have selected Mastercard to overhaul its financial services operations for the region. Nordic bank-backed initiative P27 was launched to update the region’s aging infrastructure with a platform that enables real-time payments from different markets. Deep Dive: The Road to Real-Time Payments.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. It is one of the region’s fastest-growing companies, having just turned in a stellar first quarter in a region that has more complexities than any of its northern neighbors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

As a region, Asia has seen $4.5 That means the region is becoming a sweet spot for FinTech investment. That is a greenfield opportunity for linking mobile devices with financial services in the region. The global investment activity in the space stood at $19.1 In China alone, the investments for the year came in at $2.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. For FinTech firms, doing the chasing all on their own is a losing proposition. Plugging In To Plugins.

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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. Growing interest in open banking typically coincides with the expanding use of online financial platforms and tools.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mastercard is teaming up with FinTech startup Juvo to help the “underbanked” in Latin America and the Caribbean to build credit histories so they can engage in a wider range of financial services. Juvo was a participant in Mastercard’s FinTech startup program, Start Path.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

A study from AppsFlyer and Google found that global ATM use had decreased by 50 percent since the beginning of the outbreak as social distancing and stay-at-home orders have increased customers’ reliance on mobile apps and online banking options rather than ATMs. Scotiabank On How COVID-19 Could Lead To Lasting Change In Banking Operations.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

There are now many online, nationally-focused lenders that are capable of an entire virtual relationship. Further, the competition is not just another bank that might make a loan or take a deposit, but it could be a credit union, insurance company, retail store, or a fintech. The same picture emerges for domestic deposits.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

After gaining a new license to operate as a financial institution in Latin America's largest economy of Brazil, MercadoLibre will work on expanding its portfolio of credit offerings, a report from BNAmericas says. MercadoLibre's credit arm MercadoCredito was formed in 2017 in Brazil, and has been tied to mobile wallet service MercadoPago.

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America Regional Operations Report 156

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

Banks and FinTechs in the European Union have settled into a period of harmony with the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Regulators are looking to PSD2 as a blueprint as they seek to innovate the way they treat online consumer data, privacy and security in their own regions. and Turkey.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Accelerated data sharing has become a focal point for small business lenders and FinTechs looking to speed up the time it takes for SMBs to apply for and receive much-needed funding. This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives finds a focus on small business lending: In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

Emailage , the online fraud prevention startup that uses email addresses to assess risk, is expanding its operations in the Canadian market. Already, there are many new FinTech startups in a few of Canada’s major cities and the different tech hubs. That’s where companies such as Emailage come in.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, we take a look at how Dubai is giving FinTech hubs around the world a run for their money. The city is able to attract investors due to its low logistical and operational costs and excellent infrastructure, international outlook and liberal government policies. FinTech Hive Generates Buzz.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The European Union’s financial authorities are monitoring how the pandemic may be affecting banks’ and FinTechs’ compliance with rules such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), for example. Around The Data Protection World.

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Mobile Report America Regulation 229

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Regional financial institutes Hong Leong Bank and Maybank are also looking into the possibility of applying for a license, according to the sources. The central bank in Malaysia said last month that it was considering releasing as many as five conventional or Islamic online banking licenses.

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Digital Banking Regional Capital Study 136

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Singapore’s FinTech firm ADVANCE.AI , Hong Kong’s financial services company Sheng Ye Capital and Singapore’s firm Phillip Capital are the most recent in a series of contenders for critical business permits in Singapore. Other companies include Razer, Grab Holdings and Ant Financial.

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Digital Banking Capital Leadership Fintech 131

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

With a goal of expanding its presence across the Nordic region, Enterpay, based in Finland, has raised new funding from NFT Ventures, the companies said Monday (Feb. Enterpay enables businesses to pay without credit cards when making purchases online using invoice data, reports said. B2B Payments. Alternative Lending. Capital Float.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

While Khanna added that it’s “hard to say” whether venture capital funding is getting easier for startups, there is evidence that FinTech — and, specifically, B2B FinTech — is headed for a solid year. The Asia-Pacific region reigned again with two deals in Australia and Singapore, while the U.K. and the U.S.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

KPMG had some bad news for the FinTech world this week. Along with CB Insights, KPMG researchers found in their latest quarterly analysis that FinTech investment by venture capitalists declined across the globe in Q3 of this year. Their “ Pulse of Fintech “ report found $2.4 and abroad. Procure-To-Pay.

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Accenture

JUNE 17, 2019

Guest bloggers Ben Lopez and Charlie Arthy continue their series on achieving simplified, future-ready bank operations. . To optimize and simplify their operations for agility to capture opportunities driven by market change. To optimize and simplify their operations for agility to capture opportunities driven by market change.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

FinTechs To The Rescue? And although FinTechs have been heralded as a lifeline to help close the liquidity gap, Steinmetz said they’re not wholly the solution for SMBs. All of a sudden, you had these FinTech platforms who had banking licenses, and they became the conduit for the government to get this money out to merchants,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

FIs are meeting these shifting customer demands by adding functionalities to their online offerings that were previously available only in branches, such as account openings and loan applications,” the Tracker states. One does not simply walk into digital-first banking without preparation, however. APIs Accelerate Digital-First Adoption.

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Digital Banking User Experience Meeting Fintech 133

Bank Innovation

MARCH 2, 2018

The 16 registered cryptocurrency exchanges currently operating in Japan will soon form a self-regulating body, after a $530 million heist of digital coins in the region led to investor concerns, Reuters reported today.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

In the PYMNTS Masterclass video, Ives noted the slow but (mostly) steady trend of bringing more digitization to B2B payments, where legacy paper-based processes, along with longstanding relationships and cultures centered around supply chains and invoices, can slow down online progress. FinTech Partnerships.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Latin America is becoming a new weak spot for Uber, showing a 2 percent growth, the lowest of any region for the ride-hailing company, Reuters reported on Monday (Nov. Increased competition in Latin America, mainly from the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, is being blamed for Uber’s growth slowdown in that region.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Plus, Pioneer Bank sues over MyPayrollHR scandal, Procurement Partners secures new funding, and ImagineTime partners on FinTech for accountants. Revolut has launched an acquiring solution for its Revolut Business starter pack, which will allow businesses in 13 European countries to accept credit card payments online.

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Fraud Capital Regional Security 159

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

Rules like the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been operating for several years in the European Union, for example, but there are different considerations when it comes to online transactions and privacy during a time when most consumers and businesses are operating indoors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Also in 2017, Gojek acquired two FinTech firms in Indonesia — Kartuku, the country’s largest offline payments-processing company; and Midtrans, a top online-payment gateway. GoPay is accepted as a payment method at 420,000-plus online and offline merchants in 370 cities in Indonesia. million active users.

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Mobile Regional Analytics Google 130

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Other, Individual presentations (with just three of the main markets noted below) delved into the market specific opportunities by region and country, detailing total addressable markets that stretch into the trillions of dollars. Of the unbanked population, he said “that’s one-quarter of all adults in the region.” Asia Pacific.

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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 26, 2020

As Davis noted, larger banks, including regional players, tend to have their own technology platforms — and direct integrations into their own networks — to enable mobile and contactless payments. They are not always fast followers of newly introduced products and services from their larger banking brethren who operate on a national scale.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Visa and its India FinTech partner, Open , are rolling out their joint credit card product for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It is the need of the hour for businesses that depend a lot on online tools that accept only credit cards. The Economic Times of India reported Monday (Nov. billion worth of transactions.

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Cards United States Regional Groups 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Mobile and online banking’s prevalence has reduced physical branches’ importance, but these brick-and-mortar establishments are still vital to customers’ financial lives. Alabama-based Regions Bank deployed advanced ATMs as part of its digital push, replacing human tellers at many of its drive-thrus.

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ATM Fraud Study Regional 151

PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2019

The second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is changing how banks share data and interact with third-party providers and FinTechs, which are now relying on open banking information and application programming interface (API) access to build out new products. payments and financial innovations.

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Innovation Data Regulation Fintech 164

CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. Since 2012, investments into the region have nearly tripled. Want the 12-page report for free? at the time.

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