PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This week showed investor interest in B2B FinTech companies in international markets, as a trade finance platform in India and a human resources (HR)/payroll cloud software firm in the U.K. landed funding rounds. The fundraising was headed up by Advent International via Advent Tech and Sunley House Capital, an Advent affiliate.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

IFC, the Washington, D.C.-based By rapidly increasing our capacity to deliver trade finance, IFC and Citi can help businesses maintain their operations during the crisis and speed their recovery when the pandemic eases.”. The International Finance Corp. ( IFC ) and Citigroup Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

IFC, the Washington, D.C.-based By rapidly increasing our capacity to deliver trade finance, IFC and Citi can help businesses maintain their operations during the crisis and speed their recovery when the pandemic eases.”. The International Finance Corp. ( IFC ) and Citigroup Inc.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. And those lending in multiple provinces would have to have 5 billion yuan in registered capital at a minimum.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Across the US, well-funded companies are rethinking how the financial system operates. Following our previous mapping of the most well funded startups in each state and most well funded food & beverage startups in each state , we used CB Insights database to identify the most well-funded private fintech startup in each state.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Daniel Gouldman , CEO of crypto-banking platform operator Ternio , told Karen Webster that PayPal’s endorsement is a major step in crypto’s quest to go mainstream. He said people are talking more and more about the digital dollar, whether it’s on an individual level, in Washington or among U.S. Privacy And Security.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everyone is talking about FinTech,” René Lomelî, operations director for 500 Startups , told Mexico IT. There’s a growing sense of opportunity,” Mak Gutiérrez, a local host of Hackers and Founders, told The Washington Post. We’ve seen the snowball effect start. I was really hesitant to where this was going.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Their traditional banking rivals are now supplemented by young, agile FinTechs that advertise the most advanced technology and much greater efficiency than their legacy counterparts, meaning that CUs must lean into their strengths to get ahead. Few are more familiar with this challenge than St. Louis, specifically, is very overbanked.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Last month, The Washington Post reported more than 40 conglomerates, including Google and Dell, have nixed working with Chinese vendors in an effort to avoid those fees that aim to encourage businesses to shift their supply chains to the U.S. According to Kocher, bank-FinTech collaboration is key to addressing that gap, particularly in Asia.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The Innovation Hours Program will provide financial technology (FinTech) and regulatory technology (RegTech) companies and financial institutions the opportunity to present their new and emerging innovative products and services to FinCEN,” the organization said in the release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2019

In other news, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has applied for a license to operate a digital assets exchange platform. Bitcoin ATM company Coinme is partnering with Coinstar to allow bitcoin purchases through Coinstar kiosks at select Safeway or Albertsons stores in California, Texas and Washington state.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure. Optimizing risk, compliance and security. IBM has helped many regional and global organizations along this path with everything from migrating existing workloads to forward-looking projects such as blockchain and AI.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 3, 2021

Startupbookcamp continues to accelerate fintech startups around the globe. A few months ago (Dec 2020), they graduated a new cohort of 7 startups operating in (or planning to enter) the Australian market. HQ: Washington D.C. Related: The 168 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update). HQ: Manz, Germany.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

At the time, The Washington Post said the probe represented “an unprecedented level of government attention” on a sector that has, until now, evaded regulatory scrutiny for operating outside of consumer protection rules. For any new market player, combatting the reputation of the MCA can be a challenge.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

In Singapore, FinTech firm KOKU has notched $2 million in a pre-Series A funding led by Tencent Holding’s co-founder, e27 reported. But it will be rewarding if we can provide the same facility to these underserved groups and help them in their operation.”. beginning this week, Alizila reported.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 3, 2021

Startupbookcamp continues to accelerate fintech startups around the globe. A few months ago (Dec 2020), they graduated a new cohort of 7 startups operating in (or planning to enter) the Australian market. HQ: Washington D.C. Related: Watch 12 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Demo Day (May 2021 update)).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

At the time, Finance Assistant Secretary Antonio Lambino II spoke in Washington, D.C. But according to Lambino, in addition to benefits of efficiency for taxpayers, an eInvoice mandate will result in cost savings for government agencies and enable officials to operate with greater adaptability in the face of technological disruption.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

ICBA president and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey, Washington, D.C. We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight. In addition, the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator is one of the best fintech accelerators you will find.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Amazon said in a statement, per the BBC , “Amazon represents less than 1 percent of the global retail market, and there are larger retailers in every country in which we operate.”. Like Washington, Beijing has a love-hate relationship with its tech champions,” Trivium China Partner Kendra Schaefer said, per CNBC.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“Today’s banks may have many vendors, and each vendor has to submit a large number of documents to comply with [bank requirements],” says Robert Johnston, founder and CEO of Adlumin, a Washington, D.C.-based He uses fintech providers to deploy AI to foil hackers and to guard against ransomware attacks for its vendors and the bank itself.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

A mix of players, FinTech firms pose threats and opportunities. Call them disruptors, upstarts or the voguish FinTech companies. FinTech customers have no idea they are exposing themselves to identity and financial risk. Illustration by Getty images / Chris Ede. By Kelly Pike. Siphoning customers.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2015

There’s more to the Forbes Fintech 50 list than just an awesome logo featuring George Washington wearing wrap-around shades. To make the cut, companies were required to have operations in the U.S. HQ: Washington, D.C. The post 20 Alums Make the First Forbes Fintech 50 appeared first on Finovate.

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William Mills

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Attendees could customize their day – picking and choosing from 70 different sessions on five separate stages featuring a wide range of topics including payments, fraud, fintech, marketing/product development, channel optimization, sales, compliance, business banking, artificial intelligence (AI) and community-based banking.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

a complex market in which to operate, both for SMEs and their accountants and software providers. A recent survey from the National Federation of Independent Businesses found that “frustration over gridlock in Washington” forced SME optimism to dip last month. And while SMEs are awaiting tax reform, this area also makes the U.S.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

has evolved over the years from operations oversight to overseeing operations and innovation. Moving into his role to lead the innovation charge for Rockland Trust has been more than a half-dozen years in the making for Jimenez, who in 2008 was heading the bank’s deposit operations and call center teams. “We

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 21, 2022

Currently, and depending on the facts, the BSA often does not apply to payment processors, who often fit into an exemption under the BSA’s definition of a “money services business,” or MSBs, subject to AML requirements.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

Quantopian announced on Friday that Derek Meisner (pictured) had joined the company as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, to help build what Quantopian CEO John Fawcett called a “compliance and operational infrastructure” as the company prepares to take its hedge fund to the public. The company has raised $23.8

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Instacart, which operates in the U.S. The news follows Instacart’s agreement earlier this month to add the 7-Eleven convenience store chain to its online ordering platform, with plans to initially start making deliveries from 750 stores across the country in a first phase covering Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C.,

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Data collection for small business lenders Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. Commenters have until Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

Ever since, bitcoin’s been touted by the FinTech community as one of the most remarkable innovations of our time and a highly disruptive force for how money can be moved between people and institutions on a global basis. And the beginning of one death spiral in FinTech that might be well worth watching.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

As a new administration settles into Washington, D.C., For JPMorgan’s own operations, some changes will be in the offing. billion left corporate coffers via tech spending and $600 million was earmarked for FinTech projects. Among them, the Millennium has seen funding of wars and debt to the tune of trillions of dollars.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

The community bank uses the Entrepreneurial Operating System, commonly known as EOS Traction, to keep departmental efforts aligned. We strive to bring the community bank model to mortgage banking,” says Ryan Dempster, president and CEO of the bank, which has 17 locations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Overland Park, Kan. Assets: $1.04

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

In her first semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, she majored in Computer Science and learned quite a lot about terminals, using Jedit, and also learned about gates and machine languages operating off binary numbers. Christina is always finding new ways of using her creativity to inspire others. Bright Paths Project: Plenti.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It ’ s unclear if the facility will augment Bitmain’s mining power or if it ’ s just a relocation of current operations. Switzerland’s new plans to loosen regulations on FinTech firms to boost competition include addressing the legal treatment of virtual currencies and assets. Washington, D.C.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Of that tally, FinTech was just about … everything, with more than 97 percent of the total. We started with one property that Eric [Vacasa’s other cofounder] and his wife owned on the Washington coast,” said Johnson. We would typically operate a more self-service check-in for most of our markets,” he said.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2017

FINTECH TRENDS Q3 2017 RESEARCH BRIEFING. Fintech deals and funding are on track to reach record highs in 2017. In this analysis, we examine what mortgage tech is, what its impact will be on incumbent players and fintechs, and the key drivers creating a big opportunity in mortgages now. What is mortgage tech?

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