PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Financial technology company Sleek has reportedly netted $4 million in venture funding for its efforts to take on the traditional corporate services industry. Sam Tay , CEO of FinTech Aptiv8 , noted that his company offers an app for foreign workers. Singapore itself has a growing economy, with 1.4 million documented foreign workers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

FinTechs could face these same financial pains as regulators increasingly demand that they follow the compliance rules to which FIs must adhere. The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . A report found that the U.S. imposed a full $23.52

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Bookkeeping is at the core of many essential processes in the back office: tax filing, working capital management and access to financing, to name a few. Indeed, integrating various apps and platforms was cited as the largest focus of technology investments for small businesses recently surveyed by CompTIA.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2019

Reuters reported Lagarde said that technology companies’ use of big data and AI i ncreases big tech companies’ dominance in the mobile payments market, which could result in policymakers around the world rethinking how they regulate the banking system and how they ensure financial settlements are made safely and securely. “A

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Bobsguide

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Banks are depending on the cloud to build better systems for the future, but legacy technology is holding 62% of them back. The growing need to overhaul these systems is what powered GFT’s leap on the 2022 IDC FinTech Rankings. The post GFT Advances in 2022 IDC FinTech Rankings appeared first on Bobsguide.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

financial institution Nationwide Building Society has made an investment in open banking FinTech BankiFi , the companies revealed in an announcement Monday (Sept. Nationwide said that its investment in BankiFi is part of its $62 million fund established last year to promote collaborations between Nationwide and FinTechs and other startups.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the largest global financial institutions are taking steps further into Mexico’s small business lending and finance space, the result of heightened competitive pressure imposed by FinTechs and alternative lenders in the market, reports in the Wall Street Journal said Thursday (March 14). ”

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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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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

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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 Aspire Financial Technologies.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This week’s exploration of the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations and data integrations finds an opportunity for accounting portals to drive customer loyalty through data connectivity, while lenders embrace strengthened risk mitigation by looping directly into borrower data. bank sets its data sharing rules for FinTech firms.

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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

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.

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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

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. Recently, several technology firms have done just that.

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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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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 23, 2021

Imagine a fintech, with off-the-chart valuations such as 2.6x And there are plenty of examples of investors throwing barrelfuls of cash to technology firms. So the continued lofty valuation might be relating to the relative size of the bank within the fintech. What about fintechs that may not be too concerned about profit?

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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

JANUARY 10, 2020

percent drop in share prices, and Netherlands payments firm PayU buys a majority stake in the India FinTech PaySense. PayU Buys Majority Stake in India FinTech PaySense. Chamber of Commerce, criticized presidential candidates on their proposed policies concerning Medicare and taxing of the wealthy. The news triggered a 6.7

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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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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map.

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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

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Enterprise cloud migrations have opened up the ability for smaller businesses to adopt ERP technology once reserved for the largest corporates. The ERP’s Role in a FinTech World. The boom in B2B FinTech has introduced a flurry of new solutions and platforms from which corporates and small businesses can choose. Disruption Ahead.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

With the Wealthfront mobile app, customers with direct deposit can get paid up to two days early, as well as set up direct deposit for other payments like a tax refund or company expenses. The demand to move to digital financial services has been greatly accelerated by recent events like nationwide shelter-in-place orders due to Covid-19.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 5, 2017

The first of the packages, Tax Protection, went live today, according to the company’s co-founder Vicki Zhou. The package includes tax-loss harvesting–dubbed WiseHarvesting, which was the fintech’s first paid service— selective trading, […].

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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. have plans to acquire a FinTech in the next 12 months as they pursue heightened digital transformation. For proponents of open banking , the regulatory initiative seen in the U.K. ”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Lending FinTech GreenSky has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). listed technology companies have raised that much or more. Sources say that the company is on track to hit more than $200 million in earnings this year before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

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American Banker

JANUARY 17, 2024

The digital-only bank is among the first to offer such a feature, which can make a bank and its checking account stickier.

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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 For markets like the U.K.,

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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

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

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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest in bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking efforts from challenger bank Countingup, eMoney institution Eedenbull and others. Via the Salt Edge API, Deskera can aggregate data from more than 5,000 FIs to automate invoicing, taxes and other workflows for its SMBs. Payoneer Debuts Program For Banks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Based in Ireland, Immedis provides payroll and tax services to multinational corporations. Factoring may have a negative connotation with some companies, but for investors of France’s Finexkap, the opportunities in invoice financing technology show promise. Investors at Scottish Equity Partners led a $28.2

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