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Citi Venture Investing Head: ‘Financial Services is Becoming More Like Tech’

Bank Innovation

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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Philippines Payments Platform Closes $120M Investment Deal

PYMNTS

Philippines payments startup Voyager Innovations has closed a funding deal worth up to $120 million from existing backers, according to a Monday (April 6) statement from Voyager. Voyager Innovations runs the payments platform PayMaya Philippines. The FinTech firm is taking meetings with new strategic and financial partners.

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

PYMNTS

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Closer to home, in Wyoming, a bill has debuted in the state legislature to create a FinTech sandbox.

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Checkout.com Buys Australian Startup Pin Payments

PYMNTS

Checkout.com faces competition from Stripe, a San Francisco technology company that allows businesses to make and receive payments over the internet, and Adyen, a Dutch payment company that provides businesses a way to accept eCommerce, mobile and point-of-sale payments.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Banking Transformed Banking Transformed by the Financial Brand’s Jim Marous has new episodes several times a month and features executives from financial institutions, financial technology firms, authors, consultants, and other experts in the banking industry. keep me informed.

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China key to banking and payments innovation

Banking 2020

Financial services organisations in China are expected to shine a light for the rest of the world when it comes to innovation in the banking sector in the coming years, with the primary drivers being non-traditional companies that are looking to develop new payment solutions and platforms. ”

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The Periodic Table of Tech In Canada

CB Insights

We broke Canadian tech down into the following categories: Venture Capital: This category encompasses the most active Canadian venture capital firms by number of deals to tech companies globally since 2013. Fintech: The financial technology category has the greatest number of startups in our table.