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Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit.
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billion, while credit card loans saw the same growth in the quarter. In a press release , the credit card company said Discover card sales volumes increased 5 percent compared to the second quarter of 2016. per diluted share for the second quarter of 2016. per diluted share for the second quarter of 2016.
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Contactless card transactions in the UK will rise to between 6bn – 9bn txns in 2017, and 20bn – 30bn txns across Europe (compared to my forecasts a year ago of 3bn txns for UK and 9bn txns for Europe for 2016). Faster Payments will process 1.65bn txns, 15% higher than 2016 (1.4bn txns). External/Open APIs.
Contactless card transactions in the UK will rise to between 6bn – 9bn txns in 2017, and 20bn – 30bn txns across Europe (compared to my forecasts a year ago of 3bn txns for UK and 9bn txns for Europe for 2016). Faster Payments will process 1.65bn txns, 15% higher than 2016 (1.4bn txns). External/Open APIs.
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