Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today. The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

It’s no surprise that venture capital rounds in B2B FinTech may be dwindling as the holidays ramp up, but that doesn’t mean the space has gone ignored. Europe and Asia provided more than $19 million across treasury management, corporate FinTech and Software-as-a-Service. Investors in the U.S., Treasury Management.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 24, 2018

In 2Q18, the Chinese fintech raised the largest amount for fintech invest ever. According to CB Insights’ 2Q fintech report, Ant Financial’s fundraising accounted for 69% of total global fintech funding. Back in 2016, Ant Financial took […]. Ant Financial has done it again.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’ funds coming into the coffers of corporates that scrape the web for information. USD in series A funding from a consortium of investors, including Green Visor Capital. An Acquisition in Africa.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 Analysts said the industry has seen its highest venture capital activity since Q1 of 2016, fueled by focus on late-stage investment rounds. Financial Services FinTech Practice Co-Leader Anthony Rjeily in a statement.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

China may have taken the top spot in 2016 fintech funding, but it wasn’t the one doing most of the investing. based Innovate Finance, the top fintech investor for the year Read More. While China claimed nearly $8 billion of the total $17.4 billion invested across the world, according to a report by U.K-based

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Innovate Finance, which represents 300 UK fintech companies, says venture capital investment fell from $1.2bn (£970m) in 2015, to $783m last year. There were 1,436 fintech deals globally, attracting $17.4bn in investment, Innovate Finance says, with China outpacing the US for the first time. But globally, investment rose 10.9%.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

China is an emerging FinTech hotbed thanks to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption. But a new report from Citi found that, while China may be the market to watch for FinTech investments, the U.S. continues to thrive at the top of the B2B FinTech mountain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Payments 2016: The Year Of Capitulation . The year 2016 was the year of capitulation by FinTechs to the traditional banking industry.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Silicon Valley FinTech startup Step has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Dec. Stripe invested in this round as well, as did returning investors Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC. million in a June Series A funding round led by Stripe.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 9, 2017

Top seed investors in the New York startup community showed their muscle in the final quarter of 2016 and are likely to continue doing so in the coming year, says a new report from Primary Venture Partners. Among the winners in an otherwise difficult year for startups were fintech companies like Read More.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 15, 2019

For most of the past decade, the fintech sector seemed to have nothing but blue skies ahead. But over the last 12 months, warnings that first signaled in 2016 have been flashing brighter. CEO scandals, pulled IPOs and sinking stock prices, have taken the luster off previously high-flying brands.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 11, 2020

2020 is the wildest downward ride in the market since 1929, which, one would think, is taking its toll on the fintech ecosystem serving banks and credit unions. And the industry’s two largest fintech providers, FIS and Fiserv, reported organic revenue declines largely due to economic impact to the payments market. It’s one big sandbox.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

FinTech is no stranger to this pattern, and while venture capital levels have seemed to dwindled in certain markets (analysts found VC funding down by 29 percent in 2016 compared to last year), B2B startups remain the apple of many investors’ eyes. India saw a particularly lucrative year. Supply Chain Management.

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Let's Talk Payments

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

According to MEDICI data, Germany’s FinTech landscape counts ~475 companies. While FinTech companies in Germany collected €400 million for the whole of 2016, the inflow of capital had already reached.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 14, 2016

Acclaimed fintech entrepreneur Julia Streets hosted this year’s Fintech Innovation Awards where all the best companies in the sector where awarded in London, the city that has been defined as fintech capital of the world. Streets welcomed the newcomers at the event and highlighted that this.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

At the time Naspers said proceeds would go toward growth opportunities in global classified, online food delivery and FinTech. The FinTech market is attractive to investors because the financial industry has long been in need of disruptions. The startups raised the capital in 924 rounds. In 2016 the funding stood at just $4.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Data is everywhere, and amid headlines trumpeting collaboration between FinTech and traditional FIs, there are indeed some possible stumbling blocks about who has access to what when it comes to consumers. s High Street banks have been banding together to oppose FinTech efforts in India to collect customer data. billion valuation.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 11, 2017

The transportation sector enjoyed VC spotlight throughout 2016, while the fintech sector was left in the shadow, according to Global Innovation Investment Report release by Crunchbase. When it comes to venture funding, the grass is (sometimes) greener in the other sector.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The FinTech space is hoping to address these challenges head-on, targeting the paper and manual-based processes of trade finance transactions though innovations like blockchain. The survey polled more than 515 banks and 1,336 companies across 103 countries, finding that FinTech innovators can, indeed, help address the $1.5

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2016

Y Combinator President Sam Altman knows fintech — he helped Green Dot build GoBank, after all. So when only two fintech startups made it to the stage yesterday at Day 1 of its Summer Demo Day(s) 2016, we took notice. But today 10 of the 48 demoing companies are fintech-focused, Read More.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The London-based FinTech B-Social raised £7.8 The only investor revealed was Rudy Karsan from Karlani Capital; the others are undisclosed. Founded in 2016, B-Social is a social payments app “where friends and money meet.” This new round of funding brings the startup’s total raised to £13.25

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 28, 2016

Fintech funding is booming. The first quarter of 2016 may have seen no IPOs, but it saw more funding than ever — $5.3 billion, 67% more than the same period last year, according to Accenture. But there are signs a chill may be in the air. At the Empire Startups Read More.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

The whirlwind of FinTech investment shows no signs of slowing. In fact, new data from venture capital (VC) analysis firm CB Insights, analyzed by global management consulting and professional services firm Accenture Financial Services, suggests FinTech startups’ VC funding hit a new high last year, with major deals in the U.S.,

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CB Insights

MAY 27, 2020

Fintech saw its worst quarter in 2 years in Q1’20, as investors pulled back from deals amid the coronavirus pandemic. The quarter saw fintech activity fall to $6.1B across 404 deals, marking the worst Q1 since 2016 for fintech deals and the worst Q1 for funding since 2017. REGISTER NOW: FINTECH WEBINAR. First name.

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

As Brexit inches closer to its culmination date of March 2019, one unanswered question from the impending exit from the EU is will London still be seen as the ‘ capital of Fintech ” in Europe? The UK is currently facing its most serious challenge so far as the fintech hub of Europe. and Europe, the U.K.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Investors appear to be racing to disperse funds before 2016 comes to an end — and fintechs are benefiting. In the past week, alt-payment companies have led the pack with eight-figure fund raises from high profile investors. Also filling their piggy banks were security and wealth management startups.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Image source # 6 on our Fintech Predictions for 2016: The strange inversion we saw in 2015, when private companies were valued higher (on paper at least) than public companies, will end in 2016. The headlines will refer to Unicorpses. This is happening now. It is happening in private unless Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Vilash Poovala , founder and CEO of FinTech Oyster , said online financial platforms, powered by open banking, can serve as alternatives for business banking in a country where business banking seems an afterthought. The world needs a FinTech operating system.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Europe is on the path to entice FinTechs. European Union (EU) finance ministers met this week to discuss ways in which the EU can ensure its FinTech industry is solid and promotes growth, an initiative some policymakers view as critical, as the U.K., a global FinTech hub, prepares to leave the EU following Brexit.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2016

Asian fintech deal sizes dwarfed U.S. Global fintech funding skyrocketed in 2014 and 2015, but tapered off in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the implication that 2016 won’t be so sweet, according to the report. deal sizes in 2015, a new report from KPMG and CB Insights shows. But yesterday’s Ant Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 24, 2016

Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Days just wrapped up, with 159 startups taking the stage and making their play for funding. Just under 10% of the companies — 15 to be exact — were fintech-related. This is about average for a YC incubator class, with the 26% from Summer 2015 being an Read More.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

individuals than previously reported, corporate disbursements are still made through paper checks, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have expressed optimism about accessing loans from the financial services sector and FinTech sees a rise in venture capital (VC)’s expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The year 2016 may go down as the year of debt for startups, a new report suggests. billion for fintech startups. But founders — especially for fintechs — still needed access to capital. Venture capitalist plunged to its lowest levels in two years in the last quarter to $2.4 Bloomberg Read More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For startups, 2016 wasn’t the best year in venture capital. VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. and the U.S. round out the rest of the investment activity.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Every year, Bank Innovation chooses the bank and fintech videos that made us laugh, the ones that made us cry, the ones that made us want to go out and buy baby animals, and of course, the ones that made us go out and better manage our finances (well, we tried.) Read More.

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