PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This is the bank’s third loan to a Latin American FinTech in 2019 — and the biggest ever in Mexico. The company has provided more than $610 million in working capital credit lines to more than 270,000 companies in Latin America, and has offered around $200 million in consumer loans.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 3, 2017

Opportunities in various FinTech segments are known to differ. The lending business, however, appears to be among the most promising, especially in the United States, where the aggregate household debt.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 29, 2018

Here are some of the important trends that Bank Innovation pulled out of the fintech chatter […]. A lot happened in the digital banking world this month, from major events in the payments worlds like PayPal acquiring iZettle for $2.2 billion only days before its IPO to major regulations such as GDPR going live last week.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma Partners, saw huge potential in the Chilean fintech market. Additionally, […].

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 1, 2017

I was reflecting on a friend of mine who runs a FinTech start-up. But it gives you an insight into how hard starting a new firm is, FinTech or Tech or any really. How many of those are there in FinTech? Interesting, particularly when you look at what’s been happening with Lending Club and others. Asia is big on FinTech.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It is amazing how the ecosystem continues to grow and how fintech start-ups are booming. In the US & RoW the two winners were: ModernLend enables users with no credit profile to create one in just 6 months by using alternate metrics; and LendingFront which facilitates short term commercial lending through a simple platform.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

B2B FinTech startups have stepped into 2021 with a bang, as industry players raised more than $910 million in combined funding. Backers zeroed-in on a range of industries, including SMB banking and lending. With plans to launch a new small business lending bank in the U.K., Zerone Microsystems Private Limited.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As Mark Rockefeller, co-founder and chief executive officer of small business lending-as-a-service provider StreetShares , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, that pressure to digitize expands to credit unions and community banks in their SMB lending offerings, too, and do it profitably. “This is an extraordinary thing. .”

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

There’s no shortage of disruptors — particularly neobanks that promise to change everything from checking to lending — but don’t count legacy players out just yet, Dr. Jud Linville , senior advisor at growth equity firm General Atlantic , told Karen Webster. What FinTechs And Neobanks Should Do Here. Don’t Rule Out Collaboration.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Fed Adjusts Main Street Lending Terms to Help Small Businesses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

The Fed’s move comes three days after Bank of America said requests for the cash reached 10 percent by Monday (April 6). The demand for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans has led the Federal Reserve to consider allowing non-bank lenders to speed distribution of $350 billion in loans through the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

The fund will set its sights on FinTechs and financial organizations in Africa, Latin America, India and Southeast Asia. Over the past year, the Accion Quona Inclusion Fund has seen nine investments, which include digital commerce company Ula, digital consumer lending company JULO, end-to-end insurance company Sunday and others.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The fintech industry, once celebrated for its agility and innovation, now faces a future shaped by heightened regulation. Emerging regions like Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America are key growth areas, with partnerships enabling access to local payment methods.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 17, 2019

In May 2019, FinTech startups across the globe raised $2.67 of the global FinTech funding in the fifth month of 2019. In region-specific terms, the Americas dominated global FinTech VC funding in May with 68.8% Europe placed second with 19% in contributions to global FinTech VC funding in May by value ($509.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

One of the biggest shifts in banking that FinTech newcomers ushered into the market is the demand among customers for advisory services. What some financial institutions have come to realize is that collaborating with FinTechs can enable them to offer cutting-edge solutions while reserving resources to invest in meeting those advisory needs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Co-signed by the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Independent Community Bankers of America and The Clearing House, the letter argues that banks and non-bank technology firms are both already embracing innovation in customer service offerings. FDIC), the states and the courts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

As a potential recession lurks, FinTechs, traditional banks and other financial institutions (FIs) are tightening the reins on loans to small businesses and households with shaky credit, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday (March 28). Square and On Deck Capital are among the FinTechs planning to follow suit in the coming days.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Alternative lending was the golden child among investors around 2015, but lately, the industry seems to have fallen out of favor thanks to regulatory uncertainty and questions over the viability of some business models. Alternative Lending. This week alone saw two examples of those concerns in action: One U.S. lawmaker, Rep.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 6 years, Latin America (LatAm) fintech funding has grown from less than $50M to top $2.1B This has caused some investors to pull back in the region and challenged startups to raise funding from new investors, as illustrated further below by the number of unique investors and startups in the LatAm fintech market. First name.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced a new partnership with MK Decision (MK) for its online loan-origination system. Our mission — to stimulate local borrowing and local lending — is well aligned with ICBA Bancard and its community bank clients. “Our

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

As the financial crisis unfolded in 2008, they met to discuss what they saw as the rise of FinTech and the increasing availability of financial software and data. such as Zopa and Lending Club, they saw an opportunity in emerging markets that had been ignored by the big banks, such as Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan. “The

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Taking a page from Goldman Sachs’ book, Morgan Stanley is beginning to lend to FinTech startups in Brazil as it seeks more of a return on its investments. Morgan Stanley’s move comes at a time when the Brazil FinTech market is exploding. Fortress Investment Group also took part in that deal.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

For small business lenders and for FinTech too, expansion is key; but for Biz2Credit, expansion is literal. In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Specifically, who knows what dangers — for banks, at least — lurk in shadow banking, as FinTechs emerge to nibble at market share? Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat responded that leveraged lending is seeing growth outside of the regulated financial system (he pointed to mortgage and auto lending), and so is not yet posing a systemic risk.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One of the biggest tests for FinTech in the coming years is how well it can serve businesses that don’t have easy or efficient access to credit. That test is playing out in Brazil, the largest country in South America, and one of the largest emerging economies in the world. FinTech Sandbox. FinTech Prognosis.

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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 Alternative Lending.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Beyond the price tags and headlines lies a pivot toward creating standards for the data exchange between traditional financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and end users as individuals manage money, access credit scores, pay bills and even apply for mortgages. Moving Toward Standards. And that’s certainly an important element of it.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

million in new funding, B2B FinTechs this week are finding support from investors embracing startups’ focus on small- to medium-sized business (SMB) finances, from banking to payments. Investment rounds poured in across Asia, North America and Europe, with a Chinese “corporate wallet” securing the largest investment of the week.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

In today’s top payments news, JPMorgan blocks FinTechs from accessing customers’ passwords, and Ant Financial and Razer throw their hats into the ring for one of Singapore’s five available digital banking licenses. JPMorgan Ups Security By Blocking FinTechs From Passwords. Ant, Razer Join Rally For Singapore eBank Licenses.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America and the traditional banking system is being disrupted across a wide variety of core revenue streams. . Bank of America, for one, saw profits drop 16% year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20 to $4.9B. Consumer deposits and savings are the bread and butter of any traditional bank, and Bank of America is no exception.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

There are some B2B FinTech segments that are mainstays with investors. This week, though, investors revealed their appetite for B2B FinTech firms that can multitask. In one of the largest investment rounds of the week, Colombia’s Portal Finance announced $200 million for its lending solution for banks. Countingup.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Open banking regulations across Europe kicked open the door for a wave of FinTech competition, with consumer-facing personal finance management (PFM) right in the crosshairs of innovators’ efforts. Optimizing Business Lending. “People were not believing in open banking so much as a big evolution.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Nevertheless, many financial institution executives have taken – and are taking – steps that will help address their top concerns related to lending and profitability. Technology sets up future lending success. Pandemic-Induced Transformations. Meanwhile, businesses that flourished in the pandemic may look to expand operations.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

An Accenture report released last year found nearly two-thirds of banks in North America agree that embracing open banking will be key to remaining competitive, making this market more open than Asia-Pacific (APAC) or even Europe when it comes to data sharing. The service model of Open Banking is quickly spreading beyond EU borders.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). This is why ICBA partnered last fall with The Venture Center in Little Rock, Ark.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

Increasingly, digital strategy is in the purview of banks and non-bank lenders, who in turn are seeking pairings with FinTechs. As noted in Insurance Business America , U.S. With FinTech’s Aid, Lending Down Under. has said it will help form a new lending platform, with debt funding to be provided to Athena Home Loans.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 2, 2018

In the first quarter alone, Bank of America and SunTrust Banks both unveiled their digital mortgage platforms, with SunTrust being the most recent. “If Digital mortgages will be a major trend for banks in 2018. If you look at the housing industry, it has always been a slow adopter of change back to the days of Frannie […].

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