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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It appears Manchester may be giving London a run for its money as the next great FinTech sector in the U.K. The city’s FinTech reputation and tech sector are on the rise. Manchester has a proven track record of supporting FinTech investments complemented by a high-caliber of talent,” he continued.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 and Asia, and PYMNTS lined up all the B2B FinTechs that recently scored fresh funding. VC activity was especially high across the U.S. TravelBank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the backers of a new $111 million European early-stage venture capital fund, according to CNBC. 30) by London-based venture capital firm Firstminute Capital , CNBC reported. The new fund's main investor is RIT Capital Partners.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Hong Kong-based FinTech Qupital is expanding its reach as it unveils a deal to provide financing services to eBay sellers in one of the world’s fastest growing markets, Greater China. Qupital last year raised $15 million in new capital from a group led by CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund ( CEFIF ).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The latest global FinTech collaboration ties together Singapore and Dubai in a deal designed to encourage innovation in digital payments, online and mobile commerce, and related areas. The deal between the two countries comes as other global FinTech partnerships are being formed. The FinTech is Finserve Africa. According to U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The site reported that as part of the authority’s “Banking Made Easy” program, lenders are now allowed to use big data analysis to examine and approve credit applications. Moving ahead, authorized institutions are able to set limits of their own when it comes to FinTech driven decisions aided by technology.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

With a strong penetration of smartphones and mobile commerce, Spain is quickly gaining visibility in the FinTech world, and its capital city is leading the charge. Considered a “dark horse” in FinTech, Madrid is making strides to improve conditions for startups to flourish and boosting record venture rounds for its homegrown companies.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

While Dan was the one really working (he presented on “How Big Data can change Financial Services”) I mingled around the participants of this vibrant ecosystem encompassing entrepreneurs, financial institutions, investors, and regulators among other stakeholders. Share with us please!

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Insights on Business

MARCH 12, 2019

review of the capital requirements for market risk regulations, namely the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). It becomes effective in 2022, but banks should now, more than ever, implement the proposed changes in order to meet the deadline for reporting their Pillar I capital under the new methodologies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2017

It was a fairly quiet week for B2B startups on the venture capital front: Just three companies landed funding, all of which in the U.S., And investment plans are looking up, with two venture capital funds announcing their own latest raises headed toward the B2B FinTech space in the future. Nauta Capital. Notion Capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup is all about data. With a total of $388 million raised this week, newly funded startups are deploying an array of data analytics technologies to address B2B finance friction. Yellowbrick Data. Catch up on the latest investment rounds below. Biz2Credit.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In Kenya, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its “FinTech Sandbox Guidance Note,” which is now finalized as policy. In further evidence of FinTech linkups with traditional financial services firms, Revolut , a FinTech firm based in the United Kingdom, said late last week that it has been granted a European banking license.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

based B2B FinTechs led the way in this week’s investment roundup, with more than $212 million in new funding falling in the hands of startups targeting a range of enterprise operations. Accounts payable, cloud migration, Big Data and even legal management for startups raising new funding were all targeted among investors.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

Hong Kong-based FinTech Oriente has raised $50 million in its ongoing Series B round, according to finews.asia. The funding will also go toward technological advancements, more improvements on its product suite and better big-data capabilities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

It may be slow on the B2B venture capital front, with just $31.5 With $16 million in new venture capital (VC) funding, SyncHR, based in the U.S., The company provides Human Capital Management cloud-based software to businesses. million in funding rounds for some pretty niche enterprise service providers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

Trend Lab, a startup developing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the FinTech market, has revealed it secured new funding. Trend Lab was established in less than three months by its Founder and CEO Tin Mok, reports said, who wants to enhance FinTech across Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region. million from angel investors.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

There’s an estimated 492 startups in Tokyo, with the majority serving the mobile and big data analytics sectors. The Future Of FinTech? Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced its own plan to boost the FinTech market by making it easier for companies to collaborate with the financial technology industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The latest lab will aim to promote collaboration between the bank’s employees, corporate clients and FinTech partners to develop new financial services for businesses. The labs are a part of Standard Chartered’s venture capital arm SC Ventures, reports noted. “To NS Banking said Wednesday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

million in B2B venture capital was divided among alt-finance, supplier payments and Big Data services startups this past week. MCI Capital, based in Poland, led the financing via its MCI.TechVentures Fund, according to reports. based Redis Labs , an act of support for the startup’s Big Data management services.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

According to Venture Beat , this latest round of funding was led by Manhattan-based VC firm Stripes Group, with participation from existing investors that include Union Square Ventures, Insight Venture Partners and Spark Capital.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

Big Data and software as a service (SaaS) once again caught the attention of venture capitalists in the B2B FinTech space this week, but it was cross-border B2B payments that landed the most money. based FinTech startup, helps businesses make cross-border payments. Identify3D.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

million for the company, marking one of the biggest investment rounds for a FinTech company in Northern England. million investment in Big Data Partnership in 2015, another B2B company focused on providing businesses with training, storage and support with their data needs. ” Beringea, based in both the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. At the root of the matter is often a lack of predictive data to ascertain the creditworthiness of these small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

The largest share of the unicorn companies are internet software & services companies (15%), followed by e-commerce (14%) and fintech (12%). China’s Lu.com ($18.5B) is the most valuable private fintech company. Out of those companies, the most represented category was fintech (8 companies). Iconiq Capital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

Long before founding a data science, credit scoring and digital finance company, the Russian-born and U.K.-educated educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. The vast majority of money going into FinTech is chasing a small number of well-known startups.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

In a bit of a mixed bag for B2B FinTech venture capital (VC), investment backers stayed fairly quiet this week, racking up nearly $90 million in funding. Check out all the B2B FinTech companies that secured fresh investments below. Advance Global Capital provided $1.1 SMB Banking. Countingup. Invoice Bazaar.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

This week, venture capital for B2B startups is all about quality — not quantity. million in B2B venture capital from the last seven days below. It’s quite rare that a FinTech startup that focuses on B2B payments emerges — even rarer that venture capitalists would step in to support it. We break down the $68.3 B2B Payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Euler Hermes has made a strategic investment in FinTech APiO , reports this week said, as well as a collaboration that will see the companies develop the ApiO.EarlyPay solution to connect small businesses with faster financing. EarlyPay represents a game-changing way for SMBs to get working capital.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

According to news from Reuters , the new joint venture, dubbed AiBank, is aimed at getting into China’s fast-growing FinTech market. China CITIC Bank and Baidu are following in the footsteps of other technology and financial companies that have joined forces to launch FinTech businesses.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Kueski , a consumer lending and credit startup, has raised $202M — $102M in Series D funding from StepStone Group, Richmond Global, and Angel Ventures Mexico, among others, and $100M in debt funding from Victory Park Capital. The fintech expects to exceed 1M unique users and $100M in ARR by the end of the year.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

Other investors that participated in the round include Allianz, General Catalyst, GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), OurCrowd, and Thrive Capital. The startup plans to use the proceeds from the capital raise to pick up the pace of expansion in the U.S. and Europe this year, and to evaluate possible new product lines.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2017

Microsoft will be lending its Azure Cloud technology to the companies so they can enhance their cloud, IoT, Big Data and analytics capabilities. Second-quarter data found four of the top 10 venture capital deals went to B2B companies, with KPMG analysts expecting that shift to continue.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

billion of committed capital, with a fair value of current holdings at $82.2 The FinTech space had fair value of $4.2 A few seem to emerge — namely, platforms such as that of Uber and Big Data analyzed intelligently, in part, through AI. Unrealized gains have been notable, up 408.5 billion yen ($3.9 billion yen ($1.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

It’s not all venture capital, but the investments do suggest that the FinTech industry, and its backers, aren’t quite ready to let go of the promise of alternative finance. PYMNTS breaks down the major AltFin investment rounds below, plus covers the other B2B FinTechs that were able to secure new funding. Primary Data.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2017

has taken the week to celebrate its Independence Day, but the rest of the global FinTech scene was busy funneling cash into B2B startups. investors placed nearly $50 million into B2B FinTechs, with particular attention on startups disrupting the supply chain management and corporate banking spheres. The company said it secured $8.5

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