Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

This week, “Breaking Banks” recounts the history of Bitcoin, and how, despite ambivalent public opinion over the past seven years, fintech professionals and pundits have given it their silent support. After this introduction, the current status of blockchain is discussed by guests Michael J.

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

In 2022, FTX broke ground on its new headquarters in Nassau, the country’s capital. In April 2022, Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, hosted the invitation-only Crypto Bahamas Conference. In 2021, FTX, the crypto derivatives marketplace, made the decision to relocate from Hong Kong to the Bahamas. Crypto Conference.

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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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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Daily Fintech is a global business that happens to be based in Switzerland. Our Subscribers (over 13,800 as I write) are from all over the world, pretty much tracking the growth of Fintech globally. So we don’t take sides in the Fintech capital of the world debate. I have enjoyed Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2018

INV Global, which includes INV Fintech, this site’s sister accelerator, announced its upcoming token offering at the North American Bitcoin Conference (#TNABC on Twitter) yesterday in Miami. The INV application aims to streamline the interactions and transactions […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through ceilings again and again. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. What looks like a record high one day is left in the dust the next.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 4, 2017

Another day, another dollar—only this is fintech, so it would be more accurate to say another day, another multi-million investment in blockchain, virtual currency, mobile banking, e-commerce, and/or all of the other technologies on the playground. So far, 2017 fintech funding hasn’t veered far from the areas of interest in Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 14, 2017

Fast growing alternative banking app Revolut confirmed this week that it had raised $66 million in a Series B Round, and said it would be adding cryptocurrency trading and a new wealth product. As Bank Innovation reported earlier this month, the London-based startup was on pace for a big fund raise. In a news release, […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

Bitcoin has far more traders these days — particularly in China — than it has true believers. It’s the golden age to be in the bitcoin market, because it’s imperfect,” said Zhou Shuoji , a former IBM technology consultant whose firm, Fintech Blockchain Group, runs a bitcoin hedge fund and venture capital fund.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2022

These fintech and banking trends should be on financial institutions’ radar in the year ahead. This list of top banking and fintech trends for 2022 won’t tell anyone anything they haven’t already heard about. Anyone who’s paid attention to the banking and fintech space in 2021 knows how hot embedded finance is.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

Alas, there is no such thing as a sure bet, especially in the world of FinTech. Bitcoin and blockchain creator Satoshi Nakamoto developed these tools nearly a decade ago, he said. Titcomb isn’t alone in questioning whether blockchain is a bitcoin-like bubble. Broader Doubts Emerge. That is the theory,” he continued.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

FINMA has published a guideline for the upcoming FinTech license, which will allow FinTech projects to raise outside capital of up to 100 million Swiss francs ($100 million) with relaxed requirements. But Faitaua said that has never owned any bitcoin, and any claims to the contrary are simply false. “I

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Richard de Roos, head of foreign exchange for Standard Bank, noted that it also provides an “independent and much safer cloud-hosted record of all documents and steps, instantly available in real time to all parties involved,” according to FinTech Futures.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 10, 2016

Is there a suspicion… Read more Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases II. She emphasizes that there is too much versioning and regressing from fundamentals; essentially heading towards a different but centralized system. She also mentions that all this versioning is introducing lots of new risks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It’s been a varied week for bitcoin. First, some positive news: Bitcoin’s upward pricing trend continues, more or less. It opened this morning with a value of $742 and peaked at $744 (about as close as bitcoin has come to its year high since it hit $768 back in June). The reputation of bitcoin precedes it.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In other news, soccer powerhouse Barcelona is teaming with Chiliz, a FinTech platform, with the intent of creating its own blockchain-based token for the team. The firm has about $650 million in assets and said other backers aside from Valar included Morgan Creek Digital, Avon Ventures and Winklevoss Capital. In the U.S.,

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Chris Skinner

MAY 14, 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … The legacy clock is ticking Further to my recent trip to Pakistan Business Recorder (their version of The Financial Times) interviewed me in depth about what is happening in FinTech. I’m very sceptical about competition in banking because I’ve been waiting for it to happen for too long. Zero affect.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

The blockchain — the underlying technology that powers the digital currency bitcoin — may be nearing its mainstream moment in the sun as four of the world’s largest banks are using it to develop a new form of digital currency. That frees up capital trapped during the process.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2019

Local FinTech firms such as PeerSafe will be supplying technical support. In recent months Adam White left to become the COO of Bakkt; Hunter Merghart resigned after just six months on the job; Mike Lempres moved to venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz; and Rees Atlas went to marketing communications startup Twilio.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

With one new unicorn and steady VC- backed deals amounting to $4 billion globally, Q3 2017 has been another positive quarter for the fintech industry. According to a CBInsights Report released earlier this month, Q3 saw 278 VC-backed deals equaling $4 billion globally, compared to $2.6 billion in the same quarter last year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Regulatory News, of the Global Type.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Today in PYMNTS data, blockchain and blockchain-adjacent startups are seeing record-breaking venture capital (VC) funding, Australia’s big banks are implementing faster payments, no-show customers are impacting industries everywhere, FinTech funding has spiked and new real-time, decision-making platforms are helping fight fraud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

UK FinTech GoCardless Raises $95 Million Led By Bain. FinTech GoCardless has raised $95 million in a Series F funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Fiserv To Acquire FinTech Ondot Systems. The FinTech Fiserv has signed a deal to acquire Ondot Systems. Bitcoin Rally Here to Stay — Or Fleeting?

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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 Europa the winners were Everledger , specialized in anti-fraud technology for financial services and insurance; and Origin an electronic platform that facilitates bond issuing in the capital markets. Share with us please!

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 4, 2016

Fintech is far from a U.S.-only only phenomenon, as this week’s top funding rounds make clear.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we check out a small country with a huge potential to emerge as one of Europe’s premier FinTech spaces. In the first four months of 2016, the technology companies based in the Netherlands raised €37 million in capital.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Thai FinTech firm DeeMoney is teaming with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple to facilitate quicker and less expensive cross-border money transfers, according to an announcement. DeeMoney is using RippleNet to process inbound payments coming into Thailand as of now, and it is the first non-bank institution in the country to use RippleNet.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker told reporters in the Swiss capital that cryptocurrency projects must meet the highest standards for combating money laundering and terrorist financing if they are to get off the ground.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

PayPal has announced that it is jumping into the wild world of cryptocurrency, making it possible for wallet holders to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin in their PayPal accounts. Investors Say FinTech Valuations Are High, But Not Overheated.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“Most institutionally-minded crypto firms want to buy proper insurance, and in many cases, getting adequate insurance coverage is a regulatory or legal requirement,” Henri Arslanian, PwC FinTech & crypto leader for Asia, told Reuters. However, getting such coverage is almost impossible despite their best efforts.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

FinTechs that landed new funding include a firm targeting friction in B2B payments in the construction space, alternative small business lenders and a company helping accountants guide their SMB clients toward capital. Hillhouse Capital led the firm’s “D1” round, while Sequoia China led its “D2” raise.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

It was one of the biggest weeks for B2B FinTech investment in months. February kicked off with new funding for LendingFront, a small business marketplace lending platform, led by Las Olas Venture Capital. Jubilee Capital Management, based in Singapore, led the funding. eProcurement. Tradeshift. BuyerQuest. Software-as-a-Service.

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