PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

MovieCoin aims to deploy blockchain, smart contract and cryptocurrency technologies in a wide range of use cases, all geared toward the global movies and entertainment market — one that Grand View Research recently estimated to be worth nearly $1.15 trillion by 2025.

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs. 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. Crypto Conference.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced the launch of its own fiat-to-crypto exchange in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with UAE-based firm Nvelop. In other news, Chainalysis , a crypto transaction analysis startup, announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by venture capital (VC) firm Accel.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

For all buzz around cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, surprisingly, the top U.S. banks when it comes to fintech investment is personal finance, according to a report by CB Insights. […]. banks have not been investing as much in these areas as much as one might have thought. The top areas of interest for the major U.S.

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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. consumers, 60% of crypto owners would use their bank to invest in cryptocurrencies.

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The Financial Brand

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This article Fintechs, Walmart and Crypto: A Venture Capital Firm’s Take appeared first on The Financial Brand. Ribbit Capital partner Nick Huber talks about finding the next big thing in fintech. This article Fintechs, Walmart and Crypto: A Venture Capital Firm’s Take appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

London-based FinTech Revolut is planning to tap the $500 million it got from investors to acquire competing technology firms suffering from the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic. Since its founding days, the FinTech has expanded its offerings to include cryptocurrency trading, business banking and more.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

The Banking & Payments Federation Ireland said it had established a FinTech Foresight Group — further evidence of collaborations between traditional financial institutions and tech upstarts. That series will focus on global technology trends across financial services and how FinTechs and banks can work together across those efforts.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Sequoia Capital, Tencent Holdings Ltd and DST Global are among its present backers. The president of the country’s central bank, Roberto Campos Neto, previously indicated that the nation’s cryptocurrency will work in conjunction with its new instant-payments system.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2022

CB Insights has unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Fintech 250 — a list of the 250 most promising private fintech companies worldwide. . GET the list of 2022 fintech 250 companies. Get an Excel file with the entire Fintech 250, CB Insights’ annual ranking of the 250 most promising fintech startups in the world.

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BankInovation

APRIL 1, 2022

The funding will go toward developing the bank’s core technology strategy — which centers on embedded finance and cryptocurrency solutions — as well as human capital investments, expansion efforts and strategic partnerships, according to a release. Cross River Bank raised $620 million in a series D round, it announced Wednesday.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its fourth class of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 4 of INV Fintech: Bloxable: Bloxable provides decentralized solutions for lending origination and the securitization of mortgages […].

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Bank Innovation

JULY 23, 2018

Fintech funding is already breaking records this year. billion invested in fintech globally, eclipsing the 39.4 billion total raised last year according to Fintech Global. As the world of fintech funding continues to gain momentum, there are some deals that stand out. For the first half of the year, there has been $41.7

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2019

Then there is also the possible revival of older trends (hint: cryptocurrency could be […]. The seed for some trends like voice banking and contactless payments were already planted last year, while others such like core overhauls went relatively untouched last year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

based FinTech startup, has raised $5.4 Funding will go to develop its API platform aimed at helping FinTechs connect to traditional banks. The open banking initiative requires banks to let FinTechs access customers’ account information. The capital raise on the part of Yapily comes at the same time that its U.S.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 11, 2019

Fintech funding is significantly on the rise. CB Insights' 2018 Q4 report showed a $21 billion, or 120% total increase in fintech funding from 2017 to 2018. And already this year, there have been several notable funding rounds.

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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

JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. Data Nerds. vc and Techstars Ventures.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 18, 2017

Now that it has burst, the interview seems quite prescient so, here it is … UBS interview with Chris Skinner Cryptocurrencies – digital currencies based on encryption – are in the midst of a bubble, but that should not overshadow the genuinely transformative change that is taking place within the financial services industry.

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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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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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Bank Activities

JUNE 6, 2022

The California-based fintech startup Acorns Grow Inc. The funding round attracted participation from well-known institutional investors such as BlackRock, Bain Capital Ventures, Owl Rock, Senator Investment Group, Torch Capital, Galaxy Digital, etc. Written by Zoran Temelkov 06 th June 2022.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year the financial services industry saw a lot of fintech M&A activity. Here are five deals, in no particular order, that Bank Innovation's editors think will most significantly impact the landscape in 2019. iZettle is […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top news, Grab celebrated solid recovery in its third quarter earnings report, and PayPal has introduced wallet services for cryptocurrencies. Investors Say FinTech Valuations Are High, But Not Overheated. And resale marketplace ThredUp filed for an IPO. Grab’s Earnings Bouncing Back To Pre-COVID Numbers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

PayPal is partnering with Alpha JWC , the Indonesian venture capital firm, to invest in FinTech companies operating out of Southeast Asia. The program is aiming to provide funding for several startup FinTech companies in Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. Why have them when you can have a QR code or NCR tablet?”

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— With cryptocurrencies losing their luster in the public — and the regulatory — eye, some in financial services still remain bullish on the currency even as its value falls. The social media/fintech executive made headlines in the crypto world.Read More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Adoption of cryptocurrency by large fund managers is being hurt by the difficulty cryptocurrency exchanges and traders located in Asia are having trying to get insurance to protect against hacks and theft. However, getting such coverage is almost impossible despite their best efforts.”.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

12) that the federal government would be rolling out new regulations regarding cryptocurrency at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FCEN). interest in cryptocurrency is on the rise, as military contractors have begun to see its uses and the Federal Reserve seeing the potential in digital coins. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. The company said its efforts recognize “the important role FinTechs play in the world’s rapid digital transformation.”. 12) announcement.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Six of the startups come from INV Fintech, this website’s sister […]. The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Exagens Corp.,

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2018

In fact, a new report showed that technology company IBM has five times more fintech patents than the world’s 15 largest banks combined. Many large banks describe themselves as equal parts technology firms as they are financial services companies, but then shouldn’t they have relevant patents backing that notion? Well, they don’t.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

In its second known investment in a cryptocurrency startup, Visa has reportedly invested millions in the crypto storage company Anchorage. The payments firm co-led the funding round along with digital currency-focused venture capital firm Blockchain Capital, Fortune reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While there’s been much hype surrounding venture capitalists’ growing attention on B2B FinTech, this year has largely been lackluster for the industry. Andreessen Horowitz and cryptocurrency hedge fund Polychain Capital led the investment, reports in Investopedia noted. We break down where $77.5

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