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Financial Technology Company Cross River Raises $100 Million In Funding

PYMNTS

Cross River, a provider of banking services for financial technology companies, has raised about $100 million in a funding round, according to a report by the company. Other companies involved in the fundraising round are CreditEase and Lion Tree Partners, Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Ribbit Capital.

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Fintechs seek US government funds to help make business loans

Bank Innovation

Financial-technology firms including PayPal Holdings Inc. Industry group Financial Innovation Now urged Congress in a letter to provide capital to online lenders including PayPal and Square Inc., government funding. and to permit the firms to […].

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Quona Capital Raises $203M For FinTech-Boosting Fund

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Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The fund will set its sights on FinTechs and financial organizations in Africa, Latin America, India and Southeast Asia.

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Distributed Ledgers Expected to be Most Prominent Financial Technology in 2019, Poll Finds

Bank Innovation

Distributed ledger technology will be crucial to innovation in digital banking this year, according to a poll conducted by Bank Innovation. For the December poll, Bank Innovation asked readers to name a technology, aside from the obvious - artificial intelligence, that would be most prominent in 2019.

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3 Notabale VC Rounds in Alternative Credit

Bank Innovation

In the second quarter alone, funding for financial technology companies around the world reached $20.3 Right now, venture capital firms, banks, and investors are pouring funds into companies Artifical Intelligence, the clear flavor of the year. Fintech funding this year has been on the rise. billion in nearly 400 deals.

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SoftBank To Lead $125M Round For LATAM FinTech AlphaCredit

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Alcanza Capital and Bontu. As SoftBank’s Latin America fund is one of the leading technology investors in the world, the equity infusion will give AlphaCredit the opportunity to “consolidate its place as one of the leading financial technology platforms” in the region, a press release says.

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FHFA announces Office of Financial Technology

CFPB Monitor

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space.