Bobsguide

OCTOBER 20, 2018

State regulators are to take a more hands-on approach to regulating and engaging with financial technology developments, according to Chris Camacho, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, who was speaking as part of a panel at this year’s Money20/20. “I can’t.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Jeremy Allaire , CEO of financial technology firm Circle , told PYMNTS that digital currencies are ready to transition from speculation to become a broadly adopted payments instrument. Allaire said this has been a long time coming.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 18, 2017

That is the contention of Chris Skinner, Chairman of The Financial Services Club, author of thefinanser.com blog and one of Financial News’ ‘FinTech 40’ most influential people in financial technology. What other global themes should investors be aware of when dealing with the cryptocurrency market?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Such is the case in financial services, where “ FinTech ” is often used to describe financial technology vendors. “A A firm that offers financial technology is not necessarily a FinTech,” said Provenir Managing Director Paul Thomas, who thinks the distinction between the two needs to be clearer.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

They are very different to banks and are collectively known as FinTech, financial technology start-up companies. These companies have names like Zopa, Smartypig, Nutmeg, etoro and have fun branding and cool offices. They all share many of the same attributes, in terms of being young, aspirational, visionary and capable.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

Mastercard and IFC , a member of the World Bank Group, announced Thursday (April 26) that they have updated a $250 million global risk-sharing facility in an effort to expand access to electronic payments in emerging markets. This partnership will help bring modern financial services to underserved people around the world.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

AB-1864, which took effect on January 1, 2021 and significantly expanded the powers of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, required the DFPI to establish a “Financial Technology Innovation Office.”. These discussions may include regulatory questions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2017

The European Commission is hoping to consult with the public concerning the growing market of financial technology as the agency looks to manage policies in the sector. Last year, the commission setup its financial technology task force in response to the effects of digital innovations changing the banking industry.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

PEPSI promises to rival not only the two credit card giants, but also other financial technology companies including Google , Apple , Alipay and WeChat Pay. . Dubbed the Pan European Payment System Initiative, or PEPSI, the group has the support of 20 French and German banks, and would handle all forms of cashless transactions. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This will address the opportunity created as the “account-to-account payments market continues to quickly expand,” a press release said on Tuesday (Sept. He added that the new partnership “will provide great benefit not only to banks and central infrastructures” but to merchants, their customers and financial technology companies (FinTechs).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29). Under the terms of the new deal, Mastercard will support EedenBull’s product development and digital services.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 20, 2021

China proposed measures to curb market concentration in its online payment market, potentially dealing another blow to financial technology giant Ant Group and its biggest rival Tencent Holdings.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 18, 2017

So it’s interesting how we’ve spent the last five years talking about sandboxes, creativity and design in financial technologies. The idea is to innovate outside the markets. I guess this is also why I see so many major banks investing in innovation as a marketing program, rather than as a serious venture to change the bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades. China’s economy grew by 6.1 In Two Years.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 30, 2020

There's a wide open market with plenty of opportunity not just for challenger banks but for financial technology as an industry to set themselves apart from incumbents and gain market share, says Veem's Marwan Forzley.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

To help additional middle-market companies automate their accounts payable (AP) processes, MineralTree announced that it has grown its integration abilities, according to a press release. Middle-market businesses are absolutely critical to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

The 50-year-old executive faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the financial technology company’s balance sheet to make it look more appealing to investors and customers, the Financial Times reported. billion euros ($2.1 billion), prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

GME) one of the largest payment financial technology companies in South Korea, according to a Tuesday (June 23) announcement by MoneyGram. Our new partnership with GME, one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in a key market, will further support this strong digital growth.”. has partnered with Global Money Express Co.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

While Ant calls itself a financial technology company (FinTech), China’s financial regulators are starting to view it as being more like a bank. That’s based on possible proposals from Chinese regulators to curb market concentration in the country’s online payments market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Open banking lets third-party financial service companies to have access to a consumer’s banking transactions and other financial data from financial institutions (FIs). Revolut said its new open banking offer was developed with TrueLayer , a London-based financial technology (FinTech) company.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

It’s one factor in why so few challenger banks have launched in the country compared to markets like the U.K., However, there are efforts to lower the barriers to entry for market newcomers. Morgan’s initiatives in cryptocurrency and stablecoin technology have ramped up in recent months, for instance. “The U.S.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 26, 2018

Over the past few years, banks, trading houses and financial services providers – small and large – have become completely reliant on financial technology. The result has been more competitive, safer, and most transparent markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

In the latest of a string of outages as of the beginning of March, Robinhood Markets Inc. The financial technology company is regarded for helping to make trading in vogue with millennials, Reuters reported. “We said it has fixed a challenge that led to a “major outage” on its platform Thursday (June 18).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

That arm of the financial technology (FinTech) giant offers a virtual credit card. Ant’s highly profitable activities include making microloans, repackaging them and then tapping the public market to sell those loans. The company did not elaborate. “Any

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Revolut attributed the losses to its expansion into new markets and the introduction of new products. Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. The company posted a total loss of $139.6 million (£106.5 million) in 2019 — up from £32.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

According to the Wall Street Journal , the UltraFICO Score should help many consumers get approved for loans because it factors in how consumers manage the cash in their checking, savings and money-market accounts, which could serve as an indication of how likely they are to repay their debts. Currently, a record 58.2 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2019

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde issued a warning over the weekend about the impact artificial intelligence may have on the financial system across the globe. But it has also led to two firms controlling more than 90% of the mobile payments market.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Valdis Dombrovskis , the EU’s executive vice president of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People, told attendees of the Digital Finance Outreach 2020 , a series of events for the 27-nation bloc on financial technology companies, that Europe must become the leader in crafting rules for digital finance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

STC Pay, which does financial technology work for both companies and individuals, works with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. He used to work for new markets for Google in North Africa and the Middle East. Jakovljevic is set to start as a chief development officer in March.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 16, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—The legacy infrastructure of most banks leaves something to be desired, and payments technology provider Baton Systems wants to use the cloud, APIs, and distributed ledger technology to help.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The organization will “provide bank leaders with a high-level platform to establish clear points of contact with senior representatives and thought leaders from the financial technology industry and consumer organizations,” the statement said. The group plans to hold its first meeting on April 1.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A new report by business banking market research and analysis firm East & Partners suggests corporations aren’t opposed to changing banks as a direct result of new FinTech solutions businesses want to use. Researchers announced East & Partners’ new report, “Financial Technology and the Corporate,” on Monday (Nov.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 12, 2017

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. He is the Chair of the European networking forum: the Financial Services Club and sits on the advisory boards of numerous companies including Innovate Finance, Moven, and Meniga.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Mastercard and Visa are considering ending their agreements with Wirecard to process payments on their networks as the German financial technology company’s accounting scandal unravels, Bloomberg reported. But the island nation’s lenders, BDO Unibank Inc. and the Bank of the Philippine Islands, said the money never entered the country.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it is planning to steadily develop a system of rules to regulate financial technology (FinTech) in the country. China has become an emerging FinTech market due to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

Payments are moving toward greater speed, efficiency and choice – and in P2P payments, that’s led to the rise of financial technology giants. Spottiswood said that will include financial support, mentorship, compliance services, marketing and back-office support. ”

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

Wiemer continued, “Thanks to the growing number of corporates, banks and service providers already using our cloud platform, TIS will further strengthen market leadership while leveraging sustainable competitiveness in combination with increasing network effects.”. Banks can then link with modern financial technology customers as a result.

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