Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Back-end processes for small business loan approval in some financial institutions operate in an automation desertand it shows. Without the water of automation, applications trudge along the financial analysis, risk assessment, pricing, and other processing steps like a traveler slogging through dunes.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The number of financial technology companies is on a rise, and every year many of these new companies as well as established ones choose to situate themselves in cities that are not San Francisco or New York. In some cases, the establishment of one powerful player in a region automatically turns a place into a […].

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Greenlight Financial Technology, a fintech startup for kids, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round today, Bank Innovation has learned. Greenlight Technology is a combination of P2P and PFM features on a mobile app, and is unusual in that it focuses on children.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 14, 2017

Over the past two years, the transaction volume in the financial technology and information technology sectors remained relatively flat. According to the investment bank Berkery Noyes, there were 870 financial technology and information industry M&A transactions from the beginning of 2015 through to the end of 2016.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

By buying Plaid, Visa would reportedly gain access to 200 million consumer bank accounts and 2,600 financial technology apps that would help the company further push into areas like real-time payments and digital wallets. However, Visa rejects the Justice Department’s claim that that would create an illegal monopoly.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

William Mills Agency is thrilled to see so many of our clients represented in Arizent (formerly SourceMedia) and Best Companies Group’s annual 2020 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology list. This annual survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the financial technology industry.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2019

Hong Kong’s traditional banks are set to face one of their biggest challenges yet: a new breed of financial technology firms estimated to snare as much as 30% of their revenue. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has granted three virtual bank licenses and is processing five more, Deputy Chief Executive Arthur Yuen said in a […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Jon Burrell, vice president of operations at international payments platform   Currencycloud ,  takes PYMNTS through the ways firms in B2B and beyond can keep customers happy and the coffers full — even when operating across borders, and all while the clock is ticking. Payment Integration Can Solve These Issues. .

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

Piazza, a 30-year financial technology veteran, who has been serving Citi in a variety of roles since 1988, will lead the group’s efforts in mobile, payments, and general fintech innovation. Before this appointment, Piazza was serving as the bank’s Chief Operating Officer. […].

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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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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Real-time payments are imperative for running successful operations in today’s global ecosystem. Financial technology provider Fiserv has devised a technology that allows individuals to accept payments on consumer-grade smartphones and other digital devices, as well as handheld business point-of-sale (POS) systems.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the last 12 months we’ve seen one of the biggest shifts in decades in financial technology – with banks accelerating the transition of their operations to the cloud. The benefits are clear: a cloud-based approach provides easy access to innovation, helps banks.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. Companies then, of course, have the operational side of the costs and the associated headcount. FinTechs, such as Modo, handle the technology and the data security issues.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

And it gave me this grounding in how money works, how FinTech, financial technology works, and sort of, how money moves around the world…I worked for a dating website for a year, after I left GoCardless, which was amazing fun. What really stands Monzo apart? I spent a year out, which is where I met Jonas, my Co-Founder.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

With more countries and regions embarking on the modernization of their payments systems to capitalize on real-time technologies and customer demand, the market opportunity is significant,” said Paul Stoddart , Mastercard president of new payment platforms.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

To continue its fast international expansion, TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions) notched $20 million in additional financing led by Aquiline Technology Growth. More than ever, companies who operate globally need to be able to rely on solutions that support their business-critical payment processes.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

In an announcement made last week, the community bank said the integration will support customers that seek “new functionality” from their banking service providers, according to Chief Information Officer DJ Seeterlin, who added that customers “need financial technology tools that align with their personal and business needs.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. Inaccurate or incomplete data not only bogs down operations, it elevates the risk of errors in financial reports. It’s only very recently that we have embraced technology as a game-changer for us.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Emergent Technology, the financial technology company, announced Thursday (Dec. In a press release , Emergent Technology said that by acquiring Interpay, it will extend the operations of its digital payments business, Emergent Payments, into 70 emerging markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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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. Take the risk without impacting the bank’s operations. We want things just the way they are: manageable, predictable and boring. The idea is to innovate outside the markets.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Positive Aspects of AI in Financial Services As noted by the OCC, advances in computing capacity, increased data availability, and improvements in analytical techniques, have significantly expanded opportunities for banks to leverage AI for risk management and operational purposes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. While every organization is different, many business leaders came to realize some common pitfalls in their legacy operations that came to light in the midst of the pandemic.

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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

APRIL 30, 2019

The government said that, in the wake of Brexit, roughly 100 financial firms have applied to set up shop or expand operations in Ireland. The Times reported late last week that initiatives include a “FinTech foresight” group that will bring together various stakeholders across financial technology and multinational companies.

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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. Money transfer company MoneyGram International Inc. has partnered with Global Money Express Co.

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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

APRIL 23, 2020

The collaboration builds on Hypur’s extensive network of financial institutions (FIs), according to an announcement. . Cannabis operations that partnered with Hypur to leverage the company’s financial technology can tap into the digital HypurPay app to access a safer and more convenient payment environment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

As President of Trulioo, Jon Jones is passionate about protecting consumers and businesses from all facets of fraud and subsequent loss — but he doesn’t believe that doing so effectively has to come at the expense of technological innovation. And we do this within a few seconds.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Bloomberg reported that Charles Wong , who will be chief executive of the new digital bank, said in an online briefing Friday night that the 200 new hires will work in technology in general — and in some cases, financial technology in particular. Grab is a major player in Singapore's ride-hailing sector.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking. Revolut is also backed by Index Ventures, the global venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, and a half dozen others. Last week, Revolut, which recently debuted in the U.S.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

s departure from the European Union is still causing lots of headaches for financial technology companies, but there’s now enough clarity to work with. And that often means operating from a new address.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SaverLife is a national non-profit sponsored by some of the nation’s leading financial institutions that uses financial technology to improve the financial health of low- to-moderate income consumers by incentivizing savings through prizes, rewards, expert resources, and gameplay.

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Perficient

JULY 12, 2023

However, in what is sure to be a landmark in federal regulation, on June 6, 2023, the primary federal bank regulatory agencies issued final joint guidance designed to help banking organizations manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including relationships with financial technology companies.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The shares were from the company’s technology holdings, according to Rakuten, and the sheer amount of them raised concerns among analysts about overvaluation in the sector. Rakuten’s sales come on the heels of its operating loss of 40 billion yen, or $360 million, last quarter.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

To that end, Benjamin Wong, CEO and co-founder of the Singapore-based cross-border payments platform TranSwap , told PYMNTS that technology – and the platform model – can help make SMB expansion efforts a bit smoother. Beyond the cost of the transactions themselves, there’s a palpable drag on operations.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2019

On Tuesday, Beth Knickerbocker, the chief innovation officer for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), delivered testimony to the House of Representatives' Task Force on Financial Technology. The Innovation Pilot Program would […].

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 17, 2019

Having a "frictionless" user experience (UX) is among the top three qualities that bank customers look for when picking a new bank, right after "security" and "trustworthiness," according to a new report by financial technology provider, FIS.

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