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AUGUST 2, 2019

Nyca Partners has closed on $210 million for its third investment fund, a vehicle that will let it continue to support the growth of fintech innovation, David Sica, partner at the New York- and San Francisco-based venture firm, told Bank Innovation. “I think there’s still a lot of opportunity,” Sica said.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

FinTech startup Plaid is partnering with banking platform Jack Henry & Associates to advance the Plaid Exchange for more than 350 financial institutions (FIs). “We It gives banks, wealth managers, and FinTechs a way to offer stable solutions to connect accounts to apps and services. . “At

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 9, 2019

Fintech startup Plaid, a quiet unicorn doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the API space, announced its first major purchase this week. The San Francisco-based company will acquire its competitor Quovo, a wealth management startup that aggregates investment and brokerage data.

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APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 leads the rest of the world in the total value of FinTech investment due to the large amount of funds available to invest in the market, with investors focusing on late-stage, clear front-runner FinTech companies,” said KMPG U.S. “The

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Affirm , a San Francisco-based point-of-sale (POS), buy now, pay later (BNPL) lender, announced a $500 million series G round of funding Thursday (Sept. The privately-held FinTech was founded in 2012 as an installment loan provider for shoppers to finance a purchase.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Uber Money teams are also located in Palo Alto, Amsterdam, New York and San Francisco tech centers, Livemint reported. Besides engineering, we are investing in growing and scaling data science, analytics, and product management organizations to transform Hyderabad into a full spectrum tech site for Uber.”.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The San Francisco-based company was one of the early movers in digital money management. By setting aside random amounts of money users don’t immediately need, personal finance app Digit has saved its customers more than $1 billion since its launch in February 2015.

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JULY 31, 2020

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S. Varo Bank N.A.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2019

SigFig, a San Francisco fintech specializing in robo advice, today unveiled SigFig Atlas, an interactive platform for financial advice and software-guided sales that faces both retail banks and their customers.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 28, 2018

Bento for Business wants to provide its customers with money management tools combined with banking solutions, similar to the personal financial management app for millennials, MoneyLion, according to company CEO Farhan Ahmad. For the task, San Francisco-based Bento raised $9 million in a new round of funding today.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Venture capital (VC) is not easily available to every startup, but this week, VC investors hinted at a big year ahead for the B2B FinTech space. Designed for the field services industry, Skynamo ’s offering connects businesses to a sales app and management solution while enabling sales representatives to reduce their reliance on paper.

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MAY 22, 2017

According to a report in TechCrunch , with the new fund, the VC has a total capital of greater than $5 billion under management. Menlo’s emphasis on early-stage investing in our main funds is a strategy that’s working,” says Managing Director Mark Siegel in a statement to TechCrunch.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The San Francisco-based loan marketplace operator also said it’s well-positioned to navigate the current environment and complete the acquisition next year of Radius Bancorp , which LendingClub management called its “top strategic priority.”. We are not sitting still and hoping for things to get better.”. Q4 Forecast.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The company, which is based in San Francisco and has offices in Ghana and Kenya, will give people in Nigeria access to its peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service through a partnership with payment gateway company Paystack. Abiodun Animashaun, the co-founder of the Lagos-based ride-hailing startup Gokada, will serve as country manager.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

And one question worth posing is: What will happen to FinTech ? Specifically, what will happen to London’s standing as a FinTech hub? The city has long been known as a financial center (especially in Europe) and more recently as FinTech. That was outpaced, perhaps not surprisingly, by San Francisco, but led New York.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The company is calling it the “FinTech Roadshow.”. Emailage sees the FinTech industry as a critical sector for partnerships and growth. It aims to flesh out operations in the areas where it already has a presence — that is, London; San Paolo, Brazil; Mexico City; Colombia; San Francisco and Greece. First, on Oct.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

San Francisco FinTech Brex announced a $200 million debt capital raise from Credit Suisse that will be used to expand its eCommerce business and credit offerings to new companies, Brex announced in a press release on Thursday (Dec. The product automates expense management and integrates with accounting systems.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The San Francisco-based FinTech and the newsletter giant are teaming up to enable Mailchimp users – many of whom are small businesses – to add a “buy button” to their websites. The goal is to help Mailchimp users start selling from their websites, potentially boosting revenue by giving customers a “quick path to purchase.”.

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APRIL 23, 2020

The rise of FinTech, the increasing globalization of finance — and even ravages of the coronavirus, which is making us all bank and transact across phones — all have pointed to one simple, urgent question: Just what is a bank, anyway? We wouldn’t go so far as to say an existential crisis is in the works. Looking For The Continuum.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Plaid is doubling down on its push to connect banks to FinTechs and their customers with a new, instant account update feature. With that offering, banks and other financial institutions (FIs) can build out their own APIs, making it far easier to connect with FinTech app developers and firms and their growing legion of users.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Movement to foster collaboration between FinTech firms and traditional financial firms continues to gather steam across the globe, aided by government encouragement and initiatives. FinTech Alliance debuted this week, with a roster that tops 500 members. Property Management (And Payments), APIs Included. to the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Customers now anticipate rewards, mobile integration, spend-management offerings — and that transactions that feel immediate and seamless regardless of marketplace or platform. FinTech N26 Mulls New Funding Round. Mastercard: Why It’s Time For Card Issuers To Up Their Digital Game. banking license. billion.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

That’s why South African FinTech company Yoco has made it its mission to improve things for African businesses, large and small. Indeed, the FinTech’s mobile POS (mPOS) was inspired by Square, which Yoco founder Katlego Maphai first encountered while visiting San Francisco shortly before starting to work on the Yoco solution.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

It employs more than 2,000 people globally, including in New York and San Francisco. So far over 200,000 kids have signed up to Revolut Junior, and additional features are planned, including educational materials to help youth learn about personal finance and money management.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

4) to buy its FinTech competitor, SIA , for about 4.6 This is not the first mega deal involving FinTech companies. billion) to acquire Ingenico Group , the Paris-based technology provider of secure electronic transactions to create a FinTech dynamo. the San Francisco-based financial services company.

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MARCH 3, 2020

After a two-year run on the job, Bindra decided to move back to San Francisco, although he will continue as an advisor for the company and support “strategic initiatives,” the company said Tuesday (March 3). Rau comes into the fold boasting more than two decades of experience in FinTech. He held that job from 2016 through 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

29) announced a deal for the AML platform of Beam Solutions , a San Francisco-based startup that focuses on transaction monitoring and helping financial companies comply with KYC regulations. Another key component of the platform is helping companies manage various KYC and AML regulations in different jurisdictions across the world.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The acquisition will see Kabbage take on 20 new team members in its San Francisco office, with Radius Intelligence CEO Joel Carusone also joining Kabbage to support the integration of the data analytics solution into its offering. In another statement, Carusone pointed to the role data plays in small business cash flow management.

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JULY 30, 2020

The Salt Lake City payment processing platform has joined with Plaid, a Visa subsidiary based in San Francisco, that builds financial technology platforms to connect bank accounts and initiate automated clearing house (ACH) transfers. Plaid is connected to more than 11,000 financial institutions.

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MARCH 24, 2020

San Francisco-based FinTech startup Brex has acquired Neji, Compose Labs and Landria to help it build out its product offerings for growing businesses. San Francisco startup Compose Labs specializes in next-generation video and runs CommonLounge, an intuitive platform for learning technology. million to date.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Uber reportedly will partner with FinTech Flutterwave to offer Uber Cash, a digital wallet feature, in Africa. Flutterwave, based in San Francisco and Nigeria, has been on a roll since it pulled in $35 million last year in venture funding, including from Worldpay.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Qwil, which is based in San Francisco, said it was going to use the funding to expand, and hire new employees, while increasing the breadth of the people and businesses it lends to. Mosaik Partners, Reciprocal Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Cantos, Sam Hodges and Prosper President Emeritus Ron Suber all participated in the round.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Speaking at Disrupt San Francisco , Oviosu announced Paga’s plans to expand globally. He started working in FinTech after attending Brown University. “I I put together a team … to build … public financial management systems for the country. The amount paid for the acquisition was not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Qwil, which is based in San Francisco, said it was going to use the funding to expand, and hire new employees, while increasing the breadth of the people and businesses it lends to. Mosaik Partners, Reciprocal Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Cantos, Sam Hodges and Prosper President Emeritus Ron Suber all participated in the round.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

million fundraise, India-based FinTech BharatPe revealed new funding for its solution aimed at small businesses. 26) that the company raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital, based in San Francisco, and Steadview Capital, based in London. Four months after announcing a $15.5 TechCrunch reported Monday (Aug.

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MAY 27, 2020

The CEO of SoFi, the digital personal finance company based in San Francisco, said its investor accounts have doubled this year, mostly due to fractional shares. CEO Anthony Noto told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the FinTech company’s investing platform has seen a significant uptick in user numbers since January.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 14, 2020

In case you missed it, the 5th annual Future of Fintech (June 14-16) is moving west to San Francisco. Here’s what to expect at this year’s event : 3 main stages: Future of Fintech, Future of Wealth, and Future of Insurance. 1 stage dedicated to the Fintech 250 (CB Insights’ list of the most promising fintech startups).

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