article thumbnail

Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami's Reserves In Bitcoin

PYMNTS

In other news, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a nonstop social media cheerleader for the notion of building a high-tech ecosystem in South Florida, publicly embraced exploring using cryptocurrency to store some government financial reserves and blockchain to secure processes such as online voting.

Miami 201
article thumbnail

Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

The list identified a significant uptick in commercial and industrial lending in the South, as 7 of the 15 community banks included are located in the region. Also of note is that there are three Florida-based financial institutions on the list – Transcapital Bank in Sunrise, Citizens Bank in Perry and Banco Do Brasil Americas of Miami.

Lending 186
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

NovoPayment Launches API Platform In Latin America

PYMNTS

NovoPayment, based in Miami, offers financial and transactional services through a cloud-based platform, the company said. Right now, the Developer Hub offers 37 APIs , which cover a wide range of Latin American regions and industries, including banking, service organizations, insurance, urban delivery and transportation and travel.

America 186
article thumbnail

WU Enables Mobile Wallet Transfers Via Thunes Partnership

PYMNTS

Headquartered in Singapore, the company also has regional offices in London and Miami. Thunes (previously TransferTo) provides a cross-border network that delivers payment solutions for emerging economies.

Mobile 176
article thumbnail

Visa’s Authorize.Net To Provide SMBs With Offer On Super Bowl Sunday

PYMNTS

Visa, via its partnership with the NFL, is also contributing 20 Super Bowl tickets to Black Girl Ventures , which will provide them to 10 local Black woman-owned SMBs in the Tampa and Miami areas, according to the announcement.

Tampa 211
article thumbnail

Latin American FinTech Payment ‘Recipes’

PYMNTS

For its own part, NovoPayment, a digital financial services (FinServ) enabler based in Miami, which services the region via a cloud-based Open Banking platform, recently launched its Developer Hub , the first such platform to service Latin America. The most important ingredient is talent, according to Pérez.

Fintech 179
article thumbnail

FedEx’s Latest Latin America Logistics Push 

PYMNTS

This acquisition perfectly complements the roundtrip Colombia-to-Miami flight recently announced by FedEx Express,” said Udo Lange, the chief operating officer and incoming CEO of FedEx Logistics, per a statement by FedEx on Thursday (Aug. Amazon and Walmart are but two of the marquee names focusing their efforts on the region.

America 112