Finovate

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

First up is news that Grupo Financiero Banorte has launched Mexico’s first fully digital bank, bineo. The new digital bank also offers financing products for bineo account holders. The bank also pledges competitive rates and instant access to funds once loans are approved. The company noted that it hopes to add 2.8

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The 2024 winners were selected by a panel of key industry players representing organizations such as KKR, Granite Asia (formerly GGV Capital), Singapore’s InfoComm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore Business Federation, Singapore-based global investor EDBI, SGX Group, DBS Bank, Northstar Group, and 65 Equity Partners.

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FinTech Multi-Currency Online and Mobile Banking APACS 109

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If Amazon can get you lower-debt payments or give you a bank account, you’ll buy more stuff on Amazon.”. Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. In aggregate, these product development and investment decisions reveal that Amazon isn’t building a traditional bank that serves everyone.

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Online and Mobile Banking Push-to-Card Payment APIs and Integration Non-Bank 101

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

A 2018 survey by Bank of America shows that millennials’ top financial priorities were saving for emergency funds (64%), saving for retirement (49%), and saving to buy a house (33%) — not much different from the concerns their baby boomer parents had 30 years ago. From big banks to big tech. From big banks to big tech.

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Finance Online and Mobile Banking Micro-Entry Advisors 77

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

The rise in digital and online banking hasn’t deterred banks in the U.S. Financial Times reported that just one in 30 bank and credit union branches has been forced to shutter its doors since 2009, despite the massive surge in digital FinServ and a subsequent drop in transactions completed by the physical locations.

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FinTech Online and Mobile Banking Credit Union Credit Cards 40

Finance Magnates

MARCH 26, 2023

In 2011, this question was asked on Quora , and I wrote my answer as follows : This is an excellent question and there are many companies who believe they are shaping this answer (predominantly, SWIFT, Visa, Mastercard, WesternUnion, PayPal, and a whole lot of mobile companies). Sender’s Bank and Beneficiary’s Bank).

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Cross-Border Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Money Laundering SARS 52

Finovate

JANUARY 30, 2024

Trucking industry software platform Trucker Path announced this week it has tapped online lending marketplace Lendio to embed small business lending tools within its mobile app. Trucking businesses can access Lendio’s financing tool within the Trucker Path mobile app.

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Finance Online and Mobile Banking Small Business Underserved 65

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

“With Jetlore’s talent and AI-powered technology, we will enhance and accelerate PayPal Marketing Solutions, adding new capabilities that continue to expand PayPal’s value proposition for merchants beyond the online checkout experience,” wrote PayPal in its blog post. “We

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PayPal AI Online and Mobile Banking Acquirers 59

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2015

So, if you want to get your core customers’ kids engaged with the bank, your strategy pretty much must begin with (and can probably end with), mobile. Banks haven’t really been able to devote resources to mobile youth banking as yet. adult) mobile banking was introduced.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: IBM Mobile Innovation Lab. Avaya Labs Research center focuses on WebRTC, mobility, cloud, and video solutions. Founded: 2011.

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Innovation Online and Mobile Banking Research Technology 74

Fintech News

APRIL 10, 2025

From bustling megacities to remote villages, digital finance is breaking down barriers, giving millions access to banking, credit, and investment opportunities for the first time. It claims to run on a tech platform for mutual fund distribution, with an instant online registration process.

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FinTech Payment APIs and Integration Online and Mobile Banking AI 106

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Visa is determined to make EMV faster, Starbucks wants to make getting that cuppa joe faster, too, and is crushing it with mobile order ahead and the CFPB might be moving closer to having a fast exodus of the payday lending business once its rules drop. Overall, year over year, online fraud attacks have spiked 215 percent.

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EMV CFPB Online and Mobile Banking CHIPS 40

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Rounding out the top 3 are electronics company Xiaomi ($46B) and online lending platform Lu.com ($18.5B). China Development Industrial Bank, Tencent Holdings, Morningside Ventures. Sequoia Capital China, China Merchants Bank, China Minsheng Banking Corp. Matrix Partners China, China Mobile, Warburg Pincus.

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Non-Bank Online and Mobile Banking Technology Innovation 78

Segpay

JANUARY 10, 2024

8 minute read Spain’s Online Gaming Market has seen massive growth over the years. million) in online sports betting, a spectacular 42.8% million) in online sports betting, a spectacular 42.8% Spaniards engage fervently in various gaming genres, including esports, mobile gaming, console gaming, and online gambling.

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Online and Mobile Banking Debit Card Regulatory Compliance Cryptocurrency 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

That’s bad news at a time when bitcoin supporters are trying to increase its use and acceptance among mainstream consumers who are making more online purchases than ever as a result of the pandemic. Jack Dorsey Likes Bitcoin, But So Do Crooks . Federal Trade Commission found at least 184,000 instances of pandemic-related fraud as of Aug.

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Bitcoin Consumer Cryptocurrency Scams 93

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2017

Like so many other industries, banking sure isn’t what it used to be. Modern technology has revamped everything from retail to shipping, and financial services has been transformed from a brick-and-mortar business, with most transactions being conducted in person at bank branches and other physical locations, to a digital endeavor.

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Online and Mobile Banking Wire Wires Breach 46

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Microsoft was late to the mobile game and quickly fell behind Apple and Android in the platform wars. Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: October 2011. Date: August 15, 2011.

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Acquirers Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank Innovation 76

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It forced customers to look for ways to spend money online and on mobile, which has significantly increased the opportunity for providers such as [Volopa’s newly launched remittance product] Oya ,” Wissema said. Volopa’s focus wasn’t remittances when the company launched in 2011. Why Nigeria Was The Right Launching Pad.

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Online and Mobile Banking Data Encryption Encryption SWIFT 80

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (SCB) said it provided a “significant investment” in the Series F funding round of Go-Jek, Reuters reported. The tie-up with the bank is said to let Go-Jek bring SCB’s products in payments, insurance and digital lending to its apps in the months to come.

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Online and Mobile Banking Debit Card P2P Small Business 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

Buying items online has become a regular everyday occurrence. While Pew Research shows 79 percent of Americans shop online, it also found that 82 percent place a high value on factoring reviews into their purchasing decisions. RS: WeGoLook is a mobile technology company that’s changing the way the world works.

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Authentication Online and Mobile Banking On-Demand Duplicate 57

CB Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Originating, processing, and underwriting a home loan with a large bank lender still requires faxes and snail mail and take almost as long as it did 20 years. Non-bank lenders are becoming much bigger players in mortgages. In 2011, three banks accounted for half of new mortgage loans, according to the Washington Post.

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Non-Bank Online and Mobile Banking Origination Underwriting 69

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Founded in 2011 by Harald Seiz, the firm offered online purchases of “cryptonyzed gold” tokens, offering customers a commission to sign up other “affiliates.” But in May, authorities in Namibia called Karatbar a pyramid scheme, while last month, Florida’s financial regulator denied that the company had been issued a banking license.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

Then, there’s the growing adoption of enterprise-friendly mobile solutions and the BYOD movement within India. “Technological advancements, rising integration of accounting software with various online applications, such as automated billing features, automated bank feeds, eCommerce websites, etc.,

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Accounts Innovation Online and Mobile Banking Automation 41

Fintech News

JUNE 3, 2024

The firm counts 20 Indonesian fintech companies in its portfolio, including open finance startup Finantier, crypto investment app Nobi, SME finance platform Fazz, and SME banking platform KoinWorks. Indonesia’s fintech landscape is booming.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Several social impact organizations and NGOs, Women’s World Bank and Kiva, to name two, have also signed on as Founding Members and are part of the 28 included in today’s announcement. billion people in the world without access to a bank account the ability to have one at no or low cost. New Mission?

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Payments Online and Mobile Banking Cross-Border Financial Inclusion 98

Fintech News

MARCH 26, 2024

The World Bank flagged in October 2023 that the region’s burgeoning economies would decelerate to 4.5% 1 SafeGold (India) SafeGold operates a digital gold platform, allowing customers to buy, sell, gift, and redeem gold online. 2 Alami Sharia (Indonesia) Alami Sharia specialises in Sharia-compliant peer-to-peer lending.

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FinTech APACS Payment APIs and Integration Multi-Currency 104

CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

10 of the top 20 worked in banking, consulting, or law prior to entering VC. After 3 years with Credit Suisse , Bill joined Deutsche Bank for a short time to focus exclusively on internet companies. While at Deutsche Bank, Bill expanded his network within Silicon Valley and inevitably joined Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in 1997.

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Acquirers Online and Mobile Banking Consulting Research 71

PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2017

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is facing questions from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other regulators about Russia money-laundering claims. billion being passed through Moldova, used shell companies and fraudulent loans to launder funds from offshore Britain-based firms from 2011 to 2014.

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Money Laundering Online and Mobile Banking Regulations Small Business 41

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, Mary Gavala, Online Marketing and Promos Manager of Viva Wallet , spoke with PYMNTS on how Greece is becoming a hot spot for tech. At Mobile World Congress, Greece’s minister of digital policy, telecommunications and media, Nikos Pappas, commented on the serious nature of the country investing in space.

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Online and Mobile Banking Technology Innovation FinTech 47

Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Google was the first, in 2011, to enable contactless payments via their mobile app. In 2015, many merchants switched to NFC-enabled terminals; by 2019, most banks were issuing contactless cards. Visa, Mastercard, and the customer’s bank) for authorization. Contactless cards All cards today can come contactless.

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Contactless Payments Push-to-Card Online and Mobile Banking Encryption 88

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Alexa wasn’t the first voice assistant in the race to catch consumers’ attention — Apple’s Siri beat her to the punch in 2011. percent also reported having bought retail goods online in the last 24 hours. But the release of Alexa and the first Amazon Echo changed all that.

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Economy Online and Mobile Banking Consumer Non-Bank 60

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. WeChat was launched in 2011 by Chinese internet giant Tencent.

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Bots Credential Online and Mobile Banking Payments 79

PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

percent increase in identity fraud victims since 2011, when 11.6 When consumers can’t open a bank account or access government services online without feeling anxiety, we’ve got a problem.”. O2 Confirms Hack Emptied Some Customers’ Bank Accounts. million in the U.S. This latest number represents a 32.7

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Akulaku – US$2 billion Indonesia’s most valuable fintech startup is Akulaku, an online banking and digital finance platform valued at US$2 billion. Founded in 2016, Akulaku provides digital banking, financing, investment and insurance brokerage services, targeting financial underserved demographics.

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FinTech Financial Literacy Online and Mobile Banking Financial Inclusion 52

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

After all, they’ve only got $45 billion in the bank , and at some point will probably have to pony up $5 billion to pay the FTC and who knows how much to others at some point. Act Three: Facebook execs meet with the Fed and central banks. Even Facebook’s WhatsApp has plans to enable payments in India using existing bank rails.

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Online and Mobile Banking PayPal Blockchain Innovation 83

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

Visa’s push into mobile payments continues when late last month it announced its strategic investment in Klarna, the 12-year-old, Sweden-based startup focused on payments and POS financing that counts 70,000 eCommerce sites among its 65 to 70 million customer roster throughout 18 countries. Klarna, Gajda told Webster, is thinking like a bank.

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Online and Mobile Banking Push-to-Card API Use Case 40

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Fidor Bank won in the “Best Use of IT in Retail Banking” category at the 16th Annual Banking Technology 2015 awards this week. Readers’ choice awards were granted based on online voting results from readers of both Banking Technology magazine and bankingtech.com. Interested in fintech in the U.K.

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