Fintech News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Netbank – US$344 million (Series A, Philippines) Filipino banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider Netbank secured the largest funding round in Southeast Asia (excluding Singapore) last year, raising in May 2023 a US$344 million Series A funding round, data from KPMG and Pitchbook show. Soft Space – US$31.5

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FinTech Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank On-Demand 98

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 30, 2015

The Fed''s latest mobile banking/payments usage numbers ( full text ) were bouncing around the fintech blogosphere last week. Note: The online survey was fielded in December of each year. The only sour note was the flatline of mobile banking usage among smartphone owners. Why has smartphone mobile banking stalled?

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Online and Mobile Banking Mobile Banking Non-Bank Issuers 33

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

With more consumers moving to mobile transactions over visits to branches, some banks are considering closing brick-and-mortar locations to reduce operational costs. The price of real estate is prompting even the largest players in the banking world to scale back their branch operations. Can banks have it both ways?

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Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank FinTech Checks 53

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

We also charted the share of unicorns that have been added to the club each year since 2013 by location (US vs. non-US). See the map and full list of all non-US unicorns, their select investors, and the date each reached unicorn status below. China Development Industrial Bank, Tencent Holdings, Morningside Ventures. 2/13/2012.

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Non-Bank Online and Mobile Banking Technology Innovation 78

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

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

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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BNPL Online and Mobile Banking Debit Card Non-Bank 59

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct. Ant Financial’s Alipay — WeChat Pay’s rival — launched a comparative feature in 2012 that lets users send and receive funds using a mobile number or email addresses. .

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Online and Mobile Banking eWallet Cross-Border Non-Bank 44

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Microsoft was late to the mobile game and quickly fell behind Apple and Android in the platform wars. Date: March 21, 2012. 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: 2012.

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Acquirers Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank Innovation 76

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

billion in the bank. The Prime, Plus Membership Face-off: In-store Versus Online. Walmart+, as advertised, also includes mobile Scan and Go in-store using the Walmart app — a feature that has consistently failed to excite Walmart customers over the last six years. But these results also suggest that the U.S.

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Consumer Online and Mobile Banking Product Non-Bank 98

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That means that on the brink of 2019, it remains uncertain whether the next year will look more like the best of times or the worst of times when it comes to providing consumers and small businesses (SMBs) with access to financial services — both in and outside the traditional bank-backed channels. percent since 2012. trillion, up 18.5

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Non-Bank Online and Mobile Banking Push-to-Card Consumer 58

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch. 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. But not their money.

Online and Mobile Banking 83

Online and Mobile Banking PayPal Blockchain Innovation 83

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

In 2011, the company’s services and mobile app debuted in San Francisco. In 2012, Uber launched Uber Eats, a way for drivers to get more paid gigs by delivering food. Uber’s integrations with healthcare providers and their billing platforms gets those patients reliably into doctors’ offices, reducing wait times and non-adherence.

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On-Demand Online and Mobile Banking Consumer Caps 73

Nanonets

JUNE 29, 2023

Integration with NetSuite, Quickbooks Online, Xero, and Sage Intacct, Integration with Slack, allowing employees to receive alerts, handle requests, and obtain approvals directly within the Slack interface. I Two-factor authentication for bank account changes via the vendor portal further fortifies protection against scams.

Payment APIs and Integration 52

Payment APIs and Integration Online and Mobile Banking Automation Push-to-Card 52

CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

How Level Money designed itself specifically for a mobile-first experience. Acorns’ rock-bottom customer acquisition costs as driven by non-viral referral. Daily bill payments from Check’s mobile app reached over $1M in daily volume in just one year. bank accounts. Let’s dig in. Source: Andrew Chen.

Finance 78

Finance Online and Mobile Banking Product Checks 78

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.

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Online and Mobile Banking Innovation FinTech NOV 15

CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

After Amazon acquired Kiva Systems in 2012 to automate its warehouse tasks, new startups emerged to fill Kiva’s shoes for the broader ecosystem. As more people shop for products online, there is greater pressure on order fulfillment centers to ship items on time. The startup recently raised $38M in a Series E round. warehouse workers.

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AI Risk Automation On-Demand 69

CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

Slack was still pretty small at that point – fewer than 10,000 total users – but thanks to our earlier investment in Yammer, which had been acquired by Microsoft in 2012, it was clear that there was something really special going on with this product. Consumer: Forge is a social network for the online gaming community.

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Participant Online and Mobile Banking Acquirers On-Demand 34

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In 2006, investment banks were at the top of the finance world. After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change. As a result, banks are facing dropping IPO profits. Some banks have collapsed.

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Underwriting Research Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank 78

CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. As more people have worked, learned, banked, exercised, relaxed, and even sought medical care from home during Covid-19, they have gotten a crash course in just how much can be accomplished at home. Online courses & content.

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Posting Technology Online and Mobile Banking On-Demand 101

CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

Visa’s Innovation Center aims to increase collaboration among teams working on tech solutions spanning tokenization, payment apps, mobile location confirmation, and more. DBS Bank — DBS Asia X (DAX). Notable projects: Fidelity Charitable is a public charity that accepts non-cash financial assets. Founded: 2016.

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Innovation Finance Online and Mobile Banking Blockchain 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

” King Digital Entertainment , maker of mobile game Candy Crush, was acquired for $5.9B, resulting in a huge payout for Apax Partners, which owned 44%. Mobileye built a successful company in Jerusalem, outside of traditional tech hubs, and raised money from non-traditional investors like Goldman Sachs.

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Returns Online and Mobile Banking Acquirers On-Demand 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Online platforms like Hipcamp and Campsy have emerged to help campers book unique lodging experiences like yurts, treehouses, and caves. At the same time, boutique studio memberships grew by 70% between 2012 and 2015, with memberships hitting an all-time high in 2016.

Online and Mobile Banking 78

Online and Mobile Banking On-Demand Product Consumer 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Title: My Mobile AR Start-Up Died So Yours Doesn’t Have To. Product: Blin.gy App. Product: Raptr.

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Posting Product Online and Mobile Banking On-Demand 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The Greatest Hits (And Misses) Of Capturing The Magic In Mobile Payments . Among the defining stories of the last decade of payments is the long-running struggle to ignite mobile payments. Two years later, in 2012, MCX rolled up with much the same ambition, but a different team of rivals: every major merchant in the U.S.

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Innovation Online and Mobile Banking Payments Mobile Payments 52