Fintech News

APRIL 13, 2025

Billion One of Indias original fintech pioneers, Paytm has been a household name since the early days of mobile wallets and QR-code-based payments. Billion Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bengaluru, PhonePe has emerged as the dominant force in Indias UPI ecosystem. PhonePe USD $2.29 DMI Finance USD $1.13

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Fintech News

JULY 23, 2024

The list, produced by CNBC in collaboration with market research firm Statista, highlights the world’s top 250 fintech companies across eight market categories: payments, wealthtech, business process solutions, neobanking, alternative finance, financial planning, digital assets and banking solutions. billion (US$4.4

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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. Established in 2015, Lendbox is a platform designed with lenders in mind, dedicated to delivering stable, high-quality, and consistent returns.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Financial Hub Casablanca (Ranked globally 56th) Key Economic Development Strategy Maroc Digital 2020 Economic, financial services and fintech overview: According to the 2017 World Bank s Global Findex Report, only 29 per cent of adults had a bank account. Morocco boasts a mature mobile market, evidenced by a penetration rate of 137.5

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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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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. Originally founded as Sun Microsystems Laboratories, it was rebranded Oracle Labs after their acquisition in 2010. Innovation Lab Name: IBM Mobile Innovation Lab.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In late summer, I published a two-part post detailing the most important retail banking projects for next year ( here and here ). So in semi-prioritized order, here are six myths that continue to hamper the strategic planning of retail banks (at least in the United States). Those things can easily be done on mobile.

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Fintech News

MARCH 18, 2024

The report, released in September 2023, looks at the Thai fintech sector, highlighting the rise of digital payments and the explosive growth of real-time transactions, as well as presenting the opportunities that exist in digital remittances, open banking, business-to-business (B2B) payments and agricultural lending.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

In the developed world, particularly in the United States, mobile payments have entered the scene with a lot of fanfare and great expectations — but haven’t delivered all that much in the way of impressive results. Joseph sat down with Karen Webster in 2015, shortly before his induction into the Payments Hall of Fame.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

Alfa-Bank’s Sense Financial Advisor brings personalization to larger universal banks by using big data analysis and artificial intelligence. The Buzz Points mobile app and merchant portal benefits local financial institutions and local businesses by creating a currency to incentivize account holders.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

We hope you’ve enjoyed the opportunity to get to know a little about the companies that will be taking the stage at FinovateSpring 2015. Sneak Peek: Aurora Financial Systems and Mistral Mobile. And now let us introduce you to the final fourteen companies of FinovateSpring 2015. Founded: 2015. Founded: 2015.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Banks and businesses handling personal information face a delicate balancing act as global systems embrace smarter payments. Data is crucial and — fortunately, for banks and businesses in the smarter payments space — plentiful. financial services sector as consumers embrace digital technology for the banking and retail industry.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2017

By the end of 2017, nearly $1.8T worth of mortgages will have been originated in the United States this year, according to government-backed mortgage lender Freddie Mac. 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.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

To shift consumers’ payment behaviors will take more than just providing another ‘me too’ mobile payments option; leading merchants will identify and provide next-generation, value-added services.”. That figure is down by 7 percent since 2015. Why are mobile payments so unappealing? use cash at least weekly to make a purchase.

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Several major banks, including Citi and Standard Chartered, recently launched their own APIs to help their various clients access each banks’ financial toolsets to address their individual needs. With such a staggering amount of money up for grabs, it’s little wonder that SMBs are seeking solutions to tap the online market’s potential.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Coverage includes a story about how bamboo straws signal a new phase in global commerce, a new mobile payment network and Amazon’s latest push into biometrics, among many other topics and original PYMNTS research. Seven EU Firms Form X-Border Mobile Payment Network. consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021.

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Finovate

MAY 3, 2024

million) investment secured by Danish challenger bank Lunar. Danish fintech unicorn Pleo raises €40m in debt financing Pleo , a Danish B2B spend management platform founded in Copenhagen in 2015, secured a $43 million (€40 million) debt financing facility this week. A few days ago, we highlighted the $25.7 million (€24.1

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Google was the first, in 2011, to enable contactless payments via their mobile app. Apple Pay caught up in 2014; in 2015, the wearables market made everyone aware of the tap’s potential. In 2015, many merchants switched to NFC-enabled terminals; by 2019, most banks were issuing contactless cards.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

It was the first example of a smart mobile phone. Onlookers were unsure what this device would compete with: Would it hurt mobile phone makers like Nokia or developers of handheld planners like Palm, who were also trying to enter into the phone space? That will be their role in mobile phones as well.”. original iPhone. “No

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

While the technology is still developing, many companies (including Amazon) are banking on it as a disruptive force in a myriad of markets. Since 2015, Apple has launched two open-source frameworks — ResearchKit and CareKit — to help clinical trials recruit patients and monitor their health remotely.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Gro Solutions’ Gro Account Opening helps financial institutions present a mobile front door that meets and exceeds the mobile expectations of the new customer. Presenters. David Eads, CEO.

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FICO

MARCH 31, 2016

In Washington, we will feature a session that highlights a use case from a leading APAC-based bank. The bank’s Head of Retail Risk Models will share how the institution managed the risk of a large inventory of decision rating models. Model management continues to present financial institutions with new compliance obstacles.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Microsoft was late to the mobile game and quickly fell behind Apple and Android in the platform wars. In 2015, the acquisition was written down for $7.6B. By 2015, however, Tumblr was still failing to turn a profit. Bank of America and Countrywide. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Price: $7.9B.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2017

With historically weak banks and many citizens without proper identification, India has always lagged in access to financial services. UPI is a payment system that allows two individuals with bank accounts to instantly transfer money to each other with a single identifier. The race for mobile-friendly fintech.

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FICO

JANUARY 13, 2020

banking industry in the 2020. . In 2018, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling which struck down or vacated, in part, a previous 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). However, the current rules do not address changes in the industry like the advent of mobile banking.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

But Bisignano stuck with the original plan for one simple reason: His customers and his team said they were ready. billion to its bank account — and not the $3.7 That, Bisignano said, meant pushing First Data’s pedal hard on mobile, global and digital. Market volatilities made going to the public markets risky.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

True or false: Thanks to mobile devices and apps, American consumers spend more time today shopping than they did in 2003. In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that American consumers spent roughly 48 minutes a day shopping offline and online. Pop quiz on this Monday morning, so grab your coffee and look alive.

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Online and Mobile Banking Consumer Credential Push-to-Card 42

PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

as part of a movement on a global scale, with a focus on mobile wallet usage. That news was paired with words from Chief Financial Officer Howard Katzenberg on a conference call with investors that OnDeck’s newly stricter credit requirements would lead to a 20 percent drop in originations in the second quarter from the previous three months.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Another had an offer with a promo code to get $10 off my first online order, which would be delivered free to my front door in two hours or less once I linked my Prime account to Whole Foods. The Amazon Prime program at Whole Foods also works by linking a mobile number presented at checkout. As one of the 90 million U.S.

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Online and Mobile Banking Consumer Non-Bank Product 62

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

The public affinity for cash is particularly visible in Belgium, Italy, Malta and Portugal — all of which are projected to show double digit total cash growth between 2015 and 2020. According to the Bank for International Settlements, in 2014, Swedish vaults held close to 3.6 That’s the kind of love that Germans place on cash.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 15, 2016

Alternative financing provider Kabbage unveiled a major mobile update this week. The Atlanta-based company revamped its iOS app to allow small businesses to apply for funding on their mobile device. ” The company now drives $7 million in loan originations from mobile devices per month.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2025

Nubank Brazilian digital bank expanding family-focused services, including teen accounts and shared budgeting tools, achieving over 100 million customers and 30% return on equity. Robinhood Online brokerage with subscription services, crypto trading and prediction markets. Comun A neobank tailored for Latino immigrants in the U.S.,

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2025

Nubank Brazilian digital bank expanding family-focused services, including teen accounts and shared budgeting tools, achieving over 100 million customers and 30% return on equity. Robinhood Online brokerage with subscription services, crypto trading and prediction markets. Comun A neobank tailored for Latino immigrants in the U.S.,

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

How Level Money designed itself specifically for a mobile-first experience. Daily bill payments from Check’s mobile app reached over $1M in daily volume in just one year. Keeping users around is hard: according to Localytics, the average mobile app loses 80% of its users within just three days of download. bank accounts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Barcode-Based Mobile Payments. CVS announced yesterday that it will launch its own mobile payments app, CVS Pay, which will expedite payment when prescriptions are being picked up. It’s worth noting that CVS supports no other mobile wallet at this point. Online Lending. Global Citizens. Apple And The Aussies.

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