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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FinTech Online and Mobile Banking Blockchain Product 113

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), its founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche and its former CFO Carrie Dolan. The build-back from the revelations of 2016 was a bit more of a lengthy process.

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P2P Origination Returns Underwriting 54

Finovate

APRIL 24, 2024

Here’s an overview of the new-to-Finovate demo companies currently on the roster: APIMatic APIMatic helps banks and fintechs generate ROI from their API investments via automation and AI solutions. Bloom Credit Bloom Credit helps banks and credit unions offer a deposit retention and credit building tool to their client base.

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Credit Union Payment APIs and Integration Advisors AI 59

CB Insights

AUGUST 23, 2018

trillion in total assets, JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the US. Its retail bank, Chase, spans 61 million American households. Led by Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, the bank is undergoing a transformation, moving away from offline legacy systems and into the digital age. Live briefing: Consumer Banks in The Digital Age.

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Consumer Online and Mobile Banking Credit Cards Push-to-Card 76

Green.Money

AUGUST 16, 2019

Wire transfers are costly, and in many cases, take a trip to the bank. Best of all, there is no bank in the middle. It happened in 2012-2013 and again in 2016-2017. He frequently speaks at business conventions and is a paid advisor to multiple corporations. Checks have a national bounce rate of almost 1%.

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Bitcoin Wire Transfer Checks Non-Bank 52

CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

” More recently, on a March 2016 earnings call, FedEx Executive VP Mike Glenn minimized the impact of Amazon’s decision to lease aircraft and buy its own trucks to get into the logistics and shipping business. We have living, breathing, 4,500 style advisors in our stores.”. Robo-advisors. We have ‘I’.

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Bitcoin Online and Mobile Banking Advisors Origination 78

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2016

At FinovateFall 2016, the company demoed the newest version of its wealth management offering, Mountain View 2 , an onboarding solution that helps advisors interact with clients in a non-intrusive and compliant manner. Working with Scotia Bank and M&T Bank. Agreement Express advisor workspace.

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Agreements Advisors Non-Bank Correspondent 15

CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

It reported an $84M increase in US consumer robot revenue in 2016 compared to the previous year. Deals to startups specifically developing self-driving trucks (excluding driverless car startups like Zoox) started emerging in 2016. 3D printing saw a resurgence of interest in 2016. WEALTH MANAGERS AND FINANCIAL PLANNERS .

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AI Risk Automation On-Demand 69

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Alternative and marketplace lending platforms promised faster, easier SMB lending than traditional banks could deliver and eventually led traditional financial institutions (FIs) to collaborate with their one-time rivals as they realized they needed to offer more technologically advanced lending experiences to their small business customers.

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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Small Business Advisors Non-Bank 43

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

” More recently, on a March 2016 earnings call, FedEx Executive VP Mike Glenn minimized the impact of Amazon’s decision to lease aircraft and buy its own trucks to get into the logistics and shipping business. Here’s Cinemark’s CEO on a February 2016 earnings call. Robo-advisors. ” 14.

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Bitcoin Advisors Innovation Blockchain 65

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Also, two bitcoin experts responded to central bank calls for assistance in lifting the global economy and suggested that cryptocurrencies are less risky than central bank fiscal policies. Charles, is creating a network that is open to bitcoin and non-bitcoin users alike, according to Bitcoin Magazine. Let’s get the details.

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Bitcoin Central Bank Cryptocurrency Economy 43

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

In 2016, it was the biggest sales day of the year for Amazon (though they have not disclosed the official numbers). That is a non-trivial concern, since those have been on the rise of late. and as CFO of Schwab Bank, which she helped launch in 2003. Dolan previously served as treasurer of Charles Schwab Corp.

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PayPal Underserved Non-Bank Debit Card 40

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

Here are the fintech deals by size from 2 April to 8 April 2016: Home Link (Lianjia). Payment processing system for non-profits. Proxy banking & payments services for cash businesses. Tags: Traders, investing, robo-advisor, stocks, automation. Cortera raised a fresh $3.5 million for its business data service.

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Online and Mobile Banking FinTech Advisors Underwriting 20

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016: Ceridian. Banking services for the under- and non-banked. Tags: Consumer, investing, trading, robo-advisor, porfolio management. Bluefin Payments received $6 million to expand its secure payment system. Latest round: $150 million Private Equity.

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Underwriting FinTech P2P Online and Mobile Banking 18

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2016

D3 Banking borrowed $4.5 million for its digital banking technology. Here are the fintech deals by size from 5 March to 11 March 2016: AlphaSense. D3 Banking. Payment platform for non-profits. Tags: Advisors, SMB, investors, deals, equity, trading, discovery, Finovate alum. Smart financial search engine.

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FinTech Debit Card Underwriting Point-of-Sale (POS) 19

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 13, 2025

By mid-2023, Ramp claimed its price intelligence and negotiation features, combined with expert advisors, had saved customers over $600 million and 8.5 Glyman and Atiyeh were classmates at Harvard and previously co-founded Paribus, a price-tracking consumer app that was acquired by Capital One in 2016.

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Push-to-Card AI Finance Multi-Currency 29

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

With FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 only a few weeks away, it was great to hear that one of our FinDEVr alums, Symbiont ( FD16 ), has just completed the initial stage of a proof of concept that uses its blockchain and smart contract technology to improve the syndicated loan market. Bank Capital Markets. Danske Bank. Scotiabank.

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Blockchain Non-Bank Cryptocurrency Participant 18

CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Acorns’ rock-bottom customer acquisition costs as driven by non-viral referral. For the non-exited companies — Robinhood, Acorns, Stash, and Credit Karma — we looked at which apps had the highest rates of user growth and what’s driving expansion. bank accounts. debit & credit cards. income information.

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Finance Online and Mobile Banking Product Checks 78

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 19, 2016

Features: Bring digital to callers and non digital customers. Why it’s great: It is a win-win solution, provides better customer experience, engagement and revenues while utilizing existing assets and reducing costs to the bank. Advisor Software. Reuse existing digital assets for new engagements. Presenters. WealthForge.

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Non-Bank Advisors Checks FinTech 14

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2016

Can you imagine spending as much time with your banking app as you do with Facebook or Twitter? Not only can FINANTEQ imagine it, but with its new banking app, SuperWallet , the Polish spin-off from eLeader is doing everything it can to make it happen across Europe and, soon, the U.S.

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Innovation Online and Mobile Banking Mobile Banking Non-Bank 15

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Digital banking company. Virtual assistant banking services. Crowdfunding solution for non-profits. Tags: Investors, advisors, traders, investing, data analytics, information, news. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Total raised: $224.9

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FinTech Debit Card Underwriting Non-Bank 18

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 8, 2016

The $75 million raised was the lowest total in a non-holiday week since the first week of March a year ago (who knew the 9th week was so slow?). Nine weeks into 2016, the total raised is $5.4 Here are the fintech deals by size from 27 Feb to 4 Mar 2016: iAngels. Robo-advisor software for financial institutions.

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Underwriting FinTech Accreditation P2P 18

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 19, 2017

” Liferay helps banks create meaningful digital experiences for their customers. Customer Experience Manager, demonstrating the Liferay Digital Experience Platform at FinovateFall 2016. On that same point, siloing prevents easy access to customer data when a bank – and/or its customers – has a need of it.

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Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank Credit Union On-Demand 15

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

Bento for Business landed $7 million for its digital business banking platform. Fintech deals by size from 4 June to 10 June, 2016: Tradeshift. Bank operating system. Digital business banking platform. Tags: Insititution, mortgage banking, brokers, process management. Buzz Points grabbed $1.8 Trading platform.

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Underwriting FinTech Online and Mobile Banking Debit Card 15

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

MAY 15, 2019

DBS Bank — DBS Asia X (DAX). Founded: 2016. DBS launched its Singapore innovation lab to break out of its “traditional banking mindset to think, behave, and deliver more like a technology company,” according to Neal Cross, chief innovation officer. JP Morgan Chase — Financial solutions Lab. Founded: 2015.

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Innovation Finance Online and Mobile Banking Blockchain 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At the same time, boutique studio memberships grew by 70% between 2012 and 2015, with memberships hitting an all-time high in 2016. An Airbnb study from 2016 showed that many millennials prioritize saving for their next trip over paying off debts or saving to purchase their first home. Source: Gratisography/Pexels.

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Online and Mobile Banking On-Demand Product Consumer 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

2016 Third Update (11/8/16). 2016 Second Update (7/28/2016). 2016 First Update (2/15/2016). The company had lost $81 million in the 2016 financial year with revenue of just $1.2 The tail end of 2016 and start of 2017 were a rough period for startups, in which many were culled from the herd.

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Posting Product Online and Mobile Banking On-Demand 78

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Digital advisory service and wealth management firm Personal Capital is closing out 2016 by adding another $25 million to the $75 million in equity investment the company took home from IGM Financial in May. In addition to the funding from IGM Financial, Personal Capital has received a $25 million line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank.

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Non-Bank Advisors Accounts Product 17

CB Insights

AUGUST 20, 2017

Game Changing Companies 2016. The company offers unsecured credit to underbanked Hispanic families that lack FICO scores, credit histories, and traditional banking relationships. Even is building a bank designed to help people living below the poverty line. Select Investors: BDO Universal Bank. Branch International.

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Underserved Online and Mobile Banking Cross-Border Non-Bank 60

Cardfellow

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Nerdwallet has a good roundup citing specific examples, including one study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston that found that in 2016, the average cash transaction was $22 vs a whopping $112 for non-cash transactions.

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Credit Cards Visa Non-Bank Federal Reserve 52

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Wealth management technology provider eMoney Advisor, pictured here at FinovateFall, was acquired by Fidelity Investments in 2015 for $250 million. ” Stephane Dubois, CEO of Xignite, during his company’s demo at FinovateAsia 2016. What technological tools will be needed to give roboadvisory platforms this capacity?

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API Advisors Rules Innovation 31