Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

based IT services consulting firm specialized in Payments, Banking, and Capital Markets with a successful track record across the Financial Services industry and extensive experience in card issuing, merchant acquiring, and securities finance. Digitally native technology services company, Globant acquires Blankfactor , a U.S.

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Finovate

JUNE 12, 2025

” Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, ID-Pal made its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2024 and returned to the Finovate stage a year later for FinovateEurope in London. ID-Pal’s product news comes a month after the firm announced a partnership with UK-based financial services consultancy, Albany Beck.

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Fintech News

APRIL 22, 2024

Bambu, launched in 2016 by Phillips alongside co-founders Luke Janssen and Aki Ranin, had secured at least US$13.4 Phillips currently offers consultation for companies in branding and sales initiatives. million in funding from several notable investors including Franklin Templeton Investments, Wavemaker Partners, and Octava.

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Finextra

JUNE 18, 2025

They are now evolving to incorporate Instant Payments , and will likely move to integrate the Digital Euro in the future. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. 13 February nexo standards: simplifying payments one transaction at a time. 21 November EMV® 3DS: what do domestic schemes need to know?

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Fintech News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Indonesia’s burgeoning fintech sector Indonesia’s fintech sector has grown tremendously over the past years. In 2020, the Indonesian payment segment counted over 63 million active e-wallet users, a number that’s expected to grow at a rate of 26% annually between 2020 and 2025.

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Payments Dive

JUNE 20, 2025

Amex dominated the premium card network until Chase launched the Sapphire Reserve card in 2016. Amex and JPMorgan aren’t just competing with each other when they update their premium cards, said Tony DeSanctis, senior director of payments for the consulting firm Cornerstone Advisors.

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Fintech News

MAY 16, 2024

In Malaysia, the Financial Technology Enabler Group was established by Bank Negara Malaysia in 2016 to drive fintech and open banking initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders. Additionally, fintech companies like Curlec and Soft Space are contributing to open banking growth.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Greg Portell, lead partner in the global consumer practice of Kearney, a strategy and management consulting firm, told CNBC that the extended wait for final election results “will absolutely pause consumer spending.”. Consumers have been on a great run of spending coming out of the lockdowns,” Portell told the business news cable network.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

FedEx acquired TNT Express in 2016 for boosting its B2B shipments, and Last Mile Experts Managing Partner Marek Ró?ycki Last Mile Experts is a European delivery consultancy. ycki said there could be some risk in acquiring stake in Hermes due to the lack of success in integrating TNT Express into its business practices.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

According to Bloomberg , the Monetary Authority of Singapore published a new consultation paper that revealed new and existing venture capitalists will no longer be subject to the same rules that apply to fund managers overall, including capital requirements and business conduct regulations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Mike Galarza, founder and CEO of AP automation firm Entryless, touted 2016 as the year that corporates stopped relying on banks. “As The time for this radical shift is now,” Boston Consulting Group declared. The list of cyberattacks on banks from 2016 is long. FinTech Continues Its Disruption.

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CB Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

For reference, in 2020, insurtechs from 38 different countries raised investment, compared to 29 in 2016. There were a record number of mega-rounds, earlier on in the funding cycle: Notably, this quarter saw a record number of mega-rounds with 8 companies driving over $1.1B in funding, roughly 44% of total funding raised.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Andre Llewellyn – Marketing Consultant/Advisory Board Member with AI Squared Along with company CTO Michelle Bonat, Andre Llewellyn helped demonstrated the new Generative AI-based features on AI Squared’s platform at FinovateFall last year. He is a graduate of the NYU Stern School of Business.

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Fintech News

JULY 15, 2024

Since its launch in November 2016 as a joint venture between Yoma Bank and Telenor Group, Wave Money has significantly expanded its services and network, covering approximately 89% of Myanmar by November 2020. Ongo Ongo, a brand owned by Ronoc Myanmar, is an app-based mobile money service catering to businesses and consumers in Myanmar.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 13, 2024

SurePay was founded in 2016 and supplies VoP to over 100 banks in the UK and the Netherlands, conducting over 1.5 CEC (Centre For Exchange And Clearing), the central point for channelling retail payment transactions between banks in Belgium, has plumped for SurePay to deliver verification of payee (VoP) services.

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Clearly Payments

MARCH 18, 2025

0.50% Detailed Industry Insights Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services This sector encompasses a wide range of services, including legal, accounting, engineering, and consulting. 2016 : This number rose to around 3.0 0.02% Construction 3,483,077 79.0% 0.01% Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 3,268,764 90.0%

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2016

3) it has acquired privately held Boltmade, a product design and development consultancy based in Waterloo, Ontario. We first worked with the Boltmade team in early 2016 and quickly realized the team’s huge potential and depth of talent,” said Loren Padelford, VP of Shopify Plus, said in a press release announcing the deal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

To attend this live digital discussion on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 1:00 PM (EST), please complete the registration form shown below: [contact-form-7]. Prior to joining CA Technologies, James led the EMEA Security consulting practice at IBM Global Technology Services and the e-Crime Prevention consulting practice at Deloitte.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

When Amazon announced in April it was leaving China, Ker Zheng, marketing specialist at Shenzhen-based eCommerce consultancy Azoya, said Amazon had no real competitive advantage in that country. Walmart sold its Chinese online shopping platform to JD.com in 2016 in return for a stake in the platform. In addition, major U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

.” Microsoft revealed that the flaw was discovered by Google ‘s Threat Analysis Team, and it affects older Internet Explorer browser versions — including Windows 7 and 10, and Windows Server 2012; 2016 and 2019 versions of Explorer 11; Explorer 10 for Windows Server 2012; and Explorer 9 for Windows Server 2008.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Since its establishment in 2016, FinTech North has brought fintechs together, hosting events and conferences that tackle the sector’s big challenges and support its growth. Now, in partnership with Leeds Beckett University, FinTech North has launched the ‘FinTech Talent Upskilling Course’.

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FICO

AUGUST 2, 2016

FICO consulting brings deep expertise. To accelerate development of the framework, Bander engaged FICO consulting “to help us with their expertise in providing predictive and prescriptive analytics,” he says. million customers. It was an interactive, collaborative process.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

That’s according to findings from Duff & Phelps, which through its Global Enforcement Review (done through its compliance and regulatory consulting practice), said that total penalties have climbed by 30 percent from 2015 to 2017, to $26.5 million euros in 2016 to 2.9 billion over the corresponding period.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

consumers who never previously owned a credit card have opened a new account in the past year, causing the number of American consumers carrying a credit card balance to hit 133 million by the second quarter of 2016. About 10 million U.S. percent, up from 1.20

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

She comes to Chase Merchant Services with background experience in retail and mortgage business management, consulting, strategy, lean manufacturing, operations, transformation and change management. JPMorgan Chase reportedly passed $1 trillion in merchant processing volume in 2016. Last month, JPMorgan & Chase Co.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Macy’s seems to be on something of a “say yes to everything” kick in 2016 as it tries to reset its business model after what has been a highly chaotic year for the struggling department store retailer. Its latest experiment with out-of-the-box thinking is in its beauty offerings.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

They revealed the plans at the Discover London 2016 event. Their announcement also revealed the launch of HPE Consulting for Azure Hybrid Cloud services, enabling corporate clients to more easily implement Azure and HPE solutions. In a blog post, HPE Director of Cloud Solutions Marketing Ken Won also remarked on the venture.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Global Economics Group (GlobalEcon) has branched out in China with the opening of an office in Shanghai, its second location in the country, the economic management consulting firm announced on Tuesday (Jan. GlobalEcon has enlisted a team of more than 12 senior economists, consultants and managers to work under Dr. Zhang’s leadership.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But for retailers going into the holiday season 2016, a good economy is creating yet another headwind for physical retailers who’ve spent much of the year being buffeted constantly by market pressures. And though warehouse jobs pay slightly more — especially in high demand in 2016 — those may be the toughest to fill. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

That’s according to Capgemini and BNP Paribas, which recently released new research through the 2016 World Payments Report (WPR). Paris-headquarterd Capgemini, a consulting and technology firm, has headlined the report for the past 12 years. Global digital payment volume is slated to hit a new high this year of 426.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Data from Boston Consulting Group and AliResearch projects that consumers younger than age 35 will drive 65 percent of consumption growth in China through 2020. In 2016, consumer credit is up nearly 300 percent over the past six years. percent of household debt in 2015 to 16 percent in 2016. It hit around 23.5 trillion yuan ($3.41

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 11, 2024

In 2016, Ripple partnered with SBI Holdings to establish SBI Ripple Asia, a joint venture which has been instrumental in promoting the adoption of Ripple Payments solutions in the region. Over the years, Ripple has made significant strides with several established partnerships in Japan and Korea.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But as global environmental concerns continue to grow, the Kingdom is prioritising efforts to diversify its economy; spearheaded by its national economic development strategy launched in 2016, The Saudi Vision 2030. We see that happening in a big way through several of our members like PwC and Deloitte who are very active on the ground.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

RBR , a strategic research and consulting firm, recently published its “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2022” report. The firm found the number of payment cards worldwide increased by 8 percent to 14 billion in 2016, and those numbers are expected to rise by 22 percent to 17 billion by 2022. In the U.K.,

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Fintech News

MAY 19, 2024

Personalized products and services Muthukumar Krishnan, senior partner at Infosys Consulting, highlights in a blog post the significance of data analytics for personalization and customer experience.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 28, 2021

Life- and health-focused insurtechs see geographic diversity: L&H insurtech in 13 countries raised funding in Q4’20, more than in any other quarter since 2016.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan estimates that autonomous cars could be a market worth as much as $83 billion by 2025, which means the clock is ticking. Since 2016, Mercedes has operated a skunkworks unit to focus wholly on electric cars, self-driving cars and reimagined uses for autonomous vehicles, like robo-taxis.

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