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How India’s UPI Revamp and WhatsApp Pay’s Expansion Could Transform Banking

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These changes, which include lifting restrictions on WhatsApp Pay and postponing the implementation of a market share cap for UPI apps, underscore the NPCIs commitment to create a fairer digital payment landscape in India, and ensuring equal opportunities for all participants, India TV News reported.

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SMBC in Talks to Acquire 51% Stake in India’s Yes Bank, Sources Say

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The last significant foreign acquisition was Singapore-based DBS Groups takeover of Lakshmi Vilas Bank in 2020. SBI currently holds a 24% stake, a result of the central bank-led rescue of Yes Bank in 2020. For this deal, SMBC’s voting rights would reportedly be capped at 26%, despite a potential majority ownership stake.

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Deep Dive: How Shift4 Is Building a Global Commerce Platform

Finextra

In June 2020, Shift4 Payments went public on the NYSE (ticker: FOUR) – one of the few fintech IPOs in the immediate aftermath of COVID’s onset. This leadership transition caps a remarkable evolution: from a basement startup to a publicly traded, multi-billion dollar fintech with international ambitions.

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Overcoming the Hidden Costs of AML Compliance

Finextra

Signicat’s “Battle to Onboard” report revealed that in 2020, almost two in every three customers who attempted to open a bank account remotely gave up due to a poor or cumbersome onboarding experience. Surveys have found that up to 70% of customers will abandon a new account application if the onboarding process takes longer than 20 minutes.

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Core Banking Systems evolution to cloud technology

Finextra

billion market cap, £940 million revenue (2024), 5% annual growth over three years, with 66% revenue from high-margin maintenance contracts. The traditional infrastructure uses only minimal information around the payment with truncation common along the payment path. billion in 2017 to $1.85 billion (2023).

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Mastercard backs open banking

Payments Dive

In 2020, Mastercard acquired data-sharing startup Finicity for $825 million to advance its ability to provide services related to the use of consumer data by fintechs, banks and other lenders.

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Investors Cap Off 2020 With An Eye On B2B eCommerce, SMB Banking

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Though 2020 was full of volatility, the B2B FinTech landscape persevered with venture capitalists and other investors for a lucrative year. Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments.

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