FinTech

Financial technology, often shortened to fintech, is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance.

Remitly on Serving Underbanked Populations and Ensuring Shared Alignment With Partners
Remitly on Serving Underbanked Populations and Ensuring Shared Alignment With Partners
June 14, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Moving to a new country is never easy, and gaining access to banking services is one of the more challenging aspects for new residents of...

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Uber, PayU Team Up to Break LatAm’s Cash Habit
Uber, PayU Team Up to Break LatAm’s Cash Habit
June 14, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Expanding into new markets in other countries is the way many big companies got big. Yet even after the pandemic and digital shift that it...

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EMEA Daily: Credit Suisse Placed on UK Watchlist
EMEA Daily: Credit Suisse Placed on UK Watchlist
June 13, 2022  |  International

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the United Kingdom’s top financial regulator places Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse on...

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SMB Financing FinTech Credibly Announces ProApprove Acquisition, $350M in Funding
SMB Financing FinTech Credibly Announces ProApprove Acquisition, $350M in Funding
June 13, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Credibly, a Michigan-based FinTech lending platform, on Monday (June 13) announced a pair of deals it said will drive growth in the home repair-financing space....

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Scrypt Offers Payments Innovation Through Visa Fintech Fast Track
Scrypt Offers Payments Innovation Through Visa Fintech Fast Track
June 13, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Payables automation platform Scrypt has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program, allowing the company to accelerate its reach, capabilities and security through the company’s global...

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Is Apple Pay Later Really a Threat to Affirm and Other BNPL Providers?
Is Apple Pay Later Really a Threat to Affirm and Other BNPL Providers?
June 13, 2022  |  Apple Pay

Apple’s Project Breakout finally broke out a week ago today at Apple’s WWDC. It was then that Apple confirmed what was probably one of the...

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Is 2022 the Year Islamic FinTech Takes Off?
Is 2022 the Year Islamic FinTech Takes Off?
June 13, 2022  |  emea

In the world of Islamic banking, the intrinsic difficulty of interpreting texts written over a thousand years ago in light of modern innovations means it...

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Menlo Ventures’ Aunkur Arya: FinTech ‘Growth at All Costs’ Pales Next to Capital Efficiency
Menlo Ventures’ Aunkur Arya: FinTech ‘Growth at All Costs’ Pales Next to Capital Efficiency
June 13, 2022  |  Investments

For FinTechs, and for the venture capital firms that fund them, the mantra “growth at all costs” is so 2021. Aunkur Arya, venture partner at...

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VCs Say EU Firms Can Still Win Big Without US Expansion
VCs Say EU Firms Can Still Win Big Without US Expansion
June 13, 2022  |  Investments

The quality of entrepreneurs in Europe has improved over time, and instead of going to work for Goldman Sachs or McKinsey, the new generation of...

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