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.

FinTechs Foster Digital Transformation in Smaller, Overlooked African Markets
FinTechs Foster Digital Transformation in Smaller, Overlooked African Markets
October 06, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

In the technological transformation of payments, it is often the smallest economies that are the last to modernize. At the same time, international payment rails...

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Digital Lenders Flood UK Mortgage Market as Battle Against Incumbents Grows
Digital Lenders Flood UK Mortgage Market as Battle Against Incumbents Grows
October 06, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

As U.K. consumers become ever-more open to digital banking, the range of services offered by digital-first banks has been expanding to meet that demand. But...

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Tiger Global Looks to Raise $6B for New Fund to Invest in Startups
Tiger Global Looks to Raise $6B for New Fund to Invest in Startups
October 06, 2022  |  Investments

Hedge fund Tiger Global is looking to raise $6 billion in a new fund, even as investors shy away from venture backing. Get the Full...

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FinTech Partnerships Pave Path for Branchless Banking
FinTech Partnerships Pave Path for Branchless Banking
October 06, 2022  |  Digital Banking

The successful digital bank offers more than banking cloaked in an online wrapper. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Balancing Competition, Collaboration in MEA’s Evolving Digital Banking Landscape
Balancing Competition, Collaboration in MEA’s Evolving Digital Banking Landscape
October 04, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

The displacement of traditional banks’ dominance in the delivery of financial services has been one of the defining characteristics of the FinTech boom of the...

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Uala to Spend $150M to Expand Digital LatAm Banking
Uala to Spend $150M to Expand Digital LatAm Banking
October 04, 2022  |  Digital Banking

Argentine FinTech Uala plans to invest $150 million in the next year and a half to expand its Latin American digital banking operations as the...

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Germany’s NORD/LB Will Use Trade Ledger’s LendTech Platform
Germany’s NORD/LB Will Use Trade Ledger’s LendTech Platform
October 04, 2022  |  Partnerships

Trade Ledger, a London-based Lending-as-a-Service FinTech, is partnering with one of Germany’s largest commercial banks, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (NORD/LB), to streamline lending decisions. Get the...

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Retail Transactions Boost Crypto Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa
Retail Transactions Boost Crypto Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa
October 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A recent analysis of global cryptocurrency transactions by Chainalysis sheds light on the unique nature of Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto market, which represented just 2% of...

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FinTech Platforms Help Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Pay off Debts
FinTech Platforms Help Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Pay off Debts
October 03, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Charging things to a credit card and paying the balances over time is no longer optimal — perhaps no longer even feasible if you’re paying...

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