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.

B2B eCommerce A Favorite Among Investors
B2B eCommerce A Favorite Among Investors
January 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

With more than $65 million placed with B2B FinTech firms this week, it wasn’t the most lucrative roundup for the industry. Yet, venture capitalists revealed...

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WEX Digs Deeper Into Healthcare With Discovery Benefits Buy
WEX Digs Deeper Into Healthcare With Discovery Benefits Buy
January 17, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Financial technology services company WEX is going to acquire Discovery Benefits (DBI), an employee benefits administrator, the company announced on Thursday (Jan. 17). DBI has...

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Goldman Eyes FinTech As Investment — And As Strategy
Goldman Eyes FinTech As Investment — And As Strategy
January 17, 2019  |  Earnings

Goldman Sachs as FinTech player? Goldman Sachs has been around since 1869, and may exist in the mind’s eye with pile carpeting, wood paneling and...

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Online Bank Tandem Mulls IPO
Online Bank Tandem Mulls IPO
January 17, 2019  |  IPO

Digital bank Tandem has revealed plans to go public within the next five years. The U.K. bank said an initial public offering (IPO) would “make...

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FinTech And Banking Apps Are Getting Stickier
FinTech And Banking Apps Are Getting Stickier
January 16, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

Consumers in the U.K. really, really like to keep tabs on their banking accounts. In fact, in 2018, they did so more than seven times...

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Fiserv Snaps Up First Data In $22B All-Stock Deal
Fiserv Snaps Up First Data In $22B All-Stock Deal
January 16, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Fiserv, the financial services firm, announced on Wednesday (Jan. 16) that it would buy First Data, the payments processor, in a deal valued at $22...

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Brexit A Bust – And A Blow To UK’s FinTech Role?
Brexit A Bust – And A Blow To UK’s FinTech Role?
January 15, 2019  |  International

Down for the count, where the tally is 432 to 202. And for Brexit, the question now becomes: What’s next? The news came down late in...

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Fed Casting Wary Eye On FinTech Firms’ Infrastructure Access?
Fed Casting Wary Eye On FinTech Firms’ Infrastructure Access?
January 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Concerns over IT and cyber risk may be speed bumps for FinTechs desiring a national stage, as the Fed eyes access to the nuts and...

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Corporates On Deck For Open Banking Disruption
Corporates On Deck For Open Banking Disruption
January 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

It’s now been a year since Open Banking officially came into the U.K. financial services market, but the regulatory initiative seems more of a natural...

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