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FinTech Firms Courted Abroad, Legal Spat Marks US Bank Charters
September 18, 2018

From Abu Dhabi to Singapore, government efforts are underway to court FI/FinTech collaborations. In NY, salvos of lawsuits are being lobbed over FinTech banking charters. Also, Open Banking via API makes inroads in the U.K.

B2B Payments
Corporate T&E Adjusts To The ‘Bleisure’ Wave: Rydoo
September 18, 2018

A new generation of professionals have changed the way they travel for work and, as a result, how those employees want to book and pay for that travel. The changes that tech-savvy workers have imposed on their employers’ travel and expense (T&E) policies and strategies...

B2B Payments
Logistics Marketplace Freightos Raises Series C Funding
September 18, 2018

Logistics marketplace Freightos has raised $44.4 million in Series C funding, reports in TechCrunch said Monday (Sept. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

B2B Payments
TD Bank Taps Into FinTech For B2B Payments
September 18, 2018

TD Bank is announcing a FinTech collaboration today (Sept. 18) to enhance its corporate payment offerings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Thomson Reuters Partners On Trade Finance Marketplace App
September 18, 2018

Thomson Reuters is teaming up with Seabury Capital to guide its trade finance operations into Asia, the companies revealed in a press release Monday (Sept. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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WEF Throws Weight Behind Blockchain For Trade Finance
September 18, 2018

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has thrown its support behind blockchain technology to expand trade finance availability across the globe, touting the technology as a way to address the “paper monster,” tap into data and support governments’ export/import initiatives. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Banking
Salesforce Seeks To Unwind FIs’ ‘Data Spaghetti’ In Unified Services Quest
September 18, 2018

FIs have their work cut out for them when it comes to giving consumers what they want. After all, ours is an age dominated by services on demand, personalization by bots and Alexa and any number of innovations that ease commerce done 24/7. Get the...

Security & Fraud
Government Payment Service Leaks Data On 14M Customers Online
September 18, 2018

Government Payment Service, the company that enables online payments for thousands of U.S. state and local governments, has inadvertently made available information on more than 14 million customers from as long as six years ago. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Mobile Payments
Alipay Has 700M Active Users
September 18, 2018

Eric Jing, Ant Financial’s executive chairman and CEO, revealed that Alipay now has over 700 million annual active users — an increase of more than 200 million year on year. Jing made the comments at Alibaba’s 2018 Investor Day, where he gave a presentation on...