July 07, 2014
Study: Global FinTech Investment Triples
Between 2008 and 2013, global investment in financial services technology ventures tripled according to a recent study by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City. Specifically, it grew from $928 million...
May 30, 2014
A ‘Sandbox’ Designed To Aid Fintech Startups
Playing in the sand is something generally meant for kids playing at the beach, but the phrase is going to take on new meaning, thanks to Thomson Reuters, Fidelity Investments...
May 21, 2014
HSBC, UBS To Ramp Up FinTech Investment
HSBC has allocated up to $200 million to invest in fintech start-ups in the hopes of improving the bank’s financial technology. The fund will look to invest globally in both...
May 09, 2014
Bottomline Technologies Acquires Andera
Edison Ventures announced Andera Inc. has been acquired by Bottomline Technologies for $44.5 million. CEO Charlie Kroll founded Andera in 2000 as a web development company. Now Andera sells software...
April 28, 2014
Yodlee Hoping To Push The Next Wave of Fintech Innovation
Some fintech start-ups will soon have extra access to Yodlee’s API, thanks to a partnership between the PFM specialist and three international incubators. Yodlee is partnering with global accelerator Startupbootcamp, Australia-based...
April 25, 2014
WEX Europe Makes Strategic Agreement with Conferma
WEX Inc. a provider of corporate payment solutions, announced that WEX Europe Limited has entered into an international agreement with Conferma, a provider of Virtual Card Number (VCN) technology for...
April 25, 2014
PayPal Testing New ‘Wearable Wallet’ for Smartwatches
PayPal is testing the new software in the corporate office coffee shop.
April 21, 2014
Why Israel is the Hot Bed for Payments Start-Ups
Israel, with its emerging tech scene embodied by the entrepreneurs of "Silicon Boulevard" in Tel Aviv, has gotten the world's attention as "Start-Up Nation." PYMNTS correspondent Andy Freedman is in...
January 05, 2014
2013: The Year of All…Or Nothing at All
Someone once said that even number years are always better than odd number years. If that’s true then 2014 has a lot to live up to! But as we all...
One-Third of Credit Union Members Would Leave for Better Credit Products
Consumers are on the hunt for better access to credit and financing, and they’re not afraid to shop around to find the FI providing the lowest rates and most convenient offerings. PYMNTS’ latest study of more than 4,000 consumers and 154 FinTech and CU execs reveals what CUs can do to win — and keep — consumers’ business. Read more in Credit Union Innovation: How Credit Products’ Rates and Terms Impact FI Selection,” a collaboration with PSCU.