April 01, 2015
Traxpay Chooses New Board Leader
When B2B payment technology provider Traxpay spoke with PYMNTS last year, the company’s CEO John Bruggeman discussed venture capitalists’ recent investment of $15 million into the startup. That backing, the...
March 31, 2015
Fundtech Facing $1.2B Takeover Bid From D+H
It looks like Canadian firm D+H is on its way to acquiring Fundtech in a $1.2 billion cash deal. “I’m very proud of the company and culture that we have...
March 30, 2015
Santander Backs Mobile Payment Startups MyCheck
Mobile payment startup MyCheck has completed its second round of funding, and while its latest backing is nothing to scoff at, experts are paying particular attention to who provided the...
March 27, 2015
Kikka Pioneers Alt-Lending Down Under
Australia is about to see a big boost in its alternative lending market. Western Australia-based Kikka Capital is reportedly gearing up to launch an alternative lending service to become one...
March 26, 2015
The Mobile Money Ecosystem
Financial inclusion and the concept of the unbanked has become a buzzword when it comes to mobile payments innovations. Who are the unbanked, who are the mobile money companies reaching, and where are there...
March 24, 2015
Kabbage To License Its Lending Platform
It is no secret or surprise at this point that small business lending has been broken since the Great Recession in a way that seems stubbornly resistant to improvement –...
March 24, 2015
Three Ways MasterCard Pushes FinTech Forward
MasterCard is teaming up with Silicon Valley Bank to once again power the highly selective, four-month virtual startup accelerator program called Commerce.Innovated. As the start of this year’s Spring Class...
March 23, 2015
FinTech Firm Kalixa Leaves Consumers for B2B
U.K.-based mobile point-of-sale firm Kalixa will be pivoting its operations away from the traditional consumer services industry, the company revealed in a blog post last week. According to the firm,...
March 18, 2015
Fixing The Digital Banking Problem With Social Commerce
Within the growing realm of digital banking, many regional banks struggle to compete with the caliber of consumer products offered by their larger counterparts. To overcome that roadblock, Richard Steggall,...
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.