January 04, 2017
Indonesian FinTechs Face New Regulations
FinTech firms operating in Indonesia and running peer-to-peer lending businesses may face new regulations from the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK). According to a report in the Jakarta Post, Finextra...
January 04, 2017
FinTechs In Canada Getting Lots Of VC Love
Canadian financial technology companies backed by venture capitalists reached a level not seen in nearly two decades, despite a slowdown of investment dollars flowing into FinTechs in the U.S. According...
January 03, 2017
PayU CEO: What To Watch In 2017
It’s not so much the what, but the where. That’s how PayU CEO Laurent Le Moal framed his predictions for 2017 in a conversation he had with Karen Webster about...
January 02, 2017
The Traditional Payments Player Role In The FinTech World
As the payments ecosystem continues to evolve, FinTechs are leading the charge in transforming everything from operational efficiencies to business models, and especially the customer experience. But how do the...
December 29, 2016
Thiel-Backed Mobile Bank Has Security Issues
New reports are surfacing that N26, the German FinTech company formerly known as Number26, may have security holes in its mobile-only banking product. According to Reuters, a security researcher discovered...
December 28, 2016
Payments 2016: The Year Of Capitulation
PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. We posed...
December 23, 2016
B2B FinTechs Nab Funding Before 2016’s Close
It’s no surprise that venture capital rounds in B2B FinTech may be dwindling as the holidays ramp up, but that doesn’t mean the space has gone ignored. Investors in the...
December 22, 2016
Cardlay In $4 Million Round, Forms Partnerships
Danish front-end card management platform and cardholder application Cardlay, which works with banks to provide digital finance solutions as a means to compete with FinTech companies, recently announced it has...
December 20, 2016
Brazil Tries To Lower Rate For Card Purchases
Brazil is taking steps under President Michel Temer to do something about the large spread between Brazil’s benchmark Selic rate and the average annual interest rate on credit cards, which...
