Search results for "FinTechs"

September 23, 2016
Norwegian Startups Navigate To FinTech Success

While there’s a lot of tech innovation brewing in the Nordics, the Norwegian startup scene may just be outshining them all. Norway has long been a small, and underestimated, tech...


September 01, 2016
The Fight For Financial Fiefdom

FinTech startups are escalating the fight for territory in the financial services sector. Once reliant on traditional banks for services such as deposit holding and access to services such as...


August 29, 2016
New FinTech Federation Takes Shape

A federation of FinTechs is taking shape, as tech groups from as many as 20 cities are planning to band together to create hubs in an effort to coordinate innovation,...


August 23, 2016
Banks Lead The Charge In New FinTech Investment Trend

Banks and FinTech disruptors haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, with some considering the two market segments competitors. After all, many FinTech startups — from alternative lending to payments automation players —...


July 19, 2016
For SMEs, It’s A Small World After All

The U.K. referendum was a massive wakeup call to markets everywhere: The world economy truly is an interconnected web, and what happens at Point A will no longer be isolated...


July 04, 2016
MasterCard Mentors Brazilian FinTechs

MasterCard is partnering with Brazilian banking giant Itaú and Redpoint eVentures to foster local tech startups. Through Cubo, a startup initiative supported by Itaú and Redpoint eVentures, MasterCard executives from...


July 01, 2016
Time To Panic For London’s FinTechs?

It’s been a week since the Brexit vote, and the market has widely agreed that a wait-and-see mentality is probably the best way to survive the residual volatility. That may...


June 27, 2016
Investors Make Last-Minute Play For B2B FinTechs

While last week was a fairly impressive week for B2B venture capital, investors swooped in on their dark horses to give an extra bump to B2B financial services startups. The first came...


June 27, 2016
The Brexit Already Takes Its Toll

The world rattled when news emerged overnight that the U.K. has decided to depart the European Union by a vote of 52 percent to 48 percent. But apart from the poll...


The Path to FinTech Profitability Must Be Fraud-Proof
Threat of Deepfakes Drives Two-Thirds of FinTechs to  Boost Fraud Budgets With rising FinTech fraud and convincing deepfakes threatening their bottom lines, more than two in three FinTechs plan to expand their budgets to deploy tech that can detect true human liveness, as discussed in the latest PYMNTS “FinTech Tracker®,” a collaboration with Sezzle.
Staying Ahead Through Payments Innovation
Less Than One-Quarter of Credit Unions Offer Real-Time Payments, Disappointing Members Nearly two-thirds of account holders demand more payment options, including real-time payments, and may switch to other FIs perceived to be more innovative, according to PYMNTS’ latest study of 4,282 U.S. consumers and 150 credit union executives, “Credit Union Innovation: Staying Ahead Through Payments Innovation,” a collaboration with PSCU.