FinTech

Financial technology, often shortened to fintech, is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance.

Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings

Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
June 14, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

In today’s FinTech news, margin calls are on the rise as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall, meanwhile digital payments in Africa are expanding further across...

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Remitly on Serving Underbanked Populations and Ensuring Shared Alignment With Partners
Remitly on Serving Underbanked Populations and Ensuring Shared Alignment With Partners
June 14, 2022  |  Banking

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Uber, PayU Team Up to Break LatAm’s Cash Habit
Uber, PayU Team Up to Break LatAm’s Cash Habit
June 14, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Expanding into new markets in other countries is the way many big companies got big. Yet even after the pandemic and digital shift that it...

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EMEA Daily: Credit Suisse Placed on UK Watchlist
EMEA Daily: Credit Suisse Placed on UK Watchlist
June 13, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the United Kingdom’s top financial regulator places Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse on...

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SMB Financing FinTech Credibly Announces ProApprove Acquisition, $350M in Funding
SMB Financing FinTech Credibly Announces ProApprove Acquisition, $350M in Funding
June 13, 2022  |  Partnerships

Credibly, a Michigan-based FinTech lending platform, on Monday (June 13) announced a pair of deals it said will drive growth in the home repair-financing space....

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Scrypt Offers Payments Innovation Through Visa Fintech Fast Track
Scrypt Offers Payments Innovation Through Visa Fintech Fast Track
June 13, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Payables automation platform Scrypt has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program, allowing the company to accelerate its reach, capabilities and security through the company’s global...

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Is Apple Pay Later Really a Threat to Affirm and Other BNPL Providers?
Is Apple Pay Later Really a Threat to Affirm and Other BNPL Providers?
June 13, 2022  |  Apple Pay

Apple’s Project Breakout finally broke out a week ago today at Apple’s WWDC. It was then that Apple confirmed what was probably one of the...

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Is 2022 the Year Islamic FinTech Takes Off?
Is 2022 the Year Islamic FinTech Takes Off?
June 13, 2022  |  Europe

In the world of Islamic banking, the intrinsic difficulty of interpreting texts written over a thousand years ago in light of modern innovations means it...

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