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.

Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch

Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch
Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch
November 12, 2019  |  Investments

Africa’s veteran FinTech firm Interswitch became the sector’s first unicorn following a $200 million investment by Visa that gave it a 20 percent equity stake...

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 In India, Digital Payments Firms, Digital Lenders Grab VC Dollars
 In India, Digital Payments Firms, Digital Lenders Grab VC Dollars
November 11, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

FinTech investment in India proceeds apace through the last few weeks of the year, with funding rounds extended to digital payments firms and digital lenders....

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How FinTechs Encourage Suppliers To Tap Into ePayments
How FinTechs Encourage Suppliers To Tap Into ePayments
November 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

In business, ePayments not only simplify and streamline the way companies make payments, they also speed up the way suppliers are paid. But businesses are often...

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Rapyd FinTech Announces Single Cashless Platform In Singapore
Rapyd FinTech Announces Single Cashless Platform In Singapore
November 11, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Global FinTech Rapyd announced that it has launched a single platform in Singapore that enables businesses to go cashless. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Standard Chartered Joins Blockchain Consortium EEA
Standard Chartered Joins Blockchain Consortium EEA
November 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Standard Chartered announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a standards organization focused on developing open blockchain specifications. Get the Full Story...

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FinTech Startup Digits Notches $10.5M
FinTech Startup Digits Notches $10.5M
November 07, 2019  |  Investments

FinTech startup Digits has announced the close of a $10.5 million Series A funding round, led by Benchmark. There was also participation from 72 angel...

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How Integrated Receivables Connect Corporates With Data And Analytics
How Integrated Receivables Connect Corporates With Data And Analytics
November 06, 2019  |  Banking

FinTechs are connecting banks with tools such as integrated receivables that they can provide to their corporate customers — and offer them one view of...

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FinTech Firms Take The Reins In Open Banking For SMBs
FinTech Firms Take The Reins In Open Banking For SMBs
November 06, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Open Banking continues to explore new B2B use cases. This week, FinTech firms took the reins as they introduced application programming interface (API)-powered solutions for...

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Visa Teams With Tencent To Support Mobile Payments In China
Visa Teams With Tencent To Support Mobile Payments In China
November 05, 2019  |  VISA

Visa has released a statement saying Tencent’s announcement that it will support international card schemes in its mobile wallet is “a great step forward” for...

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