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.

Walmart’s Daniel Eckert On Why TailFin Is Retail’s Next Big Thing

Walmart’s Daniel Eckert On Why TailFin Is Retail’s Next Big Thing
Walmart’s Daniel Eckert On Why TailFin Is Retail’s Next Big Thing
October 30, 2019  |  Retail

Worlds are colliding when it comes to payments and commerce. One of the most recent examples of that movement comes from Walmart, the venerable retail...

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Marqeta Reserve Gives Issuers Options To Prefund Digital Card Programs
Marqeta Reserve Gives Issuers Options To Prefund Digital Card Programs
October 29, 2019  |  Banking

Marqeta, a card issuing platform, has introduced a new service called Marqeta Reserve Financing, which is designed to help businesses incorporate a reserve financing option...

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Walmart, Green Dot To Develop FinTech Accelerator With Omnichannel Focus
Walmart, Green Dot To Develop FinTech Accelerator With Omnichannel Focus
October 29, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart and Green Dot have announced that they are going to develop a FinTech accelerator together and call it “TailFin Labs, LLC,” the companies said...

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Plaid Calls For Startups To Help Tackle $1.6T Student Debt Balance
Plaid Calls For Startups To Help Tackle $1.6T Student Debt Balance
October 29, 2019  |  Innovation

In its third annual Request for Startups, Plaid is aiming to focus on student debt management along with other areas of financial services that FinTech has...

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How B2C FinTech Can Support Real Estate’s B2B Innovation Journey
How B2C FinTech Can Support Real Estate’s B2B Innovation Journey
October 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The real estate industry is a popular target for FinTech innovators, particularly when it comes to new services and products that target renters and homeowners....

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London FinTech TrueLayer Partners With Visa
London FinTech TrueLayer Partners With Visa
October 29, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

London API provider TrueLayer is collaborating with Visa, which now has a minority stake in the FinTech as part of a $35 million Series C...

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Koyo FinTech Raises $4.9M To Assist Underbanked UK Borrowers
Koyo FinTech Raises $4.9M To Assist Underbanked UK Borrowers
October 29, 2019  |  Investments

FinTech startup Koyo, which uses Open Banking to offer loans to underbanked U.K. borrowers, announced that it has raised $4.9 million in funding. The round,...

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Mastercard Accelerate Gives FinTechs Access To Full Suite Of Payment Services
Mastercard Accelerate Gives FinTechs Access To Full Suite Of Payment Services
October 28, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard is rolling out Mastercard Accelerate to help streamline how Mastercard works with FinTechs and provide support from startup to expansion, the company said in...

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Visa, Marqeta Team To Boost FinTech Expansion Across Asia Pacific
Visa, Marqeta Team To Boost FinTech Expansion Across Asia Pacific
October 28, 2019  |  VISA

Visa and Marqeta are teaming to ease global expansion of FinTech firms and digital card issuance in Asia-Pacific. Matt Dill, Visa’s global head of strategic...

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