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.

CODE Investing Talks AltFin And Bank-FinTech Collaboration
CODE Investing Talks AltFin And Bank-FinTech Collaboration
July 11, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

The story of alternative finance is now well-known across the small business (SMB) lending community: Heightened risk management and capital requirements imposed on traditional lenders...

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Emailage: Prudent Fraud Prevention Is Key To Canadian FinTech Startups
Emailage: Prudent Fraud Prevention Is Key To Canadian FinTech Startups
July 10, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Emailage, the online fraud prevention startup that uses email addresses to assess risk, is expanding its operations in the Canadian market. The company recently brought...

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FinTech And FIs, Paired And Global, Sandbox By Sandbox
FinTech And FIs, Paired And Global, Sandbox By Sandbox
July 10, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A whopping $613 billion in cross-border B2B payments is nothing to sneeze at, and the Banking Circle buyout gives the nod to the international appeal...

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IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
July 06, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

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Canada’s FinTech Firms Move Posthaste Toward Open Banking
Canada’s FinTech Firms Move Posthaste Toward Open Banking
July 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

While Open Banking is not exclusive to the European markets, recent PSD2 and Open Banking regulations that came into effect earlier this year offer an...

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For Some Banks, FinTech Spawns Staffing Spree, Others Cut Jobs
For Some Banks, FinTech Spawns Staffing Spree, Others Cut Jobs
July 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In banking, there’s a hiring boom afoot, and it’s not at the teller’s window or to staff analysts’ cubicles. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
July 06, 2018  |  Innovation

Sandboxing, though a beloved buzzword in the developer community, didn’t get its start in the context of programming or computers at all. Sandboxing was originally...

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Revolut Now Has 1M Customers In The UK
Revolut Now Has 1M Customers In The UK
July 05, 2018  |  Business

Revolut, the U.K. FinTech, announced Wednesday (July 4) it signed up one million customers in the U.K. and saved them over $330 million in fees....

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Bad Loans Slow Banks In FinTech Race
Bad Loans Slow Banks In FinTech Race
July 04, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

FinTech startups and big tech may provide competition for established banks that have bad loans on the books, The European Banking Authority (EBA) said on...

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