financial services

Financial services are the economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies.

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Marketplace Lending At The Crux Of Changing SMB Finance Tides
Marketplace Lending At The Crux Of Changing SMB Finance Tides
May 31, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to the alternative lending market as a result of a massive gap in available capital, especially for small businesses...

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Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
May 24, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kenya’s Safaricom has announced that it is partnering with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to the M-Pesa mobile financial services platform. Last year...

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PayJoy Raises $20M To Boost Smartphone Ownership
PayJoy Raises $20M To Boost Smartphone Ownership
May 23, 2019  |  Investments

PayJoy, the startup that enables people in emerging markets to purchase smartphones via installment payments and access cash loans, has raised $20 million in venture...

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CBD Companies Can Process Payments Through Square Now
CBD Companies Can Process Payments Through Square Now
May 23, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Square, the digital payments company, is getting into the CBD market, launching a payment processing service for the industry. Forbes, citing Square, reported that a...

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Citi Adds Biometrics To Its ‘Security Perimeter’
Citi Adds Biometrics To Its ‘Security Perimeter’
May 09, 2019  |  Authentication

A single data breach costs a business $3.86 million on average. The high risks and costs of breaches, says Tapodyuti Bose, Global Head of Channel...

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Grab Moves To Spin Off FinServ Assets
Grab Moves To Spin Off FinServ Assets
May 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Singapore ride-hailing company Grab is reportedly considering a spinoff of its financial services assets, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday (May 8). The publication said...

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Plaid Is Looking To Hire In Europe
Plaid Is Looking To Hire In Europe
May 01, 2019  |  Investments

Plaid, the FinTech platform provider that recently raised $250 million in venture funding, is gearing up to expand into Europe. According to a report in...

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Hypur Enables B2B Payments For CBD eMerchants
Hypur Enables B2B Payments For CBD eMerchants
April 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Electronic payments company Hypur, which targets the cannabis and hemp industries, has unveiled its online electronic payment solution for transactions within the hemp and CBD...

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Cracking FIs’ 90/10 Data Monetization Problem
Cracking FIs’ 90/10 Data Monetization Problem
April 17, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

When seven CEOs of the largest banks in the United States gathered on Capitol Hill earlier this month, the topics and questions lobbed at them...

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