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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.

Mastercard Debuts Platform to Help Small Businesses Consolidate Digital Tools
Mastercard Debuts Platform to Help Small Businesses Consolidate Digital Tools
November 12, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Mastercard has introduced a new platform designed to help financial and service providers offer their small business customers a way to consolidate the digital tools...

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Technology Collaboration Set to ‘Supercharge’ Service-Oriented Approach
Technology Collaboration Set to ‘Supercharge’ Service-Oriented Approach
November 12, 2024  |  Opinion

Collaboration will be key for payment industry players to deliver value in marketing, fraud, risk and operations, Banyan Chief Commercial Officer Mike Minelli writes in...

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Ualá Eyes Banking Expansion After $2.75 Billion Valuation
Ualá Eyes Banking Expansion After $2.75 Billion Valuation
November 11, 2024  |  Investments

Argentina’s Ualá has reportedly raised $300 million, valuing the FinTech at $2.75 billion. “We’re going to use this to scale Argentina, where my goal is to...

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Why Banks Might Want to Have a Blockchain Strategy
Why Banks Might Want to Have a Blockchain Strategy
November 11, 2024  |  Blockchain

The definition of crypto has historically oscillated between two poles: buzzword and true innovation. And to hear the industry’s executives tell it, the lack of...

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CEO Interview: Pay-as-You-Go Options Help LatAm Consumers Battle ‘Prepaid Fatigue’
CEO Interview: Pay-as-You-Go Options Help LatAm Consumers Battle ‘Prepaid Fatigue’
November 11, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

In Latin America, where many consumers are unbanked or underbanked, roughly three-quarters of consumers don’t have credit cards, so prepaid cards are widely used to...

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Volatile FinTech Stocks Highlight Promise, Perils of Financial Services’ Digital Makeover
Volatile FinTech Stocks Highlight Promise, Perils of Financial Services’ Digital Makeover
November 08, 2024  |  Earnings

On Wall Street, what goes up must go down, and vice versa. A momentous week with a seesaw of volatility in the markets could be...

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Navigating the Future of B2B: Collaboration, Innovation and Risk Management
Navigating the Future of B2B: Collaboration, Innovation and Risk Management
November 08, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Teamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators increasingly pairing up with secure and reliable financial institutions,...

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Priority’s B2B Business Helps Fuel 20% Jump in Revenues
Priority’s B2B Business Helps Fuel 20% Jump in Revenues
November 07, 2024  |  Earnings

Priority Technology Holdings says its B2B business has helped it reach “record” results. The payments and banking FinTech reported quarterly earnings Thursday (Nov. 7) showing...

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Sunbit Gets $355 Million to Grow BNPL Business
Sunbit Gets $355 Million to Grow BNPL Business
November 07, 2024  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Sunbit has received a $355 million debt warehouse facility. The new financing, announced Monday (Nov. 4), was led by...

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