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| DEC 7, 2021
EU fintech and bank tech budgets rose in 2021, but evolving open banking legislation and user experience enhancements will demand further spending in 2022.
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| JAN 1, 2022
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| JAN 1, 2022
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| DEC 3, 2021
This year, several SMB-focused fintechs expanded their product suites to delight customers with all-in-one propositions.
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| NOV 29, 2021
The quieter Thanksgiving weekend news cycle gave us time to dive deep on a much-hyped fintech sector. Here’s how DeFi actually works, what issues it aims to solve, and where it’s going next.
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| NOV 17, 2021
Small banks and fintechs are the next power couples: Two mergers in the US will link up small established players with fintech providers, underscoring the competitive rationale of bringing together older and newer types of financial institutions.
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| NOV 17, 2021
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| NOV 16, 2021
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| DEC 16, 2021
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| DEC 16, 2021
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| NOV 15, 2021
JPMorgan bumps up against high fintech valuations, tight talent market: The banking giant’s strategy to maintain its competitive standing against fellow incumbents and neobanks in consumer-facing financial products is under pressure.
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| NOV 9, 2021
Fidelity led the round, underscoring the US appetite to extend capital to the fast-growing fintech ecosystem.
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| NOV 12, 2021
The funding comes after the startup secured clients at a record pace in fast-growing sectors, particularly in fintech.
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| MAR 31, 2021
Digital transformation is vital for wealth managers, as consumer expectations are changing, fiscal pressures are tightening, and competition is stiffening. These drivers have been further accelerated by the pandemic. But transformation efforts across the front, middle, and back office can help incumbents get their services up to speed and better compete with fintech wealth managers that are challenging the status quo.
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| NOV 2, 2021
Fintechs raised $31.1 billion across 1,185 deals in Q3 as record adoption fueled the investor flywheel.
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| NOV 1, 2021
Facebook’s metaverse plans open up opportunities for fintechs to embed their solutions within this next iteration of the digital realm.
Article
| OCT 29, 2021
On the eve of Halloween weekend, we share the trends that are spooking fintech startups and could keep them up at night over the next year.
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| OCT 27, 2021
At Money20/20 USA, a community bank’s executive VP and two fintech founders shared lessons learned from a successful infrastructure modernization initiative.
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| OCT 30, 2021
In a modified Oxford-style debate, two teams faced off on this question: “Are banks, given the right tools, more innovative than fintechs?”
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| OCT 26, 2021
The corporate credit card fintech raised $300M just 6 months after its last mega-round, enabling it to continue building out its product suite.
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| OCT 21, 2021
Fintechs can boost platform trading activity with tokenization: Republic raised $150M to add digital securities to its investing platform. These divide expensive assets into more liquid blockchain tokens.
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| OCT 22, 2021
Investment managers will increasingly seek fintech partnerships and solutions, like Moody’s latest tool, to meet new requirements for ESG investing.
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| NOV 17, 2021
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| OCT 14, 2021
Now that nine in 10 US consumers use fintech tools, heightened competition will push fintechs to offer tailored products to specific segments to stand out.
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| OCT 12, 2021
Last week’s global outage will further tarnish its reputation and ramp up regulatory pressures, hindering its fintech plans.