Startup QUID Wants to Change Digital Payments, One Penny at a Time

• Jake Martin
• February 20, 2019
• Capital, Cards, Commerce, Cryptocurrency, Exclusive, Innovations, Online, Payments, Premium, Retail, Security, Startups

A recently-launched micropayments platform seeks to upend how people buy and sell digital content. QUID, a Toronto-based payments startup founded by a...

UMB Bank Offers Business Customers New Payment Solution

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• February 20, 2019
• Commerce, Exclusive, Online, Open Fintech, Payments, Premium

UMB Bank will start offering its business clients a new payment solution that will help customers streamline payments by automating certain processes ...

Study Shows Strong Relationship Between Credit Score Review and Credit Score Increase

• CreditSesame
• February 20, 2019
• Capital, Compliance, Lending, Mobile, Online, Open Fintech, Operations, Payments, Retail, Risk, Sponsored, Startups, Uncategorized

Can regularly checking your credit score actually help improve your results? We wanted to know the answer to that critical question, so Credit Sesame ...

Allianz Boosts VC Fund to $1.1 Billion for Tech, Insurance Deals

• Bloomberg News
• February 20, 2019
• Bloomberg, Capital, Commerce, Exclusive, Innovations, Insurance, Mobile, Operations, Premium, Startups

European insurer Allianz SE is increasing the size of its tech investment fund to 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), making it one of the largest corpora...

These 12 Startups Are Competing in the Demo Contest at Bank Innovation Ignite

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• February 19, 2019
• Artificial Intelligence, Capital, Cards, Commerce, Compliance, Corporate, Cryptocurrency, Exclusive, Innovations, Insurance, Lending, Mobile, Online, Open Fintech, Payments, PFM, Retail, Risk, Sales & Marketing, Security, Social Media, Startups, Trading, Wealth Management, Wearables

The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:https://www....

Fintech Funding Surged 120% in 2018

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• February 19, 2019
• Capital, DataBank, Exclusive, Payments, PFM, Premium, Retail, Risk

The year 2018 was a great year for fintech funding across the globe. This is true not only because the total funding was high, but also because there ...

U.S. FIs Pursue Open Banking Without Europe-style Regulatory Nudge

• Jake Martin
• February 19, 2019
• Commerce, Compliance, Corporate, Exclusive, Innovations, Lending, Mobile, Online, Operations, Payments, PFM, Premium, Retail, Risk, Security, Startups

The U.S. is making a more organic shift toward open banking concepts than what is seen in Europe, where the Revised Payment Service Directive, or PSD2...

Crypto Startup Offers Insurance Against Quadriga Wallet Dilemma

• Bloomberg News
• February 19, 2019
• Bloomberg, Cryptocurrency, Exclusive, Online, Payments, Premium, Risk, Security

While users of the troubled Quadriga CX cryptocurrency exchange remain unable to retrieve millions in funds, a startup backed by mainstream companies ...

Fintechs Do Not Fear Brexit … At Least Not, Yet

• Max Goldstein
• February 18, 2019
• Capital, Cards, Commerce, Compliance, Corporate, Exclusive, Operations, Premium, Risk

LONDON — Brexit is an unavoidable topic in the United Kingdom these days. Unless of course, you attended Finovate Europe. The conference, which ...

Can Banks Solve their Small-Dollar Loan Problem with Fintech Partnerships?

• Jake Martin
• February 18, 2019
• Capital, Cards, Commerce, Exclusive, Lending, Mobile, Online, Premium, Retail, Risk, Sales & Marketing, Startups

Aura, a San Francisco-based fintech offering affordable loans to low to moderate-income households, wants to partner with banks to offer those loans t...