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From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing

The Payments Association

In India, telecom data is being leveraged to assess first-time borrowers, while in Kenya, mobile money transaction data is already driving credit underwriting for underserved populations. Mexico has adopted a regulated approach under its Fintech Law, introduced in 2018, laying the groundwork for open banking.

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AI, Digital Disruption, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in Insurtech

Finovate

billion, the lowest level since 2018. Q1 2024 was also the first time since 2018 that there were no “mega-round deals” – investments of $100 million or more. CB Insights noted that quarterly funding for Q1 of this year was only $0.9 The insurance business is ripe for innovation. There are obstacles.

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Opening Up Mortgages For Gig Workers

PYMNTS

By the numbers, care of the PYMNTS/HyperWallet Gig Economy Index , 35 percent of today’s workforce participates in what we now call the gig economy, a figure that some experts believe will increase to as many as 50 percent over the next two years. personal income in 2018. trillion of total U.S. The New Rules.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

But it’s clear that the company remains very focused on building financial services products that support its core strategic goal: increasing participation in the Amazon ecosystem. In December 2018, Reuters reported that Amazon was looking at airports as a potential Amazon Go partner. That scale would make Amazon Go a $4.5B

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Logistics Scores Another Unicorn For B2B Startups

PYMNTS

406 Ventures and Eight Roads also participated in MineralTree’s latest investment, which the firm plans to use to focus on growth acceleration and expand its presence in the AP automation space for middle-market corporate customers. CRV, Tenaya Capital and GV also participated. Existing backers.406

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

‘PayFac’ technology simplifies underwriting and onboarding. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. ‘PayFac’ technology simplifies underwriting and onboarding merchants. TABLE OF CONTENTS. A decade of online payments innovation.

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Predatory ‘Rent-a-Bank’ Lending Practices Trigger Calls For Regulation

PYMNTS

South Dakota passed a law in 2016, followed by Colorado in 2018. FinWise Bank said in a statement it is an “active participant” when it teams up with lenders and “its underwriting takes into account borrowers’ ability to repay the debt.”. “This could do real harm to millions of families’ financial health.”