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How is Banking-as-a-Service Driving Financial Inclusion Across the Globe?

The Fintech Times

. “One of our embedded banking clients, Wealthify , does this by focusing on financial literacy for young people, working with TikTok stars and giving teachers material on ‘essential money skills’ We also work with incuto , a platform for credit unions and community banks who often work with underserved communities.

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AltFin’s Inconsistent Path To SMB Adoption

PYMNTS

What does small business (SMB) lending look like? seems to be kicking off, showing evidence of surpassing traditional bank lending at many times. In Mexico, small business lending is muted across the board. In Mexico, small business lending is muted across the board. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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SFF 2024 Awards Highlights Fintech Innovation with Updated Categories, New AI Focus

Fintech News

The solution includes collateral-free loans for migrant workers, seamless integration with InDrive for vehicle financing, affordable health insurance packages, refundable airline ticketing, and a pioneering all-women Digital Ambassador programme to promote financial literacy. To date, the solution has disbursed $16.5 million in loans.

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How Have the Finovate Best of Show Winners Fared?

Fintech Labs Insights

Autobooks: Raised $98M, small-business accounting software, increasingly integrated by banks, showing strong growth. presence, focusing on engaging banking customers through innovative financial tools. Yodlee (now Envestnet Yodlee): Enhanced data aggregation for financial services, expanded insights capabilities.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $100 Million Week Ending Dec 11

Fintech Labs Insights

Four Finovate alums were among the bunch: CBANC Network took in $4 million for it’s community bank information network. Alt-lender to micro and small businesses. Financial platform for underbanked. Tags: Remittances, PFM, financial literacy, MasterCard (sponsor). Rippleshot was given another $1.2

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Ready for a Sneak Peek? How to Best Prepare for FinovateFall

Fintech Labs Insights

Backbase offers 60-second onboarding for financial services companies to accelerate customer acquisition with a simple, fast, and seamless omni-channel onboarding journey. Bankjoy offers developers a banking API for a modern, real-time, holistic interface for credit unions and community banks.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

Notable projects: DAX teamed up with POSB, part of DBS Group and the oldest local bank in Singapore, to help co-create the POSB Smart Buddy. This program provides free wearable tech to local schoolchildren that helps teach them about financial literacy, monitoring their daily spending and savings habits. Founded: 2014.