Fintech News

APRIL 8, 2024

Participants will delve into breaking barriers and fostering connections that transcend borders, facilitating cross-border trade, investments, and collaborations. Attendees will explore how financial products and services transcend physical constraints, embracing digitalization fully.

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Fintech News

JULY 3, 2024

Singapore, long known for its financial prowess and technological innovation, has emerged as an unexpected leader in cryptocurrency adoption. percent of its population owning digital assets, the city-state isn’t just participating in the crypto revolution—it’s leading it.

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Neopay

JUNE 24, 2024

Through the Joint Committee, the ESAs explored and monitored potential emerging risks for financial market participants and the financial system as a whole. Consumer Protection and Financial Innovation Consumer protection remained central to cross-sectoral work in 2023. The full report can be found at here.

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Finovate

JUNE 10, 2024

The development is a major feather in the cap of India’s fintech industry and another great example of how countries in Latin America are embracing fintech innovation to promote financial inclusion. In 2015, the number of adults with at least one financial product was approximately 35%.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 14, 2024

A complex set of geographic and institutional barriers, including the fragmentation of Filipinos across over 7,000 islands, and low levels of financial literacy, are also hampering the use of financial services. Firstly, the regulatory environment in the Philippines is conducive to fintech innovation. Here’s why.

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Tearsheet

MARCH 21, 2024

Join Scott Goodson, CEO, StrawberryFrog, Chip Walker, Head of Strategy at StrawberryFrog, and Zack Miller, Tearsheet’s editor as they dive into the dynamic world of financial marketing and transformation. As leaders in innovative marketing, they’ve collaborated with iconic brands like Morgan Stanley, Truist, Bank of America, and more.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 12, 2024

The report, titled “Fintech – powering India’s US$5 trillion economy by fostering innovations, enabling inclusion and building a sustainable future”, provides an overview of the current state of fintech trends in India. Holistic inclusion, beyond financial inclusion Holistic inclusion is another key theme in the financial sector.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

CO-OP Financial Services , in partnership with school supply company Yoobi , recently announced news it is offering credit unions the chance to receive a shipment of backpacks, school supplies and financial literacy resources to help children in their local communities. through the Kids in Need Foundation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

In April, PYMNTS spoke with him about financial literacy initiatives. New York venture capital firm Thrive Capital is reportedly at the helm of the financing and Spark Capital is participating. Affirm is getting the capital mostly from a line of credit coming from a large financial institution.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Other innovative programs are loading tuition refunds directly onto mobile card accounts. At present, 36 universities are participating in one mobile tuition payments program. For those who believe financial literacy class should replace trigonometry for many high schoolers, it’s an idea with merit. Learning Patience.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, innovators the world over are exploring how technologies like blockchain could address payments speeds and efficiency on an international level. Financial literacy is also key, while regulatory initiatives to address a decline in correspondent banking relationships — critical to cross-border payments — may also help.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

As LendUp CEO Sasha Orloff and Beneficial State Bank Co-CEO Kat Taylor told PYMNTS in a recent interview, banks and FinTechs need each other, and a very large segment of the population living on the margins of financial services in the United States need these two groups to work together as well. “I

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The Fintech Times

JULY 28, 2024

Additionally, launching educational initiatives to increase financial literacy and awareness about digital assets and their benefits can empower more individuals to participate in the financial ecosystem. He adds how it is important this goal keeps customers at the heart of any of innovation.

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Finovate

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The round also featured participation from Icehouse Ventures, K1W1, NZ Fintech Fund, and Hard Yaka, a venture capital firm based in the U.S. Emerge evolved from a children’s financial literacy app called SquareOne that Pavlicevic and co-founder Jamie Jermain founded in 2020. billion (£2 billion).

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Finovate

JANUARY 5, 2024

Financial literacy is also a priority for the company. Solva has endorsed the Kazakhstan government’s Program for Improving Financial Literacy for 2020-2024 initiative. Approximately 7,000 Kazakhstanis have participated in the Solva’s financial literacy programs over the past two years.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Singapore also made strides in payment innovation, focusing on enhancing electronic payments and expanding cross-border capabilities. Singapore furthers payment innovation aspirations 2023 also saw Singapore advance its payment innovation ambitions, particularly in the realms of electronic payments and cross-border payment capabilities.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

In a press release , Fiserv said the capabilities were added through an agreement with financial services startup GoldBean. The agreement resulted from GoldBean’s participation in the 2016 INV Fintech accelerator launched by Bank Innovation and Fiserv to further innovation in financial services.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. Visa — One Market Center. Founded: 2013.

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Finovate

MARCH 20, 2024

Other firms participating in the fundraising were blockchain-focused outfits Digital Currency Group, Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures, and Alter Global. Dedicated to promoting financial inclusion, Tradelite Solutions offers a web3 financial education game called Mogaland.

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