Fintech News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) 2024 is returning for its 9th edition from 6 to 8 November, with the Insights Forum taking place beforehand on 4 and 5 November. Fintech News Network readers will also get a 20% discount on their Delegate Passes.

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Fintech Review

JULY 16, 2024

Open banking is transforming the financial landscape by fostering innovation , competition, and improved customer experiences. For example, APIs allow fintech companies to access banking data, facilitating the creation of enhanced financial services. In Europe, the PSD2 directive has spurred significant innovation.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 28, 2024

The Visa Creator Commerce Study found 90 per cent of creators have experienced issues when getting paid presenting a significant opportunity for innovative financial products that solve the payment issue. Therefore, the partnership is directly tackling the challenges encountered by the financially underserved creator economy.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 26, 2024

This March, The Fintech Times is shifting its spotlight towards insurtech, exploring the potential impact of blockchain technology on insurance processes and its role in instilling trust in digital transactions. “Insurance policies and products can often be complex, high-touch, and very time consuming. .

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Fintech Review

JULY 24, 2024

In emerging markets, fintech is profoundly transforming financial services. These markets, often characterised by underdeveloped financial infrastructure , benefit significantly from fintech innovations. This article delves into how fintech is reshaping financial services in these regions.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The fifth iteration of the ‘Fintech for Inclusion Global Summit’ took place at the Tobacco Dock in Wapping, London, bringing together the industry’s frontrunners who are making an impactful change to the fintech market. The event saw over 270 attendees and put a twist on a standard fintech event.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Niklas Wiberg expressed support for Vilja’s initiative and highlighting the importance of promoting innovation that drives economic growth and financial inclusion. Additionally, Vilja took the lead in a new initiative announced by MDEC and the Fintech Association of Malaysia (FAOM). This article first appeared on fintechnews.my

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 3, 2024

The American Fintech Council (AFC), the industry association representing responsible fintech companies and innovative banks, is joining forces with the Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE), which has selected the first cohort of companies in its new fintech accelerator programme.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fintech industry, having navigated through the turbulent waters of the COVID-19 pandemic, has demonstrated not only resilience but also a robust capacity for growth. Source: The Future of Global Fintech: Towards Resilient and Inclusive Growth. However, the fintech sector’s journey is not without its challenges.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 23, 2024

Future Finance is a collaborative research project aiming to support mid-tier organisations and small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK financial services sector to adopt innovative processes and products that improve accessibility of their services.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 9, 2024

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As BaaS evolves, it is helping fintech innovation reach new markets and underserved communities; which has the potential to greatly improve financial inclusion across the globe.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This is a flagship credit fund managed by a regulated subsidiary of Singapore-based fintech Helicap. The fund offers debt financing to fintech companies across Southeast Asia, supporting their growth in a rapidly expanding market. This comes at a time when fintech startups in Southeast Asia raised US$899.3

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Fintech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Fintech startups in Southeast Asia secured a total of US$899 million in funding in H1 2024, a 25% year-on-year (YoY) decrease from US$1.2 Today, we examine the most active fintech investors in Southeast Asia over the past two years, highlighting their focus areas, investment strategies, and the notable startups in their portfolios.

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Clearly Payments

APRIL 9, 2024

The emergence of financial technology (fintech) companies has sparked a debate and some contention. There is no question that fintech has had an impact, however the real question is about the future, what will be the prominent financial services, and can this evolution see the dying of a certain species of traditional financial services.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 10, 2024

Ultimately, Kueski’s mission is to facilitate the financial lives of Mexicans, and this latest innovation represents a significant step toward financial inclusion for all. The post Kueski Launches In-Store Mobile Payments to Support Underserved Banking Customers in Mexico appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 11, 2024

This June at The Fintech Times, we’re focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The fintech industry is known for its innovative, agile reputation, and yet it still faces a significant diversity problem that threatens to halt its growth and stop that innovation moving.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Cambodia is leveraging fintech innovations and strategic reforms to boost economic growth, financial inclusion and international partnerships, positioning itself as a key player in the Southeast Asian digital economy. Despite these advancements, about 30 per cent of the adult population remains underserved in financial services.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 23, 2024

Credit data solution provider Bloom Credit has become the newest member of the American Fintech Council (AFC), the industry association representing responsible fintechs and banks. AFC members foster competition in consumer finance and pioneer products to better serve underserved consumer segments and geographies.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Thailand’s Lightnet and Hong Kong-based fintech unicorn WeLab have teamed up to apply for a virtual bank license in Thailand. The aim is to enhance financial access for underserved retail customers and small businesses. WeLab is backed by billionaire Li Ka-shing and aims to grow its user base to 500 million by 2032.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A fintech veteran with over two decades of experience at industry giants including American Express, PayPal, and Super Payments, Smallwood will spearhead the unicorn’s ambitious goal to become the UK’s leading financial service provider for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 1, 2024

This March, The Fintech Times is turning its focus towards insurtech, shedding light on the innovative advancements and sustainable initiatives within the insurance sector. Dive into the collaborative efforts between startups and traditional insurers to drive innovation and meet the evolving needs of consumers.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 19, 2024

The American Fintech Council (AFC), the industry association representing fintech firms and innovative BaaS banks, is joining forces with private equity firm Raido Capital Partners. Raido Capital Partners makes strategic investments in fintech and tech-enabled financial services.

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The Payments Association

MARCH 22, 2024

Exploring how the payments industry can innovate to mitigate the UK's cost of living crisis, this article highlights fintech's role in aiding the newly underserved towards financial resilience and inclusivity Read more

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 28, 2024

Indonesia’s startup and fintech scene, are also growing and have strong potential. In the same year, the value of e-commerce transactions in Indonesia totalled around $51.9billion, highlighting the promise that fintech can offer the country. How is fintech integrating in Indonesia?

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Fintech News

MAY 20, 2024

Cyber Crimes, Cybersecurity, and Fintech Panel Event May 23, 2024, 12:00 CEST On May 23, 2024, at 12:00 CEST, a panel event titled “Cyber Crimes, Cybersecurity, and Fintech” will be hosted by Peirce College. The session will be moderated by Urs Bolt, a Fintech and Banking Expert.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 31, 2024

SDK.finance , a white-label Lithuanian fintech platform for digital payments, has partnered with Salt Edge , the open banking solution provider, aiming to help fintechs of all sizes develop open banking-enabled financial services and applications.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 16, 2024

Now encapsulating a focus on societal impact and the environment, the term ‘fintech for good’ has evolved from its initial meaning of charity. This July, we are on the hunt to find out how the fintech industry is doing ‘good’ for local communities and the world, revealing current and future plans to make change.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the global financial landscape, Singapore has carved out a niche for itself as a thriving hub of fintech innovation. The criterion for inclusion was stringent: fintech startups had to exhibit a substantial revenue increase from a minimum of S$150,000 in 2019 to at least S$1.5 million by 2022.

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Fintech News

JUNE 18, 2024

Indonesian microfinance fintech company Amartha has secured a US$17.5 This investment from global nonprofit Accion aims to help Amartha expand its platform, offering a full range of financial products and services to underserved women-led small businesses in rural Indonesia using data and AI.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

The integration of Visa’s capabilities will help du Pay to expand its innovative financial solutions, striving for greater alignment with consumer lifestyles as well as bring additional versatility into the du Pay platform, offering customers a suite of enhanced features and services.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 18, 2024

These innovations are closely aligned with BRI’s ongoing mission to provide affordable and customer-focused financial products, particularly for traditionally underserved communities. The post BRI Partners with Nium to Expand Real-Time Cross-Border Payment Solutions appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 2, 2024

As of April 2023, there were 1,000 active fintechs in Latin America (LatAm) with a vast majority focusing on financial inclusion, tackling the issue of 70 per cent of the population not having access to formal financial services. The future of fintech across LatAm holds a lot of potential.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 28, 2024

a fintech empowering consumers with innovative services for flexible money access, has announced a partnership with Mastercard to continue scaling payments and disbursements services in the public sector. It is an honor to partner with Mastercard, and continue driving innovation throughout the public sector,” said Stewart A.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Ant International , the digital payment and fintech company, has joined forces with Dock , a payments and banking technology provider in Latin America, to offer new AI-driven credit technology solutions in Brazil. However, significant opportunities remain to further support MSMEs and other financially constrained groups.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Thai banking sector could have a new key player in the first half of 2025 as Lighthub Asset , a Thai fintech and WeLab , a pan-Asian fintech platform submit an application for a virtual banking licence with the Bank of Thailand. It will provide localised digital banking services to everyone, including the underserved.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 26, 2024

Mamo , a UAE-based fintech startup on a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses consolidate their payment collection, corporate cards and expense management needs, has announced the successful completion of a $3.4 The post Mamo Secures $3.4mln to Enhance Financial Services for SMEs appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

United by a common mission of expanding financial access, this partnership between two of Canada’s leading fintechs will bring more credit options to consumers overlooked by traditional financial institutions.

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