Fintech Finance

JANUARY 22, 2025

Since its launch just 12 weeks ago, the platform has already processed $12 million in Total Payment Volume (TPV), demonstrating rapid market adoption. The company also announced it raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Garuda Ventures, with participation from Canonical Crypto, Everywhere Ventures, and Inventum Ventures.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 28, 2025

Mastercard-enabled telebirr cards will empower individuals to participate in secure local and international transactions, enabling unbanked populations to engage in e-commerce, receive remittances, and make payments digitally. Mastercard processes payment volumes exceeding $6.5trillion annually with over three billion cards in circulation.

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Finovate

APRIL 9, 2025

At this pace, the digital banking market is expected to reach a market volume of $2.16 ” Entrust is a veteran of Finovate’s developer conferences, having participated in both FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2015 and FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016. .

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Finovate

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The round was led by Haun Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Tiger Global. BVNK was founded in 2021 and currently processes an annualized volume of $10 billion. based stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK secured a $50 million Series B round, boosting its valuation to $750 million. BVNK plans to launch in the U.S.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 19, 2025

ProjectPay is already being used on government projects in Australia and is being rolled out on public entity projects in the USA (where ProjectPay is poised to capture a segment of the $2trillion payments volume). Selected tier-one contractors are being invited this week to participate in the next phase.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 18, 2025

Selected tier-one contractors are being invited this week to participate in the next phase. ProjectPay is already being used on government projects in Australia and is being rolled out on public entity projects in the USA (where ProjectPay is poised to capture a segment of the US$2 trillion payments volume).

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Fintech Review

MARCH 17, 2025

The Importance of Quality Over Quantity in Forex Trading In fast-moving currency pairs like GBP/USD, trading volume alone is not enoughexecution must be strategic. With automation reshaping forex markets, traders increasingly seek systems that prioritize strategy over volume.

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Tearsheet

MARCH 21, 2024

Recently Zelle said that it is on track to reach the $1 trillion payment volume mark this year, and now Stripe is stating that it too has crossed the $1 trillion in payment volume benchmark. Stripe’s annual letter also states that its payment volume rose by 25% in 2023. It seems like $1 trillion is the new hot number.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 18, 2025

Founded in 2018, The Power 50 shines a spotlight on companies transforming financial services, while delivering ongoing support and development for participants. I am extremely proud of the support we have had from the industry and the sheer volume of entries we received.

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Fintech Review

MARCH 4, 2025

How to Participate Eligible participants can enter the Ultimate Lucky Draw by completing the following steps: Deposit and Trade A minimum deposit of $500 USD is required. Earn Lucky Draw Tickets One ticket is awarded for every $100,000 in Notional Volume traded. The promotion runs from 1 March to 30 April 2025.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 15, 2024

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) has introduced the new FedNow User Group to continue promoting collaboration among the 607 participating financial institutions and their service providers on the FedNow Service network.

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Tearsheet

MARCH 21, 2024

Recently Zelle said that it is on track to reach the $1 trillion payment volume mark this year, and now Stripe is stating that it too has crossed the $1 trillion in payment volume benchmark. Stripe’s annual letter also states that its payment volume rose by 25% in 2023. It seems like $1 trillion is the new hot number.

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Volume Payments Cross-Border Cross-Border Payments 52

Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“Beyond extending our partnership with Mastercard, we intend to partner on innovating for the banks that use the network by looking for additional use cases that they’ve expressed interest in and that would help drive volume across RTP,” said Lee Alexander, Executive VP and CIO at The Clearing House.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Specifically, Trustly’s RTP® volume grew 29% in transaction volume and 31% in payment value from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023. The rapid adoption of its RTP® service has led Trustly to now be approaching 10% of the RTP® network’s total transaction volume.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 24, 2025

With around 83 per cent of African employment in the informal economy, Moniepoint aims to widen access and participation in the formal financial system and drive economic growth across Africa.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Meanwhile, new participants like dtcpay and MariBank are set to go live by Q2 2025. Participating merchants include popular outlets such as Arnold’s Fried Chicken, Twelve Cupcakes, and ZooMoov. million, reflecting a 105% increase in transaction volume and a 212% rise in value compared to the previous month.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The $10 million consists of $3 million in pre-seed funds co-led by Tether and Polymorphic Capital with participation from Faculty Group, Octerra Capital, and Trive Digital. These partnerships have resulted in MANSA processing $27 million in transaction volume, with nearly $11 million of that on-chain transaction volume occurring in January.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This is a winning solution that will help merchants reduce shopping cart abandonment while providing a single integration for participating card brands – meaning a simpler and smoother overall digital checkout experience.”. Visa is moving Visa Checkout merchants in Canada to Click to Pay after a successful launch in the United States.

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CB Insights

JULY 30, 2021

The round drew participation from SoftBank Group, King River Capital, and NewView Capital, among others. increase the customer volume since 2020. The company claims to have $2B in payment volume, witnessing a 200% increase in monthly network payment volume since 2020. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

As she noted, “We're also starting to see greater popularity in [the] use of funding agents,” which are financial institution participants that help RTP participants manage their funding requirements. To me, the bottom line is the more volume, the better the pricing for all participants in the industry,” she said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Blockchain startup Clear announced $13 million in Series A funding this week with a focus on wielding blockchain and smart contract technology to address friction in high-volume cross-border B2B payments. The company will deploy the funding to focus on product development, engineering and global expansion.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Transaction volume on Zelle increased by 27% year-over-year to over 1.7 Zelle also provides data-driven insights for participating financial institutions to help them identify potentially suspicious payments. Zelle has strategically partnered with key organizations to face fraud head-on. Early Warning Services , LLC.,

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Fintech Finance

JULY 1, 2024

Rainforest has closed a $20M Series A led by Matrix Partners, with participation from existing investors including Accel, Infinity Ventures, BoxGroup, The Fintech Fund, Tech Square Ventures, Ardent Venture Partners, and a number of strategic angels.

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Fintech Review

MARCH 25, 2025

Through this partnership, TaxTecs advanced tax technology solutions will be integrated with NRW Consultings expertise in fiduciary compliance, delivering a comprehensive suite of services that streamline tax recovery processes, reduce risks, and enhance efficiency for market participants and their agents. billion, and in the US over $3.8

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The funding was led by Hong Kong’s MindWorks Capital, with participation from XVC, SWC Global, Richen Pioneer, and Antao Capital. YUP also aims to reach US$1 billion in transaction volume by 2024. Fintech startup Finture , which operates the credit payment platform YUP , has secured US$30 million in its Series B funding round.

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Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

Among the institutional investors already engaged in digital asset investments, 40% expressed their intention to maintain their investments in the coming year, while an additional 25% plan to significantly increase their investment volume. Institutional investors focus on digital assets.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2024

In the past 20 months, NALA saw a 34x increase in transaction volume. With participation from DST Global, Amplo, represented by Sheel Tyle, additionally, the majority of previous investors increased their stakes by taking super pro-rata investment in the round. The NALA team has grown from just 7 members to a robust team of over 100.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Xalts, recognised for enabling financial institutions and businesses to create and manage digital finance applications, seeks to enhance communication and transactions between network participants by integrating Contour’s standardised workflows.

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The Payments Association

DECEMBER 18, 2024

billion unbanked individuals globally, enabling participation in the formal economy and accelerating the transition to cashless societies.” Reserve banks mandating reduced cash use will enhance security and economic participation. This will help create digital payment ecosystems that can reach the 1.4

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Fintech News

MAY 8, 2024

In 2022, the BOT initiated a Retail CBDC Hackathon to encourage public participation and promote private-public collaboration in developing CBDC proof-of-concept initiatives. Furthermore, Retail CBDC demonstrated its capability to serve as an alternative channel for retail payments, with the potential to handle high transaction volumes.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

The report highlights significant growth in transaction volumes and market penetration, particularly in emerging markets, reflecting a clear shift toward digitised payment methods. Financial crime Financial crime continues to grow in scale and complexity in 2024, with a 15% increase in overall case volumes compared to 2023.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 23, 2025

“Platforms like Participate allow banks to extend credit more confidently by reducing concentration risk, enhancing liquidity, and boosting efficiency. .” “Focus on financial inclusion and empowerment will have the biggest impact given the sheer volume of people currently excluded.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Payment failures, fraud, and inefficiencies are especially prevalent in B2B hotel transactions due to factors like high transaction volumes and tech incompatibility between payment systems.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

With estimates that over 500 billion real-time payments will be processed over the next five years, the race is on for upgrades and integrations that allow financial institutions (FIs) and their clients to participate in a real-time payments space that is expected to reach nearly 53 billion real-time payment transactions by 2024.

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Finovate

MARCH 17, 2025

The round was co-led by Fin Capital and Diagram Ventures, and featured participation from existing investors First & Main, Evolution, and True Equity. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California and founded in 2020, Synctera made its Finovate debut last September at FinovateFall 2024.

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FICO

MARCH 25, 2020

Home Credit , a global non-bank consumer lender, has successfully reduced its credit risk while maintaining loan volumes and keeping approval rates steady by incorporating the FICO® Score X Data to optimize its loan process in China. This type of financial inclusion is good for the consumer and good for our business.

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Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2024

Meanwhile, smaller markets such as Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos are limited by market size and have a low volume of venture-style investments. VC deal activity with foreign investor participation as a share of all VC deal activity, Source: 2024 Southeast Asia Private Capital Breakdown, PitchBook, Mar 2024 In 2021, a record of US$16.7

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