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Stay up-to-date on all the all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor and in the telegram channel FinTech Wave.   Around …

Stay up-to-date on all the all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.   Around the World: American FinTech startup Remitly has …

2020 has just begun, but it already promises to be yet another dynamic year in the financial world. While many top trends of the past decade have been heavily concentrated …

By now, alternative banking service providers (e.g. PayPayl, Venmo, Square) are well-known players in the payment industry. Less known is how many of these companies are expanding into other banking …

In this excerpt from a panel on mass automation, three CEOs discuss the impact of digital companies’ actions on the financial industry and what it means for traditional players. Integrated …

With a lower-than-ever-before barrier to entry, bigtechs are starting to see the financial sector as a highly-profitable way to expand their businesses and give consumers even more. In fact, there …

Financing for small businesses is lacking throughout the world, even when ample funding is available and ready to be used. To close this USD 2 trillion funding gap, FinTech disruptors …

B2B FinTech companies don’t often get the recognition of their B2C cousins; however, they play a key role in the future of financial services and deserve some acknowledgment. That being …

Russia has seen a boom in the number of smaller businesses in the last few years. Unfortunately for them, traditional lenders are, by and large, still focused on providing services …

Karen Mills, former director at Small Business Administration, discusses the influence of smaller financial technology companies on big banks in this insightful video. GPB Digital Fund creates bank designer Key …

GreenSky, a FinTech company from Atlanta that provides loans for home repair projects, has announced its plan to go public with an IPO of USD 5 billion in total capitalization …

Not long ago, LendingClub was the brightest star in the rapidly-growing world of online lending. With shares having dropped two thirds in two months, the company now has investors nervous. …

Last summer, more than 400 peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms in China collapsed, costing thousands of Chinese millions in lost investments. The reason for their collapse is due to the lack …

The National Bank of Kazakhstan introduced several changes last year that have affected online lending. Specifically, the Bank limited the annual effective rate to 100% and also reduced the total …

The lack of regulations governing many areas of FinTech in Russia is providing many great opportunities for FinTech startups to test innovative new solutions that might be difficult to test …

In 2018, Kazakhstani financial institutions began working more closely with FinTech companies and purchasing a large number of FinTech products, giving more and more consumers in the country access to …

Global investments in FinTech have more than tripled since 2014, amounting to over USD 12 billion. Given this incredible growth, here’s a look at 10 key FinTech trends to keep …

FinTech has become increasingly influential in markets around the world. Here are four predictions for how FinTech will continue to impact our lives in 2019. 5 reasons why IoT is …

The use of FinTech in China is highlighting both the good and the bad of lending in the world’s second-largest economy. On the good side, FinTech is being used in …

For many around the world (especially those in rural areas), access to financial services represents a major problem; however, FinTech is bridging that gap and helping more and more consumers …