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As commercial financial institutions strive to keep pace with consumer demands, many are looking to FinTech partners to help deliver improved service and value. In fact, a majority already use …

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 …

Q-Lana, a U.S.-based FinTech company, was founded to develop the concept of knowledge-based lending as a way to help financial institutions overcome the challenges associated with broader MSME lending and, …

New data from Juniper Research suggests that B2B transactions processed by pureplay digital operators are likely to reach USD 14 trillion by 2023, up from USD 6.7 trillion in 2018. …

FinTech startup SmartPay has launched a financial inclusion wallet in Vietnam, targeting 25 million unbanked/underbanked consumers and 6 million small- and medium-sized merchants. SmartPay ensures a better payment and finance …

Participants at the Visa Everywhere Initiative competition presented their innovative solutions designed to help solve local market challenges and create new products and services in the field of financial technologies. …

E-Commerce and FinTech Hackathon 2019, organized by KG Labs and financially-supported by GIZ’s Trade Facilitation in Central Asia project and Interbank Processing Center, was held June 14-16, 2019 in Bishkek, …

Karen Mills, former director at Small Business Administration, discusses the influence of smaller financial technology companies on big banks in this insightful video. COVID-19 might finally bring FinTechs and financial …

FinTechs are leading the charge in using advancements in technology to fundamentally change the landscapes of e-commerce, payment networks, online lending, money transfers, business-to-business (B2B) payments, personal finance and banking. …

BFC experts took part in E-Commerce and FinTech Hackathon 2019, which was held June 14-16, 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. During the event, participants were given 54 hours to turn their …

It is estimated that 80% of financial institutions will either go out of business or be irrelevant by the year 2030. Here are 8 steps that will ensure your financial …

FinTech players and challenger banks are at the forefront of capturing the millennial market as 8 in 10 millennials now state that they are ready to switch from using banks …

Today’s entrepreneurs are used to taking advantage of new and innovative solutions that automate operations and make doing business easier. As such, banking is an important consideration for them. While …

In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, European regulators found it important that banks have more competition and consumers have greater choice. This has eventually led to the …

Open banking reforms are now over one year old in the United Kingdom (UK). In this relatively short period of time, 67 firms have begun using open banking technology. Moreover, …

A number of FinTech companies in the European Union (EU), namely Bankin, Eurobits, Sofort, PPRO and Trustl, have decided to oppose the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). These companies contend …

European payment provider Klarna has announced the launch of its own open banking platform. The platform will provide access to more than 4,300 European banks through a single API in …

AccountScore, together with The Insolvency Panel, has announced the launch of the first ever open banking service designed to help people get out of debt. The service auto-populates consumer income …

PrivatBank has launched a new open API platform to allow FinTech companies to create effective, innovative solutions that work with bank data and provide consumers with new digital services. The …

With the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in the European Union (EU) and Ukraine’s relationship with the EU, it is natural to wonder about the implications of …