As fears continue over the coronavirus the World Health Organization said they would encourage the increased usage of contactless payments;...
BBVA has announced their Open Talent competition which is dubbed as the world’s largest fintech competition; the competition is in its tenth year and will focus on banking, data, money management and financial decision-making; the winner will take home $186,000 and finalists will take part in an immersion week which will show them how to work with a big corporate, become a customer of the bank and more. Source.
This year’s Forbes 30 under 30 list features a diverse list of leading VC’s, crypto enthusiasts, fintech entrepreneurs and emerging...
The new joint credit card is anticipated to be launched next year and will carry the Apple Pay brand; this...
Peerform has been around the marketplace lending space since 2010; they are the third oldest platform behind Prosper and Lending Club; since 2014 a lot has happened at the firm including the acquisition of the company late last year by Strategic Financial Solutions; the firm has three products today: marketplace loans, direct pay consolidation loans and debt negotiation loans; the company recently formed an investment partnership with Random Forest Capital which focuses on data science and machine learning; article discusses how the two companies have partnered, overhauling Peerform's APIs and creating proprietary credit models. Source
Ebay dropped PayPal and turned to Adyen to be its primary processing partner; Banking Technology reports that eBay users “do not need to take any action at this time” as the “transition to full payments intermediation will be a multi-year journey”.; the deal will begin with a move in North America in the second half of 2018 before expanding in 2019. Source.
N26 Founder and CEO Valentin Stalf told the Money 20/20 audience they plan to launch in the US by mid 2018; “We’ve looked at the products in the U.S. and we figured out that most of the banking products in the U.S. are even worse than in Europe,” Stalk told TechCrunch; their plans are to launch a debit card with a checking account and use a bank partner, similar to what they have done in Europe. Source.
In the last few years banks have started to retrain employees on how to use various new technologies so they...
According to cybersecurity company BioCatch, new market trends such as faster payments and open banking are introducing new security threats to corporate...
Jim Cramer of Mad Money talks with Mike Cagney of SoFi to discuss the unique business model of the privately managed business which has originated over $16 billion in loans and recently closed a $500 million fundraising round; Cagney provides details on the student loan refinancing business and the company's unique focus on supporting customers in many different aspects of their personal and financial lives; notes SoFi's return on equity advantages over banks and the market opportunity it is targeting as it builds out its business. Source

