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APIs Are The Secret Sauce Of Fintech
If revenue from fintech companies really is going to more than triple in the next decade, as some have predicted, it’s not going to happen without APIs. In the last decade, APIs have gone from one tool at a company’s disposal to arguably the tool that allows companies to achieve scale in a cost-effective way— particularly within fintech. […]…
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5 Communication Skills Every Data Scientist Needs
It pays to be a data scientist, and not just financially. Data scientists have the best jobs according to Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America for 2018 report, which marks the third year it took top honors. But as good as a data scientist gig may be, it’s not all about crunching data. One of their key […]…
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Tokenized securities on blockchain are here. And they’ve been around for a while.
Remember tokenized securities or securitization with tokens on blockchain? With the entire year in crypto defined by a maelstrom of projects embarking on decentralized finance (DeFi) aspects to their products, it can be easy to forget that previous advancements in blockchain-based technologies have continued to make great headway in terms of adoption and application. Security […]…
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Why it’s natural for fintech innovations to slow down
Currently, fintech is one of the most emerging industries all over the world. More and more companies are launched every day using technologies to provide financial services to people involved in the business sector. In fact, fintech is all around us nowadays as everything we do online may be part of the industry without us […]…
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4 U.S. based FinTech companies transforming small business lending
Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy and remain essential to the country’s economic growth and employment. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), 99.7% of all U.S. private-sector employers are small businesses, and nearly 7 out of 10 American jobs are at a small business. With this scale, it’s easy to understand […]…
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Bunq brings Google Pay to the Netherlands and Portugal
The Dutch neobank, founded in 2012, has become the first provider to offer Google Pay support in its home country, as well as in Portugal. Google Pay is a safe and easy way to pay contactless with your NFC-equipped Android phone in physical retail locations or online. It creates encrypted virtual cards that are securely stored on your […]…
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Lanistar’s New Card Supports Personalized Security, A First In Fintech
Bottom Line: Lanistar’s new payment card provides an innovative solution to the paradox holding FinTech back from growing faster, which are the conflicting needs of providing tighter transaction security while giving customers more freedom to customize services. Fintech startups bring much-needed innovation to the Financial Services industry by concentrating on the two main problems holding back […]…
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Railsbank raises $37m
Banking-as-a-Service platform Railsbank has raised $37 million in a funding round led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. Anthos Capital, Global Brains, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr joined the round, the proceeds of which will be used to fuel London-based Railsbank’s geographic and product expansion. The most immediate target is the […]…
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British AI fintech startup ilumoni raises €380K to make it easy for people to borrow well
ilumoni, the British fintech startup helping people to borrow better, save on unnecessary interest and time in paying off debts has raised more than €380K pre-seed investment backed by Move Ventures (formed by the founders of Market Gravity, acquired by Deloitte in 2017), and angel investors including Simon Moran, former CMO and now Non-Executive Director, Premium […]…
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