Visa acquires POS payment gateway Payworks
The integrated platform will unify the online and in-store payments experience.
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Top fintech stories this week – 19 July 2019
PayTech Awards winners announced!
Temenos acquires AI firm Logical Glue
It claims to bring transparency and explainability of AI automated decisions to the banking industry.
Mastercard chooses Infinicept for start-up programme
The firm created Payment Facilitator in a Box.
Worldpay teams with ACI to power APM acceptance
Offering Alternative Payment Methods can increase merchants’ conversion rates.
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Near raises $100m for new platform offering
The investment comes from PE firm, Greater Pacific Capital (GPC).
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PayTech Awards 2019 winners announced!
Celebrating excellence and innovation in the payments industry and people who make it happen.
Finca Microfinance Bank implements AutoSoft’s AutoBanker
The suite has been rolled across 135 branches.
Flybits lands $35m in Series C round
Investors include Point72 Ventures and Mastercard.
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SumUp enhances payments for SMEs with €330m funding
Following the acquisitions of Debitoor and Shoplo.
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Goldman Sachs invests €25 million in Raisin
The new funding brings the total volume of primary investment to €195 million.
Most successful Kickstarter campaigns revealed: is crowdfunding the future of fintech funding?
Kickstarter projects had an overall success rate of 36%, with $4.2bn pledged to successfully launched projects.
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NLP software firm RiskGenius closes Series B round
The company provides NLP processing tools for the insurance industry.
Bitt approved for legislation by Barbados regulators
The fintech completed an eight-month Sandbox Framework.
Altonomy closes $7m seed financing round
The firm provides liquidity for crypto assets.
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New firm Disberse targets the aid industry
Addressing the slowness and opaqueness of the financial industry.
TEM becomes first cryptocurrency created at Royal Mint
The private crypto keys and genesis block have been stored in the vault.
Diamond ETF: a gem of a trading opportunity
An asset’s right of passage to the commodity world is becoming an exchange traded fund (ETF).
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SGX upgrades to Nasdaq’s multi-matching trading engine
The tech provides “a more robust and efficient platform”.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 July 2019
N26 has superhero-landed in the US, new hip bank in Spain, and more!
NetSuite supports GoCardless in global expansion
The platform helps to cut the complexities of international operations.
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Advent acquires revenue management firm TSG
TSG provides business management software and integrated payments.
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Lightico closes $14.5m investment for digital customer experience
In the last year, Lightico has quadrupled in employee count.
Turing Technology completes second funding round
Following the release of CryptoMood, an AI market data analysis tool.
TreasurySpring launches Fixed-Term Fund platform
The platform provides a digital pipeline for the wholesale money markets.
DocuSign picks GoCardless to drive European growth
The move offers subscription payment alternatives to cards and PayPal.
IOWA.rocks signs specialist deal with Numerco
Users will have access to nuclear and marine distillate DMA fuels content.
Scottish Widows goes digital with TCS
Lloyds’ life and pensions arm goes modern.
Intrum picks Qualco software to streamline debt collection
The deal follows a 15-month analysis phase.
