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JD Power Reports Big 5 Canadian Banks Losing Traction in Customer Satisfaction

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh026
According to JD Power’s latest report, the overall satisfaction among bank customers in Canada declined year over year, especially among customers of Big 5 banks. The findings have been published in the J.D. Power 2021 Canada Retail Banking Satisfaction Study. Compared to the midsize banks, the overall satisfaction of 787......
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Pizza Hut Franchisees To Pay Their Drivers Using XTM’s Today Mastercard For Earned Wage Access

FTS News Desk
by FTS News Desk065
DRIVERS PAID THROUGH PIZZA HUT POINT OF SALE  XTM, Inc., a Miami and Toronto-based Fintech company in the neo-banking space, providing mobile banking and payment solutions around the world, is pleased to announce that its Today Mobile App and instant payout solution was chosen by several Pizza Hut Franchisees for a same-day payment solution for......
Big Data Featured Security

Data Exfiltration Extortion Reaches Highest Inflection Point; Globally Companies Lost $80 Billion+ to Ransomware

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh059
Companies are losing billions of dollars to Data Exfiltration Extortion and ransomware attacks. Fintech industry is one of the hardest-hit. Over the past few months, we have witnessed some of the biggest cyber extortions arising from ransomware and data exfiltration, both inflicting severe damage to key markets, including fintech, IT......
Digital Payments Featured Fintech Primers

Fintech Primer: What is Contactless Payment?

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh082
We have been closely monitoring the financial services market for the last 5 years. There are many fintech buzzwords currently circulating in the industry — contactless payment is one of the most exciting one that is worth knowing about. Why? According to a recent report on the Contactless Payments market,......
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Juniper Research: eCommerce Losses to Online Payment Fraud to Exceed $20 Billion Annually in 2021

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh094
Online Payment Fraud is costing billions to e-commerce businesses. According to a new study from Juniper Research, the value of losses due to eCommerce fraud will rise this year, from $17.5 billion in 2020 to over $20 billion by 2021; a growth of 18% over a single year! China is the biggest......
Cryptocurrency Featured Fintech News

GBA’s “The Impact of Cryptocurrency Adoption on Government” Study Released

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by Sudipto Ghosh064
The rise of cryptocurrency is there for everyone to see and analyze. The year 2021 is seen to be the start of an exciting phase for ‘enterprise blockchain’ development. According to Gartner, blockchain innovations would climb out of the ‘trough of disillusionment’ in 2021. Bitcoin, Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies are......
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Atlassian Acquires ThinkTilt, Maker of ProForma, To Further Augment Jira

FTS News Desk
by FTS News Desk085
ProForma and Jira Service Management Help Enterprises Drive Transformation Atlassian Corporation Plc, a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software and the maker of Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Trello products, announced the acquisition of ThinkTilt, maker of ProForma, a no-code/low-code form builder for Jira. The acquisition builds on investments......
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Embrace Cloud, Analytics & Modeling to Improve Finance’s Response to the Pandemic

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by Sudipto Ghosh050
Latest Report Finds Cloud, Analytics and Modeling Key to Improving Cost-Efficiency in the Finance Department Latest technologies like Cloud, Analytics and Automation are imparting a transformative effect on all the business verticals, especially on Marketing, Sales, Finance and HR. According to Gartner, IT spending on Cloud computing would further improve......
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Clearbanc Rebrands to Clearco, Announces US$100 Million Series C Funding

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by FTS News Desk0305
Pay as you grow financing pioneer nears US$2B valuation Proprietary AI-driven platform has funded 8X as many female founders as typical VC; 30% of funded founders are people of color Clearbanc, the world’s largest e-commerce investor and the company revolutionizing the way founders grow their businesses, announced a rebrand and $100M in new......
Digital Payments Featured News

B2B Fintech Unicorn Razorpay Triples its Evaluation with Latest $160 Million Series e Funding

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh083
India’s leading payment gateway platform Razorpay is the latest B2B fintech powerhouse to scoop a healthy funding round. Razorpay’s platform that powers Meesho, Groww, CRED, PharmEasy, Gupshup and Sharechat and others, has transformed the way e-commerce merchants and UPI app users make their payments with online payments links and pages.......