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Are Some Banks on Wrong Side of History on Cryptocurrencies?

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh0
Banks and other financial institutions who still refuse to recognize major cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, as a legitimate asset class are putting themselves on the wrong side of history, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organizations. Read More: Global Fintech Interview with Michael......
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Fintech Trends: Chinese Banking Giants Versus US / European Banks During COVID-19

Fintech News Desk
by Fintech News Desk0
Chinese banking giants are ahead of their counterparts in the US and Europe. The banking industry was always looking for a solid reason to build an automated crisis-proof infrastructure to adapt to an agile way of operations. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed that notion irreversibly forcing all major banks to......
Featured Fintech Startups

DailyPay Raises $500 Million to Boost On-demand Pay Solutions Market

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh0
B2B Fintech company DailyPay has announced it has secured $500 million of capital. DailyPay is a leader in on-demand pay solutions for enterprises. DailyPay secured a $175 million Series D equity round led by Carrick Capital Partners with participation from existing investors. In addition, the company also raised $325 million......
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JD Power Reports Big 5 Canadian Banks Losing Traction in Customer Satisfaction

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh0
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......
Featured Fintech Mobile Banking News

Pizza Hut Franchisees To Pay Their Drivers Using XTM’s Today Mastercard For Earned Wage Access

Fintech News Desk
by Fintech News Desk0
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 Ghosh0
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 Ghosh0
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,......
Commerce Digital Payments Featured News

Juniper Research: eCommerce Losses to Online Payment Fraud to Exceed $20 Billion Annually in 2021

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh0
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

Sudipto Ghosh
by Sudipto Ghosh0
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

Fintech News Desk
by Fintech News Desk0
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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