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This is a guest post written by KV Dipu, President & Head of Operations, Communities & Customer Service at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company. COVID-19 has forced organizations to embark on new journeys in various customer facing domains and the fintech/financial services sector is no exception. Since it has become imperative for organizations to consider Read more…
Day Five of FinovateFall Digital featured our Power Panel: Latin America – The Future of Fintech and the Dawn of a New Opportunity. Participating in the conversation were Christopher Carmine, Director of Development, FinTech Connector; Laura González-Estéfani, founder and CEO of TheVentureCity; and Manuel Silva, Partner and Head of Investments for Santander InnoVentures. The panelists, Read more…
Secure messaging company Striata announced this week it has been acquired by Doxim, a customer communications management (CCM) software company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Doxim will use Striata’s technology to expand its CCM platform and provide personalized digital interactive experiences in a secure manner. Doxim CEO Mike Rogalski expressed that the global Read more…
A pair of recent Finovate alums have made the cut for the Fintech Europe Innovation Program sponsored by Plug and Play. Moxtra, most recently appearing on the Finovate stage in 2017, and Subaio, which made its Finovate debut earlier this year at FinovateEurope in Berlin, will join six other startups in the program’s sixth cohort Read more…
As the buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) craze explodes, some fintechs are in just the right place to catch the sparks. Payment services company Klarna is one of these players, and it has just landed $650 million in funding. Today’s round adds to the company’s $1.4 billion in previously raised funds, bringing its total to just over Read more…
London-based identity verification platform Sumsub (which stands for “Sum & Substance”) raised $6 million in Series A funding this week. The round brings the company’s total funding to more than $7.5 million. With the additional capital, the company plans to intensify its product development initiatives, expand into new markets, and pursue its goal of more Read more…
One of my favorite sayings popularized by the current Democratic Party candidate for president is “don’t tell me your values. Show me your budget.” The implication is that, at the end of the day, talk is cheap. Show me how you actually spend your money, and I’ll learn all I need to know about what Read more…
Ahead of FinovateFall Digital, we hear from Chad Hamblin of Microsoft, on why success will come down to understanding and empathizing with your client.
We talked so much about the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) revolution in ecommerce that we are starting to sound like a broken record (someone please explain that reference to the younger millennials in the room). But the no-interest financing strategy is quickly becoming a must-offer feature for merchants, card issuers, and other players in Read more…
The following is a guest post from Scott Raspa, Head of Marketing, Hydrogen. The European fintech scene has experienced tremendous growth over the last few years. One of the key drivers of this growth is open banking. This is causing financial institutions and fintechs to partner together to provide more innovative, user-friendly solutions for consumers Read more…
Mitigating risks for financial services in the long term comes down to being proactive with replacing legacy systems and embracing automation and AI.
What catches your eye when it comes to fintech headlines? A big IPO? A major venture capital investment? Or a huge move on the M&A front? For those whose eyebrows bounce highest when a major acquisition is the talk of the day, one reason why is that acquisitions often but not always signal a major Read more…