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Microsoft Launches Money in Excel Personal Finance Solution
Fintech applications have given people more control over their personal finances in a myriad of ways, whether it’s paying bills, sending money abroad, or growing their savings. One of the earliest forms of “fintech” is a budgeting spreadsheet. For years,
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8 Undiscovered, Early Stage Fintech Startups from the US to Watch out for in 2020
Throughout the years, the US has produced some of the world’s leading fintechs including popular names such as Acorns, Affirm, Betterment, Credit Karma, Hippo Insurance, Lemonade and Stripe. But the country is also home to a large community of young,
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Brett King’s Moven is Giving Up on B2C to Focus on B2B Instead
Moven has announced a strategic shift to focus solely on promoting their patented wellness technology to enterprise level partners. Plans to spin-off Moven’s consumer-facing business hit a significant snag with major multi-year funding withdrawn as a result of market conditions,
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Revolut Launches in USA
Revolut launched its Financial App and debit card in the United States. Since hinting at a launch last year, Revolut claims it already attracted tens of thousands of U.S. customers. Revolut launched in 2015 with a vision to build a
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WisdomTree: Integration of Blockchain Technology into the ETF Ecosystem
WisdomTree Investments, an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager announced its strategic investment in Securrency, a developer of institutional-grade blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology. Through this investment and its collaboration with Securrency, WisdomTree plans to
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Top-Funded US Fintech Startups 2019 by State
Fintech is gaining momentum in the US with US$12.9 billion raised so far this year, as of Q3’19, already surpassing 2018’s annual record of US$12.5 billion, according to CB Insights’ Global Fintech Report Q3’19. In Q3’19, the US saw ten
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Credit Suisse Starts with AccessFintech, A Global Internal Exception Network for Trade Settlement Issues
Credit Suisse announces the internal launch of AccessFintech’s trading exception management solution. Following a successful pilot, Credit Suisse has gone live with AccessFintech’s Global Exception Network, taking an important step towards streamlining exception management resolution across the Prime Brokerage industry.
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USA Continues to be a Top Location for Fintech Events
On the global fintech scene, the US has been amongst the top leaders, accounting for 57% of the fintech market in 2018, according to a Mordor Intelligence research. Consumers in the country have realized the key benefits of fintech solutions
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Uber Starts with Uber Money
Uber introducing Uber Money, a team within Uber working on financial products and technologies that deliver additional value for the Uber community, all at Uber speed. Several new features and improvements coming this year: Real-Time Earnings: Instead of waiting for weekly
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Fitch: Blockchain Disruption of Trust Bank Trade Settlement Unlikely
The use of blockchain distributive ledger technology (blockchain, or DLT) is unlikely to challenge the franchise values of the U.S. trust and processing banks or their integral roles in trade settlement or asset custody, Fitch Ratings says. Evidence for the
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