• Credit
• Innovation
• 17.07.2019

Creditas Further Expanding in Brazil

FACTS After they announced an investment from Santander InnoVenture in 2018, the Brazilian start-up Creditas raised $231 million from Japan-based SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund.

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• Fraud Prevention
• Payment
• 16.07.2019

Kount Unveils an AI-Powered Fraud Detection Tool

FACTS The online fraud prevention platform Kount introduces a next-generation AI-powered solution.

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• Credit
• Innovation
• 15.07.2019

The FinTech Alma Aims for Small Merchants

FACTS The French FinTech Alma was founded earlier this year by Stripe’s former DG Italy, Louis Chatriot. They just raised €3.3 million to boost their development.

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• Innovation
• Players’ Strategy
• 12.07.2019

Arkéa Buys Out Budget Insight

FACTS Crédit Mutuel Arkéa hits hard on the FinTeh industry as they just announced they are acquiring the French aggregation service Budget Insight.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 11.07.2019

Zone2boost: New Acceleration Programme for FinTechs

FACTS Ingenico, CaixaBank and Global Payments unveiled an international innovation programme for start-ups in the financial and retail markets.

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• Credit
• Innovation
• 11.07.2019

Wirecard and Shopee Add Instalment Payment Option

FACTS The German FinTech Wirecard teams up with Shopee –a leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan– enabling then to feature instalment options for their customers.

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• Payment
• 10.07.2019

Visa Acquires the Californian FinTech Verifi

FACTS The US card scheme Visa buys out Verifi, a Californian company providing payment dispute resolution technologies.

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• Innovation
• Players’ Strategy
• 09.07.2019

Challenger Bank for Freelancers Shine Scales Up

FACTS Shine is described as an online business account for entrepreneurs. Their dynamism matches their ambitions and they just unveiled two new offers.

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• Credit
• Innovation
• 09.07.2019

AI: Fintel Refining Credit Scores

FACTS The Marseille-based start-up Fintel was founded in 2019 and launched a tool for assessing applicants’ creditworthiness in just a few seconds using APIs.

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• Credit
• Innovation
• 08.07.2019

Jaja Acquires Bank of Ireland UK’s Credit Card Portfolio

FACTS The British FinTech Jaja acquires Bank of Ireland’s entire credit card portfolio (including AA - Automobile Association and Post Office-branded consumer credit card portfolios). Jaja will be acting as their main issuer.

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