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Reimagining The Bank As A Technology Company

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Intimidated by the scale and cost of a massive technological overhaul, large financial institutions (FIs) may approach their digital transformation (DX) journeys gradually, targeting various areas of operations to modernize one-by-one. “Banks are technology companies,” Rio Tinto recently told PYMNTS.

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BitPesa Restructures, Secures $15M For Expansion

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B2B FinTech BitPesa , which operates a platform offering foreign exchange and cross-border payment services, is restructuring and has announced new funding to support its expansion efforts. BitPesa is a foreign exchange and cross-border payments platform that uses blockchain to settle transactions for corporates based in Africa.

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The Bank-FinTech Tie-Up Evolves

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As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Next Insurance Aims To Raise $250M In Funding; FLEETCOR Agrees To Purchase AFEX

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billion, and FLEETCOR has come to an arrangement to purchase cross-border payment company Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX). Next Insurance Looks To Secure $250M Funding Round To Reach $2.25B Valuation. Plus, Nacha has announced the introduction of cybersecurity and voice payment resources.

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Driving seamless data integration for successful treasury management

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Treasury activities, which cover money market operations, foreign exchange transactions, securities trading, and derivatives, generate a significant volume of data that are needed to be meticulously monitored and properly reported.

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JAGGAER Joins Forces With TransferMate On ‘Source to Settle’

PYMNTS

Procurement technology company JAGGAER has collaborated with TransferMate to provide offerings from “source to settle,” according to an announcement. TransferMate lets businesses exchange international payments quicker and simpler than in the past.

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FinTechs Expand Open Banking Opportunity For Banks

PYMNTS

German banking platform Mambu has announced a collaboration with TransferWise to enhance banks’ cross-border payments and foreign exchange management operations, the companies recently revealed. Trade finance technology firm Surecomp is expanding its capabilities for developers and lenders, launching an API dubbed APIsure.

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