Veille FinTech (31 mai 2015)
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« Last year foreign workers sent $583 billion to individuals in their home countries, also known as remittances. Remittances are one of the largest financial inflows to the developing world. »
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UK contactless transactions up nearly 50% in six months
« The number of UK contactless transactions has risen by nearly 50% in the last six months from 16.33m in November 2014 to 24.4m in April this year, representing an increase of 964% in the last two years, payment processor Worldpay has revealed. »
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Visa launches new commercial standard for mobile payments
« Visa Thursday announced a new program that is meant to connect financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of new payment and commerce services, the company said in a press release. »
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Paiement mobile : les banques préfèrent les start-up de la FinTech aux Gafa
« Les banques ne veulent pas s’appuyer sur les Gafa (Google, Apple, Facebook et Amazon) pour développer des services de paiement mobile sécurisés destinés à leurs clients par crainte de la désintermédiation. »
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European M-Banking Startup Monese Gets Big Backing
« Monese is a soon-to-be mobile banking service based out of London and Estonia that enables money to be easily transferred from a bank account outside of the sender or recipients' home country. »
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La banque BPCE noue un partenariat avec Facebook
« le Groupe BPCE vient d'annoncer un partenariat avec le premier réseau social pour « être un acteur majeur d'un modèle relationnel qui se réinvente dans un contexte d'utilisation croissante du mobile et des réseaux sociaux ». »
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Fintech Fundings: 16 Companies Raise $68 Million Week Ending May 28 – Finovate
« Perhaps due to the holiday-shortened week in the United States, it was a week of smaller rounds as 16 companies raised a total of $68 million (of which $8 million was debt), with only two above seven figures (Payfirma, Kantox). That compares to an average of $340 million per week so far this year. »
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Innotribe announces the winners of Singapore Startup Challenge
« The Innotribe Startup Challenge attendees selected the five finalists from the Asian leg of the Startup Challenge to compete at Sibos Singapore in October. »
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Mobile fintech investment soaring
« Fintech may be all the rage, but it is in the mobile arena where the biggest bets are being placed, with over $1.1 billion raised globally across 58 financings in Q1 alone, according to data from CB Insights. »
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Facebook Messenger payments service arrives in NYC
« As it arrives in New York City, Facebook Messenger’s payments service has been tweaked to make it easier for friends to send money within conversations. »
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« Having seen its Wallet service fail to take off, Google is aiming another shot at the fast-growing mobile payments market with the launch of Android Pay. »
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ING Direct launches Apple Watch app and introduces one-swipe balance access
« Australia’s ING Direct has launched an Apple Watch app and is taking advantage of a new feature in the tech giant’s operating system to let customers check their balances with just one swipe of their iPhone »
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Les applications bancaires dans le top 3 des plus consultées au réveil
« Après la consultation des e-mails et de l’actualité, la consultation du compte bancaire arrive à la troisième place des actions effectuées le matin sur tablette ou téléphone, selon un sondage OpinionWay pour Société Générale paru mercredi. »
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Capgemini lance une nouvelle plate-forme dédiée aux services bancaires sur le cloud
« Capgemini lance une nouvelle plate-forme dédiée aux services bancaires sur le cloud »
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Marc Barbezat
Veilleur et spécialiste en cybersécurité
