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Pacing is one of the largely unchallenged themes of fintech—new ideas come up every few months that require an almost constant state of new tech deployment. But it doesn't really work that way, says Steve Sarracino, CEO and founder of Activant Capital.

Tipalti, whose platform automates domestic and international accounts payable, has raised $30 million in a Series C financing round led by Zeev Ventures, bringing its funding total to $50 million.

Payfone, which provides technology to confirm customer identities, has secured $23 million in a funding round led in part by Synchrony Financial.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts is looking to prove to entrepreneurs that it is in the business for the long haul.

The plan would harmonize a 2015 rule establishing swap margin requirements with a later policy that imposes restrictions on certain qualified financial contracts.

The private equity firms plan to sell a total of 3 million shares in the Houston company in coming weeks.

Dishonestly taking advantage of false membership in a group to score a discount sounds like something most people wouldn't dare do, but it's enough of a threat to retailers that investors see future returns in technologies that guard against it.

Earnings at the Santa Clara, Calif., company were boosted by a 16% increase in lending and gains on the company's investments in Roku.

Bank of Montreal is open to more deals with cannabis companies, as long as those firms can get past "traps" in the lender's due diligence process, Chief Executive Officer Darryl White said.

Tender Armor, which offers a fraud-prevention tool that requires consumers to enter a special code for each online purchase, has attracted private equity funding to expand its development three years after the company’s inception.

A fintech investment surge is underway across Europe. What’s unknown is how the looming Brexit situation may affect the U.K.’s strong fintech momentum, and where exactly funds would flow if talent and startups flee Britain.

SoFi's experience shows that the most prominent names in fintech, while generating massive financial support, still operate in a very volatile world.

Stepping in after co-founder Mike Cagney's resignation, Twitter's Anthony Noto needs to overhaul the firm's corporate culture, lay the groundwork for an IPO and determine whether to renew SoFi's pursuit of a bank charter.

Paytronix Systems has received a $65 million private equity investment from Great Hill Partners to power its development of payment and loyalty systems for restaurants.

MSD Capital, which manages the assets of Michael Dell, and Endicott Management will pay $141 million for a 15% stake in the U.S. unit of Israel's Bank Leumi.

Regions also saw significant increases in its point-of-sale consumer lending, even though overall loans were slightly down from 2016.

Kevin Fitzsimmons, who had recently covered banks for Hovde Group, will become FIG Partners' deputy director of research.

Gift card giant Blackhawk Network will be acquired by the tech investment firm Silver Lake, along with P2 Capital Partners, for $3.5 billion in a move underscoring investor interest in the shift to mobile digital technology, where Blackhawk devoted millions in recent years.

Venture capitalist Spiros Margaris offers a level-headed perspective on the hotly debated cryptocurrency alternative to traditional methods for funding young companies.

Overstock CEO and Wall Street gadfly Patrick Byrne wants to create a market free from trading practices he has long decried.