| Modo Payments Strikes An Innovation Balance Payments has a balancing problem, according to Modo Payments CPO Matthew Leavenworth. There are two forces at odds, he said: The growth of new ideas, entrants and true innovation in payments versus existing legacy systems â which often still function as designed, he noted, and werenât cheap to implement. When organizations try to implement newer systems beside legacy ones, though, the two generally donât play nicely together. Leavenworth sounds off on this balancing act. |
| B2B FinTechs Top Up Funding With Series B Rounds It was repeat success for most of the B2B FinTechs that landed funding in this week's B2B Venture Capital roundup, as Series B investments reigned supreme (with a few Series C and D rounds to boot). Investments were varied, too, with funds at expense management, cybersecurity and supply chain tech firms, though surprisingly, a B2B eCommerce startup came out on top. |
| | Data & Business Intelligence | | What Corporate Bonds Can Teach About Global FinTech Collaboration In bonds and equity, deals involve multiple parties, with information flowing between corporates, banks and investors across analogue channels. It's difficult to accelerate the flow of data and gain a consolidated view of it in real time, says Ipreo executive Bill Sherman. If that challenge seems familiar, it's because it's exactly the same kind of friction other areas of finance experience, like trade finance or cross-border payments. Here's what the capital markets can teach the broader world of FinTech about using innovations like blockchain to forge a better way of doing business. |
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