Benzinga Fintech Summit

Plaid, the fintech company that develops technology connecting banks with services like PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL)’s Venmo, has reportedly conducted a fundraising round that values the company at $2.65 billion. The San Francisco-based company is a Benzinga Fintech Summit alumnus...

With the second annual Benzinga Fintech Summit in the books and another year of events brining together luminaries from across all aspects of finance, we're taking the opportunity to debrief with a few of the participants to get their opinion on the current state of their industry and to get a...

With the second annual Benzinga Fintech Summit in the books and another year of events brining together luminaries from across all aspects of finance, we're taking the opportunity to debrief with a few of the participants to get their opinion on the current state of their industry and to get a...

Every year, many of us gather around the dinner table and overindulge in a Thanksgiving feast. Between scoops of stuffing and pours of gravy, there’s time to catch up on what the family has been up to since last year. What is there to talk about this year? Some new, some old … and some...

Fintech guru, investor and executive Ron Suber moderated a Benzinga Fintech Summit panel with leaders from the growing payments industry. BPM’s Mark Li, Qwil CEO Johnny Reinsch and Token.io’s Steve Kirsch presented their takes on how to create an effective global payments...

Many of the recent advancements in payment services and financial technology can be attributed to a pair of college students and their innovative idea for splitting checks. Founded in 2009, roommates Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail developed Venmo, a new solution to traditional transaction...

Digital wallets and emerging payments technology were at the forefront of conversations at the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco. Karla Allen, head of digital wallets at Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), provided insight on the industry and its future in retail. Walmart Pay Walmart Pay is...

Executives working in blockchain payments technology talked distribution capabilities, transfer efficiency and the future of payments infrastructure at the Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco. Cory Johnson, Ripple's chief market strategist; Paul Diegelman, Fiserv Inc. (...

MoneyLion CEO Dee Choubey, MyVest CEO Anton Honikman and Finicity's Vice President of Strategic Programs Lisa Kimball discussed how their companies fit into the transformation of personal finance Wednesday at the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Summit. MoneyLion MoneyLion provides loans of up $50,...

Founded in 2008, fintech company Kabbage provides funding to small businesses through a simplified, expedited and automated platform. Co-founder Kathryn Petralia spoke to investors and entrepreneurs Wednesday at the Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco about her journey and the...

Executives from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) and others described how banks and fintech companies are partnering to change the payments landscape at the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco. Adam Carson, Chase's head of fintech partnerships;...

The 2018 Benzinga Fintech Summit began Wednesday in San Francisco with a keynote address from Jeff and Walter Cruttenden, the father-son team that co-founded several startups including Acorns, one of the most widely used investing apps in the world, and have since launched Say and Blast. JP...

Poynt, a startup that builds a point-of-sale operating system on which merchants can plug in third-party apps, has raised $100 million in venture capital funding from backers including Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google Ventures, National Australia Bank, NYCA Partners and...

From PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL)’s Venmo to Zelle and Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ), recent developments and creative visions have substantially altered the use of financial services. According to a 2017 study by Applause, 61 percent of people access mobile banking on a regular basis. In...

Coupa Software Inc. (NASDAQ: COUP) provides business spend management services to companies like salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM), Unilever NV ADR (NYSE: UN), Staples and Airbus SE/ADR (OTC: EADSY). Benzinga spoke with Ravi Thakur, Coupa’s senior vice president of business acceleration, about...