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According to Banking Technology, PayU will be implementing Mambu's software-as-a-service based core banking platform; the software will support PayU's short-term deferred payment product; Mambu now has 26 clients which it supports from its Miami office; PayU is currently running a pilot in Colombia but it is expected to roll out services across Latin America. Source
Ebay dropped PayPal and turned to Adyen to be its primary processing partner; Banking Technology reports that eBay users “do not need to take any action at this time” as the “transition to full payments intermediation will be a multi-year journey”.; the deal will begin with a move in North America in the second half of 2018 before expanding in 2019. Source.
Rocket Internet has reached the investment cap of $1 billion on its Rocket Internet Capital Partners fund; fund will invest in early stage and growth startups including fintech and marketplace lending companies; received the majority of its investment from institutions. Source
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There are differing beliefs on payday loans and how far regulation should go to protect consumers; to better answer the effects of payday lending on consumers many people turn to research; results of a study done in 2014 are now in doubt after a watchdog group found that $30,000 of grant funding came from a payday-industry-backed organization; since these types of studies help shape policy it has brought into question how deep these types of studies should be evaluated. Source
Morgan Stanley has partnered with Addepar to provide investment management platform services for its private wealth management group; Addepar is a growing investment management platform that provides solutions for aggregating and managing the wealth of private high net worth clients; Addepar is supported by Peter Thiel; prior to the partnership with Morgan Stanley its clients primarily included registered investment advisors; it is now seeking to expand to a broader range of large private wealth banking clients. Source