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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Also in the U.K.,

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.

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Green Dot CEO: 20 Years Of Innovating ‘Banking For The Masses’

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His main exposure to the payments industry was using his Bank of America debit card to pay for things at the store. That brought about an idea to create a card that would give kids — who didn’t have a credit card, but did have access to high-speed internet at school — a way to buy things online. What’s Next.

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What Every Banker Needs to Know Today About Artificial Intelligence

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If you just thought of HAL in 2001: Space Odyssey telling Dave he was getting pissed, you’re there! A financial institution can create and implement its own predictive models by utilizing off-the-shelf tools available in the market today, especially on its card portfolio, where the profitability and transaction volumes are rich.

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Fintech Labs Launches Space for Small Businesses to Connect with Digital Financial Services (Banks, Lenders, Insurers, Payment Processors, Accounting)

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Lending : Our largest category tracks 33 digital alt-lenders predominantly lending to small-and-medium U.S. Cards : Currently, 16 startups offer charge cards (or credit cards) and business expense management services in the United States. 7 card payment processors. – Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S.

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The 198 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (June 2021 update)

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Bunq , banking startup from The Netherlands. Scalable Capital , German investech. Digit Insurance. Starling Bank. Scalable Capital. Personal Capital. Related: Top 15 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2021. -based wealth management platform. 102(t): $2.1B

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The 187 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (May 2021 update)

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Personal Capital. Related: Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021). Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. Acquired by Bill.com (May 2021). United States. Exit April 2021. April 2021 round. United States. 3 June 2021. United States. Greenlight. United States.