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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground. Demographics shift, products change and technology drives channel preferences. This, however, could be a mistake.

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

PYMNTS

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. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K.,

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

PYMNTS

“The bank’s focus is to create financial equality throughout the communities served, by combining the latest technological advancements with community banking values,” MOXY said in its announcement last year before the FDIC’s recent approval. In a report published last year, the U.S. have emerged to do.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3

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Data Dive, Farewells Edition: Apple, Chase, SoFi, Uber

PYMNTS

iTunes dominated after its 2001 release by putting two things in one place that had never existed before: a digital MP3 player that actually worked, properly paired with a store that made accessing music for a small fee much easier than trying to pirate it. The shuttering comes as JPMorgan has spent heavily on technology, with $11.5

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. Adding to the observation is the fact that from roughly 2001-2006, a devastating housing price bubble formed due to lax lending standards.

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