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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

bank failures per year between 1996 and 2006, and 3.6 The old borrow short, lend long strategy. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. banks failed a year.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

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Table: YC Fintech Companies by Year Class Total Companies # Fintech Companies % Fintech 2014 (half year) 56 5 9% 2013 83 9 9% 2012 117 8 7% 2011 89 7 8% 2010 61 6 10% 2009 39 1 3% 2008 43 1 2% 2007 32 2 6% 2006 17 0 0% 2005 8 1 13% Total 545 40 7.4% Indinero [link] Accounting, taxes & payroll. One solution.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: November 30, 2006. Date: February 6, 2006. In 2006, it was the most-visited website in the US, even beating out Google. Zynga and OMGPOP.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

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5 Nov 2021. Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. July 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. New Zealand. Accounting. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. South Korea. Nov 2018 transaction.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Dec 2021)

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Mar ’21 round. Netherlands. Block ( Square ). August ’21 exit to Square. Aug ’21 round. FTX Exchange. Oct ’21 round. South Korea. Nov ’18 transaction. New Zealand. Accounting. Secondary market May 21. Tinkoff Bank. Mar ’21 SPAC (proposed). Dec ’19 round. Wise ( TransferWise ). Dec ’21 round. Jan ’16 round. Better.com. May ’21 SPAC annoucement.

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The 266 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Nov 2021)

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Netherlands. 9 Dec 2021. June 2021 round. August 2021 exit to Square. South Korea. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. Oct 2021 round. New Zealand. Accounting. Nov 2018 transaction. Secondary market May 21. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). Plaid Technologies. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. Tinkoff Bank.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

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Pixelon: Online video vaporware. Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal founded healthcare information startup Outcome Health in 2006 while the pair were still studying at Illinois’ Northwestern University. Founded by Renaud Laplanche in 2006, LendingClub quickly became one of the largest online lenders in the US.

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