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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Marketplace lending. The blockchain can even end world poverty and transform society by making it safer for total strangers to lend each other money — without any third-party intermediary — and without any risk. Marketplace Lending. Honesty is the best policy.

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Advocacy at the Grassroots: A Lively Legislature

Independent Banker

We also have been playing what has become an annual game of intense defense—opposing a number of proposals that would enhance and expand the fields of membership and powers of tax-exempt credit unions. From 1992 to 2011, the total shrunk from 299 to 169 institutions, and the trend has not dissipated.) 3616 and A. 4785 and A.

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The 238 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Sep 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

22 Sep 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. South Korea. Aug 2021 round. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. New Zealand. Accounting. 9 Sep 2021. Nov 2018 transaction. 9 Sep 2021. Infrastructure. 9 Sep 2021. Tinkoff Bank. Mar 2021 SPAC (proposed). Wise ( TransferWise ). 9 Sep 2021. Dec 2019 round. Dec 2019 round. Aug 2021 round. Better.com.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Business lending and corporate cards. Most recently, Stripe has launched a Corporate Card and a Lending product geared towards small businesses.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

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. Plaid Technologies. April ’21 round. Infrastructure. Jan ’22 round. Jan ’22 round. Tinkoff Bank. Mar ’21 SPAC (proposed). Dec ’19 round. Wise ( TransferWise ). Aug ’21 round. Payroll/SMB.

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Guest Post: Quarterly Financial Markets and Economics Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Since 2011, productivity has fallen by -.4%. Bank lending has not been the catalyst it used to be for improved growth in this recovery compared to prior ones; maybe we can point at regulation after regulation being forced onto banks and higher, more restrictive capital requirements. The last seven years are proof.