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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. Oh, what a mere 12 months can do.

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Investments Stay Afloat And Thrive Market Bags $111 Million

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Thrive gets to their low price point by purchasing their goods from brands directly. Brands currently found on the platform include Zico, Yogi and Thrive’s own branded products. Thrive Market’s pitch to consumers is that they can count on saving 50 percent, on average, off of standard retail prices.

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Renaud Laplanche’s Second Act

PYMNTS

But in what is shaping up to be Renaud Laplanche’s second act in online lending and FinTech world, it seems as though the executive may be ready to take the wraps off his newly founded online lending startup, Upgrade. And it seems Upgrade is getting ready to offer its brand of upgrade to the market in the increasingly near future.

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4 Gonzo Takeaways from BAI Retail Delivery ’15: Viva Las Vegas?

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Tripodi told bankers to look for the functional, emotional and societal benefits of our brands and to tell better stories to broaden appeal. During a Fintech Forward panel, Zenbanx CEO Arkadi Kuhlmann talked about how to lend money to data because we don’t see the people anymore. The Breakouts: A Few Nuggets Here and There….

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$1B+ Market Map: The World’s 260 Unicorn Companies In One Infographic

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The largest share of the unicorn companies are internet software & services companies (15%), followed by e-commerce (14%) and fintech (12%). China’s Lu.com ($18.5B) is the most valuable private fintech company. Out of those companies, the most represented category was fintech (8 companies). Healthcare. 9f Group. $1.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Consumers was the first big credit union to deploy the Phoenix core system and this year was the first big go-live of the Lumin digital banking system. GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes.

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