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Beneficial State Bank’s financial activism

Independent Banker

Location: Oakland, Calif. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif., Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. Most organizations … are like, ‘Where is the most profitable market segment?’” Name: Beneficial State Bank.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

Abrigo

This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Capital: SBA fills gaps in the commercial lending marketplace so success in the small business sector is based on merit, not family wealth.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

Bank Headquarters: Oakland, Calif. Like a craftsman bricklayer steadily assembling a sturdy house, Nelson built her successful career and her community bank in Oakland, Calif., Two years later, Nelson moved as a single mom to Oakland, where she again found a job as a teller at a regional bank. By Beth Mattson-Teig. Branches: 3.

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Fintech Fundings: 39 Companies Raise $930 Million Week Ending April 15

Fintech Labs Insights

Two Finovate alums raised fresh capital: Emailage raised another $5 million for its email-based fraud prevention solutions. Equities markets operator. P2P lending platform. P2P lending platform. Automotive lending platform. Lend Street Financial. P2P lending platform. HQ: Oakland, California.

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

Fintech Labs Insights

If you add the $6 billion in new capital raised in the IPOs of Worldpay, Square and First Data, the 2015 total is a nice even $25 billion. HQ: Oakland, California. Payments and commerce solutions for unbanked in emerging markets. HQ: Trieste, Tags: SMB, credit, lending, trade financing, underwriting, commerce.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

Fintech Labs Insights

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Four of those came out of the most recent batch of companies launched from accelerator 500 Startups , where each received $125,000 in seed capital. HQ: Oakland, California. Middle market capital matchmaker. billion, double the $9.8

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

Fintech Labs Insights

The vast majority went into alt-lending including NYC-based Pave ($30o million), Australian P2P platform MoneyPlace ($60 million from Auswide Bank), and Chinese lenders Fengjr.com ($80 million) and Dashu Finance ($77 million). Indexa Capital. Secondary market for private company shares. Nous Global Markets. MoneyPlace .

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