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Charles Potts: Fueling growth through innovation

Independent Banker

As a three-time participant in ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator program, Ohlendorf has had a front row seat to community bank innovation through collaborative fintech partnerships. Innovation is taking place all around us at a pace unlike anything we have ever experienced. understands this well. It’s time to get on board.

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The United States Of Fintech Startups

CB Insights

The fintech space is gaining momentum. Last year saw a double record of $46B invested across over 2,800 deals to fintech startups — a 92% uptick in funding year-over-year. GET THE 83-PAGE q2 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Q2’19 fintech funding topped $8.3B, boosted by a record quarter of $100M+ mega-rounds. Rhode Island.

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The United States Of Fintech: The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startup In Each State

CB Insights

Across the US, well-funded companies are rethinking how the financial system operates. Following our previous mapping of the most well funded startups in each state and most well funded food & beverage startups in each state , we used CB Insights database to identify the most well-funded private fintech startup in each state.

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Union Savings Bank’s tech touch

Independent Banker

By partnering with fintechs, Union Savings Bank has rolled out an innovative digital tool that uses AI to help customers achieve financial wellbeing. According to Barlow, USB is helping FIS evaluate fintechs and improve its customer approach. The end result is they feel financially fit,” adds Judd, “and that’s important to us.”.

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The United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups

CB Insights

into US AI startups — more than 8x funding levels just 5 years ago ($1.1B Using the CB Insights database, we mapped out the top-funded AI startup in every US state. They include cybersecurity company StackPath ($180M) and fintech companies Opera Solutions ($122M) & Petuum ($108M). Rhode Island.

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ML for driving behavior

CB Insights

As of now, HiRoad is only available in Rhode Island, where State Farm does not have any captive agents. P.S. Hear from the founders of Robinhood, Affirm, Oscar, Credit Karma, and more at our Future of Fintech Conference on June 19-21 in NYC. Startups target retirement accounts. Though 401(k)s only account for $5.28

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Mobile apps for community banks: In search of business value

NCR

US community banks have entered a tough race, with large banks and fintechs setting standards for mobile banking. For example, Bank Newport, a Rhode Island community bank, has been serving locally for nearly 200 years. A way to outcompete? What does it mean for community banks?