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Surprises from the Consumer Financial Decision Making Conference (Behavioral Economics)

Celent Banking

Focusing on alerts only in the context of trying to stimulate behaviors (and leaving aside their potential to help in fraud, balance notifications, and the like), researchers found that some people who were told that their FICO score was good became complacent and indulged in behavior that subsequently lowered their score.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

Fintech Labs Insights

Canopy Tax (formerly Beanstalk). Tax & accounting practice management. Fraud detection. HQ: Omaha, Nebraska. Tags: Security, fraud, payments, ecommerce, Finovate alum. Source: FT Partners. HQ: Salt Lake City, Utah. Latest round: $8 million. Total raised: $10 million. Source: Crunchbase. Source: Finovate.