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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Cardlay, based in the U.K.,

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.

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Green Dot CEO: 20 Years Of Innovating ‘Banking For The Masses’

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Those who called the company’s “call center” — which was essentially a storage closet with two desks and two phones at the time, Streit noted — were adults with jobs who either didn’t want to have a bank account or had issues that prevented them from getting one. What’s Next.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update)

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The first, Divvy, is a corporate credit card and expense management firm in the same category with Brex, Expensify, and others. Personal Capital. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Fintech Startup Debuts: Brave Credit & AWSM Bank Pitch @ 500Startups Demo Day (4 Feb 2021). 2-feb-2021. United States.

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Fintech Labs Launches Space for Small Businesses to Connect with Digital Financial Services (Banks, Lenders, Insurers, Payment Processors, Accounting)

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After running a small(ish) business for nearly 30 years, we have plenty of first-hand experience on the pros and cons of SMB financial management software ( see Note 1 for the products we’ve used ). Cards : Currently, 16 startups offer charge cards (or credit cards) and business expense management services in the United States.

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What Every Banker Needs to Know Today About Artificial Intelligence

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If you just thought of HAL in 2001: Space Odyssey telling Dave he was getting pissed, you’re there! In fact, large banks and fintech firms are using these capabilities heavily for marketing, delivery, pricing and other things. It will be used well because management teams get involved and guide it. Avoid the “Road to Nowhere.”

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The 140 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 changes)

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Earnix : The financial services analytics provider, founded in 2001 and is second only to Finicity for longest time to get to the $1B valuation. Personal Capital. Newborns in February: Blockchain.com : The crypto wallet and exchange was founded in 2011, and is now valued at $3B (or about 60,000 btc). Dec 2019 round. United States.