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

Fintech Labs Insights

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor.

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120 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century: November 2020 Update

Fintech Labs Insights

But we achieved a new milestone surpassing the $1 TRILLION-mark in total valuation among the 120 public and private financial technology companies. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Personal Capital. In November, we added just 3 new unicorns compared to 6 last month. Unicorn count: Beginning = 118. + Total = 120.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

But given it’s position as powering alternative energy lending at the POS, it seemed to be more the former. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Personal Capital. The startups is expecting to go public in early 2021 via a SPAC with an estimated market cap of $1.3B. Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 2 Feb 2021).

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

Fintech Labs Insights

But given it’s position as powering alternative energy lending at the POS, it seemed to be more the former. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Personal Capital. The startups is expecting to go public in early 2021 via a SPAC with an estimated market cap of $1.3B. Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 2 Feb 2021).

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

The housing bubble bursting that same year had the opposite effect and various penalties and real estate losses relating to Countrywide’s lending practices ended up costing BofA about $40B, all told. in 2005, the thinking was that enhanced communications technology would help buyers and sellers better connect. ” 11.

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