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Berkeley Intros Real-Time Business Payments

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Berkeley Payments was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto. It manages over a billion dollars for business clients worldwide. In October, Berkeley acquired Toronto-based FinTech startup Pungle , a fast, integrated payments platform.

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IBM again a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Risk Management

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Initially founded in 2002 to address the opportunity created by the Sarbanes Oxley Act, OpenPages’ client adoption was so strong over the coming years that by 2005, OpenPages was ranked 29 th on the Inc. When IBM acquired OpenPages in 2010, it was widely recognized as a pioneer and market leader in governance, risk and compliance software.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

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’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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IBM Open Pages recognized as the pioneer in redefining GRC

Insights on Business

Initially founded in 2002 to address the opportunity created by the Sarbanes Oxley Act, OpenPages’ client adoption was so strong over the coming years that by 2005, OpenPages was ranked 29 th on the Inc. When IBM acquired OpenPages in 2010, it was widely recognized as a pioneer and market leader in governance, risk and compliance software.

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The 27 Fintech startups from YC’s Summer 2020 batch

Fintech Labs Insights

27 of the total were fintech companies, a fairly typical 14% of the YC batch. Though back when YC was just starting, only a handful were fintech. In the first 9 years of YC (2005 thru 2013), only 24 YC companies were in the fintech space though two of those early participants are now decacorns ($10B+). Year Fintech.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

Fintech Labs Insights

Fintech (note 1) has been part of YC from the beginning. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. But as YC grew from 2005 to 2009, the number of fintech companies stayed at roughly 1 per year. You are almost guaranteed a multi-million funding.

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

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At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn list (values as of 2 Dec 2020). Related: The Best Fintech Conferences this Week (7 Dec 2020). Fintech Startup of the Week: Breach Clarity Wins Finovate Best of Show (Nov 2020). Value Date/Source.