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FinTech Veteran Dan Henry Tapped To Lead Green Dot

PYMNTS

Branchless bank and FinTech Green Dot has reported that Dan Henry will step in as its new president and CEO, and will also join the board of directors. Dan is a highly regarded leader and accomplished executive with operational expertise and over two decades of deep experience in the FinTech space.

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Checkout.com becomes UK’s most valuable fintech at $40bn

TheGuardian

London-based firm founded by Swiss surfing enthusiast Guillaume Pousaz overtakes worth of rival Revolut A London-based online payments company has become Britain’s most valuable private fintech business after its latest fundraising valued it at $40bn (£29bn), handing its surf-loving founder a paper fortune of around $20bn.

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Why fintech companies should measure performance differently to banks

Bank Innovation

In 2006 the Faculty of Business and Law at Deakin University in Australia launched a study into the correlation between directors’ remuneration and performance in the Australian banking sector. Spearheaded by the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, they sought to add to a relatively deficient body of literature on Read More.

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How Thinking Smaller Helps FinTechs Scale

PYMNTS

In fact, when it comes to FinTech companies, thinking “small” by focusing and serving a relatively small number of huge markets may provide the best opportunity to drive more impactful revenue with sustainable and profitable growth. Navigating the FinTech Waters. Preparing for a FinTech Future. eventually become commoditized.”.

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EU Referendum: Whatâ??s the point of being optimistic about UK fintech?

Bobsguide

A new Ernst and Young report has found that fintech helped boost foreign direct investment (FDI) to its highest level since 2006 and this is set to increase with the growing demand from foreign investors to enter the UK financial industry. However, as the EU referendum approaches, the impact that it.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

PYMNTS

Before this year, the last time that happened was in 2006, when Walmart made a move on an ILC. And while much has been quiet on the ILC front ever since, as of 2017, two big FinTechs made them very visible again: Sofi in June and Square in mid-September. SoFi, due to other corporate issues , has already abandoned that effort.

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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).