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1M Users & Growing: 20+ Fintech Startups That Have Crossed The 1 Million Account Mark — And How They Got There

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Series A in 2007. Latest to launch: Dave was founded in October 2016, and its first reported capital raise was a $3M seed round in April 2017, making it one of the youngest companies in this cohort to cross 1M+ customers. Coinbase and Circle , for example, were 2 of the earliest players to capitalize.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents. STAYING PRIVATE.

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Mortgage Tech 101: What It Is & Why It’s Taking Off Now

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Banks have receded from mortgage lending for a host of reasons, principally because the cost of complying with strict regulation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on loan qualification and capital requirements has made the business more expensive. Driver 3: Individuals’ debt burden forces them to find alternative lenders.

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AI Will Put 10 Million Jobs At High Risk — More Than Were Eliminated By The Great Recession

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To put these numbers into perspective, estimates are that over a few years the Great Recession of 2007 – 2010 destroyed 8.7 Early-stage food-preparation startups using robotics and AI are proliferating, and operating in both B2B and B2C models. Robot-run warehouses are already in operation. million jobs in the US. in funding.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

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Ninety-two million millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. Bankrate found 83% of millennials don’t think they’ll ever retire: they simply “don’t think they’ll have the money” to do so.).

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The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

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Fail — along with just about every other commerce initiative Facebook has tried to ignite using its platform, starting with Beacon in 2007. There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. percent of today’s millennials will never make more than their parents. I saved the best for last — Apple and Apple Pay.

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