Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 6, 2015

Amid the revenue and profitability metrics in the recent trading update from UK mobile banking innovator Monitise was news that the company was shifting strategy from “purpose-built” platforms to standardized, cloud-based APIs in a bid to cut costs. ” Monitise has had a busy first half of 2015.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Exact rates will not be available until the first of March, but UK-based, P2P lending innovator, Zopa , is previewing three new lending products: Zopa Classic , Zopa Access , and Zopa Plus. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Zopa made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2008. Return rates from 4% to 5%.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 7, 2016

I told the assembled throng ( from the STFC ) that I was there to lobby parliament to have THE BLOCKCHAIN accepted as a religion, like Scientology, and to have all associated tax breaks and other privileges. They think I’m joking, but they are not entirely sure.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.) Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets. That premium is the company’s “economic goodwill.”.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Built a workflow for the bank so the bank can approve payment and see all compliance and tax information. Founded: May 2007. In real time the tax man received their payment and the waiter has received their tip. USAA is a customer and they are known as an innovator. Their application is middleware. Biometrics?

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. But incumbent banks are also at the forefront of the most promising innovations in personal finance today, such as virtual credit cards. From big banks to big tech. It acquired 1.5M

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

On the other, you have companies like Earth Class Mail, which despite its large user base went bankrupt during the 2007-08 financial crisis, only to reinvent itself and flourish under new ownership more than a decade later. Julep: M&A doesn’t guarantee ‘synergies’ Founded: 2007. Download the full 25-page report.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are. And not even because they’re job destroyers, which he said is the natural consequence of innovation, and innovation is goodness. They examined anonymized tax data starting in the 1940s until 2015.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

And speaking of free, they surely have a great “free” thing going themselves — they get paid really good salaries and other perks that are – let’s sing this together now – “tax FREE!”. Free – a good gig if you can get it. Here’s another variation on “I just want the world to be free.”.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Groupon’s IPO in 2011 was the biggest IPO by a US web company since Google had gone public in 2007. In 2007, Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell seeded The Point with $1M. UCWeb’s earliest VC investors were Morningside Ventures and Ceyuan Ventures, who collectively put $10M into the company in its Series A back in 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 18, 2016

Captain 401k : Tax-advantaged investments. Seed : Small business banking for innovators. ClearTax ; The easiest way to e-File income tax returns in India. Zen99 : 1099 tax help for rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, housekeepers, and more. Indinero : Accounting, taxes & payroll for small business.

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