Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 15, 2016

Last night in Amsterdam the 2016 European Fintech Awards celebrated innovators shaping the future of finance. Four of the winners are Finovate and FinDEVr alums, including BehavioSec, who won the overall award of Best European Fintech Company of 2016: BehavioSec. Founded: 2009. Category: Innovative Banking Software.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 27, 2015

Once completed, the company will have a total capital of more than $585 million and a valuation of more than $875 million. The new capital will help Kabbage grow its staff (adding as many as 100 new workers) as well as “double” its office footprint. Kabbage was founded in 2009, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. Whereas, 3 of the 6 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. So, the capability has existed for 20 years. Biz2Credit.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2021

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. Whereas, 3 of the 5 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Founded: 2009. 1,050,000. SmartBiz Loans. 1,350,000.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. Whereas, 3 of the 6 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. So, the capability has existed for 20 years. Biz2Credit.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. Whereas, 3 of the 6 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. So, the capability has existed for 20 years. Biz2Credit.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 16, 2020

In my 25 years in the fintech space, I’ve had the misfortune to experience three massive ecosystem shocks. To help gauge where fintech is now and how and when it will get back on its feet, let’s compare and contrast the three downturns and their recoveries. 2009 (a 17-month dive). Financial crisis. Coronavirus crisis.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

million in new capital using the same convertible note strategy the company used last year to raise $2.2 Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, WealthForge demonstrated the WealthForge Network at FinovateSpring 2016. WealthForge will raise $2.5 private placements in 2015.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Capital One integration with Amazon Echo. Capital One is the only bank with a live Alexa integration (called “Skill”), but Lloyds Bank put together a proof of concept this spring. The annual Sibos 2016 conference in Geneva took place at the end of September – between the last Fintech Trending meeting and this one.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 24, 2016

Small business funding platform Kabbage was founded in 2009 with a mission to use big data to help underwrite small business loans. The credit line is dynamic; it automatically adjusts to furnish businesses with the right amount of capital they need to grow.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

Kathryn Petralia, COO and co-founder of Kabbage praised Santander UK’s “preeminent global brand” as well as the bank’s “deep financial expertise, large customer base, and a shared passion for innovation.” Join us in sunny San Jose, California May 10 & 11 for feast of fintech innovation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 14, 2016

The move will enable the bank to better serve companies outside of Europe, and comes less than a year after the innovative FI opened offices in the U.K. Fidor Bank received its banking license in 2009 and demonstrated its FidorPay-Account at FinovateEurope 2011. Munich-based Fidor Bank is expanding to Dubai.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 26, 2016

A year-over-year gain of 219% in new bookings growth is the highlight of a record fourth quarter from financial-supply-chain innovator, Taulia , which added 50,000 suppliers across 71 countries in Q4. Raised $46 million in funding bringing total capital to more than $130 million. hospital networks.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A decade ago, an entrepreneur wanting to raise cash pretty much had to have rich relatives or pals, or gain entry into the clubby world of venture capital. My, how much has changed since 2009. That doesn’t mean such businesses rely on crowdsourced funding, however – at least 177 have used Seedrs to raise capital.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

But the new capital takes Malauzai Software’s total to more than $24 million. Malauzai specializes in developing innovative banking apps for community banks and credit unions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Malauzai has more than 350 bank and credit union customers. million fundraising, in May 2014.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But RIABiz reports that the acquisition was financed by Genstar Capital and notes “outside sources peg the deal at $35 to $40 million.” ” Commenting on the news, Strategic Insight CEO Joel Mandelbaum said, “BrightScope is well known for its unique retirement data and its technology innovation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 15, 2015

The hope is that continued investment, innovation, and growth will help Fenergo’s technology become the industry standard in its field. Fenergo is a leading provider of client lifestyle management solutions for investment banks, private banks, and capital markets firms. The company demonstrated its Deal Manager platform.

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MAY 15, 2017

It should be a call to action to the cybersecurity regulators that, when innovation — even intellectually and technologically sophisticated innovation — goes off the rails, it’s time to give a good hard look with an eye to reining it way, way in. That means bitcoin. despite many other countries already giving it a thumbs up.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

XL Innovate. HCS went through a major management shakeup in November 2016 when former AIG head of commercial insurance strategy and innovation Greg Wolyniec joined as president and CEO, while AIG president of liability and financial lines Alexander Baugh was named chairman of HCS’s board of directors. American Family Ventures.

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JULY 16, 2017

XL Innovate. HCS went through a major management shakeup in November 2016 when former AIG head of commercial insurance strategy and innovation Greg Wolyniec joined as president and CEO, while AIG president of liability and financial lines Alexander Baugh was named chairman of HCS’ board of directors. Allianz Ventures.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. It is an innovator with tech (e.g.,

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Download the free report to find out how fintech is shaping the future of wealth management and investing. This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a railroad in 2009. Today, a host of innovators are making B2B payments rails sexy again too. Topic Two: Banks — sure, they’re boring as all get out, but they are innovating.

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MAY 27, 2016

A FinTech Sector On The Rise. law firm, the Israeli FinTech industry has skyrocketed since 2009. The country’s growing FinTech market is quickly catching the eye of major companies from around the world. and accelerating the availability of medical innovations. According to Special Counsel, Adv.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 27, 2016

.” The statistic that stood out to me was 430 : the number of fintech startups headquartered in Israel. What’s most impressive is the fact that in 2009, there were only 90. Market capitalization of $3.8 Market capitalization of $33 million. Founded in 2009. BioCatch – FinovateFall 2014.

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MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Bouxtie’s broken promises.

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MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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APRIL 23, 2018

In 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman , an innovation that made music both portable and personalized. Small businesses are gravitating to online lenders, too, for the same reason: using technology to instantly underwrite and pay out loan proceeds that provide them with important sources of working and growth capital conveniently and quickly.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 8, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. Personal Capital. Related: Watch 19 Fintech Startups Pitch at the Fintech Innovation Labs London Demo Day (March 2021). The total value is now $1.62 129(t) Fireblocks : $1.0B

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Of that tally, FinTech was just about … everything, with more than 97 percent of the total. The biggest investment of the week came in the form of 51credit.com, where the Chinese credit card management outfit garnered $84 million from Harvest Capital and Yintai Group. states and six countries.

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JULY 31, 2018

Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. FinTech Growth. Treasury Department. financial technology efforts.

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MARCH 28, 2017

It is also worth noting that their definition of RegTech is broad enough to include not just ID verification/authentications specialists, but biometric security innovators, as well. Market capitalization of $5.63 Founded in 2009. Market capitalization of $218 million. Founded in 2009. 1) Temenos ( FE15 , FD15 ).

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 31, 2015

An investment of $50 million gives predictive analytics innovator, Radius , total capital of more than $125 million and a valuation of somewhere between $500 million and true unicorn status: $1 billion , according to Fortune. Radius was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Innovation in microprocessors — particularly Nvidia’s graphic processing units (GPUs) — have played a large role. Khosla Ventures also backed Cafe X Technologies in Q1’17, alongside The Thiel Foundation, Felicis Ventures, and Social Capital. It has applied for 480 patents since 2009. How did we get here?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We’ve simultaneously disdained and feared the fintechs, artificial intelligence and blockchain consortia. Hats off to Greg for taking a $600 million credit union to a $5 billion innovator over his 25 years at the helm. Another example of sincerity and innovation making an impact on local communities. Bank Sale of the Year.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. For three of the tools we looked at — Mint, Level Money, and Check — we studied how their product evolved all the way up to their acquisition (by Intuit, Capital One, and Intuit, respectively). In aggregate, they command $1.3 trillion in annual spending.

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