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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat

PYMNTS

That couldn’t ring truer for the state’s capital, which many consider to have a tech scene bursting with potential and growth. Last year, 147 companies in Austin’s digital tech ecosystem raised more than $966 million in new capital, with more than $3.9 You know what they say, everything is bigger in Texas. billion in exits.

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Adyen Sizzles, Bitcoin Fizzles And Retail Gets Its Groove Back

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Powering the push in spending, according to the Commerce Department reports, are historically low unemployment figures , wages finally starting to show real gains and additional liquid capital among workers due to the tax cuts of late 2017. percent in Q1, in line with averages since 2009. Output was up 2.2

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

He joined COB's board in 2009 after its $310 million recapitalization which was needed from a disastrous slew of losses incurred starting in 2008 as a result of awful credit decisions, leading to a 21% NPA/Asset ratio peak in 2010. Selection: Mitch Englert, EVP of Community Banking, Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

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. Stripe went on to raise a seed round from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk in 2011.

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Kabbage Reaches $2 Billion in Originated Loans in 5 Years

Fintech Labs Insights

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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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

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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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Dec 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In December, we added 7 new unicorns for a month-end total of 273. Their total market value is now $2.1 trillion, down $110B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Dec 1) = 266. trillion. .

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