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Intuit Eyes Buying Credit Sesame, NerdWallet And Finicity

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Intuit , the tax software company best known as being the enterprise behind QuickBooks and TurboTax , is looking into acquiring FinTech Finicity , according to reports. It was launched in 2010 and has been profitable since 2017, according to the company. Intuit recently bought Credit Karma for $7 billion.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

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Fintech (note 1) has been part of YC from the beginning. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. But as YC grew from 2005 to 2009, the number of fintech companies stayed at roughly 1 per year. PayTango [link] PayTango links the cards in your wallet to your fingerprints.

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Fintech Startup of the Week: Secure to Make Emergency Savings Plans as Ubiquitous as the 401k

Fintech Labs Insights

Just out of stealth, Seattle-based fintech startup Secure Save is on the winning side of all these trends. Like a retirement plan or HSA, employees agree to have a small percentage of their pay withheld ( though a key difference is the savings account if funded after-tax ). Remote services? Low-cost subscription model?

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

CB Insights

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. Fraud prevention tools. Supporting merchant partner growth. Growing the internet economy.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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consumers owe roughly 26 percent of their annual income to debt, up from 22 percent in 2010. These secretly vulnerable consumers, Webster noted, often use debt to make ends meet, either on credit cards or through alternative vehicles like online lenders. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S. That amounts to $13.2 trillion, up 18.5

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

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It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. Total raised: Unknown (carved out of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2010). Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Card rewards management. The vast majority, $5.9 billion IPO.

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#31daysofwealthhacks – the joy, the tears and the learnings

Jessica Ellerm

For some reason, the first month of the Gregorian calendar has an amazing ability to motivate us to abstain from alcohol, dust off our running shoes and chop up all our credit-cards. That’s why each week I write an article for Daily Fintech , and try to choose something I don’t understand and/or want to learn more about.

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