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Whatever Happened To…Kabbage

PYMNTS

The business made its first loans in May 2011, and now there are now about 335 employees in four locations including the U.K., Our focus has always been on user experience and for them to get capital in less than ten minutes. Kabbage had been talking with Thrift, when regulations involving OTC caused an abrupt shift. “[The

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

In 2011, Buffett made a $10 billion investment in the company in support of then-new CEO Ginni Rometty’s turnaround plans. Tech and a great user experience alone didn’t turn out to be a great way to sidestep the merits of using good, old-fashioned credit, risk and lending models to do it. And to learn. Digital Banks.

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The Challenger Bank Playbook: How 6 Digital Banking Startups Are Taking On Retail Banking

CB Insights

These startups “challenge” the traditional incumbent business model by charging customers transparent low fees, providing faster services, and delivering a better user experience through always-available digital interfaces. How challenger banks leveraged regulation. How challenger banks have leveraged regulation.

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Delivering Trust for Risk-Aware Telcos - Using Data and Analytics

FICO

By moving beyond the current one-size-fits-all approach, telecom operators can customise the user experience by identifying user personas and applying an analytical overlay to their customer data assets, to continually deliver critical insight and targeted customized experiences. But it’s all about trust.

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Why Peer-to-Peer models struggle against oligopoly

Lex Sokolin

The media industry has been able to deploy a business model that uses the Internet to deliver a better user experience when bundled with the law. It is a worse user experience to avoid it. Together, the firms have put 1,500 startup projects through the fund-raising process and raised £2 billion since 2011.

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Qumram Raises $2.5 Million to Bring Website Recording to North America & U.K.

Fintech Labs Insights

Especially the upcoming regulations like MiFID 2 and FFSA are driving significant need for Qumram in the Financial Services industry.” Founded in 2011, Qumram has 30+ customers across Switzerland, Germany, and the U.K. Above, Qumram for Employee Governance used for LinkedIn messaging.

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Where are they now? A look at FinovateSpring 2015 Best of Show Winner Successes

Fintech Labs Insights

March 2016: Partnered with eSignLive to Deliver Digital Customer Acquisition in Regulated Industries. Founded: 2011. What they’ve been up to: July 2015: Won “Most Personalized Banking Experience” award from EPAM at the 2015 Citi Mobile Challenge in EMEA. ( Demo video ). Demo video ). May 2015: featured on MarketWatch.