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Today In Digital-First Banking: Dave Inc. Gets New Marketing Exec; Payroll Firm Gusto Launches Gusto Wallet

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I have a history of working with big, splashy brands. I want Dave to be the biggest, splashiest, most aspirational and accessible fintech brand in the U.S,” Mildenhall said, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company, which rolled out in 2012 as ZenPayroll, reportedly has a workforce of over 1,300.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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 UK’s Currencycloud Gets $80M From Visa, Others For X-Border Payments

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based FinTech focused on cross-border payments, said Monday (Jan. The company said that since 2012 it has processed more than $50 billion in cross-border payments using the company’s offering and application programming interfaces (APIs), and Currencycloud pointed to a customer base that includes Monzo, Revolut and Starling.

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The United States Of Fintech: The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startup In Each State

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Following our previous mapping of the most well funded startups in each state and most well funded food & beverage startups in each state , we used CB Insights database to identify the most well-funded private fintech startup in each state. FINTECH TRENDS Q3 2017 RESEARCH BRIEFING. Inked Brands. $ Regent Education.

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HomeAdvisor Teams With Affirm To Offer Installments For Improvement Projects

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Online home services firm HomeAdvisor is teaming up with FinTech installment lender Affirm to extend payment options for home improvements. Over the past year, consumers turned to brands under the ANGI Homeservices umbrella to handle more than 28 million household projects.

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Why Does a Fintech Darling Need a Bank?

Jeff For Banks

Arkadi was a frequent speaker on the FinTech rubber chicken circuit, being viewed as a visionary industry disruptor. And it sold in 2012 for around book value. So its brand didn't blow away its buyer, Capital One, either. Why do FinTech firms rush to banks? FinTech firms are not and do not. I suppose he was.

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Alibaba Buys Daraz

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Daraz was founded by Rocket Internet in 2012 and has since expanded across five South Asian markets, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and, of course, its home country of Pakistan. Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has acquired Daraz , Pakistan’s most popular online shopping destination, thus expanding its empire into South Asia.