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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Since 2014, Seacoast has been on a buying spree acquiring 14 banks. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. She was a trailblazer and an early innovator in analytics.

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Calling All Startups: Reinvent the Mortgage Process (Please)

Fintech Labs Insights

The poster child for bad UX was the denial of a mortgage to previous Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke last year. Tactile Finance ( Spring 2014 ). Roostify ( Spring 2014 ). Lending Tree : Mortgage rate tracking tools & lead gen. million in April 2014. million in Sep 2014. There is still much to be done.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

In each instance, we tore apart the UX and UI of each tool, looked at their growth and revenue numbers, pored through interviews with founders and early employees, researched their public reception, talked to employees, and did our own math. Allowing users to “cut” by referring other users was an innovative idea, and it worked.

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