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2016 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking

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Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit. Read More.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 36 to 40

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Pat Grady, General Partner, Sequoia Capital Zappos, Xoom, YouTube, DropBox, Tumblr, are just a few of the companies in Sequoia Capital’s portfolio. The list goes on and on, so no wonder this venture capital firm is dubbed Silicon Valley’s “innovation factory.” Pat Grady – now a partner at Sequoia Read More.

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DEMOvation Finalists for Bank Innovation 2016 Announced

Bank Innovation

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

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Blockchain VC Investment Nears $500M in 2016

Bank Innovation

As the buzz around blockchain fades, so does the venture capital investment in the sector. Blockchain VC investment plateaued last year, nearing $500 million at yearend 2016 — only a 1% improvement, compared to 2015, according to State of Blockchain 2017 report published by Coindesk today.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 1 to 5

Bank Innovation

Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More.

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MoneyLion names Samantha Roady COO in preparation for ‘exponential’ customer growth

Bank Innovation

Roady, who has been on MoneyLion’s board of directors since 2016, was previously a founding partner at GAIN Capital and president of its global retail brokerage business. She told Bank Innovation that her […].

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Capital One Acquires Trade Credit Firm BlueTarp

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Capital One Financial Corporation announced Friday (June 21) that it has reached an agreement to acquire purchase-to-payment and credit management company BlueTarp. In a press release , Capital One pointed to augmented B2B finance capabilities as a result of the takeover, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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