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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

PYMNTS

B2B FinTechs in the U.S. This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. Software-As-A-Service (SaaS).

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This Singapore Fintech Wants U.S. Banks To Be As Engaging As Amazon

Bank Innovation

A lot of data is being generated and collected on a daily basis thanks to social media, IoT, and online customer behavior (Upstart, for example, uses this method for its underwriting decisions). However, financial institutions still lack the analytical capabilities necessary […].

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

Gonzobanker

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!). Sam & Chris.

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Union Bank’s Head of Business Data Explains the Importance of Prescriptive Analytics

Bank Innovation

It's the combination of prescriptive data analytics and predictive analytics that the new head of business data and insights at Union Bank, Una Fox, said is key to driving growth for the bank and its savings-only platform PurePoint Financial. Fox was appointed to her position in January.

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Closing the Social Media Gap

William Mills

Social media is no longer the shiny new toy in the PR and marketing toy box. Today, financial providers and FinTech firms alike know they must integrate social media into their communications strategies. For many FinTech companies, social media serves primarily as a source for leads.

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Middesk CEO On Helping FIs And FinTechs Derisk KYB

PYMNTS

While consumer onboarding for banks and FinTechs has seen immense innovation in recent years, the same cannot be said for business customers, according to Kyle Mack, CEO of Middesk. 8), the company announced that it has joined Visa's Fintech Fast Track Program to help emerging FinTechs optimize their own business identity strategies.

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Are Your Analytics Hot – or Crazy?

Gonzobanker

Everybody’s talking about analytics these days and it’s not just in the predictable tech and fraud circles but in finance, marketing and lines-of-business. President John Dean from the early days of bank analytics 25 years ago – “ more loans, better loans, faster loans.” Analytics: The Hot Crazy Matrix. It’s everywhere.