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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

PYMNTS

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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The Bank Legacy Is Dead: Long Live the Fintech Collision

Gonzobanker

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

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Scottdale, Arizona was chillier than normal this week, but that didn’t prevent bankers from having heated discussions about 2023 at this year’s Acquired or Be Acquired conference, hosted by Bank Director. There were many joint presentations with bankers and fintechs, talking about new initiatives they are working on in the trenches.

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Robinhood's Newest Funding Round Grows To $660M

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Trading FinTech Robinhood Markets Inc. Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz and 9Yards Capital are among some of the backers providing the new funds. At the time, Robinhood said it intended to bring “hundreds” of financial services personnel onboard in 2020 in Tempe, Arizona and Southlake, Texas.

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Delivering A Secure Seamless Banking Experience In The Age Of COVID-19

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One such player is Arizona Federal Credit Union (Arizona FCU), which is working to offer improved access to its 130,000 member-owners. These solutions are playing a particularly important role as bad actors ramp up their attacks to capitalize on chaos and confusion arising from the ongoing pandemic.

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Arizona’s regulatory sandbox is open for play

CFPB Monitor

On August 3, 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.”

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Utah’s new regulatory sandbox

CFPB Monitor

This bill created the nation’s third regulatory sandbox program for fintechs, after Arizona , which enacted sandbox legislation in March 2018, and Wyoming , which enacted sandbox legislation in February of this year. Arizona’s program, in contrast, is administered by the Arizona Attorney General.

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