The Paypers

AUGUST 17, 2018

(The Paypers) Arizona has become the first state in the US to create a “regulatory sandbox” program to facilitate the development of financial products and services.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses — announced news that it’s going on tour. The company is calling it the “FinTech Roadshow.”. First, on Oct. 11 through Oct. 23 through Oct.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that it is working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to develop a regulatory sandbox for FinTech firms. “We A sandbox provides relief from certain regulatory requirements so FinTech startups can test products and government authorities can offer guidance.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Arizona-based Zelle processed 323 million transactions valued at $84 billion in Q3. The news comes as during Hong Kong FinTech Week, FinTech firms have certain "key advantages" over traditional banks when it comes to building out a client base and cutting down on risk. Bloomberg to Incorporate Credit Risk Data.

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 24, 2019

Retail Banking Technology Payments Branch Technology/ATMs Blockchain Fintech Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Feature3. What do Circle K convenience stores have to do with Bitcoin?

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

One such player is Arizona Federal Credit Union (Arizona FCU), which is working to offer improved access to its 130,000 member-owners. Credit unions are competing with one another as well as with FIs and FinTechs in offering safe and secure banking services, so it is crucial for them to understand their members’ needs first.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With the approval in Alabama, CORO is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play store to residents in 13 states: Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington State and Wisconsin. App users can trade in U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 5, 2019

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). Arizona was the first state to create a fintech sandbox and we will soon be publishing a blog post about Utah’s new fintech sandbox.)

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Trading FinTech Robinhood Markets Inc. At the time, Robinhood said it intended to bring “hundreds” of financial services personnel onboard in 2020 in Tempe, Arizona and Southlake, Texas. has grown the size of its newest investment round to $660 million, Fox Business reported, citing a representative from the firm.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 9, 2020

The CFPB announced ACFIN’s creation last September, in conjunction with finalizing revisions to its trial disclosures and no-action letter policies and its proposal to create a new fintech sandbox policy.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The fintech space is gaining momentum. Last year saw a double record of $46B invested across over 2,800 deals to fintech startups — a 92% uptick in funding year-over-year. GET THE 83-PAGE q2 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Q2’19 fintech funding topped $8.3B, boosted by a record quarter of $100M+ mega-rounds. KEY TAKEAWAYS.

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ABA Community Banking

APRIL 13, 2018

California regulator down on sandboxes Management Financial Trends Technology Fintech. First state effort explained by top lawyer.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 3, 2019

Paul formerly worked in the Arizona Attorney General’s office where he was in charge of fintech initiatives and led the state’s successful efforts to create the first “regulatory sandbox” in the United States which allows new financial technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment with reduced regulatory risk.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

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. Click on the image below to enlarge.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 7, 2018

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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Payments Source

AUGUST 7, 2018

Today: Facebook wants more data from banks; Arizona opens a fintech sandbox; Alipay gets fined; Visa offers credit to small businesses. The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web.

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Payments Source

MAY 7, 2018

Today: JPMorgan files a patent app for transfer tech; Syncapay's looking for fintech investments; Ticketmaster's deploying new biometrics; Richard Branson warns about scams; Cryptocoin tax payments fall out of Arizona bill. The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 11, 2019

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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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Early Warning Services , an Arizona FinTech company, announced Wednesday it distributed $133 billion through its Zelle digital payments network for the first half of the year, according to a press release.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Scottsdale Community Bank is the first new community bank in Arizona in 14 years, and it already has the capacity to make more than $100 million in loans. We are changing the face of business banking in Arizona by combining cutting-edge fintech technology with true relationship banking.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Early Warning Services , an Arizona FinTech company, announced Wednesday it distributed $133 billion through its Zelle digital payments network for the first half of the year, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Sandboxes are finding their way into the FinTech arena in the United States. Last week, Arizona took its place as the first state in the United States to unveil a regulatory sandbox to bring blockchain and cryptocurrency-driven new products into that state. In one example, a FinTech with roots in the U.K.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The CFPB announced ACFIN’ s creation last year, in conjunction with finalizing revisions to its trial disclosures and no-action letter policies and its proposal to create a new fintech sandbox policy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

Before joining CFPB, Watkins was working at the Arizona Office of the Attorney General, where he was in charge of the office’s FinTech initiatives. He managed the FinTech Regulatory Sandbox, the first state FinTech sandbox in the country.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

FinTech firm POSaBIT is hoping to solve the problem of mobile payments for the fast-growing cannabis industry by delivering a unique blockchain-enabled payment processing and point of sale (POS) system. . The new fully compliant system will focus on the marijuana industry and will roll out across medical and recreational cannabis states.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

BBVA USA, which has a large presence in Alabama, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, has worked with Prosper to provide its institutional knowledge of HELOC applications while the new initiative was being developed. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

BBVA USA, which has a large presence in Alabama, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, has worked with Prosper to provide its institutional knowledge of HELOC applications while the new initiative was being developed. “We

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Payments Source

MAY 3, 2018

Although there's often a tension between regulation and innovation, the sandbox concept can help startups, regulators and incumbent banks better navigate experimental financial technologies.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Early this week, the conference was the epicenter of discussions, where 2,000 attendees descended upon Arizona to strategize and set the tone for our great industry’s future. Joint presentations between bankers and fintechs abounded, showcasing collaborative initiatives.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Mr. Watkins was formerly in charge of fintech initiatives in the Arizona Attorney General’s office, and Arizona is the first state to create a “regulatory sandbox” that allows new financial technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment with reduced regulatory risk.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Alan leads the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group and James is a co-leader of the firm’s inter-disciplinary Fintech Team. Last month, the CFPB finalized its proposed revisions to its trial disclosures and no-action letter (NAL) policies and also finalized its proposal to create a new FinTech sandbox policy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

After five Christmases, five Hanukkahs, five Black Fridays and five Cyber Mondays, Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses – has defenses down to a science.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Desert Schools FCU , the largest credit union in Arizona with more than 220,000 online banking users will use Alkami Technology’s ORB digital banking platform ( our post ). Craig Saur over at CUNA News interviews our very own Greg Palmer about the just-concluded FinovateFall and fintech trends in general (27 min podcast ).

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

They include cybersecurity company StackPath ($180M) and fintech companies Opera Solutions ($122M) & Petuum ($108M). 29 startups on this list have raised <$10M in equity funding. The startup with the least funding on the list is Rhode Island’s The Innovation Scout , a SaaS platform that has raised $50K. Arkansas.

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NCR

MAY 11, 2016

On Tuesday, May 17 th , join Dan Weis, Senior Product Manager at Digital Insight, an NCR company, and Eric Givens, Senior Director of Digital Banking, Arizona Federal Credit Union, for a free, one-hour webinar, “10 Ways to Maximize the Value of Your Mobile Banking Channel.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 30, 2015

For just the fourth time this year, weekly fintech fundings fell below the $100-million mark with 15 companies raising a total of $51 million. With just one holiday-shortened week remaining in the year, the total invested in private fintech companies YTD now stands at $18.8 HQ: Scottsdale, Arizona. Person-to-person lender .

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