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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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

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

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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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. embraces a combination of the latest technology and traditional beliefs about finance and business growth. The $28 million-asset community bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

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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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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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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. D3 Technology. Total Equity Funding ($M).

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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

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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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Technology Stack: Python, Flask, HTML, CSS, SQLAlchemy, Jinja2, PostgreSQL | APIs Used: Cloudinary Media Optimizer. Technology Stack: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Bootstrap, ForeignKeys, Jinja | APIs Used: Used data from “California regulations of possibly harmful products”, which was a CSV file. Bright Paths Project: Plenti.

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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

earlier this week, the OCC’s recent decision to accept applications from non-depository financial technology firms for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter was the focus of considerable discussion. At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C.

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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 ). Singapore’s WeInvest will use Ewise ( F11 ) technology for its wealth management solution (check out its demo from FinovateEurope ’16 ).

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

One of our oldest alums just inked a deal with the biggest credit union in Arizona. Alkami Technology , which demoed at FinovateStartup 2009 as iThryv and transitioned to its current incarnation a year later , announced this week that Desert Schools Federal Credit Union will use its ORB (Online Relationship Builder) digital banking platform.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

They include cybersecurity company StackPath ($180M) and fintech companies Opera Solutions ($122M) & Petuum ($108M). IDx Technologies. 29 startups on this list have raised <$10M in equity funding. Total Equity Funding ($M). Butterfly Network. Bastille Networks. RiskGenius. Lucina Health. Massachusetts. Indigo Agriculture.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Alkami Technology is partnering with credit union service organization, Open Technology Solutions (OTS), to bring its ORB Digital Banking Platform to member CUs in states from Colorado to Maryland. The company earned a spot on Fintech Forward’s “20 Companies to Watch” this fall, as well. Mike Hansen is CEO.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Yet, at Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired conference last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, they resembled a college football squad that had just taken down a rival in the BCS championship. Many banks are also lagging in technology and can’t stay in this position forever, he warned. While there was plenty of bashing of the major I.T.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Yet, at Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired conference last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, they resembled a college football squad that had just taken down a rival in the BCS championship. Many banks are also lagging in technology and can’t stay in this position forever, he warned. While there was plenty of bashing of the major I.T.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2018

In March, an Uber vehicle in autonomous mode struck and killed a woman crossing the street in Tempe, Arizona — the first fatal accident involving an autonomous vehicle and a pedestrian. According to CB Insights data, the top three industries that have seen the most AI deals in the last five years are healthcare, security, and fintech.

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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. Bowers is the founder of iPay Technologies, which demoed at the first Finovate in 2007, was acquired by Jack Henry in 2010. Blockchain technology. Chronos Technologies.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Before joining the CFPB, Mr. Watkins was in charge of fintech initiatives in the Arizona Attorney General’s office 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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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 22, 2016

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. Ghaio Fintech. HQ: Phoenix, Arizona. Tax preparation technology. P2BInvestor added $5 million in debt for its SMB crowdfunding platform.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 23, 2016

Arizona-based Emailage announced this week it has received an investment from Wipro Ventures, Wipro’s investment arm. The India-based information technology giant is one of eight investors that contributed to Emailage’s $4.8 The amount was not disclosed. million Series A round in November of 2014.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

To this end, FirstBank, with more than $15 billion in assets and more than 120 locations in Colorado, Arizona, and California, has selected biometric authentication technology from FinDEVr alum Entersekt to provide security for its iOS mobile banking app.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2017

Ending the Password Paradigm is near the top of everyone’s technology wish list. Once integrated by a company’s Salesforce administrator, anyone with a Salesforce account at the company can access the technology. This helps explain the enthusiasm for companies like cybersecurity specialist Trusona.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The state of Maryland has launched a new eProcurement system for the Maryland Department of General Services following a collaboration with source-to-pay and eProcurement FinTechs. Ivalua has led the rollout of other government procurement systems for Ohio, Arizona, New York and Canada, the company noted.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 20, 2016

This week, 35 fintech companies worldwide raised $469 million the second week of June. Fintech deals by size from 11 June to 17 June, 2016: Fenqile. Shanghai Suntime Information Technology. Fintech company builder. ClearTax (ClearSharp Technology). HQ: Phoenix, Arizona. Total dollars raised YTD is now $16.8

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 25, 2016

For the third time this year, we tied the single-week record of 39 fintech financing deals. This week, those 39 fintech startups raised a whopping $932 million, (or $680 million not counting the $253 million Bats Global IPO). Here are the fintech deals by size from 9 April to 15 April 2016: Bats Global. Net1 UEPS Technologies.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Is it fair to judge a fintech conference based on the way it reflects, anticipates, and even uncovers what’s most important in the field? We think so – and we were once again impressed by the way FinovateFall this month helped spread the story of fintech in the second half of 2016. ” – Bank Innovation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

HQ: Tucson, Arizona. Slice’s technology provides item-level purchase data across the largest base of online consumers (two million and counting). Slice’s one-of-a-kind Purchase Graph technology. Leverage our Automated Financial Modeling technology to make significant personal finance decisions. Founded: 2013.

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