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JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

As part of Ripple ’s $50 million pledge for blockchain research, the crypto firm has said it will give $2 million over five years to the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin. Blockchain Capital is the premiere fund for any project looking to get off the ground in the blockchain space.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

These days, however, Uber is spending its time, increasingly, in court and has even managed to allow things to break down completely in Austin such that it doesn’t operate there anymore. The era of forgiveness instead of permission may be coming to an end. And I think that’s the sea change in attitude here at the OCC.”.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Startups looking to raise capital have more options today thanks to evolving technology, regulation and market behavior. only seeing deals that could not raise elsewhere), but now that it has matured, it’s becoming an option to other sources of early capital (eg. First Round Capital blog post. family & friends, angels, VCs).

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Geneva-based Temenos’ announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based digital application provider Kony in a deal totaling $580 million. For Kony clients, the Temenos deal eliminates the distraction that could have been associated with an IPO and provides a strong, well-capitalized parent. This is yet another fintech deal to watch.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

ComplyAdvantage will soon go head to head in a competition against other startups and emerging FinTech providers at NACHA’s PAYMENTS 2017 conference in Austin, Tex. Instead, the company’s modular compliance platform marries technology and strong data to help companies manage their risk better.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

B2B startups continue to steal the venture capital spotlight. Recent reports in Citing Venture Intelligence data, LiveMint said B2B FinTech has secured $657 million in India so far this year, compared to $617 million for B2C FinTechs. B2B FinTech companies are more predictable than B2C firms,” he told the publication. “A

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Leading USA Digital Small Business Charge Cards ranked by FAB score (Fintech Attention Barometer*). Notes : *FAB score = Fintech Attention Barometer , a proprietary measure calculated by Fintech Labs. Lola (acquired by Capital One, 2021) FAB Score = 11. – HQ: Austin. Review Date. Funding ($M). Visits (Oct ’21).

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Leading USA Digital Small Business Charge Cards ranked by FAB score (Fintech Attention Barometer*). Notes : *FAB score = Fintech Attention Barometer , a proprietary measure calculated by Fintech Labs. Lola (acquired by Capital One, 2021) FAB Score = 11. – HQ: Austin. Review Date. Funding ($M). Visits (Oct ’21).

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

The Austin-based company will deploy technology from Student Loan Genius that will enable them to provide loan debt repayment assistance to both TrendKite employees as well as members of their immediate families. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Student Loan Genius demonstrated its platform at FinovateSpring 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. HQ: Austin, Texas.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

But if there’s one in the fintech sector, the dozens of investors in these 23 companies didn’t get the memo. In the last full non-holiday week of the year, $685 million poured into fintech companies worldwide. FinTech Group. HQ: Austin, Texas. Indexa Capital. There may be a bubble in tech investing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

With 38 deals reported – one shy of the weekly record – fintech companies raised $303 million worldwide the first week of June. Fintech deals by size from May 28 to 3 June, 2016: Partners Life. HQ: Austin, Texas. Kikka Capital. HQ: Austin, Texas. Total dollars raised YTD is now $16 billion, nearly double the $8.4

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 15, 2015

HQ: Austin, Texas. Latest round: Unknown “non-dilutive” commitment to Square Capital. The post Fintech Fundings: 14 Companies Raise $160 Million Week Ending May 15 appeared first on Finovate. Total raised: $9 million. Source: Crunchbase. Vested Finance. Next-gen student financing. Latest round: $5 million.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. While the darling of FinTech conferences, this divestiture seems primarily driven as a means of Customers delaying the $10 billion Durbin hit and maintaining quarterly EPS expectations from the Street. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? Payments chaos.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Check out LTP’s list of 88 international startup accelerators, incubators and innovation labs nurturing fintech innovators. Hyperwallet begins 24/7 support amidst launch of new Austin contact center. Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Register today for London or New York to save your spot!

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Scalable Capital launches Android App in the U.K. Hyperwallet begins 24/7 support amidst launch of new Austin contact center. RAGE Frameworks unveils LiveSpread , an AI solution to aid in processing of financial documents for credit analysis. The Beast Apps introduces comprehensive MiFID II compliance integration solution, Minotaur.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Year-to-date fintech companies have raised $450 million in new equity, 67% more than the $270 million raised in the first half of January 2015. HQ: Austin, Texas. Startup capital raising platform. The post Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15 appeared first on Finovate. Mambu attracted $8.7

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Finally, congratulations to Finovate alum Financit which grabbed an undisclosed, but we are guessing considerable, amount of capital from Goldman Sachs. HQ: Austin, Texas. LoanBook Capital. The post Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $420 Million Week Ending October 23 appeared first on Finovate. million or less.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

But the new capital takes Malauzai Software’s total to more than $24 million. Austin Business Journal quoted Malauzai Software’s founder and chief product officer, Robb Gaynor who said the funding will help support the company’s growth and “market expansion.” million fundraising, in May 2014.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 27, 2016

Software-based multi-factor authentication provider Encap Security has been acquired by AllClear ID, an Austin-based company that provides data breach and identity protection services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a blog post announcing the change, Norway-based Encap made it clear that it will proceed with business as usual.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In a round led by LiveOak Venture Partners, insurance technology specialist InforcePRO has closed a $4 million venture capital round. The investment takes InforcePRO’s total capital to more than $5 million. The company says the new funding will help with expansion both in the United States as well as internationally.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

” A multiple Best of Show winner, Utah-based MX demonstrated its cross-platform fintech framework, Helios, at FinovateFall 2014 , showing its technology at work on nine different devices from an iPhone to a Windows tablet. MX has raised $50 million in funding and includes USAA, TTV Capital, and North Peak Ventures among its investors.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 4, 2019

Enter Self Lender , an Austin, TX-based startup with $17 million in funding. Bank partners originating the accounts and holding deposit are Lead Bank, Sunrise Banks and Atlantic Capital Bank. Initially, Self Lender’s initial banking partner (June 2015 press release ) was Austin Capital Bank.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 24, 2015

Hypori raised more than $7 million at the beginning of the year, and more than $6 million in March for a total capital of more than $14 million. The Austin, Texas-based company formerly known as DroidCloud was founded in 2012, and will demo its technology live in New York at FinovateFall 2015.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The Austin-based company revealed some crucial news — it was acquired by Genpact, an operational efficiency specialist for enterprise organizations. Kabbage recently partnered with ING, Santander, and Kikka Capital, and the company is growing fast. See Arxan’s FinDEVr 2015 presentation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Though the absolute dollar value swelled, the trends remained largely the same, with FinTech dominating the fund flows at 93 percent of total activity. LiftForward, which provides small business financing with a focus on manufacturers, retailers, and distributors, garnered $100 million from Monroe Capital.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 15, 2021

Early on, fintech startups were a small part of its class, although Stripe (S09) and Coinbase (S12) were notable (and extremely profitable) exceptions. When I looked at YCvalums in mid-2014 , there had been just 40 fintech grads in its first 10 years. Streamline your debt capital raise and management. Austin, TX, USA.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Four of those came out of the most recent batch of companies launched from accelerator 500 Startups , where each received $125,000 in seed capital. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Austin, Texas.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week , the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 FlexScore was bought by United Capital . Seven weeks into the new year, fintech companies have raised $4.7 HQ: Austin, Texas. ModoPayments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

The Austin, Texas-based startup has built a platform that allows employers to match their employee’s student debt payments, as well as help them manage the balance between paying off debt and saving for retirement. Headquartered in Austin, Texas. ” Company facts: Founded in 2013. Employs 14.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Second quarter closed with a frenzy of fintech fundings with 49 deals announced the last week alone, 10 more than the previous weekly record. Fintech deals by size from 25 June to 1 July, 2016: Paycor. HQ: Austin, Texas. The post Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Of the total raised, $61.5 million was debt.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

In all, fintech companies worldwide raised $222 million the second week of June. Fintech deals by size from 4 June to 10 June, 2016: Tradeshift. HQ: Austin, Texas. Risk management for capital markets. The post Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raise $220 Million the Second Week of June appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 1, 2016

Austin-based Vista Equity Partners has almost $8 billion in capital commitments, partnering with firms in software and technology-enabled businesses. Colorado-based Ping Identity , a cloud identity security solutions provider, announced today it has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 26, 2016

Last fall, Avadian again earned a 5-star Superior rating from bank and credit union rating company BauerFinancial, which signified the credit union as among the best in the nation in terms of capital, loan quality, and profitability. Avadia CU was launched in 1934 as Alabama Telco Credit Union.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Austin is home to Malauzai , Q2, 22 fintech startups and FinTech supporter Austin Capital Bank , so it’s a great choice. Hard to enjoy downtown Austin when you’re wearing slacks and blazer in 100-degree heat and 80% humidity. Even among tech and digital nerds, the groans were audible.

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