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SXSW Accelerator Fintech Finalists for 2017 Announced

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More.

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The 34 Biggest Fintech Conferences & Events in 2022

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 24, 2022

Here is the definitive list of fintech, banktech, insurtech, investtech and defi events for 2022. MIT Fintech Conference. Fintech Meetup. Fintech Junction. Lending 3.0 Empire Fintech Conference. Fintech Summit. Fintech Talents North America. Fintech World Forum. Lendit Fintech USA.

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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 OCC offers few limited-purpose charters, mostly for trust companies or credit card issuers.

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Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raised $300 Million First Week of June

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. Prepaid debit card for youth. Alt-lending. billion raised during the same period a year ago. ——-.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $100 Million Week Ending Dec 11

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Buoyed by 7 Startupbootcamp Insurance entrants each grabbing $17,000, a record 30 fintech companies raised money this week for a total of just under $100 million ($95.8 million to further card-fraud methods. BankersLab received an undisclosed investment towards its commercial lending training & compliance tools.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $220 Million Week Ending March 25

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 Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 23, 2015

While not a pure fintech play, we included it here because its primary customers are the big insurers, including the U.S. CircleBack Lending. Consumer lending P2P marketplace. HQ: Austin, Texas. HQ: Austin, Texas. Tags: Lending, loans, consumer, credit score, underwriting. government. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

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. Tags: Enterprise, credit/debit cards, hardware, card manufacturing. P2P lender.

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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. The Real “Lending” Stock Award – Goes to longtime player LendingTree. Payments chaos.

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Fintech Fundings: 19 Companies Raise $1.3 Billion Week Ending Oct 1

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Fintech circles were abuzz this week as four massive fundings pushing several companies higher up the billion-dollar valuation ladder (yep, I can avoid the U-word if I really try). student loans, the worldwide fintech total surpassed one billion ($1.254 billion to be precise) thanks to Paytm ($675 million), Avant ($325 million) and 17 others.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $590 Million Week Ending Oct 9

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Almost 40% of the total ($223 million) went to Chinese real estate marketplace FangDD which is not universally classified as fintech. Developer tools for mobile card acceptance . HQ: Austin, Texas. Tags: Credit cards, processing, SMB, merchants, developers, API, Finovate/FinDEVr alum. million) and Spreedly ($500,000).

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $150 Million Week Ending August 31

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 28, 2015

YTD, the fintech sector has raised $12 billion. Able Lending. HQ: Austin, Texas. The post Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $150 Million Week Ending August 31 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Payments, ecommerce, prepaid, cards. Socure , a social biometrics provider and FinovateFall 2015 presenter, raised $2.5

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. HQ: Austin, Texas. Card rewards management. Tags: Consumer, credit cards, rewards, travel. The vast majority, $5.9

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Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $420 Million Week Ending October 23

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Prepaid card platform. Lending to bootcamp students. HQ: Austin, Texas. Marketplace lending platform. The post Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $420 Million Week Ending October 23 appeared first on Finovate. Here are the deals from Oct 17 to 24, by size: Auxmoney. P2P loan platform. Total raised: $198 million.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In total, 23 fintech companies raised more than $121 million including Finovate alums Spreedly which brought in $2.5 HQ: Austin, Texas. Virtual card numbers on the fly. The post Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30 appeared first on Finovate. mil), iSignThis ($10.5 Total raised: $45.5

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15

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. Online consumer lending. Tags: Consumer, credit, lending, loans, underwriting. App Annie garnered $63 million for its mobile analytics and development tools.

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First Look: The 56 Fintech Companies in YC’s Latest Batch (W21)

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. Austin, TX, USA. Austin, TX. Debit rewards card for gamers.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. Lending marketplace for small businesses. HQ: Austin, Texas. Tags: Consumer, payments, remittances, gift cards. Total dollars raised YTD is $19.6 billion, double the $9.8

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MAY 13, 2024

The session also covered the new Georgia “merchant acquirer limited purpose bank” (MALPB) charter, which has the potential to be popular among fintechs wanting bank powers. More states require greater disclosure and control over what banks and card processors can charge.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

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. Alt-lending to small businesses. Credit card with consumer controls. Of the total raised, $61.5 million was debt.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $215 Million Week Ending Feb 19

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 Seven weeks into the new year, fintech companies have raised $4.7 Here are the fintech deals by size from 13 Feb to 19 Feb 2016: StoneEagle Services (VPay).

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Company Fintech San Francisco Texas

Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 12

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Despite turmoil in global equity markets, the fintech sector continued its 3-year bull market with 21 companies raising $259.1 Six weeks into the new year, fintech companies have raised $4.5 Here are the fintech deals by size from 6 Feb to 12 Feb 2016: Renew Financial. HQ: Austin, Texas. times the $1.9 Total raised: $102.2

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Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raise $220 Million the Second Week of June

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

In all, fintech companies worldwide raised $222 million the second week of June. million for its credit- and debit-card loyalty program. Fintech deals by size from 4 June to 10 June, 2016: Tradeshift. Tags: SMB, small business, online banking, payments, debit cards, prepaid, expense control, Finovate alum. Alt-lender.

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San Francisco Company Fintech California

Fintech Fundings: 20 Companies Raise $300 Million Week Ending July 17

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 17, 2015

While the data wasn’t broken out by sector, I’d wager that last quarter’s $5 billion in fintech startup funding was 5x to 10x more than in 1999/2000. But at least in fintech, there are vast opportunities to improve existing processes and open new markets. HQ: Austin, Texas. Is there too much being invested?

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4 winners and losers from the American Banker Digital Banking 2018 Conference

Gonzobanker

JUNE 11, 2018

While commercial lending and treasury management remains the money maker for more than 75% of my clients, most of those clients have a retail-heavy, if any, digital strategy. Lots of presentations on voice banking, Alexa, how we’ll bank when we’re all zipping around in self-driving cards, etc.

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SXSW Accelerator Fintech Finalists for 2017 Announced

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Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raised $300 Million First Week of June

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

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Fintech Fundings: 19 Companies Raise $1.3 Billion Week Ending Oct 1

Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $590 Million Week Ending Oct 9

Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $150 Million Week Ending August 31

Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $420 Million Week Ending October 23

Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30

Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $215 Million Week Ending Feb 19

Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 12

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Fintech Fundings: 20 Companies Raise $300 Million Week Ending July 17

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