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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets

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The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Consumers can look forward to soon saying goodbye to the min-6-to-8-characters-with-a-capital- letter-and-number ritual for logging into a website. Mr. Karpeles is cooling his heels awaiting trial on criminal charges related to the bitcoin’s disappearance. Gox continues.

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

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The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. Over the last nine years, it has been PYMNTS’ privilege to speak with some of the most innovative minds in payments and commerce.

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

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Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. “We need to be open to discussing it and working through it,” said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, referring generally to bank charters for FinTech companies.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Eric has always been a student of innovation, and now at Coastal, this fearless leader has spearheaded a number of high-profile banking-as-a-service partnerships. The most important aspect of this deal is Huntington.

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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 The company won’t receive any proceeds from the IPO, which implies a market capitalization of 7.1

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

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In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Smart contract platform tied to bitcoin. Connects marketplace lenders to institutional capital. Source: Crunchbase. Maxwell Health. Payroll & beneifts platform.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Users May Withdraw Stored Bitcoin until July. Title: Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments.

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