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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

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Uber had many wonderful years of asking for forgiveness instead of permission and managed to build a worldwide ridesharing empire on the strength of that conviction. Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request.

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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.). Nine years from now, we might be talking about how our self-driving cars also manage all our financial services. Of course, we don’t really expect or even want gifts for our ninth anniversary.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Congrats to Randy and a great management team. Simultaneously the bank invested in Paladin Fraud, Trabian Technology, and Chartwell Compliance to provide compliance and risk management solutions in the complex and connected web of fintech partnerships. We aren’t talking just Bitcoin or Ethereum. Has it worked? 82% to over 2.3%

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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 Then, just last week, Carl Schramm, a member of the board of directors for parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics , resigned due to concerns over the corporate management’s decision process. “I percent on the day.

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Fintech Fundings: 24 Companies Raise $560 Million Week Ending Jan 8

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In addition to LoanNow, Finovate alums attracting new capital included: Gem , which pulled in $7.1 HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Bitcoin mining hardware. Consumer receipt manager. Tags: Consumer, payments, P2P, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto-currency, mobile. And the number of deals was up 40% (24 compared to 17).

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Fintech Fundings: 29 Companies Raise $1.2 Billion Week Ending April 8

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Three Finovate alums raised capital and one of the first FinovateSpring presenters, TradeKing , was acquired by Ally Financial for $275 million. Scalable Capital. Wealth management platform. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Data for B2B analytics & risk management. Bitcoin payments. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July

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HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Bitcoin-based mPOS technology. Bitcoin exchange. Tags: Consumer, cyrpto-currency, bitcoin, blockchain, payments, remittances. Platform for investing in early-stage startups. Latest round: $14.4 million Debt. Total raised previously: Unknown. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. million Seed.

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