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The Finanser’s Week: 17th July – 23rd July 2017

Chris Skinner

This week’s main blog headlines are … Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks There’s an old joke about the guy who’s lost driving in the countryside who stops to ask a pedestrian how to get to the city. These are the ones I quite liked, so it’s not … What happened to the bitcoin bubble?

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

PYMNTS

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

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

There has been an average of 28 fintech deals per week this year. Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July, 2016: Blockchain Intelligence Group. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Lost/stolen credit & debit card solution. Tags: Consumer, payments, credit/debit cards, security, convenience. P2P currency exchange.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

For the 14th week in a row, fintech deals worldwide surpassed the 20-mark. Ixaris landed $6 million for its prepaid card platform. Here are the fintech deals by size from 2 April to 8 April 2016: Home Link (Lianjia). Prepaid card payments platform. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Bitcoin payments.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

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: Boston, Massachusetts.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

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: Boston, Massecheusetts. Bitcoin compliance solutions. Tags: Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency. The vast majority, $5.9