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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

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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: 28 Companies Raise $220 Million Week Ending March 25

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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. Total dollars raised, $6.3

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

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HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Lendful Financial. Bitcoin mining hardware. Consumer lending software for financial institutions. Tags: Consumer, credit, lending, loans, underwriting, enterprise, Finovate alum. Total raised: $319.7 million ($44.7 million Equity, $275 million Debt). HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase.

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

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For the 14th week in a row, fintech deals worldwide surpassed the 20-mark. Here are the fintech deals by size from 2 April to 8 April 2016: Home Link (Lianjia). P2P lending platform. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Bitcoin payments. Tags: Consumer, payments, crypt-currency, bitcoin,, blockchain. Meili Jinrong.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

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HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. The post Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Peer-to-peer, P2P, lending, investing. Here are the deals listed by size from April 25 to April 30: Circle. Digital currency provider. Total raised: $76 million. Source: Crunchbase.

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

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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. Bitcoin-based mPOS technology. Bitcoin exchange. Tags: Institutions, SMB, payments, cyrpto-currency, bitcoin. Source: Crunchbase.

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