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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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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.). But then, we had a feeling that something like this might be about to happen in a world suddenly able to be online and on the go at all times – it’s why we were founded in 2009. That is no longer the case today.).

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

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HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Lendful Financial. Online alt-lender. Online accounting. 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 HQ: New York City.

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

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HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online auto insurance comparison site. Online & mobile payment solutions in Southeast Asia. Online real estate investment platform. Tags: Peer-to-peer, P2P, lending, investing. Here are the deals listed by size from April 25 to April 30: Circle. Digital currency provider. OrbitRemit.

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

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Three Finovate alums brought in new cash: Kreditech raised $11 million for its banking and lending services for the underbanked. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Automated lending solutions for financial institutions. Automated lending solutions for financial institutions.

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

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Online & offline real estate broker. P2P lending platform. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Online stock trading game. Bitcoin payments. Tags: Consumer, payments, crypt-currency, bitcoin,, blockchain. Ixaris landed $6 million for its prepaid card platform. Cortera raised a fresh $3.5 Total raised: Unkown.

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

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Online automobile insurance. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Bitcoin-based mPOS technology. Bitcoin exchange. Tags: Institutions, payments, funds transfer, blockchain, bitcoin, crypto-currency. Latest round: $14.4 million Debt. Total raised previously: Unknown. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. OK Car Insurance.

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