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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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The Comeback Investment of the Year Award – Bitcoin (BTC). While a tech top-heavy S&P 500 is up 16% this year, Bitcoin is up a whopping 140% and people like Black Rock’s Larry Fink are now dubbing it a “lower volatility asset.” stake in Valley Bank. The laser eyes are shining brighter going into 2024. But wait, there is more.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. billion is just glad we own some Bitcoins at this point. Best Use of Card Rewards for Seat Upgrades We saw a Great Dane in the Comfort Plus section of the plane.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Rex Johnson, Baxter Credit Union founder and former CEO – Rex was a legend in the credit union industry who will always be remembered as the “Yoda” of lending.

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The 2014 GonzoBanker Awards

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And won’t address the biggest area of fraud growth, which is card-not-present. The Bill Moyers “Johnny, we hardly knew ye” Award – Bitcoin’s short but brilliant and colorful life. The downfall of Bitcoin did to online narcotic sales what the decline of online porn availability would do to the Internet in general.

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Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02

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fee on Binance, $600M of Tether printed, $200M in DeFi lending This is what it looks like, this change in the atmosphere, the fireflies all lighting up as the night comes in. Every other person had a physics PhD and worked in risk management for large capital markets trading desks. Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

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CircleBack Lending. Consumer lending P2P marketplace. Bitcoin wallet & payments. Fortress Risk Management. Enterprise risk management services for financial institutions. Risk & compliance management for financial institutions. Source: Crunchbase. Platform-as-a-service provider.

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

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Japanese Bitcoin exchange. Marketplace small business lending platform. Mexican Bitcoin exchange. Tags: Consumer, youth, debit card, mobile, spending, controls, mobile. Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Total raised: $224.9 Source: Crunchbase.