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New(ish) Ideas Edition: Google, JPMorgan Chase And Samsung

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The CFPB dropped its latest set of regulations for prepaid payments cards , to some cheers (for offering clarity on fees) and some jeers (for thinking that prepaid cards are credit products and require underwriting for $25, 24-hour overdrafts). Quorum is also run directly by Chief Executive James Dimon. What could possibly go wrong?

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

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Bitcoin exchange and remittance platform. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: SMB, enterprise, blockchain, bitcoin, infrastructure, developers, FinDEVr alum. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $4 million Series A. Total raised: $5.5 HQ: Hastings, Barbados. Source: FT Partners. Slice Labs. Latest round: $2.4 million Series A.

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Fintech Fundings: $110 Million Raised by 13 Companies Week Ending Dec 4

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Mobile bank/card. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Blockchain-based bitcoin analytics. Tags: Enterprise, merchants, SMB, PFM, transactions, debit/credit cards. Point-of-sale payment processor. Latest round: $72 million. Total raised: $104 million. HQ: Sydney, Australia. Source: Crunchbase. Short-term online consumer loans.