CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Conventional wisdom dictates that startups should incorporate with taxes and stock options in mind. Many major projects have employees spread across the globe, or are headquartered in regulation-friendly financial zones like Switzerland or Singapore. Bitcoin miners, for example, incur costs for electricity and computing rigs.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., Assets at the giant, federally regulated banks like Citi and JP Morgan, are ballooning.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., Assets at the giant, federally regulated banks like Citi and JP Morgan, are ballooning.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

With the exception of waistlines and maybe taxes, 63 percent growth in anything is pretty good to see. . Banking on Baking (the other kind of baking): Banks are lending to bakers. That would, ostensibly, open up the lending spigots a bit. Bitcoin: Bitcoin, by the by, waves bye-bye bit by bit, it seems.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Given the pending PSD2 regulation in Europe, almost half of the technology we saw on stage at FinovateEurope had some sort of PSD2 compliance element. P2P lending. According to the fintech-ers in the audience, P2P lending is ice cold! This topic received the most positive feedback and was by far the hottest trend of the night.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

There is a ton of regulation.”. A digital currency (not bitcoin, she said) may also be on the horizon to enable the same kind of efficiency in B2B payments that’s already been achieved in B2C transactions. “I The firm provides payout capabilities in addition to invoicing and tax solutions. Marketplace Lending. FinCompare.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

percent related to prepaid cards and 2 percent to payday lending. The new movement on the pre-paid card rule followed news last week that the CFPB will also take another look at the payday lending rule put into place during Corday’s final days as executive director. South Korea is levying heavy duty taxes on trades.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 14, 2015

It was another stellar week for Finovate alums with 6 fundings totaling $123 million: money transfer service Payoneer ($50 mil), AI innovator Kensho ($33 million), tax specialist VATBox ($24 million), , cash-back specialist Mogl ($7.9 VAT tax refund solution . Bitcoin exchange. million), mobile security provider Tyfone ($6.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

Tax season lurches to its end, and thoughts turn to who spends what and where and how. Awaiting consideration by the House of Representatives is banking regulation — or rather, deregulation. Now the House is, at some point, poised to take up its own consideration of that regulation. And what lies on the horizon?

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Users May Withdraw Stored Bitcoin until July. BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Title: Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments. Product: BTCJam.

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