Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

That’s just the beginning,” warned the Chicago Tribune less than a week earlier. While investors are increasingly cautious and focused on an investment's potential for downturn protection, investment capital remains abundant. Managing CRE portfolios will require lenders to follow best practices for underwriting and loan reviews.

Lending 195

Lending Trends FDIC Survey 195

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

Investors seem confident in the industry’s startups and their ability to provide adequate risk management and underwriting for their loans; VCs provided more than $11.5 million in B2B venture capital was divided among alt-finance, supplier payments and Big Data services startups this past week. Accounts Receivable Management.

Lending 100

Lending Regulation Big Data Risk Management 100

Cisco

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By creating sustainable financial offers, prioritizing green investment mechanisms and reallocation of capital, financing sustainable programs, and tracking the carbon footprint tracking of transactions, FIs can incentivize the integration of sustainability criteria into financial services decision-making.

Industry 144

Industry San Jose New York City Resources 144

PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

B2B FinTech startups struck out this week, but that doesn’t mean venture capitalists ignored the B2B startup space altogether. While VC favorite enterprise cybersecurity showed up on the scoreboard, investors also eyed startups that help businesses manage their employees and their business partners. Employee Management.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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 Strategy Leadership Lending 147

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Chicago-area cybersecurity specialist Rippleshot has raised $1.2 The investment round was led by KGC Capital and featured participation from UMB Bank, Wintrust, and SixThirty, the fintech accelerator based out of St. Developers, account managers, and sales staff are among the kinds of talent the company is looking for.

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St. Louis Capital Chicago Analytics 12

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at the problem of creating accessible, affordable personal loans for consumers. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand.

Lending 134

Lending Alabama Online System 134

Celent Banking

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It's hard to believe that an entire month has gone by since Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco — but baseball fans will have noticed that things have been a bit hectic here in Chicago of late. Most banks, however, are not Capital One. Banks can roll their own code, spool up a VM, and off they go.

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Chicago San Francisco Cleveland Data 100

Bank Innovation

APRIL 6, 2016

This week’s startups to watch are investing in under-leveraged niches of the fintech world, from P2P networks to lower insurance premiums, Read More. A few weeks ago we focused on invest tech, and brought up three startups working to help the market-savvy turn a small advantage into a major lead over other investors.

Marketing 150

Marketing Fintech Chicago Capital 150

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex. The Experience Award Goes to BCU , Chicago. Remember that? Then, in 90 days, COVID-19 turned everything on its head.

Idaho 181

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 181

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions. Broadly enabling online commerce. Online and offline payments.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

B2B startups continue to steal the venture capital spotlight. Recent reports in Citing Venture Intelligence data, LiveMint said B2B FinTech has secured $657 million in India so far this year, compared to $617 million for B2C FinTechs. B2B FinTech companies are more predictable than B2C firms,” he told the publication. “A

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Fintech Capital Austin Operations 100

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Three Finovate alums won their respective categories at the 2016 Wealth Management Awards. For Envestnet, the award comes just days after announcing its new collaboration with Charlotte, North Carolina’s Innovation Partners , who will use financial wellness solutions from Envestnet | Yodlee to enhance its wealth management services.

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San Diego Management North Carolina Philadelphia 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

London beat that this week with 5, followed by 3 in NYC, and 2 each from Chicago, Florida and Germany. Fintech deals by size from May 7 to 13, 2016: Avant (AvantCredit UK). HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Capital Float. Working capital financing. Online payments & cash management for small businesses.

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Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Reports in the Chicago Tribune indicated that Kroger CIO Chris Hjelm was thinking that perhaps it was time to really re-evaluate Kroger’s total relationship with Visa. The story got bigger from there: Kroger announced it was thinking bigger, and might consider a total ban on accepting Visa credit cards throughout all of its grocery chains.

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Apple Samsung Cards Marketing 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech.

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Cards Lending Strategy US 101

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

But if there’s one in the fintech sector, the dozens of investors in these 23 companies didn’t get the memo. In the last full non-holiday week of the year, $685 million poured into fintech companies worldwide. Investing & portfolio management. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. FinTech Group. Indexa Capital.

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Company Fintech North Carolina California 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 24, 2016

The Series B round was led by MK Capital, and featured participation from Grotech Ventures and Relevance Capital. Passport CEO Bob Youakim said that the capital infusion would help speed the company’s growth and expansion both in the U.S. The new investment takes Passport’s total funding to $17 million.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Chicago-based anti-fraud, transaction monitoring specialist Rippleshot has raised an additional $2.6 The investment, led by the venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group, CMFG Ventures, takes the company’s total funding to $4.6 million in seed funding.

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Chicago Illinois Cards Fraud 17

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

Fintech funding records continue to fall. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Capital Match. Mobile investment research & management tool. Microfinance management for the institution. Drip Capital . Tags: Y Combinator (YC S15), investing, retirement, wealth management. billion, from 25 companies. billion ($1.1

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San Francisco Company Fintech California 12

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2015

There were two blockbuster deals, $170 million to German marketplace lender Auxmoney and $81 million to health insurance management platform Collective Health. Finally, congratulations to Finovate alum Financit which grabbed an undisclosed, but we are guessing considerable, amount of capital from Goldman Sachs. HQ: Chicago, Illinois.

Company 12

Company Fintech California North Carolina 12

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 17, 2016

Envestnet offers wealth management technology and services to help advisory firms leave brokerages and compete with large financial institutions. Based in Chicago, IL. Prior to that, he was managing director at Nuveen Investments. Company facts: Founded in 1999. Used by 43,000 financial advisors to support over $800B in assets.

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Tools Management Millennials Chicago 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

With 38 deals reported – one shy of the weekly record – fintech companies raised $303 million worldwide the first week of June. Fintech deals by size from May 28 to 3 June, 2016: Partners Life. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Kikka Capital. Tags: Advisors, institutions, investing, trading, risk management. Online insurance.

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New York City Company Fintech San Francisco 12

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This week’s look at the convergence of AR and AP finds new solutions from banks and FinTechs alike finding opportunity to strengthen the buyer-supplier relationship through tools that tackle friction on both ends of the B2B transaction. Signature Bank Streamlines Supplier Onboarding.

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Payments Chicago Management Meeting 161

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 27, 2016

This week, small business lender Mayava Capital honored the most influential people in small business lending in its Marketplace Lending Power 20 awards. OnDeck Capital CEO, Noah Breslow. Formed the idea of the company in 2011 to help Chicago recover from the real estate crash. Acquired BillGuard for $30 million in 2015.

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Lending San Francisco Utah Capital 12

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2018

Alternative finance, cybersecurity and logistics providers landed the majority of the more than $205 million in funding placed for B2B startups in venture capital and debt. Cerebro Capital. Wunder Capital. The largest investment round of the week goes to Wunder Capital, a U.S. TTV Capital, based in the U.S.,

Lending 109

Lending Capital Chicago Tools 109

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued.

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Community Bank Community National Philadelphia 172

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Private capital continued to flow into the fintech sector this week with 21 companies raising $257 million. Just five weeks into the new year, fintech companies have raised $4.25 Here are the fintech deals by size from 30 Jan to 5 Feb 2016: Credibly . Consumer healthcare bill & debt management. Blockstream.

Company 12

Company Fintech Bitcoin California 12

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Today, the bots are still being used across industries like fintech, healthcare, sales and CRM, retail, and even law — and they’re having important, though quiet, effects. Fintech: Contract review & bill negotiation. Personal finance: Using chatbots to help people manage their spending. Table of Contents.

Industry 78

Industry Examples Tools Retail 78

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2017

Market capitalization of $5.63 Pictured: Mine Fornerod, Net Guardians Digital Marketing Manager, demonstrating FraudGuardian at FinovateAsia 2016. (19) Market capitalization of $218 million. Pictured: Sarah Clark (General Manager, Identity, Mitek) demonstrating Mobile Verify at FinovateEurope 2017. (39) Founded 1993.

San Jose 12

San Jose San Diego North Carolina California 12

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Empowering investment managers with automated portfolio commentary, the new integration will enable companies to scale their reporting efforts to serve a larger and broader client base – and to do so within the monthly and/or quarterly reporting cycles customers and regulators demand. Stuart Frankel is founder and CEO.

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Analytics Illinois Chicago Analysis 12

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Twenty months of my absence have allowed the “professional” top managers to kill the company using the money of rich oligarchs. The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. Majority shareholders abandoned it. Product: Bridj.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78