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Digital Disruption

Independent Banker

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This puts consumer data, and potentially credit ratings, reputations and bank accounts, in jeopardy. Siphoning customers.

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The Top 250 Fintech Startups: Where Are They Now?

CB Insights

Two of the most recent unicorns are vertical payments processor Flywire , which raised a $120M Series E from Goldman Sachs, Temasek, Tiger Global, and Adage Capital Management in February 2020 at a $1B valuation, and point-of-sale payments startup Pine Labs, which closed a corporate minority round from Mastercard in January 2020 to reach a $1.6B

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Today In Data: VC For Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin Records And Virtual ID Verification

PYMNTS

The company provides businesses with a way to use digital currencies without running afoul of regulations. The commentary reflects the surging value of cryptocurrencies and how eager investors are to take part in the industry. The funding, which was led by Valor Equity Partners and DRW, will be used to focus on growth outside the U.S.

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Bank Multiple Improvement: 33 Items Stakeholders Want to Know Now

South State Correspondent

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. Regulation: What are your regulators concerned about?

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The Top 5 Trends in Fintech and Banking for 2022

Gonzobanker

Bank of America launched Balance Connect, a service that allows customers to avoid overdraft fees by automatically transferring money from another of the user’s accounts with the bank for a $12-per-transaction fee. consumers, 60% of crypto owners would use their bank to invest in cryptocurrencies.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Goes to CSI.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. The Bank Regulator Working for Merchants Award!

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