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Subscription Business Models Lead B2B VC Funding

PYMNTS

Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. This week saw an impressive $324 million in combined funding for a range of B2B FinTechs and other solution providers, including alternative lenders looking to support small businesses as they manage working capital instability. eFileCabinet.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

PYMNTS

All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active. As we scale, it’s becoming increasingly important that we have direct relationships with regulators,” said Jacqueline Reses, who leads Square Capital and will be the chairman of the bank.

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Funding Lands T&E Firm TripActions $4B Valuation

PYMNTS

Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding that propelled its valuation to $4 billion. Lulalend lends directly to SMBs that can apply online, with an automated approval process accelerating access to capital.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2013 Edition

Jeff For Banks

capital appreciation and dividends. Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. versus 68.5%, respectively) and its operating expenses as a percent of average assets compared to peer banks (1.66% versus 3.09%, respectively).So, So, as a branchless bank, BofI has leveraged its significantly lower operating expenses into profit.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. Through all this, First Farmers has remained disciplined in performance and squarely focused on customers and community. Acronym of the Year.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

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’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. Sigma aims to streamline business operations.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents. STAYING PRIVATE.