Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2019: #1. First Capital, Inc. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) Here we are. FS Bancorp, Inc. Nasdaq: FSBW) #2. Nasdaq: FDBC) #3.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 20, 2016

After its most recent capital raise in September, SoFi, a marketplace lender that focuses on millennials, has raised nearly $1.5 billion in equity capital since its founding in 2011. By comparison, over 100 year old and $7.7 billion in equity capital, with a market capitalization close to book value. We don't know.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 3, 2020

If you buy a container that gives you economic rewards based on the efforts of others, you are very likely buying a security. If that security is sold to you in a way that is not pursuant to securities laws of your resident jurisdiction, there’s a large liability on the issuer. These are your industry comparisons.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Who secures it? The illustration above shows the progression from main frame computers, to standalone desktops and laptops running local software, to the magnificence and efficiency of cloud computing accessed through the interface of the mobile device, to now open source programmable blockchains secured by computational mining.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Deposit price comparison site. Payment security technology. Health insurance comparison site. Personal loan comparison site. AI for capital markets news. Tags: Consumer, insurance, healthcare, discover, price comparison, lead gen.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $266 million in new capital the second week of August. Fintech deals by size from 6 Aug to 12 August 2016: Interactions. Financial services price comparison portal. Pindrop Security. Bigstone Capital. million to alt-auto-title lender Finova Financial. $17 Source: FinDevR.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

His comparison? The fact that bitcoin’s biggest use case is all about the Dark Web doesn’t really support the notion that it should be loosely regulated — and that there is a huge difference between privacy and security and anonymity when it comes to financial transactions. So, why digital currencies? Fair point. Oh, please.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 1, 2016

Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week , the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 Snoopwall landed a cool million for its security solutions. FlexScore was bought by United Capital . Data security for financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In investing, whether across equities, private placements or venture capital activity, no one likes the term “anemic.”. The total investment activity came down to a less-than-impressive $204 million, which pales in comparison to past weeks when we’ve seen $1 billion or more. Fiat, last year, recalled 1.4

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. ” According to today’s WSJ story , the money appears to be earmarked for share repurchases, meaning it’s just a transfer of $820 million to the existing common stock holders, rather than new capital sitting on the balance sheet. .” million this week. billion or $22.8

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Total dollars raised, $6.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 5, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 2 July to 8 July, 2016: Qufenqi. The post Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $530 Million Week Ending July 8 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Consumers, mobile payments, credit/debit cards, security, fraud protection. The total number of deals YTD stands at 760, nearly double last year’s 386.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

There has been an average of 28 fintech deals per week this year. Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July, 2016: Blockchain Intelligence Group. Tags: Institutions, security, authentication, voice biometrics, payments, mobile. Two Finovate alums raised a total of $12 million during the week: Revolut raised $8.7

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 16, 2016

Finovate alums accounted for 40% of the week’s dollar volume including: Personal Capital raised $75 million for its digital wealth management service. Fintech deals by size from May 14 to 20, 2016: Clover Health. Personal Capital. Acclerator: VC Fintech. million) and Jetty ($4 million). Health insurance provider.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Year-to-date fintech companies have raised $450 million in new equity, 67% more than the $270 million raised in the first half of January 2015. Blockchain technology for securities. Startup capital raising platform. The post Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15 appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 22, 2015

billion invested in the entire worldwide fintech sector. It will be worth watching to see if this record-setting first quarter for Finovate alum fundraising will be a sign of more great things to come for capital-raising in 2015. Pindrop Security: $35 in February. Previous Quarterly Comparisons. Finsphere: $1.8

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 17, 2017

Earlier this year, we examined the breakdown of proptech and where its four separate divisions fit into fintech. Here’s a quick comparison chart of companies working on crowdfunding and cash flow share models (right click to enlarge): Here’s a more in-depth look at each company’s model: Crowdfunding. Cash flow share.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2020: #1. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) Here we are again. Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Four of those came out of the most recent batch of companies launched from accelerator 500 Startups , where each received $125,000 in seed capital. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. billion, double the $9.8

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

To the extent it pipes people to banking product, that goes to a $500 million market capitalization public company that makes prepaid cards. Just referring customers to capital sources. But Chime is even further removed from any actual capital. An arbitrage between Apple and commodity banking capital. No shenanigans.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

In alternative distribution, AmFam Ventures has focused on the personal P&C and SMB spaces with investments in insurance comparison firm CoverHound , and contract-related insurance startup Bunker. Liberty Mutual also incubated a home services marketplace named All Set Works , which launched earlier this year with $14.5M in funding.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In alternative distribution, AmFam Ventures has focused on the personal P&C and SMB spaces with investments in insurance comparison firm CoverHound , and contract-related insurance startup Bunker. Aviva has targeted four areas for investment: IoT, data & analytics, customer experiences and distribution.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. After a comprehensive investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Holmes was banned from the laboratory testing industry for two years and was ultimately charged with wire fraud by the Department of Justice in summer 2018.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 25, 2016

For the third time this year, we tied the single-week record of 39 fintech financing deals. This week, those 39 fintech startups raised a whopping $932 million, (or $680 million not counting the $253 million Bats Global IPO). Here are the fintech deals by size from 9 April to 15 April 2016: Bats Global. Latest round: $5.9

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Second quarter closed with a frenzy of fintech fundings with 49 deals announced the last week alone, 10 more than the previous weekly record. Fintech deals by size from 25 June to 1 July, 2016: Paycor. Tags: Autombile insurance, price quotes, price comparison, lead gen. Of the total raised, $61.5 million was debt. D3 Banking.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

It was the sixth week in a row that the number of fintech fundings topped 20. Expansion Capital Group. International remittances price comparison site. The post Fintech Fundings: 20 Companies Raise $175 Million Week Ending Nov 6 appeared first on Finovate. Alternative credit bureau. Latest round: $42 million. Eagle Alpha.

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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 . Money transfer comparison site. Small business alt-lender .

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

BankersLab’s Benchmarking is an addictive simulation game for fintech investors, regulators, and bank executives to predict which managers and lending institutions will make good decisions. Capitalise.com is a ‘one-stop-shop’ search and comparison site to help SMBs easily access financing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 23, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 July to 29 July 2016: Elevate. Crowdfunding marketplace for small business capital. Crowdfunding marketplace for small business capital. Financial services price-comparison site. The post Fintech Fundings: 102 Companies Raise $2.0 Total dollars raised YTD is $19.3 Alt-lender.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained. Those were the only metrics we tracked. Product: Bridj.

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