Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Coinsource has built an organization that’s built to scale and to do so while meeting or exceeding varying levels of compliance,” said Coinsource CEO and Cofounder Sheffield Clark. The Seattle-based company said it aims to make bitcoin an accessible and useful payment method.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 3, 2017

Starting in 2017 former Microsoft executive Jeremy Korst will be the man driving the message at tax compliance innovator and FinDEVr alum , Avalara. The Seattle-based company announced this week that Korst will join Avalara as its new chief marketing officer and executive vice president.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Eos Venture Partners and IQ Capital Partners also participated in the round. private equity round led by Long Arc Capital and BPI France. Talege , a Reno, Nevada-based digital insurance platform, raised a $5M Series A led by Merus Capital. N2uitive , a Seattle-based claims interview platform, raised $1.3M

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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. These APIs handle everything from acceptance and processing to settlement and reconciliation, while ensuring compliance and security.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Avalara , an innovator in automated tax management for small businesses, raised $96 million in new funding from a group of investors including Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures this week. Avalara’s total capital raised is more than $318 million. billion in taxes in 2015.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

Compliance Science. Compliance platform for financial institutions. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Tags: Institutions, SMB, capital raising, VC. Platform for investing in early-stage startups. Latest round: $14.4 million Debt. Total raised previously: Unknown. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. OK Car Insurance.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Bravo to CEO Brian Vance, President Jeff Deuel and team for a watershed expansion into the hot Seattle market with a bank whose commercial skills can complement those of its acquirer. The Get Outta Dodge (and Focus) Award – Goes to Capital One for exiting a significant mortgage business to focus on cards and direct banking.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

The development of new technologies is threatening to disrupt the business models of many of these traditional players, as fast, efficient and low-cost platforms are providing access to capital that traditional banks are either unwilling or unable to deliver to the marketplace. . Switch, Inc.,

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

Seattle-based Avalara unveiled a trio of enhancements to its compliance document management solution, CertCapture. “Commerce happens in real-time and we want to empower clients to manage more of their tax compliance in real-time,” Tormollen said.

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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. Middle market capital matchmaker. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Total dollars raised YTD is $19.6

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Goes to Tom Brown and the Second Curve Capital team for the inspiring message from Clemson CEO Jim Clements.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Tech giants aren’t the only companies that have spotted the opportunity in remote diagnostics — some biotech companies have moved quickly to demonstrate value and capitalize on the eased regulations as well. In addition to concerns about digital mediums lacking certain face-to-face benefits, teletherapy also presents compliance issues.

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