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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

CB Insights

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

PYMNTS

Varo Bank’s opening … represents the evolution of banking and a new generation of banks that are born from innovation and built on technology intended to empower consumers and businesses,” said Brian Brooks, OCC’s acting comptroller in a statement. “As Last month, Varo closed on a $241 million Series D funding round. million.

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On Demand Pay Finds A Home In Financial Services

PYMNTS

As the workforce disperses, modern human capital management (HCM) technology can help alleviate the administrative burden for teams when it comes to tracking and monitoring state taxation compliance, while ultimately offering employees more flexibility. Yet, in neighboring Connecticut, the top income tax rate is 7 percent.

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A bridge to affordable housing

Independent Banker

When two executives at Woodforest National Bank noticed a dearth of affordable housing options in southeast Texas, they decided to do something about it, partnering with several housing and community groups to launch an innovative mortgage lending product aimed at underserved clients. Aileen McDonough is a writer in Connecticut.

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An App A Day Keeps Grocery Shoppers Coming Their Way

PYMNTS

Hunger and wasted food are two problems that can have one solution,” believes Daily Table founder Doug Rauch, former Trader Joe’s president and co-CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Up next are areas in Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and South Carolina. By 2018, Instacart plans to offer service to 80 percent of American households.

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Dream Payments Closes $10 Million Series A

Fintech Labs Insights

Canadian payments innovator Dream Payments raised $10 million in new funding this week. The Series A round was led by the investing division of Fairfax Financial Holdings, FairVentures, and takes the company’s total capital to more than $17 million. ” The company plans to use the new capital to fuel expansion in the U.S.,

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Impact Roadshow | Meriden, CT

Filene

Local Host: Credit Union League of Connecticut. Innovation Immersion - Filene’s Innovation Immersion program helps credit unions execute on innovation, ideas, and cultural change. We'll walk through some of Filene's latest programs, and the research and innovation behind them. 2:00 p.m. -