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Varo files FDIC application, announces $100m Series C funding

Bank Innovation

Varo Money, the 4-year-old digital banking startup with 750,000 users and $600 million in deposits, has applied for a banking license with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) this week. The company confirmed this development as part of a $100 million Series C fundraising round announced on Tuesday.

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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

PYMNTS

With social distancing and an economic downturn the new reality for many markets around the world, venture capital is expected to slow significantly. Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. AvidXchange.

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FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking?s Big Digital Shift?

PYMNTS

The pandemic has accelerated the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, giving rise to more innovation in the past few months than had been seen over the course of several years. HMBradley offers FDIC-insured accounts through Hatch Bank based in California, and rates of about 3 percent on its savings accounts.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2024: A Race to Perform … and Earn the Right to Transform 

Gonzobanker

Since banks with less than $10 billion in assets continue to struggle in deposit gathering, scale and overall earnings, we wonder how many will not be here in five years? The FDIC Approved This Ad How many times did we hear a speaker admonish the audience to “be sure and sign up for the FDIC notification list.” Five Hundred? (Oh

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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Additionally, if recent trends are any indication, physical bank branches stand to lose a lot of ground in the near future.

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Seven Big Threats Facing Seven Big Tech And Payments Players This Halloween

PYMNTS

The day after Halloween marks the 60-day sprint to the end of the year – a year in which the pace of innovation has accelerated materially. The shifts associated with that innovation are beginning to take root, and those impacts are beginning to be felt. 93 percent had a bank account. Google … and Ad-Supported Search .

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Startup Watch: Clarity Money Makes Another Run at PFM

Fintech Labs Insights

It’s just called AI, spending management, or nothing at all since it’s now baked into many digital banking offerings. While the term PFM is dead, the concept, employing software to watch over your finances, is more widespread than ever. But with Michael Dell’s brother Adam as a c0-founder, and $3.5

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