Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Has to be M-O-E.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

I think the most compelling part of the story is that we opened our front-end PPP portal to serve every borrower who needed capital,” says Phil Goldfeder, the bank’s senior vice president of global public affairs. “It In mid-June 2020, the community bank launched Cross River Digital Ventures, a venture capital arm that invests in fintechs.

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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. Leadership and board members. Thrive Capital, Khosla, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Redpoint also participated in early fundraising rounds.As

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Big announcements like JP Morgan Chase’s to hike the pay of 22,000 workers and build 400 new branches certainly had bankers inspired to show some level of investment and even civic leadership from the tax break. Many banks are at or past the regulatory “suggested” 300% of total capital and can’t pull this revenue lever any more.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Temenos leadership – first Akcelerant founder Jay Mossman and then Akcelerant/FIS/Sanchez veteran Emily Steele – wins points with the Cornerstone team for straight talk and course-correcting to avoid the common international player sin of over-commitment and under-delivery. This is yet another fintech deal to watch. This third U.S.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 7, 2019

KRE – Regional Bank Stock ETF – Past 5 Years. Bank leadership will face a credibility test in the coming months as team members observe how their organization expects to navigate the gathering storm clouds. For wise bankers, this is no time for yearning and hopefulness. It’s time to get real and directly face….

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CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

The e-commerce giants are capitalizing on three important trends: Global financial systems are going digital and mobile. India is the region with the highest growth potential, and this is why both Amazon and Alibaba see it as critical to their long-term strategy. Global wealth is growing. Internet penetration is increasing.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Bouxtie’s broken promises.

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