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Fintech Deals to Watch: Growing in the Digital World

Gonzobanker

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades.

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SoFi-Social Capital Merger Will Fuel Growth Of One-Stop-Shop Financial Supermarket

PYMNTS

Online FinTech startup SoFi announced Thursday (Jan. 7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 billion, and also expanded internationally by purchasing Hong Kong-based investment app 8 Securities. The FinTech IPO Market. Earlier this year, SoFi acquired payments firm Galileo for $1.2

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

PYMNTS

And within FinTech, that most incandescent of sectors, things might look a bit, well, frothy. What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

PYMNTS

And within FinTech, that most incandescent of sectors, things might look a bit, well, frothy. What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets.

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Mobile Payments: Adornments For the U.S., mVisa For The Unbanked In Nigeria

PYMNTS

Louis-based startup has defied the odds and raised $750,000 during a slowdown in funding for Fintech startups. According to the KPMG Fintech report , Q2 shows investment in VC-backed Fintech deal activity dropped to a five-quarter low in Q2 2016. Mobile Payments Startup OPER Raises $750,000. iZettle To Be Challenged In The U.K.

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

Fintech Labs Insights

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Payment security technology. HQ: Los Angeles, California. AI for capital markets news. The post Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Tags: SMB, merchants, security, payments, POS, credit/debit cards, authorization. ——-.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15

Fintech Labs Insights

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. HQ: Los Angeles, California. Blockchain technology for securities. Startup capital raising platform. Tags: SMB, capital, crowdfunding, equity, investing.

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