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.

Innovation 150

Innovation Seattle Fintech Company 150

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

The startup’s fast-paced growth comes against intensifying competition among FinTech startups, like PayPal’s Xoom, TransferWise and WorldRemit, which are striving to cut themselves a bigger share of the global remittance market that saw $582 billion in transfers last year.

Seattle 100

Seattle Capital Groups Mobile 100

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. The Remorseful Pioneer Award.

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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Payment security technology. 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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San Francisco Company Fintech California 18

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. HQ: Seattle, WA.

Company 12

Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

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.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

There has been an average of 28 fintech deals per week this year. Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July, 2016: Blockchain Intelligence Group. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Tags: Institutions, security, authentication, voice biometrics, payments, mobile. Total dollars raised YTD is $18.1 billion, more than double the $8.8

Company 12

Company Fintech New York City blockchain 12

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech.

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Cards Lending Strategy US 101

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

For the third year in a row I traveled from Seattle to the LA-area to drop my son off at college. Thank goodness I had my trusty Capital One card along, because it seems to do a far better job minimizing false negatives, at least for my account. Capital One did have its concerns along the way though.

Los Angeles 17

Los Angeles America Cards Seattle 17

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. 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. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? Heavy core conversions weighing us down.

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Conference Industry Community Bank Community 101

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

There is a clear pattern in B2B FinTech investment. This week’s venture capital (VC) investment tracker finds that both blockchain and alternative finance are leading markets. Based in Seattle, Qumulo offers businesses data management technology via its cloud-based file storage solution.

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blockchain California Capital Lending 115

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

For the third year in a row I traveled from Seattle to the LA-area to drop off my son at college. Thank goodness I had my trusty Capital One card along, because it seems to do a far better job minimizing false positives (for fraud), at least for my account. Capital One did have its concerns along the way though.

Los Angeles 14

Los Angeles America Cards Seattle 14

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

Legacy banks around the world have been under tremendous pressure in recent years to transform their business models, as upstart FinTech companies are removing the barriers to entry and credit access that have kept large numbers of growth businesses and consumers out of the market. L ate last month, Santander U.K. billion. . Switch, Inc.,

blockchain 108

blockchain Cards Study Seattle 108

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The real-time payments solution will be available for JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, PNC and Wells Fargo later this year, according to what representatives told Reuters. It’s becoming increasingly evident that biometrics and facial recognition are the future of mobile payments security. at Starbucks. Wells Fargo Goes Biometric.

Mobile 100

Mobile Apple Seattle Payments 100

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 5, 2016

Account and transaction security is one of the first features having huge impact both on consumers (peace of mind, less hassle) and financial institutions (fewer false negatives, lower fraud costs, less customer service expense). Another area where huge benefits exist? Proactive communications about finances.

Mobile 12

Mobile Tools Seattle Online 12

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. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Seattle, Washington.

New York City 18

New York City Company Fintech Comparison 18

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Seattle-based Praesidio now has total capital of more than $5 million courtesy of a new investment of $3.1 Praesidio’s solution provides banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions with the ability to turn security-related Big Data into actionable information. How about more than $3 million in new funding ?

San Francisco 12

San Francisco Seattle Washington Big Data 12

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom and the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, has landed $175 million in additional venture funding. In a press release , Globe Fintech, known as Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and other existing investors all participated in the fundraise.

Mobile 150

Mobile Seattle Fintech Capital 150

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

Seattle-based Avalara unveiled a trio of enhancements to its compliance document management solution, CertCapture. The company has raised more than $223 million in funding , and includes Arthur Ventures, Battery Ventures, Sageview Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Warburg Pincus among its investors.

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Compliance San Francisco Management Taxes 12

CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Security: Higher internet usage and data generation lead to increased investment. After privacy advocates raised concerns about user data security, the companies announced changes, including using Bluetooth signals instead of geolocation data. Conversational AI/chatbots. Cloud call centers. Contactless payments. Branchless banking.

Industry 101

Industry Technology Online Video 101

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained. Those were the only metrics we tracked. Product: Bridj.

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Company US San Francisco Capital 78