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Accelerating To The Future?

PYMNTS

Startups often need the resources — including the capital, equipment and expertise offered by these organizations — to stay afloat in an increasingly competitive marketplace. We also give them access to capital by facilitating connections to venture capital funds and local angel investors.”. Working with the big boys.

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Wealth Managers Beware: Emerging Fintechs Are Coming For Retirement Planning Next

CB Insights

The wealth management industry is under siege by a new crop of “robo-retirement” fintech startups disrupting retirement savings. Sudden volatility has shaken the markets and the state of wealth management. Find out what’s ahead for traditional wealth managers and wealth tech startups in 2018. First Name. Wealth Tech.

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Real Estate Startup Bungalow Secures $64M In Funding

PYMNTS

It also announced today that it has added two new markets to its platform: Portland and Washington, D.C., Bungalow is taking on the $650 billion rental market for early career professionals and it may prove to be a bigger total market size than travel and taxis,” said Jack Abraham, founder and managing partner at Atomic.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. Importantly, Huntington has continued to focus on digital investments and its strong legacy of product management to remain a progressive regional bank. Nobody is quite sure which side this seesaw will land on.

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Square And Apple: Who Is The Big Winner Of Their Payments Pair-Up?

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A concerted effort in Portland to educate and provide sellers a way to teach consumers about the benefits of paying with Apple Pay saw the percentage of transactions reportedly triple over the course of the campaign. Plus, there is some evidence to suggest that education via a merchant can have very dramatic effects on use. What Square Gets.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Ricardo Ledezma, Corporate Compliance Assurance Manager, San Antonio Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, TX. Jacksonville, FL. Ian Ayres, William K.

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Passport Raises $8 Million in Series B

Fintech Labs Insights

The Series B round was led by MK Capital, and featured participation from Grotech Ventures and Relevance Capital. Passport CEO Bob Youakim said that the capital infusion would help speed the company’s growth and expansion both in the U.S. The new investment takes Passport’s total funding to $17 million.