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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

Abrigo

This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Capital: SBA fills gaps in the commercial lending marketplace so success in the small business sector is based on merit, not family wealth.

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Leveraged and inverse ETFs – the exotic side of exchange-traded funds

BankUnderground

Julian Oakland Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are supposed to be simple and straightforward, and for the most part they are, but one group punches well above its weight when it comes to market impact. This post was written while Julian Oakland was working in the Bank’s Capital Markets Division. What are ETFs?

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High-Frequency Trading: Is It The New Normal?

Banking 2020

Animation aside, that would probably be Moneyball , an absorbing analysis of the moves made by Oakland As manager Billy Beane to rely more on technology-driven data than old-school scouting to put together his 2002 roster. Anybody remember the last time Brad Pitt showed up in a big-screen movie that didn’t have much blood and gore?

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High-Frequency Trading: Is It The New Normal?

Banking 2020

Animation aside, that would probably be Moneyball , an absorbing analysis of the moves made by Oakland As manager Billy Beane to rely more on technology-driven data than old-school scouting to put together his 2002 roster. Anybody remember the last time Brad Pitt showed up in a big-screen movie that didn’t have much blood and gore?

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

Fintech Labs Insights

If you add the $6 billion in new capital raised in the IPOs of Worldpay, Square and First Data, the 2015 total is a nice even $25 billion. HQ: Oakland, California. Tags: Enterprise, payments, mobile, security, Wocket Wallet (product name), hardware, credit/debit cards. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $7 million Series.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

Fintech Labs Insights

15 million to security provider Trulioo. Indexa Capital. HQ: Oakland, California. Tags: Enterprise, security, authentication, security, Finovate alum. Three Finovate alums banked a total of $65 million: $50 million to new-age payroll provider Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll). $15 Source: Crunchbase. Total raised: $23.3

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Oakland, California. Payment security technology. AI for capital markets news. Tags: SMB, merchants, security, payments, POS, credit/debit cards, authorization. Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Latest round: $200 million Private Equity.