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SMB Card FinTech Bucks Coronavirus Uncertainty With Funding

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companies, including $75 million landing at one FinTech looking to bolster small business credit card payment adoption. Venture Partners, while existing backer Chicago Ventures and newcomer Soma Capital also participated, according to a press release. Even so, an impressive $114 million was raised by U.S. ”

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Boost Teams With BMO Harris Bank To Deliver B2B Payment Solutions

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The New York-based financial technology company has teamed with BMO Harris Bank to deliver integrated, automated processing for its corporate card customers. Chicago-based BMO Harris Bank has more than 500 branches and fee-free access to 40,000 ATMs in the U.S. Leavitt said in the announcement.

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Billtrust Taps Green Dot For New CFO

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Accounts receivable (AR) automation firm Billtrust has appointed Mark Shifke as chief financial officer (CFO), bringing more than 35 years of financial and legal experience — including most recently as the CFO at fintech Green Dot — to guide the firm through its next phase of growth, the company announced in a recent blog. .

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Top 13 Bank, Fintech & Financial Services Marketing Conferences

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While dedicated financial marketing events are limited, there are many other wide-ranging fintech and banking events that have numerous sessions on marketing and product topics. See below for links to our financial services calendars, including fintech, banktech, insurtech, general banking events, and more.

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Chime Raises $500M On $5.8B Valuation

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A second office is slated for Chicago and by the end of 2020, the company expects to more than double its staff. It is also contemplating the purchase of other FinTech firms, the source said. Revenue is primarily generated by debit card fees and it breaks even on most customers in less than a year, the sources said.

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Waud's $100 million investment in fintech's future

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The wave of technology that's turned card swipes into dips, phones into wallets and micro merchants into global sellers will proliferate, says to Andrew Rueff of Waud, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

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The 57 Biggest Fintech Conferences & Events in 2023

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Below is our curated list of top fintech, banktech, payment tech, investech global conferences for 2023. These the biggest and best events in the financial services space geared towards technologists, product managers, developers, marketers and C-Suite execs at both financial institutions and rival fintech firms.