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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Costco Card. Walmart Pay.

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Major Medium of Exchange

Independent Banker

Debit and credit cards, direct deposits, paper checks, online and mobile bill payments and other technologies have changed the role of cash in our economy. The majority of our elderly customers still use all cash and checks, not debit cards. King Cash still plays a regal role for people and businesses on Main Street. By Ed Avis.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

Fintech Labs Insights

Risk & compliance management for financial institutions. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tags: Compliance. Mobile point-of-sale solution for feature phones . HQ: Mumbai, India. Latest round: $25 million Series C. Total raised: Unknown. Source: Crunchbase. Platform-as-a-service provider. HQ: Troy, New York. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

million for its compliance tools. Compliance tools for digital interactions. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tags: Lenders, loan administration, service, compliance, lending. It was another busy week for Finovate alums with six raising new funds: StreetShares raised $4.5 SmartAsset raised $3.8 Qumram raised $2.5 Tradesocio.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

First State Bank Minnesota. Citizens Bank Minnesota. Self Financial handles the technology, including access to online accounts and an app, as well as marketing aspects of the program, and Lead Bank provides the compliance and access to the banking system. Security Bank Midwest. Chancellor. Anchor State Bank. Prairie Sun Bank.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tags: Consumer, payments, bitcoin, crypto-currency, Overstock (investor), mobile wallet, debit card, funds transfers, remittances. Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016: Ceridian. Human resources, payroll and health insurance platform. Latest round: $150 million Private Equity.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Credit Union) – Spire Credit Union and Hiway Credit Union put 2+2 together to make a $4 billion institution in the Minnesota market. In addition, it has has opened more than 400,000 debit cards and is opening as many as 75,000 per month, creating a whole other disruption risk we need to discuss.

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