Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In the past 5 years, FIS’s accelerator has helped 57 startups find product/market fit in the difficult-to-get-started fintech world. Cirrus Secure 7-minute demo @FIS Fintech Accelerator Demo Day. Award: MVP of the FIS 2020 Fintech Accelerator. LeapXL 6-minute demo @FIS Fintech Accelerator Demo Day. Cirrus Secure.

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JUNE 30, 2016

While Apple Pay also recently launched in Singapore, Samsung Pay joins the region with its signature niche: the MST tech that makes Samsung Pay usable at virtually anywhere merchant credit cards are accepted. Anyone who loaded a gift card onto the CurrentC wallet and didn’t hold onto that gift card will lose that balance after June 28.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

We define startups disrupting banking broadly to include mobile-first fintech companies that primarily focus on leveraging technology and software to digitize and streamline retail and business credit, checking, and savings accounts. Revolut has been aggressively iterating on its products and blurring fintech business lines.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 27, 2015

” Pictured: Jason Dell, Kabbage Head of Product, demonstrating the Kabbage Card at FinovateSpring 2015 in San Jose. In May, following the company’s demo of its Kabbage Card at FinovateSpring, it teamed up with Sage Payment Solutions to launch a small business loan product. The post The Next FinTech Unicorn?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia. Costco Card. The Costco Card has generated a lot of buzz. But all that buzz was based on anticipation and the hope that the card would be all it is cracked up to be. That has left them sans card since the switch went into effect on Monday. Walmart Pay.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Card rewards management. The vast majority, $5.9 billion) and First Data ($2.6

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $266 million in new capital the second week of August. Fintech deals by size from 6 Aug to 12 August 2016: Interactions. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $270 Million Second Week of August appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

It was a somewhat slower week in fundings with just under $100 million raised by 14 fintech companies. It comes as no surprise, that eight (17%) were fintech companies including four Finovate alums ( Betterment, Coinbase, Wealthfront, ZenPayroll ) and four others ( Avant, Collective Health, Raise, and Zuora ). HQ: Norcross, Georgia.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 31, 2015

Another monster week in fintech. Depending on how much Stripe received in its round (at a $5 billion valuation), something north of $600 million flowed to 17 fintech companies worldwide. Will fintech funding go higher? The bigger question for startups, and their backers, is what happens after “peak fintech?”

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Large swaths of cash flowed into the global fintech sector last week. Prepaid card platform. Prepaid card services. HQ: Roswell, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $810 Million Week Ending Nov 20 appeared first on Finovate. Total raised: $10 million. HQ: New York City. Source: FT Partners.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 28, 2015

YTD, the fintech sector has raised $12 billion. HQ: Kennesaw, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $150 Million Week Ending August 31 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Payments, ecommerce, prepaid, cards. Socure , a social biometrics provider and FinovateFall 2015 presenter, raised $2.5 Crowdhouse.ch.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Square launched in 2009 with an initial product that enabled sellers to accept card payments using a smartphone-attachable magnetic stripe dongle. The US of fintech. We mapped the most well-funded fintech startup in each US state. Currently offering group tickets (2 tickets for $1990) . Good until November 6th. Fair and square.

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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: Roswell, Georgia. Lost/stolen credit & debit card solution. Tags: Consumer, payments, credit/debit cards, security, convenience. Latest round: $100 million.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: SMB, payments, mobile, acquiring, merchants, credit/debit cards. And we are not sure if the NCR inflow should even be considered “new money.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Buoyed by 7 Startupbootcamp Insurance entrants each grabbing $17,000, a record 30 fintech companies raised money this week for a total of just under $100 million ($95.8 million to further card-fraud methods. With just two weeks remaining in the year, the total invested in private fintech companies YTD is $18.1 GroundFloor.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2016

HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 24 Companies Raise $560 Million Week Ending Jan 8 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Consumer, debit/credit cards, mobile, spending, PFM. Source: Crunchbase. Brazilian neo-bank. Latest round: $52 million Series C. Total raised: $98.3 HQ: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016: Ceridian. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1 appeared first on Finovate. Bluefin Payments received $6 million to expand its secure payment system. Latest round: $150 million Private Equity.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). Layr FAB score: 7 (down 1) HQ: Atlanta, Georgia Founded: 2016 Traction: – Raised: $15.6 The post Top 18 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2023 first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2016

You’ll forgive us for having fintech in Asia on our minds – with FinovateAsia just over a week away (and tickets still available !). Founded in 1884 and headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, NCR demonstrated its Transaction Data Manager at FinovateSpring 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 9, 2016

Fintech veteran Pamela Joseph has been chosen by TSYS to serve as the company’s new president and Chief Operating Officer. Bancorp, Joseph was responsible for all of the company’s electronic product lines (consumer credit, corporate, debit, global acquiring, prepaid, purchasing and fleet card programs, and small business).

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders or corporate charge/credit cards serving small businesses? Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (26) | SMB charge/credit cards (15) | SMB challenger banks (10) .

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Year-to-date fintech companies have raised $450 million in new equity, 67% more than the $270 million raised in the first half of January 2015. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. The post Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15 appeared first on Finovate. RealtyMogul took in another $18.4 Mambu attracted $8.7

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 22, 2016

Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Ghaio Fintech. The post Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, acquiring, credit/debit cards. Alt-lender to students.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 24, 2016

Today, the Georgia-based company announced it has originated $2 billion in loans during the past five years. At FinovateSpring 2015, Kabbage launched the Kabbage Card , a payment device that offers businesses immediate access to their loan without the need to transfer funds into a PayPal account.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

A new partnership between Santander UK and Atlanta, Georgia-based small business lender, Kabbage , brings same-day funding to SMEs in the U.K. Pictured (left to right): Kabbage Director of Payment Operations, Michelle Sirpak, and Head of Product, Jason Dell demonstrating the Kabbage Card at FinovateSpring 2015 in San Jose.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2015

The remaining pay will go where it has always gone before (bank account, pay card, or paper check) on time, directly from the employer. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Plus, it takes the stress out of managing day-to-day finances and gives employees peace of mind that their bills are paid on time. Founded: December 2013. Twitter: @doublenetpay.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 20, 2016

This week, 35 fintech companies worldwide raised $469 million the second week of June. Fintech deals by size from 11 June to 17 June, 2016: Fenqile. Credit card payoff loans. Fintech company builder. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. For the third week in a row, the number of deals flirted with the single-week record of 39.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

An App Store for FinTech applications. You can look at life events such as marriage, credit card, new job, etc. After they bought CheckFree a lot of Fiserv folks have been based in Georgia. Download: 10 Reasons Why Fintech Startups Fail White Paper. Check back for new updates throughout the day.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2015

As we head into the final four weeks of 2015, private investment into the fintech sector is just under $18 billion for the year (or $24 billion including the First Data, Worldpay and Square IPOs). ThetaRay : The Israeli company fintech security company raised $5 million from Alibaba. Mobile bank/card. HQ: Columbus, Georgia.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

It was the sixth week in a row that the number of fintech fundings topped 20. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Bitcoin debit card (e-coin). The post Fintech Fundings: 20 Companies Raise $175 Million Week Ending Nov 6 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Consumer, debit card, payments, cryptocurrency. Source: FT Partners.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

With CRMnext, replacing a lost card or request a new pin is a one button process. Their API is already integrated in a few core systems and other fintech necessitates. Demo: voice conversation with Alexa, able to ask bank account balance, block cards, pay bills, send money to friends. Easy mobile to gift card app.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

You can see our list of 30 fintech-focused corporate innovation labs here. Coca-Cola innovates its food and beverage lines from its Atlanta headquarters, but uses its satellite Development and Innovation Lab at Georgia Tech University to fast track key technology initiatives and accelerate its “technological responses to business issues.”

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Bankers and corporates, who already feel vulnerable to FinTech innovators and are told they’re behind the curve, convince their boards to invest time and money creating crypto prototypes. As a result, bitcoin mining is concentrated in two countries : China, with 60 percent, and Georgia , with 15 percent of bitcoin processing power.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

These companies are making it easier to make a budget, invest, and buy stocks, as well as to get loans and credit cards. Many fintech companies out there are trying, very literally, to become the next Mint.com. debit & credit cards. A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. The secrets of user growth.

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