Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2018

Goldman Sachs has agreed to purchase fintech startup firm Final, as a part of its efforts to expand in retail-banking products. Oakland-based Final is a credit card service, which announced that it would close its card portfolio back in December. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 5, 2018

Card-issuing platform Marqeta sees a lot of potential in working with challenger banks across Europe, and to fuel this opportunity, the Oakland, Calif.-based based company took in $45 million in funding, Jason Gardner, founder and CEO, told Bank Innovation. The new round, announced today, […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Whereas FinTechs are undoubtedly newer and faster – risen from the digital age to put banks out of business – they aren’t always able to take deposits or keep some of those associated warranties. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 15, 2021

Early on, fintech startups were a small part of its class, although Stripe (S09) and Coinbase (S12) were notable (and extremely profitable) exceptions. When I looked at YCvalums in mid-2014 , there had been just 40 fintech grads in its first 10 years. Oakland, CA. Debit rewards card for gamers. Cards #Rewards.

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