Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

FinTech firm POSaBIT is hoping to solve the problem of mobile payments for the fast-growing cannabis industry by delivering a unique blockchain-enabled payment processing and point of sale (POS) system. . The new fully compliant system will focus on the marijuana industry and will roll out across medical and recreational cannabis states.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

In the latest Workforce Spend Tracker® , PYMNTS examines how these technologies are filtering into the spend management industry as well as the other changes taking place among providers jostling for dominance in an increasingly crowded market. The Latest Workforce Spend News. Developments in the expense management world are heating up.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Amazon has rolled out a virtual health clinic with in-home follow-ups for Seattle employees. market and allowing for the sending and receiving of payment requests and payments themselves. Users can choose to pay in real time or with their cards. Visa Partner Launch Eyes $17T Digital Payments Opportunity for FinTechs.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

A profitability strategy has a lot to factor in given today’s uncertain market. a rural market with about 1,300 residents. “We Now, more than ever, community banks are competing with a broader set of competitors, which may lead some to offer additional products, services or functionality via fintech partnerships. Quick stat.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

With a big government backing, bold entrepreneurial spirit and increasing FinTech interest, the country’s tech scene is quickly becoming a global force to be reckoned with. The company will also expand its R&D presence in Silicon Valley and Seattle, in addition to Shanghai and Seoul. Establishing The FinTech Bridge.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Market opportunity. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. TABLE OF CONTENTS. A decade of online payments innovation.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Numerous applications, including card processing, online banking and bill pay, are overwhelmingly being outsourced. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Cards are a perfect example.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 23, 2022

They are currently creating a waitlist and experimenting with search engine advertising (that’s where I saw it first, ad based on my Google search for “best small business banks” from a Seattle IP address). Debit card. The 55 Biggest Fintech Conferences & Events in 2022. Invoicing tools. Bid management tools.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The legacy players held their market share by providing digital services deemed “good enough” to retain customers loath to switch banks. 44 $0 38 Copper 33 2019 Seattle 47,000 $42 39t Bridge Money 32 2019 Chicago 123,000 $8 39t HMBradley 32 2019 LA 73,000 3.7 Consumers (Nov 2023) first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2016

A look at the companies demoing live to 1,500+ fintech professionals on May 10 & 11. SWITCH is a Seattle-based fintech company developing the first automated payment card and online account updater to help consumers update their cards and payment methods wherever they shop online. Register today.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

This week, digital poster child Square jumped into the plastic gift card market. Unlike many of its new endeavors, old-school cards were met with a decided lack of enthusiasm in the tech press (and my Twitter feed). Many recalled the company''s failed efforts with virtual gift cards (which I liked then, and still do).

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Cards Seattle ATM Branding 24

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Private tech stock market to sell pre-IPO shares. Tags: SMB, merchants, security, payments, POS, credit/debit cards, authorization. ——-. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Total raised: $224.9 million ($98.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The money flow into fintech continued unabated this week with more than a half-billion ($557 million) raised by 24 companies. Year-to-date fintech firms have raised $13 billion. The Seattle-based startup raised $3 million to bring its total funding to $5.3 HQ: Seattle, Washington. Secondary market for private equity.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. Payments chaos.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

News comes this week, as reported by The Seattle Times, that U.S. The money is being used to pay for one-off expenses such as vacations — and also to pay down credit card debt. Chief among those debt types is credit card debt, which now stands at nearly $900 million. There are of course at least some warning signs in the offing.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Edgewater Markets.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Almost 40% of the total ($223 million) went to Chinese real estate marketplace FangDD which is not universally classified as fintech. Developer tools for mobile card acceptance . HQ: Seattle, Washington. Curated stock & market ideas. Tags: Consumer, lending, banking, insurance, credit cards, lead gen.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 29, 2015

Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015 , October 6-7 in San Francisco. Industry news: SETL uses blockchain to help facilitate settlement of market transactions. PaymentsViews interviews Doug Yeager, inventor of Host Card Emulation (HCE).

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Prepaid card platform. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Off-market real estate listings. The post Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $420 Million Week Ending October 23 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Consumer, mobile, debit/credit cards, account aggregation, PFM. Source: FT Partners. Wave Crest Group. HQ: Gibraltar.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Short-term it won''t cause a ripple in market share or consumer behavior ( see previous post ), but long-term it is likely to be seen as an important mobile-payments milestone. But with only a couple contactless terminals in my usual Seattle haunts, I guess I''ll be buying lots of coffee at Peet''s and Tully''s while I test it.

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Apple Branding Seattle Mobile 28

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

Legacy banks around the world have been under tremendous pressure in recent years to transform their business models, as upstart FinTech companies are removing the barriers to entry and credit access that have kept large numbers of growth businesses and consumers out of the market. market, for example, quadrupling to $3.4

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 30, 2016

home loan market, is the price you pay for not being “normal.” Even with a 20-year track record in business and great personal credit scores, without that regular paycheck and W-2 documentation, it was maddeningly hard to get a new mortgage, refi, or even a car loan or credit card sometimes.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We believe the full potential of FinTech can only be realized through partnerships that leverage the best of our collective assets. It depends a great deal on how many cards are in the market that are contactless-enabled, combined with contactless terminals, combined with the use case for everyday payments.

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Payments Apple New York City Retail 205

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

So, when Dunkin’ goes after Starbucks following the news that the Seattle-based company was changing its loyalty program, it also has to do with mobile strategy (which Starbucks, admittedly, has a lead on). Square offers free card readers and charges 2.75 But now Dunkin’ may have found its way in. at Starbucks.

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Mobile Apple Seattle Payments 100

CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Perhaps the most glaring example of the tendency to dismiss innovative new players was when Apple’s iPhone hit the market in 2007. ” In January 2018, Amazon launched its automated cashier-less Amazon Go store in Seattle. Bitcoin is a highly speculative market. The iPhone and iPod. ” Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are many options: Digital sales & marketing. Reward point bonuses for home-related purchases on your credit/debit card. And the magnitude of it might surprise anyone who hasn’t checked out the urban rental market in recent years. Relationships with major local employers (eg. the traditional credit union model).

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 11, 2016

SmartyPig ( inset, note 2 ) and others have created savings bonuses centered around merchant gift cards. For example, in the Seattle areas, BECU pays 6.17% on the first $500 deposited in its Early Saver account (see screenshot below). mo on $500 balance) to make it feel like worth holding the money at the CU ( note 3 ).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., Acronym of the Year – CCCA (Credit Card Competition Act). Oh, what a mere 12 months can do.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. Middle market capital matchmaker. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Tags: Consumer, payments, remittances, gift cards. Total dollars raised YTD is $19.6 billion, double the $9.8

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We divided the payment providers into four categories: Charge card and expense management ( see our list here ). Unlike other fintech areas, the majority of the large players in SMB payments launched in the first decade of the 21st century: Years since founding: 15 to 20 years >>> 5 startups. 7 Dec 2021. 7 Dec 2021.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 17, 2015

While the data wasn’t broken out by sector, I’d wager that last quarter’s $5 billion in fintech startup funding was 5x to 10x more than in 1999/2000. But at least in fintech, there are vast opportunities to improve existing processes and open new markets. Is there too much being invested? Source: Finovate.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Amazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle. Amazon Care was reportedly talking with local health groups about helping deliver at-home testing kits for COVID-19 in Seattle. Seattle has become one of the regions of the U.S. The bank called the claims “unnecessary and unwarranted” per a report. Trackers And Reports.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 1, 2016

My favorite website of all time was from the ill-fated dot-com “fintech” card issuer, NextCard. But if you are big enough to have a six-figure marketing budget, you can afford to tweak your site so it sparkles on both smartphones and desktops. In 1999, it was light years ahead of its time in design and UI.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Telehealth technology is estimated to be a $43B market, according to CB Insights’ Industry Analyst Consensus. In March, the FDA eased restrictions related to marketing claims, allowing developers of remote patient monitoring devices to pitch their devices to hospitals. market by 2025 prior to the onset of Covid-19.

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