Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking. IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. The […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle. INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite.

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MARCH 3, 2020

It is thus unsurprising that 95 percent of companies are looking to improve their spend management software this year. Developments in the expense management world are heating up. Putting AI To Work In Spend Management. This is why AI shows promise in the realm of expense management. The Latest Workforce Spend News.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv. Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty.

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JULY 10, 2019

Weeks after Facebook took aim at its core business, Seattle-based Remitly notched $135 million in funding at a valuation of almost $1 billion. Generation Investment Management, a long-term investment vehicle that was co-founded by Al Gore, led the company’s fundraise.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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JULY 30, 2019

POSaBIT, based in Seattle, already manages millions of transactions for over 120 dispensaries across Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Even though legal marijuana industry keeps gaining traction — according to one official state estimate, the market in California alone will reach at least $5.1

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Seattle-area startup Switch announced today that it is providing “early access” to its free payment management service. By enabling cardholders to manage all of their accounts from one dashboard, the company says its technology is making e-commerce “faster, safer, and easier.” “Was it fun?”

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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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MAY 30, 2019

Miami’s tech scene is experiencing positive growth and we see a lot of opportunity for disruption in the region,” Pablo Sanchez, head of retail banking and wealth management for HSBC in the U.S. Pepper has continued to be rolled out and is now available in Beverly Hills and Seattle. Its also aimed at reducing customer wait times.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Nets and OT will combine their capabilities to offer an end-to-end mobile payment solution, which will include host card emulation (HCE) and tokenization to secure payments. “By These are the guys who are not necessarily limited to just stolen credit cards or spoofed accounts. The collaboration, announced on Oct.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They might like making cakes and seeing happy customers, but few especially enjoy managing their businesses. “So Whether it be a personal loan or accounts receivable from credit cards, to get your money faster and control of your destiny means a ton,” he said. We’ve heard that a hundred times.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Consumers don’t have to be Amazon Prime members (or Seattle-area residents living near the first Amazon Go markets) to have a checkout-free grocery experience. But more than that, technology like this can help retailers with inventory management, cost reduction and analytics.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

You have to give people a reason to bank with you,” says Tim Reimink, managing director in the Crowe LLP performance consulting group in Chicago. One of its partnerships involves providing passbook accounts and banking services via Remitly, a Seattle-based remittance startup. There are many examples of bank-fintech partnerships.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Here is a list of the 15 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Bento for Business.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Here is a list of the 15 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Bento for Business.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

You’ve got a bunch of brands stuck with merchandise and this is going to be an opportunity to generate cash,” Frank Poore, CEO and founder of e-commerce managed marketplace platform CommerceHub, told Forbes. Walmart this week purchased key assets from Seattle health-technology platform CareZone for a reported $200 million or so.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

There were two fintech companies pitching, Toronto’s Treasure and Seattle-based Arrived Homes both tackling big problems with the always exciting direct-to-consumer model. Description: Digital bank for kids (with debit card). HQ: Seattle, WA. Check out their 3-minute pitches below. Business model: Direct-to-consumer.

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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. Bid management tools. Customer management tools. Invoicing tools. No invoice financing.

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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. Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards.

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MAY 31, 2017

The service has 450 million global active users and has teamed up with Atlanta-based credit card processing service First Data to grow that number even more, by giving Americans (and Chinese tourists in America) mobile payment options at four million U.S. It’s too soon to say whether Alibaba’s investment will give it an edge.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

That changed on the 11th day of the month that year, when the first internet purchase in history was made by a Philadelphia resident with a Visa card. BofA economists came up with their predictions based on Bank of America credit card data, which showed spending rose by 0.8 Stores on the March: Seattle, Boston and Nashville .

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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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JUNE 30, 2017

Cybercrime isn’t always about stealing credit card data. If I have a botnet on your computer, my goal is not to let you know — I want to be able to use your computer whenever I want it,” said Corey Nachreiner, CTO of Seattle-based internet security company WatchGuard.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

In 2016, for example, Amazon began running pop-up kiosks for Kindle eBooks in convenience stores around the Seattle area, GeekWire reported. Kiosks can be implemented for a variety of products — even eReaders. Kiosks have already been installed at several Wendy’s locations in central Ohio, where the company first tested the technology.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Amazon also managed to lower some of its operating costs as it also saw an uptick in subscription and advertising revenue. “So Amazon Web Services — the firm’s cash printing press that had attracted investor interest after slightly underperforming analyst expectations last quarter — also managed a beat, reporting $3.66

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 15, 2017

SWITCH , a Seattle-based startup that makes it easy to manage your online payment information, has raised $400,000 in funding from angel investors. Chris Hopen, SWITCH co-founder and CEO, called his technology the “first of its kind, credit card updater for online accounts.” million in total capital.

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JUNE 18, 2018

It’s a thought that comes to mind this week because the World Cup is currently underway in Russia, and because this week’s news managed to offer up a win, a loss and a draw, depending on where one looked. . According to a release earlier this week, Erica now has one million users, a milestone managed in just two months. .

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Blockchain is permeating nearly every industry, from healthcare to supply chain management. Employing cryptocurrencies would permit micro-transactions (the minimum is $3 currently), and could entice customers to buy goods on Facebook with discounts available by circumventing the typical credit card processors and fees.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Swipe fees alone are a $90B-a-year business for banks, card networks like Visa, and payment processors like Stripe. The company announced it would pass on the special card savings Amazon gets from card networks (because of the volume of purchases they can guarantee) to retailers that adopt Amazon Pay.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Call it maybe — just maybe — a prudent financial management strategy, with the thesis that not all debt is created equal. News comes this week, as reported by The Seattle Times, that U.S. News comes this week, as reported by The Seattle Times, that U.S. A dollar of credit card debt, at an average interest rate of 17.2

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Just out of stealth, Seattle-based fintech startup Secure Save is on the winning side of all these trends. They provide the software and services for businesses to establish and manage a so-called Emergency Savings Plan (ESP). HQ: Seattle, WA. Certain types of businesses have thrived in the pandemic economy. Remote services?

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Centered around deposit and debit/charge card services Predominantly focused on consumers Primarily digitally delivered (rules out Wells Fargo, BofA, and the majority of traditional banks*) Founded since 1999 Do you run a small business :? Let’s start with our definition. 8,860 $2,300 6 Upgrade 1426 2016 SF 3,013,000 4.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“ Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year ad campaign launched by American Express in 1987 to persuade consumers that it was worth it to pay an annual fee for one of its charge card products. As the slogan implied, being an American Express card member was the only way to unlock those benefits.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The Seattle-based startup raised $3 million to bring its total funding to $5.3 HQ: Seattle, Washington. Risk management for P2P lending. Tags: Consumer, advisors, investing, trading, wealth management. Year-to-date fintech firms have raised $13 billion. Online investment platform. HQ: Marina Del Rey, California.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 29, 2015

PaymentsViews interviews Doug Yeager, inventor of Host Card Emulation (HCE). Coin Telegraph talks with Fidor Bank AG Product Manager for Cryptocurrencies and Assets, Vladimir Tomic (in German). Alumni updates: Giftbit earns spot in Techstars Seattle 2015 accelerator. Finance Magnates takes a look at the growth of Tradier.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Avalara , an innovator in automated tax management for small businesses, raised $96 million in new funding from a group of investors including Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures this week. Last month, Avalara added a number of new enhancements to its compliance document management solution, CertCapture.

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