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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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

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

With the opening of Amazon Go in Seattle in January , Amazon arguably popularized the cashierless store concept. To gain access to the space and become authorized, a consumer can swipe her credit card or scan a quick-response (QR) code generated by a mobile app. The Market.

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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. Acronym of the Year – CCCA (Credit Card Competition Act). banks by market value.”. 2008 called and wants its headlines back. Goes to Sen.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Some of those upgrades will include the ability to explore products and services as soon as the app is downloaded, a new chat option that connects consumers directly to a specialist, and a digital wallet functionality that enables clients to add and instantly approve credit cards to their eWallets. The Loss: Ripple .

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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. Market strategy outside the US. Increase the number of customers on Amazon, and enable each customer to spend more. Closing thoughts.

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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. These APIs handle everything from acceptance and processing to settlement and reconciliation, while ensuring compliance and security. Market opportunity.

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NCR

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This concept has been around for some time. In Europe several countries who have deployed this sort of defense strategy have seen major reductions in the amount of card fraud losses. When a card transaction is made, the system can check this against the location reported by the app to see if they match before approving the payment.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2016

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. Features: Users can update their credit cards where they shop online. Register today. Presenter: Chris Hopen, CEO and Founder.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

IBM has more than 1,500 employees working on the technology and claims 32% of corporate blockchain market share, according to reports. Microsoft captures 19% market share, second only to IBM. Microsoft has filed patents for trusted execution environments (TEEs) that could secure and support blockchain networks.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. The legacy players held their market share by providing digital services deemed “good enough” to retain customers loath to switch banks. And from the very beginning, there have been pure-play digital banking startups.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

The biometric software behind facial recognition applications can identify facial structures, contours, and expressions, making it a no-brainer for security and identification purposes. While the technology is still developing, many companies (including Amazon) are banking on it as a disruptive force in a myriad of markets.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

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. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 14, 2022

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm 2009 Lowell L. House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street 2009 William D. Bruner Bruner, Robert F. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L. Bankrupt: Restoring the Health and Profitability of Our Banking System 1991 Lowell L. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The total included one new alum, Praesidio , which will be presenting its security and fraud control integrations at next month’s FinDEVr. The Seattle-based startup raised $3 million to bring its total funding to $5.3 Cloud-based security for financial institutions. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Source: FT Partners.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

HQ: Seattle, Washington. Payment security technology. Private tech stock market to sell pre-IPO shares. AI for capital markets news. Tags: SMB, merchants, security, payments, POS, credit/debit cards, authorization. Total raised: $154.3 million ($98.3 million Equity, $56 million Debt). HQ: Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

Edgewater Markets. HQ: Seattle, WA. Debit card with company-driven expense rules. Tags: SMB, expense management, expense reports, debit card, prepaid, accounting, bookkeeping, Y Combinator (investor), Community Federal Savings Bank (issuer). Automated lending solutions for financial institutions. HQ: Austin, Texas.

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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 billion. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Developer tools for mobile card acceptance . HQ: Seattle, Washington. Curated stock & market ideas. Tags: Credit cards, processing, SMB, merchants, developers, API, Finovate/FinDEVr alum. Source: Crunchbase. CardFlight. HQ: New York City. Latest round: $4.2 million Series A. Total raised: $6.55 Source: Finovate.

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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). It’s becoming increasingly evident that biometrics and facial recognition are the future of mobile payments security.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

and Canada (its most lucrative markets, revenue-wise) isn’t growing and it’s suffered through a reputational beating over the last year. Facebook’s invigorated commitment to being vigilant comes as the service is officially shipping out its Portal video chat product to the market this week. The shops are staffed by Macy’s employees.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Amazon’s ongoing war with counterfeiters carries on … Securing the Shop: Amazon Takes Counterfeiters To Court . To use SNAP in combination with online grocery is much like the experience using any payment card. This fills a big gap in the market.”. Speaking of getting others to scramble?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

Six years and an expanding inventory of cars and price points later, Uber’s platform has a market cap of $70 billion, more than 1 million drivers across 400 cities worldwide who’ve delivered a 1 billion rides – and the first instance of what we now call “invisible” payments in the offline world. And monetize.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Middle market capital matchmaker. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Fixed income markets enterprise software. Tags: SMB, payments, merchants, credit/debit cards, acquiring, POS. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile insurance broker. Latest round: $14.75 million Series A. Total raised: $14.75 HQ: Berlin, Germany. Incubator: FinLeap.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

The solutions are designed to serve developers, operators, and security professionals. Services include a CRM, report generation, and marketing tools. The startup provides services for several different industries, including finance, security, public relations, and the public sector. Valuation: $1.9B. Rowe Price, Index Ventures.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 17, 2015

But at least in fintech, there are vast opportunities to improve existing processes and open new markets. Tags: Payments, mobile, mPOS, merchants, acquiring, cards, SMB. Is there too much being invested? Source: Finovate. Merchant-issuer collaboration software. HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Latest round: $45 million. RealtyMogul.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Security: Higher internet usage and data generation lead to increased investment. Telehealth technology is estimated to be a $43B market, according to CB Insights’ Industry Analyst Consensus. Video conferencing is expected to account for 50% of the remote work market over the next five years, up from 10-15% currently.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. So its secured lender, which [founder Scott] Jones didn’t name, recently emptied ChaCha’s bank accounts. The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Unfortunately, we were not able to find our place in the market. But we just didn’t feel as confident in that market.”. Around 4 p.m.,

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