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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. With Venmo charging 100-150bp less that the card networks, merchants will aggressively follow Amazon. Acronym of the Year. Has to be M-O-E. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $530 Million Third Week of July

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tax filing portal. Tags: Consumer, payments, debit card, billpay, funds transfer, mobile, personal financial management, PFM. Source: Finovate. Payment gateway. Latest round: $17.5 million Series B. Total raised: $20.4 HQ: Bangkok, Thailand. Source: Crunchbase. Deposit Solutions. Latest round: $16.5

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tax preparation technology. Tags: Consumers, tax prep, personal financial management. Mobile payments & transactions. Latest round: $600,000. Total raised: $7.2 HQ: London, England, UK. Source: Crunchbase. Digital rights management platform on the blockchain. Latest round: $547,000 Seed.

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Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June

Fintech Labs Insights

Credit card payoff loans. Income tax prep. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tags: Consumer, prepaid debit card, deposits, underbanked, millendial, mobile, billpay. Total raised: $335 million. HQ: Shenzen, China. Source: FT Partners. Latest round: $46.76 million Series C. Total raised: $71.56

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FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Fintech Labs Insights

Named 2015 CFO of the Year (Kurt Ishaug) by Minneapolis-St. Provided instant card-issuance technology to Bank of the Ozarks. Announced EMV-instant issuance milestone of more than 10 million cards in the U.S. Teamed up with WooCommerce to help online merchants manage sales taxes. Announced sales-tax accuracy guarantee.

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Why Regulators’ War On Fees Will Kill Consumers

PYMNTS

And speaking of free, they surely have a great “free” thing going themselves — they get paid really good salaries and other perks that are – let’s sing this together now – “tax FREE!”. And, speaking of “free” the CFPB has the biggest “free” credit card in the whole wide world. Free – a good gig if you can get it. Interest free!

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

Credit card with consumer controls. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, acquiring, credit/debit cards, mobile. Payment & trade finance for microbusinesses. Latest round: $13.2 million Series A. Total raised: $16.1 HQ: Barcelona, Spain. Source: Crunchbase. Digital sales & account opening.

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