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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

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The teams at FinTech startup LendUp and Oakland-based Beneficial State Bank think very differently about that relationship. According to Orloff, LendUp and Beneficial State came up with the idea to offer a socially responsible credit card product several years ago, but it only came to market this spring. percent to 29.99

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

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Hughes, Senior Vice President of Card Marketing, Discover Financial Services, Deerfield, Ill. DeBery, Senior Vice President, Internal Audit and Risk Management, Bath Savings Institution, Bath, Maine. Katey Proefke – Assistant Vice President of Compliance, Chevron Federal Credit Union, Oakland, Calif. Christopher G.

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

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HQ: Oakland, California. Credit risk management. Tags: Enterprise, payments, mobile, security, Wocket Wallet (product name), hardware, credit/debit cards. Source: Crunchbase. Enabling investments in rental real estate. Latest round: $7 million Series. Total raised: $7 million. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile wallet.

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

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HQ: Oakland, California. Tags: SMB, merchants, security, payments, POS, credit/debit cards, authorization. Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Latest round: $200 million Private Equity. Total raised: $224.9 Source: Crunchbase. Digital banking company.

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The Nerd Oscars: 24 Best Data Science Moments in Movies

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Plot Summary: What would you do if you were a risk management expert for a major Wall Street investment bank, and a departed colleague’s risk models warned you that all of your holdings would begin to fatally crash the following day? To join us, check out our job postings here. Before the Door Pictures). Did it work?

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 12

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HQ: Oakland, California. Underwrites & guarantees high-risk credit card transactions . Tags: SMB, POS, payments, credit/debit cards, restaurant merchants, acquiring. Here are the fintech deals by size from 6 Feb to 12 Feb 2016: Renew Financial. Financing for renewable energy and conservation projects. Maestro Health.

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