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Fintech Deals to Watch: Fall Festivities

Gonzobanker

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Core: Core-n Mazes and Hayrides FIS acquired embedded finance provider Bond Financial Technologies and announced plans to spin off merchant solutions (to be named Worldpay ). Stripe raised Series I financing.

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Funding Round Could Give AvidXchange $2B Valuation

PYMNTS

Investment bank Financial Technology Partners is advising AvidXchange on this fundraising round, according to sources. Founded in 2000 by CEO Michael Praeger, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm provides software that automates payments, invoicing and accounting for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).

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Fighting Digital with Digital

Independent Banker

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. But community banks should not be without hope, nor should they underestimate the significance of customer relationships.

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How Cannabis Can Become A B2B Payments Innovation Influencer

PYMNTS

For several years, while state-level legalization has expanded, access to traditional banks remains an issue thanks to their status as federally regulated entities. Today, however, the banking challenge has largely been solved. According to Daniel Muller , CEO of AeroPay , perhaps they don’t need that ability.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

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FinovateFall 2017 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

Presenters- Charles Sherman, Eric Matisoffo @Adobe Multinational computer Software Company best known for Photoshop, Acrobat Reader, the PDF and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as its successor Adobe Creative Cloud. Using Adobe to show how a community bank might find/organize their existing “assets” (photos/video?/etc.)

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5 ways AI can improve customer service

Independent Banker

AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no. The estimated amount of money banks will save by using AI applications by 2023. billion-asset Sunwest Bank in Sandy, Utah.