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SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup

PYMNTS

The level of market volatility hitting the U.S. and other nations around the world as a result of the global pandemic continues to draw comparisons to the 2008 financial crisis — so it’s only natural that analysts may turn to the past in an effort to predict what could lie ahead.

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Nearshore Software Development in Action: What Delivery Success Looks Like

Perficient

In a conversation with Gustavo Arroyave , a technical delivery leader with Perficient Latin America, he shares more about the unique culture that elevates our team in comparison to other outsourcing software vendors. In some cases, delivery teams will also have UX or UI designers, DevOps to support infrastructure needs, and/or Scrum Masters.

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Hip Pocket Closes $150k Round of Funding

Fintech Labs Insights

Mortgage rate comparison site Hip Pocket announced last week it has padded its own hip pockets after closing a recent $150,000 funding round. Hip Pocket founder and CEO Mark Zmarzly tells us that the funds will be used to expand into the employer financial wellness market and to further build out Hip Money , Hip Pocket’s latest product.

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Disrupting Insurance: The Other Financial Services Opportunity

Tefkin

To give a few numbers, non-life insurance market world-wide in 2011 was estimated at $1,877.2 The global life insurance market had total gross written premiums of $2,464.2 In the UK, comparison websites such as MoneySupermarket have been quick to jump on the bandwagon (or in Switzerland Comparis ). billion the same year.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Despite turmoil in global equity markets, the fintech sector continued its 3-year bull market with 21 companies raising $259.1 Insurance price comparison site. Tags: Consumer, insurance, lead gen, discovery, price comparison, automobile, health, motorcycle. million, for a $12 billion annual run rate. Source: FT Partners.

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Fintech’s Third Crisis is Tipping Point to a Digital-Only Future

Fintech Labs Insights

year run from high to low; for comparison the S&P dropped 48%). The recovery : As financial institutions got to the other side in 2010/2011, there was a massive pent-up demand from consumers for digital services, as broadband was now common in most developed markets and the iPhone turned 3 in 2010. Projects were halted.

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