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Inaugural Flyover Fintech Conference Summary

Social Assurance

Nebraska Innovation Campus. This week, the inaugural Flyover Fintech conference was held at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Nebraska Innovation Campus. The goal of this conference was to bring together entrepreneurial innovators, financial services leaders and key policymakers to the center of everything fintech.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

Fintech Labs Insights

And there are few fintech success stories bigger than 2008 alum, Credit Karma , which scored $175 million this week at a reported $3.5 Total investment into the fintech sector this week were $240 million flowing to 12 firms. So far this year, fintech has attracted $7.9 Payments risk & compliance management.

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Ben Pankonin named “Executive of the Year” by SPN

Social Assurance

Recognized for his role leading the Social Assurance team in providing fintech solutions in the financial industry. Pankonin joined eight other businesses and individuals who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to start-up communities in the Midwest from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. The fizzle wears on. Costco Card.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $160 Million Week Ending March 11

Fintech Labs Insights

Last week, 22 fintech companies raised a total of amount $159 million, of which at least $5 million was debt. It was the tenth week in a row with 20 or more fintech deals. Here are the fintech deals by size from 5 March to 11 March 2016: AlphaSense. Payroll, benefits & compliance platform for employers. D3 Banking.

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Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $345 Million Week Ending August 14

Fintech Labs Insights

Since June 1 we’ve seen 189 fintech deals globally raising a total of $3.1 ——— Fintech Unicorn Watch : Along with Yodlee’s near-unicorn exit , another apparent fintech unicorn was crowned when London-based Skrill (formerly Moneybookers) was acquired by Optimal Payments for a reported $1.2

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

Second quarter closed with a frenzy of fintech fundings with 49 deals announced the last week alone, 10 more than the previous weekly record. Fintech deals by size from 25 June to 1 July, 2016: Paycor. HQ: Omaha, Nebraska. The post Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Of the total raised, $61.5 million was debt.

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