4 takeaways from Michael Barr’s DC Fintech Week speech
Payments Dive
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision stressed caution for banks’ ties to crypto and spotlighted how stablecoins differ from other digital assets.
How regulators can foster competition and bolster AI innovation
American Banker
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Speakers at DC Fintech Week highlighted ways forward for regulators to keep pace with artificial intelligence, such as by setting up "guardrails" before guidelines.
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The United States Of Fintech Startups
CB Insights
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The fintech space is gaining momentum. Last year saw a double record of $46B invested across over 2,800 deals to fintech startups — a 92% uptick in funding year-over-year. GET THE 83-PAGE q2 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Q2’19 fintech funding topped $8.3B, boosted by a record quarter of $100M+ mega-rounds. KEY TAKEAWAYS.
China's Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. Last year the SAMR met with numerous companies to request them to stop the practice.
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The United States Of Fintech: The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startup In Each State
CB Insights
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Following our previous mapping of the most well funded startups in each state and most well funded food & beverage startups in each state , we used CB Insights database to identify the most well-funded private fintech startup in each state. FINTECH TRENDS Q3 2017 RESEARCH BRIEFING. Click on the image below to enlarge. California.
Data Enablers: Valen Makes Insurance Human Again
PYMNTS
JUNE 1, 2017
Like FinTech, InsurTech debuts in an industry that has historically been very slow to adopt new technologies. DC: There is significant crossover between FinTech and InsurTech. DC: We set out to create a culture that stood behind its promises and put the customer first. We’re allowing insurers to take the same approach.
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Today In Payments: LendingClub Gets OK To Acquire Radius Bancorp; GDPR Penalties Escalate As EU Officials Crack Down
PYMNTS
JANUARY 19, 2021
FinTech startup Plaid is looking at doubling its size in Europe, putting 80 employees in the London and Amsterdam offices by the end of the year, up from the 40 or 50 employees currently there. Washington DC Restaurants Get Creative With Inauguration Security. Plaid To Focus On Growing European Market.
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Go-Jek = fintech?
CB Insights
JULY 21, 2017
Earlier this week, Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia, nominated three companies for its award for the fintech company most supportive of the “non-cash national movement of inclusion.” Speaking of the Golden State, we mapped out the most well-funded tech startups by city in Greater LA earlier this week.
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Finlocker Creates the Sticky App Countless Mortgage Product Managers Have Long Wished For (Fintech Startup of the Week)
Fintech Labs Insights
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Today, I watched a 10 impressive demos at DC Fintech Week ( see list at bottom of post ). Louis, MO-based fintech that just landed a fresh $10M (total round size of $20M, the other $10M raised in 2019) to give them a total of $25.4M. Related: Watch 10 Fintech Startups Pitch at FIS Demo Day 2020 (April 14).
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Take a risk-based approach to compliance management
Insights on Business
MARCH 15, 2019
Attend IBM Watson Financial Services RegTech Forum in Washington, DC on March 28. The event is being hosted at Promontory Financial Group headquarters in Washington, DC on March 28, 2019. What are some of the key elements of a GRC framework needed to keep pace with regulatory change and conduct a rigorous assessment of compliance risk?
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Blockchain Tracker: Capitol Hill To Startups, Incubators Inbetween
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
That’s because, a few days later, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced a team-up with DC seed fund 1776 to launch the DC Blockchain Center, the first of its kind in the city. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced a new House bill to keep FinTech companies and innovation stateside. This comes after Rep.
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Digital SMB Insurers: Pie Insurance Makes Workers Comp “Easy As”
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Washington DC-based Pie Insurance specializes in workers comp insurance which it currently markets online to 36 states. United States (36 states + DC). HQ: Washington DC & Denver, CO. The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021). Pie Insurance promo video (30 seconds). Errors and Omissions. Company Vitals.
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Who needs a financial centre?
Chris Skinner
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
In September 2016, the last survey, some things had changed: London New York Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo San Francisco Boston Chicago Zurich Washington DC No Frankfurt. No China, although Hong Kong would be it. So much for Brexit.
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ID Experts Light Up Portland
PYMNTS
AUGUST 24, 2016
Not much of an August lull in investment activity, at least as measured by the strength seen in funds flow across both the B2B and FinTech arenas. This time around the FinTech wagon pulled weight, but only at 67 percent of all investment activity for the week that ended on Aug. The total tally for the week came in at $1.8
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22 Bitcoin Companies Allowing Merchants to Accept Payments in Cryptocurrency
Let's Talk Payments
MARCH 10, 2016
DC POS provides a simple, efficient and secure way for customers and merchants to pay with and accept bitcoin over the counter. Coinify is a digital payment platform that provides payment processing.
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Digital SMB Insurers: Pie Insurance Makes Workers Comp “Easy As”
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Washington DC-based Pie Insurance specializes in workers comp insurance which it currently markets online to 36 states. United States (36 states + DC). HQ: Washington DC & Denver, CO. Pie Insurance promo video (30 seconds). It also works through more than 1,000 third-party agencies. Errors and Omissions. General Liability.
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The United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups
CB Insights
MARCH 13, 2019
They include cybersecurity company StackPath ($180M) and fintech companies Opera Solutions ($122M) & Petuum ($108M). There are 7 unicorn startups on our map: agtech startup Indigo Agriculture ($3.5B 12 startups on the map have raised over $100M in disclosed equity funding. Total Equity Funding ($M). Info Assembly. California.
California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank
CFPB Monitor
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
In the past, “true lender” attacks have been launched or threatened by state authorities against high-rate bank/nonbank lending programs in DC, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Top 15 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2021
Fintech Labs Insights
JUNE 29, 2021
Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). ranked by our FAB score (Fintech Attention Barometer*). We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Fintech Winners: Watch 6 Finovate “Best of Show” Startups from 2021.
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The 34 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023
Fintech Labs Insights
JANUARY 18, 2023
These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. If we are missing anything, please drop me a note.
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12 Vantiv, Now Worldpay: A Decision Management Maturity Rockstar!
FICO
AUGUST 1, 2018
Luckily, Decision Management (DM) technology has been invented and has come a long way since AC/DC released this epic anthem in 1975. With new software and fintech disruptors setting new expectations around the pace of onboarding in the acquirer space, merchant onboarding timelines had been drastically reduced.
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58 The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023
Fintech Labs Insights
JULY 11, 2023
These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.
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12 The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 2, 2023
These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.
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Top 18 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2023
Fintech Labs Insights
JUNE 27, 2023
Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). The post Top 18 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2023 first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center. views (470 subscribers) Instagram : 2,400 followers TrustPilot : 4.6 (513
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15 Fintech'ers Will Be Right on Branching. Unless Bankers Act.
Jeff For Banks
MAY 31, 2017
Clearly he is not attending FinTech conferences. I sometimes quip that FinTech prognosticators are like futurists. And when my friend and fellow bank consultant Mary Beth Sullivan from Capital Performance Group in DC shared the post in the below pic on LinkedIn, it stirred a spirited rebuttal. Yet both live on.
Top 28 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 12, 2021
We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. The 171 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update). The 171 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update). First Look: Watch 7 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Sydney. Forward Line. P2Binvestor. IOU Financial.
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Top 16 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): Dec 2021
Fintech Labs Insights
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). Leading USA Digital Small Business Insurers ranked by our FAB score (Fintech Attention Barometer*). We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. HQ: Washington DC & Denver, CO.
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Top 26 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB, May 2021)
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 12, 2021
We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. HQ: Washington DC. Related: Watch 12 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Demo Day (May 2021 update)). Related: Watch 12 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Demo Day (May 2021 update)). Forward Line. P2Binvestor.
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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. HQ: Washington DC. The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021). Forward Line. IOU Financial. P2Binvestor. Channel Partners. Minneapolis. Rapid Finance. Bethesda, MD. Lendinero. It’s a work in progress, so expect changes in the formula.
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11 Blockchain-Focused Startup Incubators as Unconventional as the Technology
Let's Talk Payments
DECEMBER 10, 2016
Being FinTech-focused is not enough – experienced professionals are branching out. As the blockchain-focused community of entrepreneurs expands worldwide, so does the ecosystem aimed to support and nurture top-performing solutions.
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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. HQ: Washington DC. The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021). Forward Line. IOU Financial. P2Binvestor. Channel Partners. Minneapolis. Rapid Finance. Bethesda, MD. Lendinero. It’s a work in progress, so expect changes in the formula.
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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. HQ: Washington DC. Related Stories SMB Lenders: Kabbage Continues to Cook Under American Express Ownership SMB Charge Cards: Brex is the new Amex Watch 12 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Demo Day (May 2021 update)). Forward Line.
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15 GonzoBanker Awards 2017
Gonzobanker
DECEMBER 19, 2017
FinTech threats and distractions. While the darling of FinTech conferences, this divestiture seems primarily driven as a means of Customers delaying the $10 billion Durbin hit and maintaining quarterly EPS expectations from the Street. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? Payments chaos.
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Acting Comptroller discusses crypto risks, including use of bank-like terminology
CFPB Monitor
OCTOBER 18, 2022
In remarks at the DC Fintech Week conference on October 11, 2022 and in a keynote address later the same day at a roundtable conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J.
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Dodd/Frank-CFPB: Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule
Abrigo
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Data collection for small business lenders Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. Commenters have until Nov.
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40 Years of William Mills Agency, the Family Reflects on the Milestone
William Mills
AUGUST 10, 2017
Our friends in the media are also more decentralized today as opposed to 1997, when they seemed to be primarily concentrated in New York, Washington, DC and Chicago. They have to learn the financial industry, FinTech, the media and influencers that serve our industry (and their needs) as well the agency’s systems and processes. .
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Fintech Policy in the US – Things Are Things Heating Up
FICO
AUGUST 27, 2018
It’s August and it’s hot in Washington DC. Yet in the nation’s capital, fintech policy may actually be hotter than the temperatures outside. Fintech Policy in the US: New Credit Models and the Promise of Alternative Data. Fintech Policy in the US: Data Aggregation and Consumer Financial Account Data.
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HelloWallet Launches Retirement Explorer
Fintech Labs Insights
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
HQ: Washington, DC. .” Presenting Matt Fellowes (Chief Innovation Officer, Morningstar & Founder, HelloWallet), Andrew Vincent (Senior Product Manager), and Gabe Gorelick-Feldman (Software Engineer). Product Launch: September 2015. Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B). Founded: 2009. Website: hellowallet.com.
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From China With Love: AI, Robotics, AR/VR Are Hot Areas For Chinese Investment In US
CB Insights
AUGUST 1, 2017
Between 2013 and 2014, Chinese investors completed tech investments to companies headquartered in 13 states plus Washington DC. But between 2015 and 2016, Chinese investors backed companies in twice as many states plus Washington DC. .
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Telling Financial Stories
Fintech Labs Insights
MARCH 5, 2016
We recently met another startup that seems to have good traction solving this problem (and happens to count Expensify as an investor), Washington DC-based Piper. They are devoted to getting the transaction detail on receipts aggregated into a single online source for consumers and small business owners.
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AI Will Put 10 Million Jobs At High Risk — More Than Were Eliminated By The Great Recession
CB Insights
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Its self-checkout and ordering process is gaining popularity, and Eatsa has expanded beyond San Francisco to New York and Washington DC. Robo-advisors, or digital wealth managers/financial planners, have made the most progress towards fully-automating a conventional fintech business model. WEALTH MANAGERS AND FINANCIAL PLANNERS .
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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance
CB Insights
MAY 15, 2019
As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. Partnership Fund for New York City and Accenture — FinTech Innovation Lab. Barclays Accelerator is a 13-week program run by a full-time fintech-focused team from Techstars.
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Financial Policy Predictions 2021: Meaningful Changes Ahead
FICO
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Since the FCC’s 2015 broad definition of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) was struck down by the DC Court of Appeals, a steady stream of class action lawsuits have resulted in a number of conflicting decisions and a split among the courts. Now, with the U.S. Supreme Court set to rule in Facebook v.
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52 Tax proposals have some good news for the payments industry: former U.S. Rep. Lazio
Payments Source
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Beyond overall tax cuts, there's also potential benefits for investors in fintech and payments innovation, writes Rick Lazio, former Republican Representative from New York and current senior vice president at alliantgroup.
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