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Plaid Technologies Scores $44M Off Goldman Sachs-Led Round

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The week is getting off on just the right foot for the folks over at Plaid Technologies, who are announcing $44 million in new funding. Plaid Technologies announced Monday (June 20) that it had secured $44 million in funding courtesy of a round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

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Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), its founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche and its former CFO Carrie Dolan. On Friday (Sept. The SEC Finding. The Aftershocks.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast. The John Lovitz “Yeah My Wife Morgan Fairchild Award” – goes to fellow pathological liar and now former OCC Chief Financial Technology Officer Prashant Bhardwaj. The Monty Python “Biggus Dickus” Award – goes to Sen.

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Finovate Talks Payment API Security with John Canfield, VP of Risk for WePay

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As a payments platform, WePay conducts business in a battlefield of daily security concerns. We recently caught up with John Canfield, VP of Risk for WePay, to chat about how he combats fraud. It also provides regulatory and fraud risk protection. Finovate: How is WePay using machine learning to combat fraud?

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30

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HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. Clarus Financial Technology. Tags: Security, privacy, cryptocurrency, data. Source: Crunchbase. Identity proofing solutions. Latest round: $10.45 million Post IPO equity. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Melbourne, Australia. Source: Finovate.

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Ripple Raises $55 Million Series B; Announces New Bank Partners

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Ripple will use the funding, which takes the company’s total capital to more than $93 million , to grow its customer base and its team, as well as help secure strategic partnerships. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ripple demonstrated its technology as OpenCoin at FinovateSpring 2013.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

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Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. ATMs, POS & financial technology. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: WSJ.