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Top 5 Emerging Fintech Hubs in The U.S.

Bank Innovation

Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge. Cities in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and […].

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Bank-FinTech Collaboration Tackles SMB Finance Friction

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Bank-FinTech collaboration continues to thrive as more financial service providers place small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) front-and-center of product development. Bank-FinTech collaboration isn't all about FIs ingesting third-party products and services. AIB's receivables financing operations in the U.K.

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$175M Acquisition Turns Community Bank Into Fintech Player

Bank Innovation

Community banks can also play the fintech game. — was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. We are an independent bank,” said Luvleen Sidhu, BankMobile’s co-founder, regarding the acquisition. “We

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How Seacoast Bank is Leveraging Robotics Processing Automation for M&A

Bank Innovation

A Florida bank known for its growing number of acquisitions, explains how robotics processing automation (RPA) has aided in their growth strategy. Seacoast Bank headquartered in central-Florida, with $5.9 Jeff Bray, Seacoast Bank's chief operating officer, told Bank Innovation that Orlando-based fintech, EnableSoft, […].

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The company – and its gold trading app – just expanded its reach in the United States with the addition of a license to operate in Alabama. The FinTech also recently inked a deal with Dillon Gage , a big player in the world of precious metal trading. The future is looking a bit more golden for CORO Global. App users can trade in U.S.

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For FinTech, The Age Of Big Bank Collaboration?

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Once less than friends with FinTechs, it looks like big banks are warming to the concept of collaboration with the relatively nimbler tech upstarts. digital operations head Edward Achtner said that the bank has been eyeing such efforts as partnerships. During the discussion, HSBC U.S. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami's Reserves In Bitcoin

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Indian FinTech Cashaa and the country's United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society teamed up to launch what they say is the world's first cryptocurrency bank branch through a joint-venture bank called Unicas, according to a release. The operation also will provide traditional banking services, according to the backers.

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