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Charles Potts: Opportunities in the fintech landscape

Independent Banker

A convergence of economic and marketplace factors presents community banks with new opportunities for innovation and growth as they look to the new year. The fintech landscape is shifting. In response, community banks, like $779 million-asset Lead Bank in Kansas City, Mo., Seize the moment to explore innovation.

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A preview of Innovation and Insight Day

Celent Banking

Celent’s Innovation and Insight Day is about a month away, and I couldn’t be more excited. Innovation and Emerging Technologies. of CBW Bank , will tell the story of how a fintech entrepreneur bought a small ($13 million in assets, 7 employees) bank in Kansas and is in the process of turning it into a bank of the future.

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In B2B, FinTech And Banks Eye (And Serve) SMB Capital Needs

PYMNTS

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm. ”

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

Gonzobanker

While AOBA provides a fertile forum for buyers and potential sellers in the bank M&A space to commensurate, the crowd uses this valuable face time to also delve into discussions about the economy, strategic growth, fintech innovation, competition, and talent wars.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. As was widely reported this past week, seven of them are trying to do so.

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CUs Work Together To Stay Ahead Of The Competition

PYMNTS

Their traditional banking rivals are now supplemented by young, agile FinTechs that advertise the most advanced technology and much greater efficiency than their legacy counterparts, meaning that CUs must lean into their strengths to get ahead. Credit unions (CUs) face fierce competition in the financial industry. There’s No “I” in CU.

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The United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups

CB Insights

They include cybersecurity company StackPath ($180M) and fintech companies Opera Solutions ($122M) & Petuum ($108M). The startup with the least funding on the list is Rhode Island’s The Innovation Scout , a SaaS platform that has raised $50K. The Innovation Scout. Total Equity Funding ($M). Bastille Networks.