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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

George Weisz, Scottsdale Community Bank But for all its embrace of technology, the community bank took its inspiration for an innovative lending program from an old-school tradition: kids’ lemonade stands. The diverse board, staff and leadership team aim to implement a plan of “doing well for investors by doing good for the community.” “We

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Finastra Acquires Mobile Banking Provider Malauzai

PYMNTS

Finastra , the FinTech company, announced Monday (June 18) that it has acquired Malauzai , a provider of mobile and internet banking solutions for community financial institutions (FIs). We value Malauzai’s market leadership and its open approach, which is in perfect alignment with our open platform vision.”.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. Oh, what a mere 12 months can do.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. It is an innovator with tech (e.g., And Partners CEO John Janclaes helped put Kony on the market map in mid-size shops, even keynoting Kony’s conference with a leadership book in tow.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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Finovate Spring 2018 – Day 2

William Mills

There are a number of great events in FinTech but this one I do my best to attend each year. How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. Clark Brett, VP Bus. 919-740-7182.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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Bank Innovation named Jill one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in banking for 2015, and we doubt that Bank Innovation would know who Jill is if not for her presence on Twitter. Best Leadership Performance in a Core Conversion. An old adage that never gets old: it matters when leadership hangs out in the foxhole.