PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

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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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.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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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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.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

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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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Arkadi was a frequent speaker on the FinTech rubber chicken circuit, being viewed as a visionary industry disruptor. Moven account holders use CBW Bank, a small $22 million in asset bank based in Kansas. See the table from SNL Securities regarding various features of online accounts from FinTech and banks alike.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. FinTechs Encourage SMB Crowdfunding. Several FinTechs in the U.S. B2B FinTechs Band Together. Fed Calls On Small Banks.

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American Banker

JUNE 9, 2022

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2022

As farmers adjust their credit needs in response, banks with a higher share of agricultural loan activity (“ag banks”) may see demand for loans increase,” Kansas City Fed economist Francisco Scott said in a recent research report. Department of Agriculture projects a 4.5% Now is the time for ag lenders to find talent.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Morgan State, Kansas, Michigan and Northeastern universities in the U.S., as well as the National University of Singapore and the University of Sao Paulo, have now joined the Institute for FinTech Research at Tsinghua University (THUIFR) in Beijing under the UBRI. “In

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Comments made by Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George at a conference today [October 12] will do nothing to instill confidence among an already hesitant public with the fight against cyber criminals and in digital payments networks. George did not address the U.S. according to Fortune.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

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. Suresh Ramamurthi, Chairman (and CTO!) You may have seen the bank profiled in this story in the New York Times.

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Here's how a community bank in Kansas City is partnering with fintechs, simplifying its products and processes, and expanding nationally. The post Is This Community Bank’s Bold Digital Play The Model Of The Future? appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

KVC Health Systems, a child welfare nonprofit based out of Kansas City, has been hit with an email scam. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab revealed at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Singapore that a dark net marketplace has emerged, in which hackers are selling digital fingerprints for anywhere from $5 to $200.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2020

On the banking side, the startup is working StoneCastle for deposits and Kansas City-based nbkc bank to power banking services, including a soon-to-be-launched debit card. References: Fintech Futures overview (22 Sep 2020) Envel press release (17 Sep 2020). Related: Changes to The 21st Century Fintech Unicorn List (Sep 2020).

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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. Bastille Networks. IDx Technologies. RiskGenius.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Digital wealth minority investments by insurers include Kansas-based online 401k management startup Blooom , backed by Nationwide Ventures and Allianz Life Ventures, Chicago-based digital advice platform NextCapital backed by Manulife and Transamerica Ventures, and online investment advisor SigFig backed by New York Life. 210+ items items.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Fintech circles were abuzz this week as four massive fundings pushing several companies higher up the billion-dollar valuation ladder (yep, I can avoid the U-word if I really try). student loans, the worldwide fintech total surpassed one billion ($1.254 billion to be precise) thanks to Paytm ($675 million), Avant ($325 million) and 17 others.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In fintech, some blossoms make their biggest blooms in the fall. In addition to a cash award of $50,000, Blooom will get 12 months of free office space downtown in Kansas City, and the opportunity to work with both a specific mentor team as well as local industry leaders and entrepreneurs from the area.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Culture Club : There could be employee flight risk as the Temenos culture (especially outside of the United States) can skew more formal corporate than is often preferred at smaller fintech companies in places like Austin. This is yet another fintech deal to watch. And these employees have lots of options. So we aren’t always.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 16, 2017

Cachet Financial Solutions and Central Bank of Kansas City selected as the prepaid mobile banking provider of choice by ICBA Bancard. Around the web. Flywire (fka peerTransfer) expands to accept cross-border B2B transactions below the interbank rate. WePay now accepts Apple Pay, Android Pay.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2016

Kansas City news features EyeVerify. Around the web: Version 6.0 of PayPal app discontinues support for Amazon Fire, Windows, and Blackberry phones. Neyber selects Cloud Lending Solutions for loan automation. Mircea Mihaescu’s blog features Moven. This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge.

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Social Assurance

MAY 6, 2017

Recognized for his role leading the Social Assurance team in providing fintech solutions in the financial industry. Pankonin joined eight other businesses and individuals who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to start-up communities in the Midwest from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. HQ: Leawood, Kansas. The post Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 The vast majority, $5.9 billion, was raised in the IPOs of two mega payment processors, recent FinDEVr alum Worldpay ($3.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EyeVerify will remain in operation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant Financial Services and will remain headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Less than a week after EyeVerify’s successful return to the Finovate stage, the company announced that it has been acquired by Ant Financial.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 30, 2016

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, EyeVerify made headlines this spring when Wells Fargo announced that it would deploy Eyeprint ID with its corporate clients with commercial banking accounts. See EyeVerify and more than 70 other fintech innovators as they demonstrate their latest technologies live on stage.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 9, 2016

Cachet Financial Services partners with the Central Bank of Kansas City to roll out a reloadable prepaid card program. Prasac, the largest microfinance institution in Cambodia, launches mobile banking services courtesy of TranzWare from Compass Plus. The New York Times features PayActiv. Payworks partners with VBO Tickets.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Around the web: Lending Club adds Indiana, Kansas, and Nebraska, expanding its services to 36 states. Premier Bank in Bangladesh extends payments agreement with TSYS , upgrading to PRIME4. iSignthis to provide KYC services to Danish payment processor and card acquirer, Clearhaus, beginning in early 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 9, 2015

Kansas City Business Journal considers how Tradeshift is brining renewed interest in its new partner, C2FO. Around the web: American Banker article notes Vouch is bringing social connections back into lending in the 21st-century. Xero updates Tracked Inventory feature.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 8, 2015

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas, EyeVerify demoed its biometric authentication technology at FinovateSpring 2014 , winning Best of Show honors. The telecom operates in more than 80 cities in the country, and has more than 20 million users.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The Series A round was led by QED Investors, a firm that has invested in a variety of fintech startups – and Finovate alums – in recent years, ranging from Braintree and Credit Karma to Prosper and LendUp. In its first outside capital raise, personal investment management platform, Blooom has hauled in $4 million.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 8, 2016

The Kansas City-based company is a graduate of Wells Fargo Accelerator’s inaugural class of 2014. EyeVerify , a FinovateEurope 2016 Best of Show winner , is a Wells Fargo Accelerator success story.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 20, 2017

Firebrand Ventures founder John Fein was quoted in the Kansas City Star crediting Dwolla for rekindling his interest in supporting fledgling technology companies. Pictured: Dwolla Director of Communications and Policy Affairs Jordan Lampe demonstrating FiSync at FinovateSpring 2015.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

As quoted by CNBC , SWIFT CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt said this week at the Paris FinTech Forum that “we are announcing … a proof-of-concept with the R3 blockchain on trade, where you can initiate a payment on the trade platform and then it goes into gpi.” Federal Reserve said that Fed should develop its own real-time payments network.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 9, 2016

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, EyeVerify won a Best of Show award at FinovateEurope 2016. The company announced a deployment of its Eyeprint ID technology at Republic Bank in Kentucky at the beginning of the year, just a few weeks after reporting EyeVerify had topped two million users of its technology.

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