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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

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The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Of course, banks have to be run with safety and soundness to protect those deposits, but they also have myriad public mandates, like fair lending, anti-money laundering and customer privacy. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story.

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Top 5 Fintech: Silicon Valley Might Meets South Korean Finesse

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Last week we observed an upsurge in collaborations between startups and financial institutions, but this week is all startup glory. There are some old pros still doing us proud with 9-figure rounds, like Affirm, but a major Korean vital force is not far behind, in the form of e-commerce and seriously chill Read More.

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Watch 9 Fintech Startups Pitch at Techstars & Western Union Demo Day (Oct 2020)

Fintech Labs Insights

Their were 9 fintech companies and one healthtech. Description: Alternative credit scoring and lending in emerging markets. Description: Digital banking and spend management platform for global NGOs. Description: Digital wealth manager connecting Africans to U.S. HQ: Oakland, CA. Pentina 4-minute pitch @Techstars.

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

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The year ends with a total of about $19 billion invested into private fintech companies (includes debt and equity). It is unlikely we’ll see that much in 2016, but the fintech sector is vast, and there are fascinating opportunities for newcomers and existing brands alike. HQ: Oakland, California. Credit risk management.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

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But if there’s one in the fintech sector, the dozens of investors in these 23 companies didn’t get the memo. In the last full non-holiday week of the year, $685 million poured into fintech companies worldwide. Investing & portfolio management. FinTech Group. There may be a bubble in tech investing.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $400 Million Week Ending May 20

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Along with the usual payment and lending startups, two insurtech companies raised substantial rounds: Embroker ($12.2 Finovate alums accounted for 40% of the week’s dollar volume including: Personal Capital raised $75 million for its digital wealth management service. Digital wealth manager. Tink raised $10.2

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

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Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Oakland, California. Marketplace small business lending platform. The post Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, healthcare, payments, insurance. ——-. Total raised: $224.9 million ($5.82