Bank Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2020

Bank Innovation has hand-selected 10 companies to participate in its DEMOvation Challenge at Bank Innovation Ignite, which runs from March 2-3 in Seattle. The companies focus on a variety of use cases including customer acquisition, loan underwriting technology, conversational AI, fraud prevention, and other digital capabilities.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

A bank needs a team with diverse perspectives and unique abilities—technology, sales, lending and leadership—that is willing to work together at a heightened pace, he notes. Build a lending niche. There are many examples of bank-fintech partnerships. You have to give people a reason to bank with you.”. Tim Reimink, Crowe LLP.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2018

According to reports, store number two will also be in Seattle, about a mile from the first location. Amazon said it is “excited to bring Amazon Go to 920 5th Avenue in Seattle” for those who couldn’t quite travel that last mile. was cleared for launch, and coming soon. The store will open in Fall 2018.

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Samsung Payments Seattle Google 110

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

At the time, Mark Almeida, President of Moody’s Analytics, said Finagraph’s technology would help “bankers make better, faster lending decisions for the growing SME market.” The post Seattle-Based Finagraph Completes $5 Million Financing appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Seattle-based startup delivered a near-perfect pitch at the Altanta demo day a fews weeks ago (see above), and we are enthusiastic about its prospects. If you are familiar with P2P lending, you’ll instantly get the Arrived Homes platform. HQ: Seattle, WA. The latest is recent Techstar alum, Arrived Homes. Company Vitals.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

billion regional institution based in Seattle -- had a problem: many in the general public didn't realize exactly what it did. Washington Federal -- a $16.4 The post Podcast: With Rebrand, WaFd Puts Its Bank Identity Front and Center appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In total, 12 fintech companies raised $152 million, though 5 of the deals did not release the amount raised. So far this year, venture funding in the fintech sector have totaled $17.8 HQ: Seattle, Washington. Mortgage lending platform. Alt-lending platform. Lending portal. Total raised: $15 million.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The money flow into fintech continued unabated this week with more than a half-billion ($557 million) raised by 24 companies. Year-to-date fintech firms have raised $13 billion. The Seattle-based startup raised $3 million to bring its total funding to $5.3 HQ: Seattle, Washington. Risk management for P2P lending.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Seattle, Washington. 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 CallforLoans.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Total dollars raised, $6.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

First, the Seattle-based company closed $9 million in Series B funding. In total, the company has provided funds to 75 small businesses, including Finovate alum, Cloud Lending. The post Lighter Capital Closes $9 Million Series B Funding Round, Raises $100 Million to Lend to Tech Startups appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Leading Digital Consumer Banks (United States)* ranked by our FAB score (Fintech Attention Barometer**) Company FAB Score** Founded HQ Web Visits (Oct ’23) TrustPilot Score TrustPilot Reviews Funding ($M) 1 Wise (Transferwise) 10581 2011 London 38,100,000 4.2 Consumers (Nov 2023) first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech. Amazon Payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

It was a somewhat slower week in fundings with just under $100 million raised by 14 fintech companies. It comes as no surprise, that eight (17%) were fintech companies including four Finovate alums ( Betterment, Coinbase, Wealthfront, ZenPayroll ) and four others ( Avant, Collective Health, Raise, and Zuora ). HQ: Seattle, Washington.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Almost 40% of the total ($223 million) went to Chinese real estate marketplace FangDD which is not universally classified as fintech. HQ: Seattle, Washington. The post Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $590 Million Week Ending Oct 9 appeared first on Finovate. million), Ripple ($4 million), Praesidio ($3.1 HQ: Irving, Texas.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Lending to bootcamp students. Marketplace lending platform. HQ: Seattle, Washington. The post Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $420 Million Week Ending October 23 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Consumer, financing, B2B2C, indirect lending, loans, underwriting, in-store POS, Finovate alum. P2P loan platform.

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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: Seattle, Washington. The post Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Tags: Enterprise, underwriting, credit, lending, analytics, API, Life.SREDA (investor). The vast majority, $5.9

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 2, 2016

The small business intelligence and analytics platform Finagraph has earned an investment from Moody’s , giving the rating service and research firm a minority stake in the Seattle-area company. Finagraph was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The amount of Moody’s investment was not disclosed.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. Bravo to CEO Brian Vance, President Jeff Deuel and team for a watershed expansion into the hot Seattle market with a bank whose commercial skills can complement those of its acquirer. The Real “Lending” Stock Award – Goes to longtime player LendingTree. Heavy core conversions weighing us down.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In an interview at CB Insights’ 2019 Future of Fintech conference, CFO and CPO William Gaybrick indicated that businesses are more constrained by developer resources than by capital. Business lending and corporate cards. Most recently, Stripe has launched a Corporate Card and a Lending product geared towards small businesses.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

There has been an average of 28 fintech deals per week this year. Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July, 2016: Blockchain Intelligence Group. HQ: Seattle, Washington. The post Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July appeared first on Finovate. Total dollars raised YTD is $18.1

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 27, 2017

With the stock market rallying to new highs, the new robo fund from LendingRobot may have arrived just in time for people looking to diversify their portfolios with investments in the alternative lending market. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, LendingRobot demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2016, where it won Best of Show.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2021

We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Alt-Lenders (Digital) Lending to Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMB) in the United States. HQ: Seattle. Related: Watch 12 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Demo Day (May 2021 update)). Camino Financial. Lighter Capital. Pittsburgh.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Top 30 Alt-Lenders (Digital) Lending to Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMB) in the United States. HQ: Seattle. The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021). Fundera (NerdWallet). Biz2Credit. Lighter Capital. Camino Financial. Founded: 2010.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Top 30 Alt-Lenders (Digital) Lending to Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMB) in the United States. HQ: Seattle. The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021). Fundera (NerdWallet). Biz2Credit. Lighter Capital. Camino Financial. Founded: 2010.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Top 30 Alt-Lenders (Digital) Lending to Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMB) in the United States. HQ: Seattle. Fundera (NerdWallet). Biz2Credit. Lighter Capital. Camino Financial. SmartBiz Loans. SnapCap (LendingTree). Rank (by FAB score). Trustpilot : 4.5

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 30, 2016

It tells the tale of a Seattle couple who are renting a cottage behind their primary residence in a completely legal and transparent way. Certainly, the bank can make the business decision not to lend to any category where it doesn’t like the overall risk vs. return.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Lending, and banking, small businesses. Traditional home equity lending : Installment loans, lines of credit, and so on. That leaves many financial institutions wondering how to replace the branches historic role as the center of customer acquisition. There are many options: Digital sales & marketing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

There is a clear pattern in B2B FinTech investment. While the alternative lending hype has dulled a bit, it’s been replaced by a far greater hype-machine: blockchain. Based in Seattle, Qumulo offers businesses data management technology via its cloud-based file storage solution. FinCompare.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 4, 2015

And we are as excited as ever to see live and up close what our roster of 72 fintech innovators has in store. Lending Club. Seattle Metropolitan CU. FinovateSpring 2015 is right around the corner (have you picked up your ticket yet? ). We hope you’ll join us. Intellectual Ventures. Morgan Chase. Justice Federal CU.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. Lending marketplace for small businesses. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Tags: Institutions, lenders, mortgage, lending, customer service, mobile, account opening. million Seed.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 8, 2016

It’s surprising that neither Lending Club nor Prosper have their own official apps* for tracking portfolios. But it’s even more mind-boggling that a third-party hasn’t seized the opportunity to aggregate P2P lending accounts– similar to what Mint did 10 years ago for bank accounts. billion industry.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 17, 2015

While the data wasn’t broken out by sector, I’d wager that last quarter’s $5 billion in fintech startup funding was 5x to 10x more than in 1999/2000. But at least in fintech, there are vast opportunities to improve existing processes and open new markets. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Total raised: $45.1

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Title: Fintech ‘Plastc’ Shuts Down After Cancelling All 80,000 Pre Orders. -Kyle Hill, HomeCare CEO. Title: BTCjam Sets Closing Date. Product: BTCJam.

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