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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. Whereas FinTechs are undoubtedly newer and faster – risen from the digital age to put banks out of business – they aren’t always able to take deposits or keep some of those associated warranties. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story.

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

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Their were 9 fintech companies and one healthtech. Description: Alternative credit scoring and lending in emerging markets. Metrics: – LOIs with 3 major non-profits – $80M of aid payments already committed – Another $87M in pipeline – 1% global market share BEFORE full launch. HQ: Oakland, CA. HQ: Little Rock, Arkansas.

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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. Source: Crunchbase.

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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. Private tech stock market to sell pre-IPO shares. AI for capital markets news. The post Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 ——-. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Total raised: $224.9

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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. FinTech Group. Secondary market for private company shares. Nous Global Markets. DotDashPay.

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Fintech Fundings: 39 Companies Raise $930 Million Week Ending April 15

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For the third time this year, we tied the single-week record of 39 fintech financing deals. This week, those 39 fintech startups raised a whopping $932 million, (or $680 million not counting the $253 million Bats Global IPO). Here are the fintech deals by size from 9 April to 15 April 2016: Bats Global. HQ: Oakland, California.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

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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. HQ: Oakland, California. Middle market capital matchmaker. Fixed income markets enterprise software. Nearly two-thirds of the money went to solar energy lender, Mosaic.