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Fintech Deals to Watch: Growing in the Digital World

Gonzobanker

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Treasurer Sarah Getzlaff, CEO, Security First Bank of North Dakota, New Salem, N.D. and CEO and chairman, Minnesota Lakes Bank, Delano, Minn. We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight. Covington, Ind.

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The effect of nonbanks in the mortgage space

Independent Banker

We look at how community banks can counter nonbanks’ offerings through streamlined technology, customer service and other strategies. Stovall adds that customers often focus on convenience and price, which tends to favor nonbank fintechs. “A Beth Mattson-Teig is a writer in Minnesota. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

By creating secure and productive remote work environments for employees and helping their teams deal with the stress of working at home (with kids learning from the same house, spouses working in the next room, and myriad other pressure points). THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS. of technologies focused on virtual customer engagement.

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Can AI Turn Banks Into FinTech Firms?

PYMNTS

A lot of them have been saying it for a while, but more and more of them are actually building data science and technology teams that really get it.”. Consumers aren’t looking for one-off solutions for individual financial services; they are looking for an end-to-end journey that is both simple and secure.

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How Uncertainty Kills Commerce

PYMNTS

Both species, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School has found, express profound regret over how much time is spent waiting for something to happen. Consumers spend time waiting for a customer service agent to answer their questions, to be seen by their doctors and in security lines at the airport.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

Fintech Labs Insights

Bluefin Payments received $6 million to expand its secure payment system. Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016: Ceridian. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Real estate transaction management technology. Tags: SMB, payments, security, merchants, acquiring, FinDEVr alum. Total raised: Unknown.