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FinTechs Take On Payment Rail Status Quo

PYMNTS

Payments FinTech Sila offers an Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform to help companies more seamlessly integrate compliant payments capabilities within their solutions via application programming interface (API), with an integrated stablecoin, SILA. The company recently announced $7.7 The company has rolled out its service in the U.K.

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FinTech Could Be Hurt By Fight Between OCC And States

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The FinTech industry’s future could depend on the outcome of a fight between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and states, according to a report in TechCrunch. The charter is optional for FinTechs and is aimed at providing a stamp of approval by the OCC for having good compliance practices.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

American Bank, National Association. Classic Bank, National Association. The First National Bank In Sioux Falls. Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association. So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued.

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Governments Fuel Blockchain’s Global Proliferation

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The latest news from the country comes from its government: Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Sopnendu Mohanty, said the central bank is about two years out from being able to assess the impact of its current blockchain project, Ubin. United States. On the federal level, the U.S.

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AltFin Proves Its Staying Power With Asian Investors

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More than $150 million in venture capital bolstered the B2B FinTech market this week, and while investors made big steps into areas like human resources, fleet management and artificial intelligence (AI), it was an old favorite that saw the most, and largest, investment rounds: alternative lending. B2B Payments. Previse , based in the U.K.,

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Brazos National Bank. Douglas National Bank. FSNB, National Association. Pioneer Trust Bank, National Association. AMG National Trust Bank. HNB National Bank. Leader Bank, National Association. BNC National Bank. Stearns Bank National Association. By William Atkinson. Philadelphia.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

FinTech threats and distractions. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club?