Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While AOBA provides a fertile forum for buyers and potential sellers in the bank M&A space to commensurate, the crowd uses this valuable face time to also delve into discussions about the economy, strategic growth, fintech innovation, competition, and talent wars.

Arizona 148

Arizona Kansas City Industry Phoenix 148

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

We are changing the face of business banking in Arizona by combining cutting-edge fintech technology with true relationship banking.” Expanding the lemonade stand Something So Worth It—a nonprofit organization in Phoenix, Ariz., Besides using the latest technology, Scottsdale Community Bank relies on truly personal service.

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Community Bank Community Phoenix Arizona 172

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

Below is our curated list of top fintech, banktech, payment tech, investech global conferences for 2023. These the biggest and best events in the financial services space geared towards technologists, product managers, developers, marketers and C-Suite execs at both financial institutions and rival fintech firms.

Conference 29

Conference Las Vegas San Francisco Fintech 29

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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Fintech Community Regional Technology 195

Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

A summary of the main blogs of the week … The FinTech Wave, Part One (part two next week) I wrote a blog the other day for The Next Web. The film is about Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix. I thought it was ok, and it has gained a lot of traction socially.

Phoenix 150

Phoenix Maine Analytics Analysis 150

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 24, 2022

Here is the definitive list of fintech, banktech, insurtech, investtech and defi events for 2022. Phoenix, AZ. MIT Fintech Conference. Fintech Meetup. Fintech Junction. Empire Fintech Conference. Fintech Summit. Fintech Talents North America. Fintech World Forum. Lendit Fintech USA.

Conference 15

Conference Fintech Las Vegas San Diego 15

Gonzobanker

MARCH 25, 2020

My neighbor in Phoenix is closing on a house this week and will do so with the only physical meeting in the entire process – offer, loan, title, etc. An early survey of 93 banks done by Fintech Forge showed that 31% of respondents already had back-office employees working from home. being the first open house he went to with his agent.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Phoenix Meeting Training 158

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS , Karin Rush and Linnet Phoenix of DPR Construction explained how virtual and purchasing card technologies keep cash flowing between its network of subcontractors. Payment flows and delays are a challenge for a range of sectors, including construction, utilities, real estate, trucking and more.

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Innovation Payments Phoenix Security 134

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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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The 83-year-old CU, which has 16 branches in the metro Phoenix area and holds $1.9 Credit unions are competing with one another as well as with FIs and FinTechs in offering safe and secure banking services, so it is crucial for them to understand their members’ needs first.

Arizona 159

Arizona Security Cards Phoenix 159

PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

The Phoenix Companies got an infusion of $100 million in equity capital from Nassau Reinsurance as part of a larger deal where the former was taken over by the latter. The top 10 deals of the week show a rapidly descending ladder of deals with no huge outsized deal.

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Marketing San Francisco Phoenix Branding 102

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 11, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.

Las Vegas 12

Las Vegas San Diego Austin Conference 12

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.

Las Vegas 12

Las Vegas San Francisco San Diego Austin 12

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Despite the threat FinTech companies represent, many of them are outspoken about their ambitions to become tech providers for banks. Paul Schaus ( PaulSchaus@ccg-catalyst.com ) is president, CEO and founder of CCG Catalyst, a management consulting firm in Phoenix, Ariz.

Mobile 70

Mobile Millennials Community Bank Community 70

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

We’ve been seeing this same bifurcation, but it stood on its head in the latest week, with B2B carrying the weight of the deal flow, and FinTech relatively lighter. Drilling down a bit, it’s easy to see what held sway. The biggest deal of the week came as KKR agreed to buy Epicor Software from Apax Partners.

Phoenix 100

Phoenix Innovation Google Software 100

Gonzobanker

AUGUST 19, 2015

Some fintech vendors also started to realize the origination and underwriting integration possibilities. Credit union marketers: Join Sam for a discussion about growth strategies along with Ron Shevlin and Ryan Brogan at the GonzoBanker Credit Union Marketing Executives Roundtable in Phoenix, Oct.

Phoenix 60

Phoenix Lending Community Community Bank 60

Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Now, fintech vendors are retooling their apps to go even further to the cloud using Amazon, Microsoft and Google server-less functions.

Data 74

Data How To San Jose San Francisco 74

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

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. Fengjr.com (aka Phoenix Finance). FinTech Group. There may be a bubble in tech investing.

Company 12

Company Fintech North Carolina California 12

Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 21, 2015

During a Fintech Forward panel, Zenbanx CEO Arkadi Kuhlmann talked about how to lend money to data because we don’t see the people anymore. Yet, another panelist cautioned on the irrational exuberance for fintech companies that are front-ends and brokers but don’t make any money. The Breakouts: A Few Nuggets Here and There….

Las Vegas 60

Las Vegas Retail Phoenix Branch Design 60

Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2017

D+H (and before, Harland) promised integrated loan and core systems and specialized credit union functionality in the Phoenix EFE core. The Phoenix EFE core has a Microsoft-based architecture with legs. JHA promised several solutions for retail front-end branch and loan systems and a NetTeller/goDough tandem digital banking solution.

Phoenix 60

Phoenix Lending System US 60

Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2017

D&H (and before, Harland) promised integrated loan and core systems and specialized credit union functionality in the Phoenix EFE core. The Phoenix EFE core has a Microsoft-based architecture with legs. International players like iFlex, Infosys, SAP and Temenos promised robust U.S.

Phoenix 60

Phoenix Lending System US 60

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 22, 2016

Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. Ghaio Fintech. HQ: Phoenix, Arizona. The post Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18 appeared first on Finovate. P2BInvestor added $5 million in debt for its SMB crowdfunding platform. Source: Crunchbase.

Company 12

Company New York City Fintech Colorado 12

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Finally, whether merger-created global player Finastra can scale its acquired Phoenix core platform past the community bank space where it plays today is very uncertain. Another upstart, Nymbus, with its SmartCore, will face similar challenges scaling up toward the complexity of regional banks in the near term.

Regional 119

Regional Strategy Technology Innovation 119

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. Sadly, the silence was deafening.

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Taxes Video Analytics Arkansas 83

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Consumers was the first big credit union to deploy the Phoenix core system and this year was the first big go-live of the Lumin digital banking system. GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes.

Idaho 148

Idaho Conference Data Marketing 148

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

There are a number of great events in FinTech but this one I do my best to attend each year. Product distribution strategy: Through financial institutions, through other fintech companies and platforms. Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through other fintech companies and platforms (curently via Finastra).

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Finastra , the FinTech company, announced Monday (June 18) that it has acquired Malauzai , a provider of mobile and internet banking solutions for community financial institutions (FIs). With that, Malauzai’s digital solution was integrated into Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix core banking system.

Mobile 100

Mobile Community Bank Wisconsin Phoenix 100

PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

But in what is shaping up to be Renaud Laplanche’s second act in online lending and FinTech world, it seems as though the executive may be ready to take the wraps off his newly founded online lending startup, Upgrade. And it seems Upgrade is getting ready to offer its brand of upgrade to the market in the increasingly near future.

Lending 122

Lending San Francisco Online Risk Management 122

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 20, 2016

This week, 35 fintech companies worldwide raised $469 million the second week of June. Fintech deals by size from 11 June to 17 June, 2016: Fenqile. Fintech company builder. HQ: Phoenix, Arizona. The post Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June appeared first on Finovate.

New York City 12

New York City San Francisco Company Fintech 12

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Credit Union: Gulps may have occurred when $3 billion Desert Schools Federal Credit Union signed with recent new technology entrant Corelation , but this San Diego-based core provider and Phoenix area credit union made it happen. Great work on both sides of this high-stakes conversion effort.

Community Bank 60

Community Bank Apple Community Technology 60

CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

The largest share of the unicorn companies are internet software & services companies (15%), followed by e-commerce (14%) and fintech (12%). China’s Lu.com ($18.5B) is the most valuable private fintech company. Out of those companies, the most represented category was fintech (8 companies). Healthcare. 9f Group. $1.

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Company Marketing Capital Software 78