Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Financial-technology firm BM Technologies Inc. is turning the typical banking tie-up formula on its head with plans to acquire First Sound Bank, a Seattle-based community business lender. BM Technologies agreed to acquire First Sound for as much as $7.22

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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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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Hyperproof , an enterprise governance, compliance, and risk management technology provider, has raised $16.5M Seattle-based Hyperproof provides compliance solutions for continuous risk management across key industries, such as security tech, enterprise software, fintech, healthcare tech, and data communications. in a Series A.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

But GeoGuard CEO David Briggs told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that FIs could eliminate most fraudulent transactions with the proper use of a readily available and proven technology – geolocation checking. He said banks and payment processors already have this technology on hand – they’re just not using it correctly. . “If

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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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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.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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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. The Smarter Bank Technology Award.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Companies are thus looking to technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help mitigate this. Fellow expense service Coupa has also made moves in this area, announcing it has acquired Seattle-based FinTech Yapta to innovate its tracking and spending software.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

The greatest health crisis in a generation is poised to accelerate innovation at the intersection of healthcare , technology and payments as never before. And the retailer ponied up a reported $200 million for pieces of Seattle-based startup CareZone ’s technology, which personalizes prescription drug management for individuals.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure. Optimizing risk, compliance and security. IBM has helped many regional and global organizations along this path with everything from migrating existing workloads to forward-looking projects such as blockchain and AI.

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American Banker

APRIL 11, 2022

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Also, Amazon and top technology companies have unveiled the Voice Interoperability Initiative, and Mastercard is joining Pay.UK’s Request to Pay bill pay service. Amazon has rolled out a virtual health clinic with in-home follow-ups for Seattle employees. Visa Partner Launch Eyes $17T Digital Payments Opportunity for FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

The startup’s fast-paced growth comes against intensifying competition among FinTech startups, like PayPal’s Xoom, TransferWise and WorldRemit, which are striving to cut themselves a bigger share of the global remittance market that saw $582 billion in transfers last year.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

“Harnessing the power of technology to automate the exchange of financial information between parties is transformative,” he said. 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.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

Since the launch of the Alexa Skills Kit less than a year ago, the Seattle-based company has been making strides in working with the developer community to build out Alexa’s skill set. The competition saw development of prototypes by FinTech players, including Discover, Visa and Western Union.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

With a big government backing, bold entrepreneurial spirit and increasing FinTech interest, the country’s tech scene is quickly becoming a global force to be reckoned with. The city of Seoul represents half of the entire county’s population, making it a prime location for new technology adoption. Establishing The FinTech Bridge.

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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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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. There are many examples of bank-fintech partnerships. This planning process takes cooperative efforts to execute successfully. Meet customers where they are.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A decade ago, many financial institutions were bringing as much technology as possible in-house as a way of controlling their destinies and customizing their core platforms and data warehouses. In the cloud” is common technology vendor-speak for ASP, service bureau, outsourcing, pay-per-click, and a variety of other delivery models.

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BankInovation

JUNE 17, 2022

For banks, technology poses the best opportunity for managing and mitigating these challenges. When approaching the $1 billion asset size mark, banks have more to think about than just popping champagne. Attention from regulators becomes more pronounced, risk across the enterprise is increased, and existing infrastructure can become strained.

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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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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2016

A look at the companies demoing live to 1,500+ fintech professionals on May 10 & 11. SWITCH is a Seattle-based fintech company developing the first automated payment card and online account updater to help consumers update their cards and payment methods wherever they shop online. Register today.

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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 Alkami Technology. HQ: Seattle, Washington. 12 through Sep.

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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. Payment security technology. Pariti Technologies. The post Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 ——-. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Latest round: $200 million Private Equity.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

There has been an average of 28 fintech deals per week this year. The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. . Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July, 2016: Blockchain Intelligence Group. Alkami Technology.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Seattle-area startup Switch announced today that it is providing “early access” to its free payment management service. By enabling cardholders to manage all of their accounts from one dashboard, the company says its technology is making e-commerce “faster, safer, and easier.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 25, 2017

With the welcome appearance of sunshine in Seattle (finally), we’re now well into spring and excitement for FinovateAsia 2017 is building. Now is the time to apply: the very early-bird deadline for presenter applications to demo is Friday, June 23. The post Apply Now to Present at FinovateAsia 2017!

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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. HQ: Seattle, WA.

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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. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? Heavy core conversions weighing us down.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 29, 2015

Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015 , October 6-7 in San Francisco. Alumni updates: Giftbit earns spot in Techstars Seattle 2015 accelerator. Pich Technologies launches new website.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 15, 2017

SWITCH , a Seattle-based startup that makes it easy to manage your online payment information, has raised $400,000 in funding from angel investors. Chris Hopen, SWITCH co-founder and CEO, called his technology the “first of its kind, credit card updater for online accounts.” million in total capital.

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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. Real estate technology. HQ: Seattle, Washington. The post Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 The vast majority, $5.9 billion) and First Data ($2.6 Latest round: $1.5 Total raised: $3.25

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Seattle-based company announced this week that Korst will join Avalara as its new chief marketing officer and executive vice president. A member of the board of a number of companies including Shoelace Wireless and 9104 Studios, Korst is a mentor for Seattle-area technology accelerator, 9Mile Labs.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 13, 2015

Context Relevant’s automated predictive analytics technology is the only system with sufficient scale, compute, and automation to analyze petabytes of structured and unstructured data in real-time – incorporating findings back into its modeling process automatically. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Founded: January 2012.

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