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California’s fintech startups are invading New York

Bank Innovation

When two Irish brothers started Stripe Inc. together in 2010, there was little question about where they should put their headquarters. It had to be California. Now, though, Stripe is leaving the tech mecca of San Francisco, awash in tech talent and investor cash, and is in the process of moving its main office about 10 […].

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Fintech Unfiltered: Inside HSBC Bank USA’s Lofty Innovation Strategy for 2018 [Podcast]

Bank Innovation

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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Centana Growth Partners closes $375m fintech fund

Bank Innovation

Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week. The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies.

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Banking ‘brain’ developer Kasisto raises $22M to expand

Bank Innovation

New York-based Kasisto, a conversational AI company which developed the banking […].

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Weekly Wrap: Varo gets FDIC approval, as Curve prepares for US launch

Bank Innovation

In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: The implications of banking startup Varo’s FDIC approval; How U.K. card startup Curve opened a New York City office in advance of its U.S. Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap series, for the week ending Friday, Feb.

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Weekly Wrap: Visa acquires Plaid and retailers embrace fintech

Bank Innovation

In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: The overlap of retail with financial services, and reflections on the National Retail Federation annual conference in New York; Visa’s acquisition of Plaid and what it means […].

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Amazon Wants Alexa To Track Medicine, Provide Health Data

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Everybody feels like it is going to be really game-changing,” Emily Kagan, vice president of digital innovation strategy at Northwell, the New York Hospital system, told The Wall Street Journal. We’re all still experimenting.”

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