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Interview in April Edition of Futures Magazine

Bank Innovation

Through Angelic Ventures I have made 40+ early stage investments, ranging from Lending Club, Zopa, CircleUp and Fundbox among […]. Tom Glocer’s 10 surefire wins in fintech* [link] … By Jeff Joseph | April 15, 2017 How many investments in financial technology has your family office, Angelic Ventures, made?

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SMB-Focused Lender Judo Bank Attains Unicorn Status

PYMNTS

Australia’s Judo Bank has attained unicorn status, according to FinTech Magazine , meaning it has achieved a valuation of at least $1 billion. The bank focuses on small- and medium-sized business (SMB) lending. “We The sheer deluge of funding has all added up to the unicorn status, according to FinTech Magazine.

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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

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The Credit + Lending + Portfolio Risk track will cover topics on managing credit risk, making smarter loans faster, managing the current expected credit loss (CECL), stress testing, and asset/liability management (ALM). The Fighting Financial Crime track will focus on BSA compliance, anti-money-laundering (AML), and fraud detection topics.

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Three ways banks can support innovation in their markets.

Jeff For Banks

So why do FIs opt for the sideline in participating more fully in innovation? Better to innovate and go out swinging, than to remain mired in the past and go out with a whimper. But innovation need not start in northern California. or outright balance sheet lending so long as you put a wall around the risk.

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Credit Suisse-Led Group to Launch Blockchain-based Commerical Platform

Bank Innovation

In an interview with Euromoney, Emmanuel Aidoo, head of the distributed ledger and blockchain effort at Credit Suisse, told the magazine that Credit Suisse approached the other participants in order to discuss […].

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Meet Our 2023 FICO Decisions Awards Judges

FICO

Our eight judges are business leaders, analysts, media and innovators in their own right, drawn from nearly every continent. She is a top advisor to Fortune 500 companies on responsible artificial intelligence strategy and data innovation practices and serves on several boards advising startups, universities, and other non-profits.

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How Digitization Turned Media’s Cash Flow Upside Down

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“You have fewer areas of dispute when you run a TV ad or buy a page in a magazine, because it’s pretty much binary — you can see it, you can hear it,” he said. Alternative lenders like FastPay get to use innovative data technologies to make lending less risky. “It’s a unique position.

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