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Inaugural Flyover Fintech Conference Summary

Social Assurance

Nebraska Innovation Campus. This week, the inaugural Flyover Fintech conference was held at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Nebraska Innovation Campus. Due to the regulation in the financial industry, startups need to take the time to ensure that they’re compliant in their business activities.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. A pretty clear-cut sizzle. Costco Card.

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails

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B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Omaha, Nebraska — Buffet’s birthplace — was the home of the First Transcontinental Railroad , which made railroads an important part of the Omaha economy. Today, a host of innovators are making B2B payments rails sexy again too.

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House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues

PYMNTS

The second hearing focused on innovation and competitive impact on the tech space, and panelists included executives from Apple , Amazon and Google. 8), the AGs focused on Facebook include Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Iowa and the District of Columbia. At this writing (Sunday, Sept. The Hearing.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

At the age of 26, Nebraska stockbroker and school teacher named Warren Buffett took his “retirement fund” of $174,000 and decided to start his own investment business. When Buffett invests, he is not looking at the innovative potential of the company or, in a vacuum, its growth potential. Two decades later, he was a billionaire.

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Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $345 Million Week Ending August 14

Fintech Labs Insights

It was another stellar week for Finovate alums with 6 fundings totaling $123 million: money transfer service Payoneer ($50 mil), AI innovator Kensho ($33 million), tax specialist VATBox ($24 million), , cash-back specialist Mogl ($7.9 Source: NW Innovation. HQ: Omaha, Nebraska. million), mobile security provider Tyfone ($6.6