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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. Has to be M-O-E.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Leadership and board members. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe Atlas (business incorporation tool) and Stripe Sigma (business analytics and reporting) can help simplify business operations. Company Leadership & Board Members. Stripe has assembled a leadership team with several industry veterans.

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Highlights of IBM Think 2019

Alex Jimenez

As noted in a previous post, I attended IBM’s Think 2019 conference in San Francisco earlier this month. Chris Brasher, Head of Banking Ops at Regions Bank talked about using Watson not just to drive more self-service but also to help bank staff assist customers better and quicker. IBM Think 2019 Campus. IBM Q Panel.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

When it became apparent that the Small Business Administration (SBA) would be providing loans to businesses to ease the sting of the pandemic, Cross River Bank employees urged leadership to embrace the program, Goldfeder says. We stood this up from zero to fully operational in two weeks,” Goldfeder says. Championing community banking.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. Takeaways & lessons.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

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. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

In January 2018, Outcome settled all pending lawsuits by the company’s investors on the condition that Shah and Agarwal step down from their leadership positions. Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. The Outcome. Total Funding: $263M.

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