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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

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Social media financial compliance specialist Gremln raised $1.4 HQ: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Social media management & compliance for financial institutions . HQ: Trieste, Tags: SMB, credit, lending, trade financing, underwriting, commerce. One Finovate alum added cash at year-end: . million Seed.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Importantly, Jeff’s contributions to the credit union industry and the Pennsylvania community are simply too long to list. The Grow-a-Cool-Niche-Award – goes to Bank Newport for creating a national marine lending business and investing to win with more talent, partnerships and technology.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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Goes to Greg Smith, retiring CEO of Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union. This award goes to Ally Bank ’s mind-numbingly fast growth in its auto lending unit. According to BankRegData, Ally has grown its auto lending portfolio by 68% since 4Q15. We hope we see you on the green boys! Pedal to the Metal Award.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

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Sneak Peek Part 7: Avoka, CBW Bank, Cloud Lending Solutions, Context Relevant, Dealstruck, DriveWealth, Dwolla, Dynamics, Encap Security, EyeBuy, FIS Mobile, Kabbage, Knox Payments, Lending Tree, LendKey. HQ: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Sneak Peek: Aurora Financial Systems and Mistral Mobile. See you in San Jose! Founded: 1975.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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The housing bubble bursting that same year had the opposite effect and various penalties and real estate losses relating to Countrywide’s lending practices ended up costing BofA about $40B, all told. That skyrocketing popularity is likely what made Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp think it was worth spending $580M to acquire the social network.

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