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Accelerating To The Future?

PYMNTS

As more software, biotech and other technology companies enter the space, the need for accelerators is, well, accelerating. The funds and access to top-notch technology that accelerators provide these fledgling companies are crucial to their growth. Accelerators provide a lot of mentoring,” Munk said. “We

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At the Speed of Tech

Independent Banker

There’s really no typical day for Jason Lord, an information security officer at SunMark Community Bank in Hawkinsville, Ga. We studied a range of topics like security trends, risk assessments and vendor management,” he says of the instructional program. “It Our customers are our employees,” he notes.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Security Bank Midwest. Security Bank. Rowland; and EVP and chief technology officer Mike Beattie. Self Financial handles the technology, including access to online accounts and an app, as well as marketing aspects of the program, and Lead Bank provides the compliance and access to the banking system. Ag Lender Score.

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. 257 $45 36 Bambu 39 2016 Memphis 166,000 2.3 Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. And from the very beginning, there have been pure-play digital banking startups. 8,860 $2,300 6 Upgrade 1426 2016 SF 3,013,000 4.5

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150+ Startups Reshaping The Wellness Industry

CB Insights

Alternative protein startups such as plant-based dairy brands Ripple and Califia Farms and meat alternatives Impossible Foods and Memphis Meats make up a good portion of this category. Meanwhile, sleep tech startups are aiming to use technology to cultivate better sleeping habits for consumers.

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D3 Digital Banking Platform Goes Live at First Tennessee Bank

Fintech Labs Insights

“D3 Banking allows us to meet and exceed high consumer expectations in a configurable, scalable, and secure environment, competitively positioning ourselves for years of digital growth,” First Tennessee Bank SVP Kevin Karrels said.

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Our Meatless Future: How The $90B Global Meat Market Gets Disrupted

CB Insights

Meanwhile, startups using technology to engineer meat in labs or manufacture it from plant-based products are rising in popularity. Memphis Meats aims to decrease the cost of lab-grown meat in order to compete with commercial meat. Memphis Meats wasn’t the first company to explore lab-grown meat products: Dr.

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