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More Security In Wake Of Mall Brawls

PYMNTS

Brawls of mostly young people reportedly broke out around malls in Fayetteville, NC, East Garden City, NY, Elizabeth, NJ, Manchester, CT, Aurora, CO, and Tempe, AZ, among others. I don’t believe it was a coordinated social media flash mob kind of thing.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

In the late 90s, low interest rates made speculative equity investments more attractive than bonds, and at the same time, innovative internet companies grew in popularity among retail investors, professional traders, venture capitalists, and the like (familiar?). We thought our customers would stay with our bank, no matter what.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

Fintech Labs Insights

Payments via social media. HQ: Chatham, NJ. Tags: Payments, mobile, social, Facebook, Startup Chile (investor). Electronic gift card platform. HQ: Palo Alto, California. Latest round: $16 million Series B. Total raised: $29.2 Source: FT Partners. Online auto insurance comparison site. HQ: Mumbai, India. Source: Xconomy.