Fintech’s Role When the Economy Shifts From ‘Respond’ to ‘Recover’
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Post-COVID-19 opportunities can come from thinking big and acting boldly now.
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Fintech News Stories
Is Revolution Creating Room for Entrenchment?
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The current economic situation is the first true test for fintech companies born as a result from a previous global crisis: the Great Recession.
Read MoreThe Power of Fintechs
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Understandably, headlines this week were basically 100% coronavirus, 100% of the time. The bad — even devastating — news is clear, and there’s no shortage of it. The eternal optimist in us wanted to come out of this week with a few glasses that looked half full.
Read MoreMore Bank/Fintech Fireworks
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We had another bombshell this week: Lending Club acquired Boston-based Radius Bank for $185 million.
Read MoreRecord Insurtech Funding in Q4 2019
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Quarterly insurtech funding reached an all-time high of $1.99 billion during Q4 2019.
Read MoreVaro Crosses the Bank/Fintech Moat
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Fintech firm Varo Money became a pioneer of sorts this week, boldly going where no fintech has gone before.
Read MoreTech Comes to Commercial Real Estate
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Proptech — aka real estate-related technology — is poised to become the next hot, tech-suffixed buzzword. Much of the early days of proptech has been focused on residential real estate, but commercial real estate, too, is now slowly but surely adopting tech innovations into its industry.
Read MoreGoldman Finally Releases a Marcus App
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Marcus was rolled out in 2016 and was the gilded, venerable investment bank’s first foray into consumer financial services.
Read MoreBBVA Engages in a Partnership with Amazon
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Spanish Bank BBVA is embarking on a partnership with the e-commerce giant Amazon.
Read MoreOur Fragmented Banking Lives
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As we enter a new decade, it is an opportune time to look back on how the fintech landscape has evolved over the past ten years and how it has affected banking.
Read MoreLondon Fintechs Find Funding
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To start off 2020, we’re jumping across the pond, where we took note of some London-based fintech start-ups that recently completed funding rounds.
Read MoreFintech Banks Look to State Charters
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State charters — while not as appealing as a national charter — are proving to be an attractive alternative for some fintech banks until the national charter process is ironed out.
Read MoreFintech Funding for the Holidays
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In the midst of all the seasonal hoopla, we spotted some fresh fintech funding this week.
Read MoreThe Data Wars Show No Sign of Slowing Down
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There’s been a long-standing battle between banks (or other financial institutions) and third parties over the sharing of customer data. This scenario is playing out again exactly as you’d expect.
Read MoreThe Rapid Rise of Klarna
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Swedish fintech Klarna has had quite a 2019. Now it aims to expand to Australia and other markets in 2020, in large part spurred by its success in the U.S.
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