Insights from the 2023 Fintech Index
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FR Contributor Alex Lazarow shares his takeaways from F-Prime’s 2023 Fintech Index report.
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Fintech News Stories
Do hedge funds have data budgets?
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From Matt Ober: If data solutions can make the firm money, save the firm money or help the firm raise money, then there is no budget.
Read MoreIncubating community bank-fintech ecosystems
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To Charles Potts, EVP and Chief Innovation Officer of ICBA, the ThinkTECH accelerator program represents a “key pillar” of ICBA’s work and arose from community banks' drive to be “on par with the biggest fintechs and banks on the planet.”
Read MoreShould dating apps mingle with credit scores?
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It’s hard to think of dating apps as a space where finance isn’t traditionally discussed; if anything, it’s one of the most overtly wealth-driven spaces that millions of users encounter every day.
Read MoreInside Cantaloupe’s acquisition of CHEQ
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According to Ravi Venkatesan, CEO of Cantaloupe, the CHEQ acquisition aligns squarely with Cantaloupe’s mission. “We want to move as much commerce as possible to self-service commerce, and we want to be the technology that powers that self-service commerce,” he said. “It's really that simple.”
Read MoreApple Vision Pro and the metaverse economy
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Maybe above all else, ask yourself this: If you’re not pining for a $3,499 isolationist “iPad for your face,” then why would others?
Read MoreThe myths of impact in investing
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In a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks back at his time at Omidyar Network and sets the record straight on the effects and ethics of impact investing.
Read MoreApple, consumer payments, and investor uncertainty in 2024
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Taking a look at publicly listed tech companies’ payments-focused strategies suggest that payments will remain a cash cow and focus of investment this year across fundraising fora—not just VCs and private markets.
Read MoreRetail at a crossroads
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Introverts or not, consumers continue to approach in-person commerce as a productive, social, and non-fungible practice.
Read MoreEmbedded payments in SMS with Solutions by Text
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To Dave Baxter, CEO of Solutions by Text, the expansion into embedded payments is a logical next step for SBT that ultimately benefits consumers. “Bill pay isn’t going away,” Baxter said, citing its place as 30% of consumer spend.
Read MorePredictions and discussions for 2024
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In a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks at the trends and debates shaping fintech in the coming year.
Read MoreUnlocking the future of banking with Stellar Elements
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Onsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Corinna Stukan, VP of Product at Stellar Elements.
Read MoreData and digital transformation with Altimetrik
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Onsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Raj Sundaresan, CEO of Altimetrik.
Read MoreThe future of payouts with Onbe
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Onsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with sat down with Tracy Monson, Chief Product Officer at Onbe, discussing check fraud, security-focused product development, and the future of payouts solutions as new technologies emerge.
Read MoreThe evolution of the digital identity market
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Onsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with sat down with Ricardo Amper, CEO & Founder of Incode, discussing the identity stalwart’s plans for expansion, and diving into the relationship between public trust and Incode’s growth strategy.
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