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From the snap election called by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the country’s recently expressed eagerness to accept refugees in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, there have been more than a few reasons for the Great White North to make news headlines of late. Now fintech fans in particular have another Read more…
This week, Finovate Podcast host Greg Palmer talked about the ways that fintechs can help homebuyers – and lenders – deal with the painpoints of the mortgage process. His guest, David Jegen, is a Managing Partner with F Prime Capital, one of the largest VC funds in the world that invests primarily in technology and Read more…
Technology supergeniuses and uber-popular podcasters aren’t the only ones choosing to set up shop in the Lone Star State these days. German savings marketplace Raisin has gone live with its first U.S. partner bank – Dallas, Texas-based MapleMark Bank – launching its term deposit products o MapleMark’s digital platform. “Together with MapleMark Bank, Raisin U.S. Read more…
Last week saw the second Finovate Halftime Review, exploring the critical trends for banks, FIs and fintechs from 2021 so far and looking ahead, and designed to open up the discussion for those in the industry on what the future of finance should look like.
Time to catch up on the latest from the Finovate Podcast featuring Finovate VP Greg Palmer! Last week, the podcast hosted Matthew Covi, co-founder and CEO of Signal Intent. A Best of Show winner in its Finovate debut this spring, Signal Intent builds financial calculators for banks, credit unions, and other financial services companies. These Read more…
Synctera has raised $33 million in Series A funding to fuel its mission to make it easier for community banks and fintechs to work together. The round, which brought the company’s total funding to more than $46 million, featured new strategic investors such as Mastercard, as well as executives from Finovate alums like Marqeta, Feedzai, Read more…
Earlier this year in our conversation on diversity in fintech and financial services, we looked at a partnership between Paybby, a challenger bank focused on Black and Brown communities; Carver Federal Savings Bank, an African-American owned bank; and Finovate alum Boss Insights. Today, we pick up that conversation from the fintech’s perspective, talking with Boss Read more…
Of all the trends accelerated by the global pandemic, enhancing customer engagement may be both the most critical and the most enduring as we transition toward a post-COVID world. In the latest edition of his Finovate Podcast, host Greg Palmer talks with Crayon Data founder and CEO Suresh Shankar about his takeaways from 2020 and Read more…
It’s hard to believe it’s only been one year since FinovateEurope 2020 wrapped. What a year it’s been! Looking back on the 2020 demo and speaker videos feels notable precisely because of how “normal” they all look. So much of the past year has been spent dealing with specific challenges and simply trying to weather Read more…
Janice Diner, CEO, Founder of Horizn shares her journey through fintech, as part of our #womeninfintech series.
With 2021 underway, fintech analysts and observers have begun sharing their lists of companies they expect to do big things in the coming year. This week, Finovate Global Lists shares two compilations of fintech startups from India and Africa that are raising millions in capital and bringing a variety of digital financial services to underserved Read more…
According to the World Bank there are 1.7 billion unbanked adults in the world. In the United States, this number is just over 14 million, representing more than 6% of all households in the country. Analysts have suggested that, in Europe, while there are some well-banked countries (Germany, the Baltics in particular), there are others, Read more…