Investments

Investors boost Divvy's business expense payments platform

04/30/19

The venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates has led a $200 million funding round in Divvy, a business payments and expense management platform provider.

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Welcome to Operation Choke Point 2.0

03/07/19

Banks once again are finding themselves in the political crosshairs over customers they finance, but this time it’s community activists, not the government, leading the charge.

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Cross River Bank secures $100M funding for fintech platform

12/07/18

The New Jersey bank is offering fintechs ways to stay compliant with consumer protection regulations.

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Digital tools are coming for high-net-worth clients

07/10/18

Apps aimed at the very wealthy have lagged behind those for other groups, but there's interest in developing them, especially ones that track total net worth.

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Va. bank raises $39M after two years of significant loan growth

05/17/18

Total loans at Old Dominion National Bank have tripled since 2016.

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Grameen America eyes banks in ambitious push to expand microlending effort

03/01/18

The nonprofit is turning to banks and social impact investors to support a newly created fund designed to significantly increase the size of its loan portfolio over five years.

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Investor groups buying large stake in Bank Leumi USA

01/22/18

MSD Capital, which manages the assets of Michael Dell, and Endicott Management will pay $141 million for a 15% stake in the U.S. unit of Israel's Bank Leumi.

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Where fintech dollars will go in 2018

12/26/17

Banks plan to spend more on blockchain and AI in the coming year, and appear willing to explore new technology partnerships.

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Dutch State sells stake of about $1.8 billion in ABN Amro

09/15/17

The Dutch government sold a third stake in ABN Amro Group NV, taking advantage of a rally in the shares of the nationalized lender.

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Fintech’s future is in the back end

05/10/17

The consumer banking experience still needs work. But instead of investing money in consumer-facing products, we must invest in critical yet less sexy infrastructure improvements.

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