Venture capital

Small-business fintech Nav raises $45 million

02/12/19

The Salt Lake City company, which connects small-business owners with lenders like JPMorgan and BofA, plans to use the funds to expand its partnerships and customer base.

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Citi Ventures invests in consumer analytics firm Second Measure

02/12/19

Citigroup's venture capital arm is investing in technology that provides real-time analysis of millions of consumers' card transactions.

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Why venture capitalists love fintechs

02/10/19

Venture capital-backed fintech funding surged 120% in 2018. Following is a summary of fintech milestones and potential future moves for the industry.

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Veteran of IBM's Deep Blue launches AI-based cybersecurity company

02/05/19

Banks are a primary market to be pursued by Blue Hexagon, which received $31 million in venture capital.

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Fintech targets banks keen for out-of-market CRE loans

01/29/19

CrediFi helps bankers pursuing commercial real estate loan growth minimize the risk in lending to customers they historically haven't served.

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Why startup Finxact just got $30M from the ABA, SunTrust, others

01/25/19

The core-banking vendor won the investment and ringing endorsements from the trade group and several banks because its open system and cloud delivery could eventually challenge entrenched tech players.

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Startups take on stress-testing tech

01/20/19

Fintechs are developing data-crunching, automated products that seek to help banks precisely calibrate capital levels. The banks' goal is to pass stress tests while maximizing returns to investors.

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Fintech funding reaches new high

01/09/19

Efforts to build better connections to bank customer data, trade digital currency and explore artificial intelligence for security and compliance purposes were some of the biggest draws of fundraising for U.S. startups.

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How blockchain, smart contracts could upstage banks

01/08/19

Its early days yet, but decentralized apps will democratize finance, says Andrew Keys, cofounder of ConsenSys Capital, the financial services arm of ConsenSys.

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This fintech is taking anti-bank marketing to extremes. It may pay for it

12/19/18

Good Money just raised $30 million and is a year away from launching, but already is raising concerns for its trash-talking of established players.

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