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US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups 

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investors are still hot to bankroll up-and-coming companies like challenger bank Chime, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Tuesday (Jan. In nine months, the valuation for Silicon Valley’s Chime grew to four times its original size, with investors offering $1.8 Despite headline-grabbing startup debacles, U.S.

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Five Alums Earn Finalist Spots in Global Banking Innovation Awards 2015

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Five Finovate alums – including three innovative bank partners – have made it to the finals of the BAI Global Banking Innovation Awards 2015. Lending Club , Moven , and PayItSimple will compete for top honors in the “Most Innovation Non-Bank Financial Services Organization Award.”

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Retailers Want Fed To Revisit Debit Swipe Fees

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The amendment was passed following lobbying by the merchants and, of course, counter lobbying by the card networks and banks. The Fed ultimately settled on a 21 cent cap plus 0.05% of the transaction for fraud recovery (up from their original proposal of 12 cents). Pre-2011, debit card interchange fees averaged in the 44 cent range.

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Delivering Trust for Risk-Aware Telcos - Using Data and Analytics

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Telecom customers routinely highlight choppy subscription processes as a key driver of low net-promoter scores and non-renewals - both of which contribute to high churn rates. Tim has over 15 years' experience spanning banking, finance, retail and marketing analytics. Tim Young is a principal consultant at FICO.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

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The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. The Rundown on the Run-up to the Decisions.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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But money was just the problem: due diligence oversights on Caterpillar’s part and alleged “deliberate, multi-year, coordinated accounting misconduct” at Siwei were uncovered months after the deal closed and Caterpillar took a $580M non-cash goodwill impairment write-down in 2012. Date: October 2011. HP and Autonomy.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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If Amazon can get you lower-debt payments or give you a bank account, you’ll buy more stuff on Amazon.”. Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. In aggregate, these product development and investment decisions reveal that Amazon isn’t building a traditional bank that serves everyone.