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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 08/08

The Fintech Times

Appointments Torpago , a commercial credit card and spend management provider for banks, hires Chris Boncimino , as head of business operations. He brings over two decades of experience in the financial services sector, having led business and technology teams at major banks and technology firms.

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. And from the very beginning, there have been pure-play digital banking startups. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. But unlike ecommerce, digital-only banking was slow to catch on.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.

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How Have the Finovate Best of Show Winners Fared?

Fintech Labs Insights

Only 17 have gone out of business, mostly in the 2014 to 2017 vintage, which makes sense as well-funded startups usually last at least 5 years. And prior to 2014, the line-up was smaller and highly curated. Tuum: Raised $48M for its modular banking technology, gaining traction with banks and financial institutions across Europe.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In 2006, investment banks were at the top of the finance world. After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change. As a result, banks are facing dropping IPO profits. Some banks have collapsed.

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Finovate Debuts: Finanteq Helps Innovative Banks Succeed in Mobile with SuperWallet

Fintech Labs Insights

Can you imagine spending as much time with your banking app as you do with Facebook or Twitter? Not only can FINANTEQ imagine it, but with its new banking app, SuperWallet , the Polish spin-off from eLeader is doing everything it can to make it happen across Europe and, soon, the U.S. Headquartered in Lublin, Poland.

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Worldpay Goes Public; Shares Rally on Trading Debut

Fintech Labs Insights

Worldpay was created out of the Royal Bank of Scotland as a standalone entity in 2010. With revenues of more than £860 million ($974 million USD) in 2014, the company processes more than 30 million mobile, online, and card transactions daily. The company’s IPO contrasts that of First Data, a U.S.