Author: Jim Bruene

Fintech Startup of the Week: Breach Clarity Wins Finovate Best of Show (Nov 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Dec 3, 2020 | Awards, Pitches, Security, Startups

Breach Clarity’s FinovateWest 2020 demo (Nov 2020) Breach Clarity was founded in 2016...

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Fintech Startup of the Week: Secure to Make Emergency Savings Plans as Ubiquitous as the 401k

Posted by Jim Bruene | Nov 23, 2020 | Accelerators, Employee benefits, Savings, Startup of the week, Startups

Certain types of businesses have thrived in the pandemic economy. Remote services? Check. Low-cost...

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Fintech Events: The 14 Remaining Conferences in 2020 (Nov/Dec)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Nov 18, 2020 | Conferences/Events

Sample page from the FintechLIVE events page It’s been a busy fall in the virtual fintech...

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HoneyComb Credit Helps Crowdfund Loans for Small Businesses (Fintech Startup of the Week)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Nov 16, 2020 | Crowdfunding, Investing, Lenders, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week, Startups

Founder George Cook, Honeycomb Credit’s winning 5-minute pitch @FintechFrontier I’ve...

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Fintech Debuts: Watch 6 Banking Infrastructure Startups Pitch at Plug and Play Demo Day

Posted by Jim Bruene | Nov 12, 2020 | Accelerators, APIs/Infrastructure, Payments, Pitches, Startups

M10’s Marten Nelson’s 6-min pitch + 2-min Q&A @PlugandPlay Demo Day M10...

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Arrived Homes Debuts Rental Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform at TechStars Atlanta (Fintech Startup of the Week)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Nov 9, 2020 | Crowdfunding, Investing, Pitches, Startup of the week, Startups

More than half (55%) of Americans own stock (Source: Gallup, June 2020) while just 7% own rental...

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FinMkt takes home the top prize at Money2020’s MoneyFest (Fintech Startup of the Week)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 30, 2020 | Awards, Lenders, Startup of the week, Startups

FinMkt Founder Luan Cox 30-min interview (May 2019) Money2020 hosted its virtual version,...

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Fintech Debuts: Watch Treasure and Arrived Homes Pitch at Techstars Atlanta (Oct 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 29, 2020 | Accelerators, Crowdfunding, Investing, Startups, Youth finances

Techstars has had a busy October with at least one demo day per week. The latest, the Atlanta...

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Subscription Banking: Revolut Launches Freemium Model

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 26, 2020 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, New Products

Revolut demo (13 min) by CMO Chad West (March 2019) As a digital banking product manager, then...

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Finlocker Creates the Sticky App Countless Mortgage Product Managers Have Long Wished For (Fintech Startup of the Week)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 22, 2020 | Lenders, Mortgage, Personal Financial Management (PFM), Startup of the week, Startups

Finlocker 8-min demo by Peter Esparrago @Digital Mortgage Conference (13 Nov 2019) One of the few...

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Watch 10 Fintech Startups Pitch at FIS Demo Day 2020 (April 14)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 20, 2020 | Accelerators, Lenders, Marketing & Sales, Payments, Security, Service, Startups

In the past 5 years, FIS’s accelerator has helped 57 startups find product/market fit in the...

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Digital Banking Challenger AidBanc Tackles the Money Management Headaches of Global Non-Profits (Fintech Startup of the Week)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 17, 2020 | Accelerators, Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Payments, Startups

AidBanc’s 3-minute Techstars pitch (7 Oct 2020) Could there be a better story for 2020? A...

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