Author: Jim Bruene

Watch 8 U.S. Small Business Challenger Banks (July 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jul 21, 2020 | Small Business Banking, Startups

Note: We update the list of U.S. small business challenger banks monthly here. Approximately 1 in...

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Friday Fails:

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jul 3, 2020 | Featured Startups

It’s easier to find examples of poor user interfaces than great ones, so on Friday afternoon...

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Watch 28 InsurTech Pitches at Plug and Play’s Virtual Summer Summit (June 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jul 2, 2020 | Accelerators, Insurance, Pitches, Playlist

Last month (18 June 2020), 30 insurtech startups graduated from Plug and Play’s 8th...

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Watch 28 InsurTech Demos at Plug and Play’s Virtual Summer Summit (June 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jul 2, 2020 | Accelerators, Insurance, Playlist, Startups, Watch Startups

Last month (18 June 2020), 30 insurtech startups graduated from Plug and Play’s 8th...

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Fintech Seeds: Watch Cash Coach (UK) pitch subscription-based personal financial management at Pioneer Demo Day (June 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jun 26, 2020 | Accelerators, Personal Financial Management (PFM), Startups

San Francisco-based Pioneer is an incubator that puts pre-seed/bootstrapped companies through a...

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Watch 10 Fintech Startups Pitch at Fintech Innovation Lab’s Demo Day (June 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jun 25, 2020 | Accelerators, Pitches, Startups

Launched in 2010, New York City’s Fintech Innovation Lab is the longest-running fintech-only...

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Watch 21 Fintech Startups Pitch at Plug and Play’s Virtual Summer Summit (June 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jun 23, 2020 | Accelerators, Pitches, Startups

Last week (17 June 2020), 27 fintech startups graduated from Plug and Play’s 11th fintech...

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WSECU Website Rewrite Addresses COVID-19 Reality

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 26, 2020 | Featured Startups, Watch Startups

When I wrote my first pandemic-era post in April, I looked around for financial institution...

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Banking, Trust & Black Swans

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 6, 2020 | Featured Startups, Watch Startups

As usual, I’ve been listening to my favorite podcasts (Finovate of course, go Greg!,...

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First Look: LA-Based Neobank HMBradley Braves the Pandemic with March 30 Launch

Posted by Jim Bruene | Apr 22, 2020 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Featured Startups, New Products, Savings, Startups

The latest USA challenger bank, with the odd, albeit memorable name, HMBradley, launched the first...

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Fintech’s Third Crisis is Tipping Point to a Digital-Only Future

Posted by Jim Bruene | Apr 16, 2020 | Featured Startups

In my 25 years in the fintech space, I’ve had the misfortune to experience three massive...

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Student Banking UX: BankMobile Passport Program Encourages Digital Banking + Academic Achievement

Posted by Jim Bruene | Dec 3, 2019 | Featured Startups, New Products, Youth finances

Consumers love games of chance, discounts, and limited-time promos (e.g., Black Friday). Financial...

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