Author: Jim Bruene

Kraken’s Big Asset Tokenization Play

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 22, 2025 | Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, Investing, Startups

While I’m not a crypto/blockchain fanboy, I have long expected asset tokenization for retail...

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Digital SMB Banks: Relay Continues to Build Out a Robust Offering

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 20, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business Banking, Startups

Since we last profiled Relay Financial (Sep 2023), the challenger bank has expanded its product...

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Digital SMB Banks: Mercury Increases its Lead

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 19, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week, Startups

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Fintech in Fast Company: 15 Companies Named to 2025 List

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 12, 2025 | Featured Startups, Startups, Top Rankings (Banks)

We are suckers for business lists (we now regularly update 27 here). One that we’ve long...

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The 9 Biggest AI Conferences for Financial Services, Banking & Fintech in 2025

Posted by Jim Bruene | May 12, 2025 | AI, Conferences/Events

As artificial intelligence becomes a clear competitive advantage in financial services, it’s...

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SMB Banking: Deep Dive on Ramp

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 13, 2025 | Credit & charge cards, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week, Startups, Unicorns (fintech)

Ramp is a New York City-based fintech startup founded in 2019 that offers corporate charge cards...

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Fintech Rocks: Why Rocket Mortgage is Buying Redfin

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 10, 2025 | Mortgage, Real estate, Startups

Great news today. The merger of two of my favorite companies that came up in the Web 2.0 era,...

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Top 18 U.S. Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Business (SMB)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Data & Analytics, Insurance, Insurtech, Small Business Banking, Startups

  At least 7 out of 10 small businesses (SMB) lack basic business insurance coverage in one...

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Top 23 Small Business Credit Card Offers & Bonuses Up to $2,000 (Mar 2025)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Credit & charge cards, Offers, Startups

It’s a great time to for small business owners to shop for a new credit or charge card. Since many...

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Largest 30 Banks & Credit Cards for Small Business (SMB) Feb 2025

Posted by Jim Bruene | Feb 19, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Top Rankings (Banks)

Everyone loves a startup (aka challenger bank), especially when they have a compelling story....

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Best New Fintech Products & Trends of 2024

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jan 24, 2025 | Accounting/bookkeeping, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Credit & charge cards, Insurance, Investing, Lenders, New Products, Payments, Personal Financial Management (PFM)

We’ve been obsessed with new fintech products since before the term was invented. This...

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SMB Challengers: Rho Delivers Integrated Bank, Card & Payments Experience

Posted by Jim Bruene | Dec 2, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week

There is a small business owner in one of every 3 US households. They have more complicated...

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