Author: Jim Bruene

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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Top 19 Small Business Credit Card Offers & Bonuses Up to $2,000 (Nov 2024)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Nov 27, 2024 | 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 Q4...

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Digital vs Traditional Banking: What’s Right for Your Small Business?

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 28, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week

As a small business owner, choosing the right banking partner comes with tradeoffs. Do you want to...

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Top 9 Online Digital Payment Processors for Small Businesses (SMB): Sep 2024 Update

Posted by Jim Bruene | Sep 6, 2024 | Payments, Small Business Payments, Startups

Companies with a significant volume of credit/debit card payments rely heavily on payment...

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Top 36 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) (Sep 2024)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Sep 3, 2024 | Data & Analytics, Lenders, Small Business Banking, Startups

Cleaning out some (paper!) files recently, I ran across an Online Banking Report article I wrote...

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How Have the Finovate Best of Show Winners Fared?

Posted by Jim Bruene | Aug 22, 2024 | Conferences/Events, Startups

Back in the summer of 2007 we had a simple vision for the first Finovate event. We knew we wanted...

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Digital Bank Customer Counts, Random Metrics & Other Numbers in the News (Aug 2024)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Aug 14, 2024 | Startups

The maddeningly opaque metrics of private fintech startups has been a source of frustration for...

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Top 18 U.S. Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Business (SMB): Aug 2024

Posted by Jim Bruene | Aug 13, 2024 | Data & Analytics, Insurance, Insurtech, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week, Startups

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

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Top 10 Digital Challenger Banks for Your Kids (July 2024)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jul 24, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Startups, Top Rankings (Banks), Youth finances

According to Dealbook, $1.1 billion has been invested into youth banking startups. Half went to...

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

Posted by Jim Bruene | Apr 12, 2024 | Awards, Fintech Hall of Fame, New Products

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest,...

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Top 23 Small Business (SMB) Banks, Lenders & Card Issuers with the Largest U.S. Digital Presence

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 20, 2024 | Data & Analytics, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking

We usually focus on the digital-first challengers that have risen to prominence in the past 7 or 8...

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Conference Alert: New Fintech Event to Focus on AI (duh!)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 15, 2024 | AI, Conferences/Events, Startups

The pandemic slowed the introduction of new events. In the fintech space, only Fintech Meetup,...

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