Author: Jim Bruene

Top 40 Small Business Checking Account Bonuses, up to $2,000 (Mar 2025)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking

It’s a great time to shop for a new checking account for your small business. The first...

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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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Top 8 Regtech Conferences & Events for Financial Institutions & Fintech in 2025

Posted by Jim Bruene | Feb 20, 2025 | Conferences/Events, RegTech

Financial services might not have the most number of regulations (manufacturing wins that crown...

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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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The 14 Biggest Fintech Awards Shows in 2025

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jan 8, 2025 | Awards, Conferences/Events

The fintech industry has seen many award programs crop up in the past few years. We estimate there...

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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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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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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 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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