https://youtu.be/CKWZEMyxn1A Pandemic or not, it's September and that means it's time for FinovateFall (v14.0). While networking, happy hour, and my overnight accommodations are much different, the demos work very well in a virtual format. And Finovate tweaked the...
https://youtu.be/BBGA47dtlo8 Rhino takes home the Ivory Prize for housing affordability in the finance sector (June 2020) One of the more annoying aspects for renters looking for a new home is the need to provide cash for a security deposit. Luckily there are several...
At one time or another, every consumer fintech company wonders if they should buy a bank. When I advised Elon Musk back in the X.com/PayPal days, he had his sights on American Express (and now, astonishingly, PayPal is worth 3x American Express). But most fintech...
Missed this fintech event from NYC-based entrepreneur network Entre in June (2020). The competition pitted six fintech companies against each other to win a bag of in-kind services (design, legal, etc). It was divided into two categories: 3 very early stage companies...
Making the INC 500 list of fastest-growing (USA) companies is not easy. First, you usually need a low revenue figure in the base year (2016 in this case), but it has to be at least $100k. Then the hard part: you have to grow like a weed for 36 months so that your 2019...
We can't get enough of startup pitches, and wow, did Y Combinator just deliver with 191 startup debuts in 2 days of virtual demos. 27 of the total were fintech companies, a fairly typical 14% of the YC batch. Though back when YC was just starting, only a handful were...
https://youtu.be/COWunZ1hfgA INSTNT pitches at Plug and Play's Fintech Batch 11 demo day in June 2020. So many good financial product/marketing ideas are rejected due to fraud concerns. Yes, fraud happens, just ask the Washington and Ohio state unemployment...
https://youtu.be/sghH1i4tfIo SupportPay 3-minute Pitch at Launch Accelerator Virtual Demo Day (23 July 2020) The top-tier tech accelerators include YC (of course), then TechStars, 500 Startups, and a relative newcomer Launch founded by NYC-turned-Silicon Valley star,...
https://youtu.be/Dv2-G_cYSvQ Although they raised an $8M Series A last year, Palo Alto-based Pando has been quiet about its product until a recent press tour. Listen to the interview of founder Charlie Olson on the July 22 (2020) Rebank podcast (here). The company is...
Approximately 1 in every 4 U.S. households owns some type of business. Most are small, one-person operations. But that doesn't mean they don't need specialized banking services. In fact, the less sophisticated the business the MORE they need financial help. Finally,...
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