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Five Things: Flyover Fintech
Flyover Fintech featured a day of speakers — ranging from members of the House Financial Services Committee to leading voices in fintech — discussing the current and future states of regulation over cryptocurrency and other digital assets. The event was hosted by U.S. Rep. Mike Flood at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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FinTech Company, FinLocker, Raises Big Round
According to SEC filings, St. Louis based FinLocker has raised a $10.389 million round from the St. Louis Arch Angels and other undisclosed investors. FinLocker is a software tool for individual consumers seeking to improve their financial position and literacy. The company specifically helps aggregate a consumer’s financial data and then analyzes and recommends mortgage…
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FinTech Company, CardX Raises Round
CardX, a Chicago-based FinTech company, disclosed Monday that the firm had raised $2 million from Pace Financial Group. The company promises no fees on credit card transactions because of the company’s regulatory expertise. The company was founded by Jonathan Razi and Michael Tomko, both graduates of Harvard Law School. These lawyers have created a service…
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Meeting Demands of Job Market, Creighton University Offers New Finance and Technology (FinTech) Major
It’s interesting how a trip to Australia can spur many things: a fondness for prawns, a fear of crocodiles, a rousing game of knifey-spoony. For Associate Professor of Finance at Creighton University Lee Dunham, PhD, a vacation down under gave him the idea for a new finance and technology (FinTech) major. Dunham noticed a huge…
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nbkc announces first class of Fountain City Fintech accelerator
Kansas City-based nbkc bank announced last week the six companies that comprise the first class of their fintech accelerator program Fountain City Fintech. Fountain City Fintech is the first accelerator program run by a community bank that specifically focuses on partnerships with innovative startups looking to solve real-world problems and pain points. For example, addressing…
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Denim Summit will bring innovation thought-leaders to Des Moines
Denim®, provider of an intelligent mobile advertising automation platform for financial services companies, will host Denim Summit 2018 in downtown Des Moines on Oct. 24 and 25. The event will bring together leaders from the insurance, banking, financial services, and technology industries to experience thought-provoking speakers and out-of-the-box networking opportunities. New this year, Denim will…
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Fintech Company AlphaBTC expands bitcoin kiosk network in Midwest
AlphaBTC has been providing client services for five years and has experienced some exciting growth in the past year. The company, founded in 2013, has been working with Maya to bring five of Maya’s 50 self-service payment kiosks to Omaha. Maya is a social initiative technology company that provides financial services infrastructure for underserved communities…
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FinLocker secures third patent and $2.25M in funding lead by Cultivation Capital
FinLocker, a financial data and analytics company, announced the approval of a third patent in July and is in the process of developing additional techniques for securing data – both at rest and during transactions. FinLocker received a $2.25 million venture capital round from Cultivation Capital earlier in 2018. The firm, headquartered in St. Louis,…
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New fintech conference focused on branded currency comes to Omaha
Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency is a fintech conference launching in Omaha this April 10 -12. The conference is focused on branded currency, and is targeting a range of retailers from those with a national presence to smaller Midwest retailers and their technology service providers. “It’s a great opportunity for anyone in the payments…
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D3 Banking raises $10 million from West Partners
Omaha-based digital banking platform D3 Banking has raised $10 million in capital from West Partners, according to a press release. West Partners is based in San Diego. “Our work with multibillion-dollar banks such as Arvest, First Tennessee Bank and IBERIABANK will result in more than 1.5 million users enjoying a more personalized, consistent and intuitive digital banking…