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[Fast Company] Design gaps can reveal growth opportunities

Originally posted on Fast Company By Joe Robinson As design thinkers, we must take note of every area in need of positive change. Enterprise-level design is often unbelievably bad. Just ask anyone who has ever tried to conduct an online transaction with the DMV. The reason for this is simple:...

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[Forbes] Fintech Startup Helps Families Keep Track Of Food Stamps And Other Government Benefits

Originally posted on Forbes By Isabel Contreras Photo: Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of Propel, the software developer behind the Providers app, which offers free SNAP benefit tracking and debit card accounts while granting users access to job postings, discount coupons and savings tools. (Propel) There’s no shortage of fintech...

[Business Wire] Hummingbird Launches Investigation Canvas for Compliance Professionals

Originally posted on Business Wire New Product Suite Reimagines How Compliance Work Can Get Done, Allows for Better Informed, More Strategic Decisions Announces Brand Evolution to Reflect Collaborative Nature of Product Suit SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hummingbird RegTech, a compliance CRM platform, today announced the launch of the Investigation Canvas for compliance...

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[TechCrunch] Live near an ocean? Kin Insurance's data aims to more accurately predict home risk

Originally posted on TechCrunch By Christine Hall A home in California has different insurance needs than a home in Nebraska, and Kin Insurance believes data and technology can determine the best way to insure homes where insurance is harder to get. It’s been a few years since we caught up with the...

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[Crowdfund Insider] Instant Checkout Provider Skipify Receives Investment from PayPal, Amex Ventures, Others

Originally posted on Crowdfund Insider By JD Alois Skipify, an “instant checkout” platform for merchant websites, has received a strategic investment round from PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures, and Okta Ventures. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Skipify said the funding was in addition to a recent Series...

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[Finance Magnates] Skipify Receives Strategic Investment Led by PayPal Ventures

Originally posted on Finance Magnates By Nicholas Otieno Skipify received the funding to help it expand its business. The e-commerce marketing platform aims to reduce friction in the buying process. Skipify, an 'instant checkout' platform for marketing channels and merchant websites, announced on Thursday that it obtained a strategic investment...

Congratulations to New Flourish Team Members, February 2022

Global Venture Capital Firm Flourish Expands Team and Regional Efforts

New Hires Support Fintech Entrepreneurs in SE Asia, Brazil, India, and U.S. Today, we're thrilled to announced that Flourish is expanding its global investment team with four new hires and building its local presence in Singapore and Sao Paulo, Brazil. With an investment portfolio numbering 70 fintech companies that offer financial services and products to...

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[TechCrunch] Brick closes $8.5M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

Originally posted on TechCrunch By Catherine Shu Image Credits: LUVLIMAGE / Getty Images Financial apps are proliferating across Southeast Asia, making things like bookkeeping or securing an online loan easier. But this means fintechs need access to large amounts of data that they can use to verify customer identity, creditworthiness...

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[Fast Company] I'm an advocate for inclusive capitalism. Here's why I'm intrigued by Web3

Originally posted on Fast Company Image credit: Rawpixel From Crypto, NFTs and Web3, the tech world is brimming with enthusiasm for new technologies that will take center stage in the “metaverse.” Banks are starting to get into the digital currency game while policymakers contemplate new regulations. Enthusiasts envision a utopian...

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[American Banker] Consumer Reports will give financial apps same scrutiny it gives appliances

Originally posted on American Banker By Mariam Cross Consumer Reports is preparing to test consumer finance apps with the same rigor it applies to its evaluations of washing machines and mattresses. In September, the nonprofit announced that it had received a $1.5 million grant from Flourish Ventures, a venture capital...

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[Crowdfund Insider] Indian Neobank Fintech Kaleidofin Finalizes $10M Series B Round led by Dell Foundation

Originally posted on Crowdfund Insider India’s neobank Fintech Kaleidofin has acquired $10 million in capital via a Series B round that was led by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The capital injection has now taken the total funding secured by Kaleidofin to $18 million. Existing institutional investors, Oiko Credit,...

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[PYMNTS] For FinTechs, Outcomes ‘The One Thing' to Focus on in 2022

Originally posted on Pymnts.com Watch the Video Many people are in a better financial position than before the pandemic. At least by some metrics. They’ve paid down debt. Perhaps they’ve padded their savings cushions with funding from the waves of stimulus payments. And yet the pressures of daily life remain....