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New Greenlight Financial Round Pushes Valuation Past $1.2B

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FinTech company Greenlight Financial Technology , which makes products to help parents raise financially literate children, said Thursday (Sept. The round also included new investors BOND, DST Global, Goodwater Capital and Fin VC and Greenlight’s first institutional investor, Relay Ventures. billion, according to a company blog post.

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Banking M&A activity remains high with little sign of slowing

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In a recent survey conducted in partnership by the Federal Reserve and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors ( CSBS ), over 1,000 community bankers weighed in on a range of hot button issues facing their organizations in 2014. As such, capital and strategic planning will play a pivotal role in staying ahead of the curve.

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Visa Makes Minority Investment In Brazil Payment Company Conductor

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Visa, the payments company, announced Tuesday (October 23) a strategic minority investment in Conductor, a digital payments processing technology platform in Brazil. In a press release , Visa said the investment will go to help Conductor expand its products and to accelerate innovation in payments.

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Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook

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Co-signed by the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Independent Community Bankers of America and The Clearing House, the letter argues that banks and non-bank technology firms are both already embracing innovation in customer service offerings. FDIC), the states and the courts.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

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Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2. Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Treasury to be used to help underserved communities bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Silicon Valley VCs Want In On Telegram’s ICO

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Three big Silicon Valley venture capital firms want to invest in Telegram ’s initial coin offering (ICO), The Financial Times reported. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark and Sequoia Capital have each told the messaging startup that they want to invest $20 million, according to three individuals familiar with the deal.

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JPMorgan Eyes Financial Inclusion In India

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India’s vision of creating digital technology-driven access to financial services will be incomplete unless we bring these offerings to the lower and middle income segments who are in urgent need of these financial products and services,” said Kalpana Morparia, CEO of South and Southeast Asia at JPMorgan. “Our