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Beneficial State Bank’s financial activism

Independent Banker

Location: Oakland, Calif. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif., Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. It’s a CDFI, which means that 60% of lending is made to low- and moderate-income customers or underserved communities.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

Abrigo

This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Capital: SBA fills gaps in the commercial lending marketplace so success in the small business sector is based on merit, not family wealth.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

Bank Headquarters: Oakland, Calif. Like a craftsman bricklayer steadily assembling a sturdy house, Nelson built her successful career and her community bank in Oakland, Calif., Two years later, Nelson moved as a single mom to Oakland, where she again found a job as a teller at a regional bank. By Beth Mattson-Teig. Branches: 3.

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First Look: The 56 Fintech Companies in YC’s Latest Batch (W21)

Fintech Labs Insights

Oakland, CA. Streamline your debt capital raise and management. Embedded lending infrastructure for software companies. Lending #Cards. R2 Capital. Stripe Capital for Latin America. Capital #SMB. Debt as a service for companies to lend money to their users at scale. Lending #DebtManagement.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

Fintech Labs Insights

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Four of those came out of the most recent batch of companies launched from accelerator 500 Startups , where each received $125,000 in seed capital. HQ: Oakland, California. Middle market capital matchmaker. Total dollars raised YTD is $19.6

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Oakland, California. Marketplace small business lending platform. AI for capital markets news. Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, healthcare, payments, insurance. Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Marketplace lender for residential solor projects. Total raised: $224.9

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Fintech Fundings: 39 Companies Raise $930 Million Week Ending April 15

Fintech Labs Insights

Two Finovate alums raised fresh capital: Emailage raised another $5 million for its email-based fraud prevention solutions. P2P lending platform. P2P lending platform. Automotive lending platform. Lend Street Financial. P2P lending platform. HQ: Oakland, California. Student lending. Chedai.com.