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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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Leveraged and inverse ETFs – the exotic side of exchange-traded funds

BankUnderground

Julian Oakland Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are supposed to be simple and straightforward, and for the most part they are, but one group punches well above its weight when it comes to market impact. This post was written while Julian Oakland was working in the Bank’s Capital Markets Division. What are ETFs?

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High-Frequency Trading: Is It The New Normal?

Banking 2020

Animation aside, that would probably be Moneyball , an absorbing analysis of the moves made by Oakland As manager Billy Beane to rely more on technology-driven data than old-school scouting to put together his 2002 roster. Anybody remember the last time Brad Pitt showed up in a big-screen movie that didn’t have much blood and gore?

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High-Frequency Trading: Is It The New Normal?

Banking 2020

Animation aside, that would probably be Moneyball , an absorbing analysis of the moves made by Oakland As manager Billy Beane to rely more on technology-driven data than old-school scouting to put together his 2002 roster. Anybody remember the last time Brad Pitt showed up in a big-screen movie that didn’t have much blood and gore?

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

Fintech Labs Insights

If you add the $6 billion in new capital raised in the IPOs of Worldpay, Square and First Data, the 2015 total is a nice even $25 billion. HQ: Oakland, California. Tags: Enterprise, payments, mobile, security, Wocket Wallet (product name), hardware, credit/debit cards. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $7 million Series.

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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: 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. HQ: Oakland, California. HQ: Oakland, California. Alt-lender using high-end luxery items for security. The total number of deals YTD stands at 402, nearly double last year’s 204 (through April 17).