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Facebook Global Director to Talk Payment Partnerships at Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation

Kahina Van Dyke, global director of commerce & payment partnerships at Facebook, will be a featured speaker at Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place in San Jose on March 6-7. Facebook has a market capitalization of $384.5 Van Dyke will participate in a fireside chat at the invitation-only event. Read More.

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What Can Startups Learn from Marketplace Lending Troubles? [Video]

Bank Innovation

This was the upshot from a venture capital panel at a recent Bank Innovation event in San Jose. Rather, it’s going through a reboot, which will include improved software, increased focus on regulation, and improved transparency. But what got the online lenders in trouble in the first […].

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3 Not-So Futuristic Blockchain Applications

Bank Innovation

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Blockchain – or the distributed ledger technology – is rushing out of test labs, and into real-life applications. In fact, in the last quarter alone there were 50 publicly announced proof-of-concept projects, with more than 120 participants, according to CoinDesk.

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Popularity of Customer Engagement Tools Reveals Weakness of Cores

Bank Innovation

SAN JOSE, Calif. — One of the major themes in the first day of Finovate Spring (aside from perennial favorite authentication) was customer engagement — having better discussions with customers in a digital environment in order to deliver more relevant products and services.

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Opportunity Fund Teams With CUs For SMB Lending Campaign

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The San Jose-based community development financial institution, or CDFI, on Tuesday (Jan. The Opportunity Fund provides working capital loans ranging from $2,600 to $100,000 to underserved businesses that might otherwise run afoul of more rigid underwriting requirements and more extensive documentation rules at traditional lenders.

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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

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The grants are part of the San Jose, California-based worldwide online payments system’s $530 million pledge made earlier this year to strengthen minority communities and fight for economic equality and racial justice. PayPal Holdings Inc. provided $5 million in grants to support Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

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Visa’s SVP for the Internet of Things Joins Bank Innovation 2017

Bank Innovation

Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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