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Credit Karma Wants to Be in Top 3 Among Tax Filing Companies

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – It’s Credit Karma’s second tax season as a tax prep/filing company, and already about 3 million people have started using Credit Karma Tax, according to Jagjit Chawla, general manager of Credit Karma Tax. That number is three times the 1 million filers in the company’s last tax season.

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JPMorgan Chase To Buy Boston FinTech 55ip

PYMNTS

Morgan Asset Management has announced that it has agreed to acquire FinTech 55ip , which works to help financial advisors deliver tax-smart investment strategies, according to a press release. Tax-related savings are first order, especially in a world with lower rates, lower returns and higher taxes," he said, according to the release.

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Bessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech

PYMNTS

There’s been no shortage of big payments and FinTech announcements over the past few days, such as Apple ’s bundle bet, Goldman Sachs ’ move to bid on the General Motors credit card or Square ’s decision to test small-dollar, short-term loans. Birnbaum noted that many FinTechs benefited from facilitating the U.S.

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Why Mexico’s SMBs Need A FinTech Operating System And Not Another Bank

PYMNTS

In an interview with Karen Webster, Vilash Poovala , founder and CEO of FinTech Oyster , said online financial platforms, powered by open banking, can serve as alternatives for business banking in a country where business banking seems an afterthought. The world needs a FinTech operating system.”.

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Fifth Third Gets a Boost from M&A in Both Banks and Fintech

Bank Innovation

Fintech partnerships paid off for Fifth Third Bank this quarter. The sale of five million shares of common stock of Worldpay resulted in a $205 million pre-tax gain. The largest gains came from the bank’s ownership stake in the payment processing company Worldpay, formerly Vantiv. of […].

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The UK election result is good for UK FinTech

Chris Skinner

It’s not my place to write about the pros and cons of the election campaigns, although I will say that the alienation of the elderly and those who are parents by the Conservative’s campaign – which included a dementia tax and the withdrawal of school lunches – were almost tombstones in theirs.

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Democratizing FinTech Development Without Compromising Compliance

PYMNTS

.’s open banking framework have grown more diverse since its launch in 2018, the initial excitement behind the regulatory initiative was its opportunity to lower barriers to market entry for new FinTechs, and to augment competition in the financial services world. That’s not to say open banking has failed, however.