San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes ban on cashless retail
Payments Dive
MAY 9, 2019
San Francisco became the latest municipality to ban cashless retail as vulnerable populations demand equal access to shopping and dining service.
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California’s fintech startups are invading New York
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Now, though, Stripe is leaving the tech mecca of San Francisco, awash in tech talent and investor cash, and is in the process of moving its main office about 10 […]. When two Irish brothers started Stripe Inc. together in 2010, there was little question about where they should put their headquarters. It had to be California.
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SF tech worker charged in murder of Cash App founder
Payments Dive
APRIL 13, 2023
San Francisco police arrested an IT worker in the murder of Bob Lee, who was knifed to death in the early morning hours of April 4. Police declined to discuss a motive at a Thursday press conference.
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Ampm opens autonomous convenience store in San Francisco stadium
Payments Dive
AUGUST 14, 2023
The store uses AiFi and Verizon Business technology to power a frictionless shopping experience where customers swipe a credit card at the entrance, grab their items and leave.
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The 11 Companies Announced for the Bank Innovation 2018 DEMOvation Challenge
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
These 11 companies will present technologies and products in front of an attentive audience of fintech professionals during Bank Innovation 2018, which will take place this March in San Francisco. This year’s […].
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FitPay Founder & COO Michael Orlando Joins Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2018
EXCLUSIVE- Michael Orlando, founder of FitPay, a provider of payment technology for wearables, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018, which takes place March 5-6 in San Francisco. Orlando founded FitPay in 2014. The company went on to be acquired by security technology company Next-ID Inc.,
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Contactless Payment Platform FitPay Gears Up for Next Growth Phase
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
EXCLUSIVE – When the co-founders of FitPay, a contactless payment technology provider, agreed to be acquired by security tech company NXT-ID back in May, the primary goal behind the deal was to enable growth for the San Francisco-based startup. And grow it did.
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Cryptocurrency Is an Asset Class, Chain CEO Adam Ludwin, says
Bank Innovation
MARCH 6, 2018
EXCLUSIVE – Cryptocurrency is an asset class that enables a new kind of software, Adam Ludwin, co-founder and CEO of blockchain technology platform Chain said at the Bank Innovation 2018 conference in San Francisco. At Bank Innovation 2018 in San Francisco, Ludwin spoke on the topic. Even, bitcoin,Read More.
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Ripple founder funds upgrades in San Francisco small-business zones
Payments Source
MARCH 3, 2021
Chris Larsen, co-founder and former CEO of the payments company, is donating $1.7 million to help merchant associations improve the city's lighting, crosswalk markings, sidewalks and trash receptacles.
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Meet Ryan Gilbert, One of the Geniuses of the Innovation Bar at Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 26, 2018
The event, taking place March 5-6 at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco, will feature three financial experts at their own “bars,” ready to dispense financial advice. Shouldn’t banks be more like Apple stores? And shouldn’t fintech conferences be more like Apple stores? Bank Innovation 2018 will be.
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Banks Are ‘Dipping Their Toe’ into Public Blockchains, Says Chain CEO [VIDEO]
Bank Innovation
MARCH 29, 2018
The technology has been touted as solving just about every problem bankers face, but as Adam Ludwin, CEO of Chain, told us in San Francisco at Bank Innovation 2018 earlier.Read More. Blockchain technology has been talked about in banking for so long that readers here can be excused for being a bit jaded on the subject.
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Fiserv, Affirm partner on BNPL
Payments Dive
MAY 5, 2022
The company said Wednesday that San Francisco-based Affirm will be the first BNPL option integrated into its Carat service, which is directed at larger enterprises. Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Fiserv is adding a new buy now-pay later player to its roster.
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Nationwide to Talk Personalization, Data, and AI at Dreamforce 2024
Perficient
AUGUST 28, 2024
Dreamforce is right around the corner taking place in San Francisco on September 17 to 19, and learning how to get the most out of your customer data with AI-powered tools is top of mind. Next-level personalization strategies will undoubtedly be a key topic at Salesforce’s largest event this year.
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Unison Wants To Turn Homes Into (Liquid) Assets
Bank Innovation
MAY 31, 2017
Unison, a 12-year-old company based in San Francisco, wants to fix both of those issues. Applying for a mortgage is (arguably) the most important decision in any customer’s life. It is also one of the most expensive decisions that’s completed through a (usually) painful process.
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Silicon Valley is eating the crumbs the banks’ left after lunch
Chris Skinner
AUGUST 20, 2019
Based in London, he was previously a Lex columnist in San Francisco. The article was written by Tom Braithwaite. Tom Braithwaite is the companies editor, managing the FT’s business coverage. … The post Silicon Valley is eating the crumbs the banks’ left after lunch appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
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Wells Fargo Seeks Partnerships to Give Mobile Users Better Experience
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 14, 2017
The San Francisco-based bank is looking at partnerships as a way of improving banking experience for its current digital users (including mobile). “We Wells Fargo has been going through a rough patch lately, but the bank itself is focused on moving forward. This is especially true when it comes to digital banking.
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Blockchain Remains King as Banks Lose Interest in ICOs, Crypto
Bank Innovation
MARCH 7, 2018
This is according to a panel on the subject during Bank Innovation 2018, which wrapped up yesterday in San Francisco. EXCLUSIVE–The potential use cases of blockchain technology in banking continue to captivate bankers, but topics like cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, may be losing a bit of their edge.
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The Fed Will Not Develop a Digital Currency, But Remains Interested In Blockchain
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
The underlying technology that powers digital currency remains more interesting to the Federal Reserve than the development of digital currency, according to comments made by John Williams, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.
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12 Startups Showed Their Latest and Greatest at INV Fintech Demo Day
Bank Innovation
MARCH 9, 2018
EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.
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Pivotus Ventures Co-founder and President Oren Goldschmidt Joins Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 17, 2018
EXCLUSIVE- Oren Goldschmidt, President at Pivotus Ventures has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018, taking place March 5-6 in San Francisco. Goldschmidt co-founded the California-based Pivotus Ventures two years ago.
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Pinterest Pays $89.5M To Cancel New Office Lease As Employees Work At Home
PYMNTS
AUGUST 31, 2020
Pinterest is canceling its upcoming lease to move into a San Francisco office that it doesn't need because its workers will be working from home, a report Monday (Aug. The plan was for the social media tech giant to lease a near-490,000 square-foot office at 88 Bluxome, in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.
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270 Ruth Polachek to Talk Bots at Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
EXCLUSIVE – Voted as one of TheMarker’s 100 most influential people in Israel, Ruth Polachek has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018, which takes place March 5-6 in San Francisco. Polachek is the co-founder and CEO of Fincheck, a finTech venture that focuses on artificial intelligence.
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SnapCheck CEO Ken Kruszka to Speak at Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Bank Innovation 2018 will take place March 5-6 in San Francisco. Based in San Francisco, Calif., EXCLUSIVE – Founder and CEO of fintech startup SnapCheck Ken Kruszka has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018.
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Stripe buys software rival Lemon Squeezy
Payments Dive
JULY 30, 2024
The San Francisco payments giant bought the 4-year-old Salt Lake City startup as it continues its global expansion.
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221 Digit to focus on automation as it evolves its future plans
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
The new financing will help Digit grow its user base; hire new talent in San Francisco; and grow its core product, a spokesperson for the company said. Digit, a personal finance app that helps users save automatically, raised $27.5 million in Series C funding on Monday. To date, Digit has raised over $63.8 million in […].
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267 Top 5 Emerging Fintech Hotspots in 2018 [Page 1]
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
The number of financial technology companies is on a rise, and every year many of these new companies as well as established ones choose to situate themselves in cities that are not San Francisco or New York. In some cases, the establishment of one powerful player in a region automatically turns a place into a […].
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BNPL giant Affirm counts on debit card for growth
Payments Dive
MAY 17, 2022
The San Francisco-based company said the product is being “rolled out to tens of thousands of consumers" through a beta program.
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Registration Now Open for BI 2018
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 16, 2017
Join fellow fintech innovators in San Francisco on March 5-6 for two days of inspired panels, startup demos, entrepreneurship, and the best conversations in fintech. Ready for two days of fintech? Good, because registration for Bank Innovation 2018 is now open.
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262 Wells Fargo’s CEO Mobile Token Could Boost its Mobile Users
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 18, 2017
That’s what the San Francisco-based bank is expecting, at least. Will Wells Fargo’s newly launched Commercial Electronic Office (CEO) Mobile Token encourage its traditionally paper-focused customers to crossover to mobile?
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With new funding, Nova Credit to expand auto finance and mortgage businesses
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
The San Francisco-based company, which partners with such large institutions like American Express, allows institutions to pull foreign credit data to develop U.S.-equivalent Nova Credit, a startup whose technology helps banks underwrite immigrants, is growing its auto finance and mortgage offerings.
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Chime Crosses 1 Million Users Thanks to Referral Program
Bank Innovation
MAY 18, 2018
The San Francisco-based challenger bank just crossed the one-million accounts mark, Britt told Bank Innovation, over a span of less than […]. Neobanks, better established across the Atlantic in Europe, are starting to grow up in the U.S.
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What Just Happened At Finovate Spring 2019
South State Correspondent
MAY 15, 2019
Last week, Finovate Spring 2019 took place in San Francisco in which over 270 banks watched more than 60 companies each have seven minutes to impress you with a demo of their technology.
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Plaid expands to France, Ireland and Spain
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Plaid will work with more than 80% of the consumer accounts in each country, a major step for the San Francisco-based company with the likes of BNP Paribas, Bank of Ireland, BBVA and Santander onboarding the technology. This week, data aggregator Plaid confirmed its expansion to France, Ireland and Spain.
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SME Banking App Seed Readies to Launch iPhone X Compatible Tool
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
This makes sense, since the San Francisco-based digital bank’s mobile app is currently only available on iOS. EXCLUSIVE- SME banking app, Seed, is gearing up to roll out a tool that supports Apple iPhone X’s new Face ID feature, Bank Innovation learned.
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Banking startup Level enters the high-yield savings race
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Level, a digital banking startup based in San Francisco Calif., is trying to hook customers with a 2.1% savings account annual percentage yield.
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Fundbox nudges SMBs to shift strategies in face of inflation
Payments Dive
JUNE 28, 2022
The San Francisco-based provider of credit and payment solutions to small businesses recently announced partnerships with both card network Visa and payment processing platform Stripe.
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Restaurant payments startup SpotOn raises $300M
Payments Dive
MAY 19, 2022
SpotOn plans to use the capital to develop new products and services, the San Francisco-based company said. The funding round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group.
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Scarlett Sieber, VP of USAA Labs at USAA Bank, Joins Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Bank Innovation 2018 will take place March 5-6 in San Francisco. EXCLUSIVE – With a new role at Vice President of USAA Labs at USAA Bank, fintech veteran Scarlett Sieber joins Bank Innovation 2018.
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Fintech Is Back
Bank Innovation
MARCH 7, 2018
EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.
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236 SME App Seed Gets Rid of Monthly Fee
Bank Innovation
OCTOBER 18, 2017
The San Francisco-based fintech used to charge its customers $9 per month, but after conducting a survey, CEO Brian Merritt told Bank Innovation that he realized Seed could serve customers better by being free. EXLUSIVE – SME-focused digital bank Seed is nixing its monthly fee and will now be free for customers.
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Visa appoints advisory council for policy institute
Payments Dive
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The new council is tasked with providing “strategic guidance” to the San Francisco-based card giant’s Washington think tank, but none of the initial members are based in the U.S.
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221 Peggy Mangot, Senior VP of Innovation at Wells Fargo, Joins Bank Innovation 2018
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Bank Innovation 2018 will take place March 5-6 in San Francisco. EXCLUSIVE – Peggy Mangot, senior vice president of Innovation at Wells Fargo, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018. Prior to this, she […].
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230 ‘Most ICOs Are Scams,’ VC Says [VIDEO]
Bank Innovation
MARCH 29, 2018
In fact, all four panelists on “Where and How to Invest in Fintech Now,” at Bank Innovation 2018 in San Francisco, unanimously dismissed investing in ICOs. Like many others, venture capitalists are skeptical about investing in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ICOs are rapidly falling in popularity.
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225 Varo drops goals feature from app, citing low user uptake
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
In one fell swoop, the San Francisco-based startup rebelled against a trend that’s become a table-stakes offering among digital-only banks, including N26’s “Spaces” and Monzo’s “Pots.” ” […].
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