Fintech Meetup has quickly become one of the most talked about conference events in the fintech space. They blew expectations out of the water with their first event last year, with over 3,000 attendees who participated in over 30,000 meetings held every 15 minutes in...
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Adapting Your Marketing Strategy During COVID-19
A crisis can either make or break a marketing team’s success. In the wake of COVID-19, many businesses have reduced or cut their marketing budgets completely. However, if you want to thrive, you can not cut marketing out for long. As the world starts to open back up...
LendingClub Acquires Radius Bank – a PR Perspective for Fintech
This week, the financial services industry went wild over news of LendingClub’s acquisition of Radius Bank and for good reason. This is the first time that a U.S. fintech company has acquired a regulated U.S. bank. If the regulators approve the acquisition, it could...
Banks and Fintech Partnerships in 2019 – Opportunities and Considerations
A partnership between a traditional bank and a fintech startup is in many ways a natural fit. Traditional banks have the infrastructure, resources, name recognition, and cash to provide the financial services we rely on every day. Speed, efficiency, and customer...
Musings on 2017 M&A
JP Morgan's annual "2017 Global M&A Outlook" had some lofty predictions: "With a number of promising drivers in place, we anticipate an active global M&A market in 2017, with deal volumes consistent with 2016 totals, as dealmakers around the globe continue to...
Wonders & Blunders: Tech Trumps All
Money on Our Minds Have you seen the financial figures in the news lately? They're YUGE! Between the gushing tech IPO pipeline, mega M&As, and the estimated price tags on infrastructure repairs, our count has reached the gazillions. Let's dive in! A Rough Road for...