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Disrupting Finance From Above: Wealthfront

abovethecrowd.com

First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. In July of 2009, the UK instituted a new network known as Faster Payment Service with same day settlement to replace their equivalent of ACH. Many blame Dodd-Frank and the consolidation post 2009 for the loss of free checking.

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Ed Zimmerman: The Growing Scarcity of Series B Venture Rounds

WSJ - The Accelerators

For instance, in first quarter 2015, 55% of all American venture rounds were either seed or Series A, split almost evenly, while 19% of all rounds were Series B (the third round of financing), according to data from CB Insights. Only 4% of the 160 startups from the class of 2009 completed a 6 th funding round by April 2014.

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Extend raises $40M for its virtual card offering to help banks better compete with fintechs

TechCrunch

But it feels like we have written far less about fintechs that exist solely to help the incumbents better compete with fintechs. The latest financing brings Extend’s total raised since its 2017 inception to $55 million. . We help the incumbents close the gap relative to those players.”. Extend is one such company.

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Brex: The Future of Business Banking and Cash Management

Y Combinator

Even with $125K from YC and $1–2M in venture funding, a startup’s credit limit is still likely to tap out at $20K from an incumbent creditor—which is not nearly enough to cover software, marketing, and other expenses. Stripe’s launch in 2009 made it possible for startups to easily collect payments online via developer-friendly APIs.

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Sila banks $13M to offer single API for developing financial products, services

TechCrunch

CEO Karkal has a long history in the fintech space, co-founding Simple, an app unifying various accounts into one accessible bank card, in 2009. It was acquired by BBVA in 2014 for $117 million and shuttered earlier this year. Karkal told TechCrunch that the idea for Sila was born out of frustration while starting another bank.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

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In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Here are a list of the new forces pushing the U.S. As such, the ACA has been a key driver for the continued rise of high-deductible plans.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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So backing up on how healthcare is financed, let’s say you got a plan with basically no deductible, so you’ve got first dollar coverage. Bill Gurley : Well, industries get more regulated and incumbents write the regulation. It’s just fascinating, especially from a Silicon Valley perspective. Why will that happen?

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