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LenderClose | July 25, 2022

Contemporary CUSO of the Year LenderClose has added two vice presidents, Jon Dlouhy and Amanda Werts, to expand key marketing leadership talent. Led by Chief Marketing Officer, Jill Skinner, the team is charged with accelerating business growth for the fintech lending platform, which is now used by more than 400 credit unions and banks. In 2021, LenderClose completed a $10 million series B funding round and more than doubled employee and leadership headcount. In Dlo...

Wall Street | April 09, 2020

A New York investment firm pitched wealthy investors in recent days on a way to make returns of 22% to 175% using U.S. government programs designed to help Americans keep their jobs and boost the coronavirus-stricken economy, according to a marketing document seen by Reuters. Following questions posed by Reuters, Arcadia Investment Partners LLC, which has about $1 billion under management, said it had put its plans on hold. The idea was in “formative stages” and the firm was not &ldq...

PAYMENTS

Paystand | July 26, 2021

Paystand, a blockchain-enabled payment network for businesses, announced today a $50 million Series C round of fundraising led by NewView Capital, with participation from SoftBank's Opportunity Fund, King River Capital, Industrious Ventures, and Transform Capital. This latest round nearly twice Paystand's previous fundraising and reflects the company's triple-digit growth as it leads the fight for an open commercial finance system. Paystand will invest this new cash in reinventing B2...

CORE BANKING,MOBILE BANKING

Monument Bank and Persistent | August 03, 2022

Monument Bank, UK's first neo bank focused on the needs of the ~4.8 million 'mass affluent', has partnered with Persistent Systems, a Global Digital Engineering provider to build a bespoke, cloud-native digital banking platform for lending and deposit services to support Monument's ongoing operations. Monument's target clients are usually pressed for time and often feel underserved and undervalued by other banking providers. Monument's mission is to help its clients prosp...