Agility Bank, N.A. announced that it has received all regulatory approvals to open as the first bank in the U.S. primarily owned and led by women under a special charter by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Through this Minority Depository Institution (MDI) charter, Agility’s focus will be on serving women and all small and mid-size businesses. “This is a historic event for banking, our country, and Houston,” said Lauren Sparks, founder. president and CEO...
Long-duration Venture Capital Firm for Insurance Startups chooses OneShield’s SaaS for MGAs to provide optimized operational efficiencies and fuel its U.S. expansion. Beat Capital Partners (Beat), a highly-successful insurance industry investor in the United Kingdom, is setting its sights on the U.S. marketplace and has chosen OneShield Software’s SaaS technology platform, OneShield Market Solutions, to launch and incubate new Managing General Agents (MGAs). Beat provides new ventures with startup funding, infrastructure, risk capital, and A+ rated paper, plus experienced guidance and...
The investment is the first of two funding closes, expected to reach over $150M in total, aimed at building a low cost, sustainable domestic supply chain for battery materials.
Govt. of India recently announced the rapid digitalization of the banking sector as part of the Digital India initiative that will stimulate financial inclusion. RBI further appended and promotes its policy of Secure and Informed Digital Banking. Allied Digital Services Ltd, a publicly-traded global IT solutions, services and Master Systems integration company, officially announced the launch of its new FinTech product ‘FinoAllied’ which is an AI-Powered Conversational Banking platform, that comes with built-in banking services and transactions...
ISG Provider Lens™ report finds insurers embracing different technologies and provider relationships based on their maturity and primary objectives
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TipSnaps, a black-owned and operated social media company which helps Creators to monetize their content, has announced they are fundraising on crowdsourcing platform Republic. This affiliation enables everyday people to become early investors in the startup. Notable companies which have raised money on Republic include SpaceX, Robinhood and GoPuff. TipSnaps has over 450K registered users and has paid out almost $2M to content creators. TipSnaps has been valued at $15M and is forecasted to triple their value within the next year. TipSnaps believes...
