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Banking News

MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Closes $1 Billion Bank Note Offering, Breaking New Ground with $300 Million Bank Note Benchmarked to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups, announced that MUFG Union Bank, N.A., the primary banking subsidiary of MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, has closed a $1 billion bank note offering. The two-tranche transaction is structured as a $700 million fixed rate bank note with a coupon......
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Dominion Energy Ohio Issues Scammer Alert to Customers

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Dominion Energy Ohio warns customers not to provide banking or other personal information to scammers who claim such data is required to receive a new federal tax cut credit. The company reminds customers they will begin receiving those credits automatically, beginning in April 2020, in their monthly bills. The Public Utilities......
Banking Fintech Funding

FINCA Malawi Secures $1.5 Million Loan Facility From BIO

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by Fintech News Desk0
Loan Facility Will Support Lending by FINCA Malawi FINCA Malawi, FINCA Impact Finance’s (FIF) microfinance subsidiary in Malawi, announced that it has secured a $1.5 million USD loan facility with a four-year tenor from the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO). This loan facility marks the inaugural transaction between FIF and BIO......
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Envestnet | Yodlee and JPMorgan Chase Sign Data Agreement to Enhance Consumer Data Protections, Bolster Overall Data Connectivity and Reliability

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Agreement Provides Consumers Improved Access to Their Financial Data Envestnet | Yodlee, a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, and JPMorgan Chase have signed a data sharing agreement, providing the framework for the bank’s customers to more securely and effectively share and......
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Redtail Technology Survey: Advisors Still Rely on Traditional Communication Methods

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“Advisorcomms 2019” Survey Finds Nearly 90% of Advisory Firm Employees Believe Their Clients Would Like to Communicate With Them via Text Message Redtail Technology , a leading provider of client relationship management (CRM) solutions for financial services firms, published the results from its “AdvisorComms 2019” survey, which found that in-person......
Banking Fintech Startups News

Startup Investing Platform Republic Launches Industry-First Free Private Equity Incentive Program

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First-Ever Compliant Private Equity Incentive Program Begins with Linen App Users Republic, the leading startup investment platform, is launching the first-ever legally compliant free private equity incentive program (or “Sharedrop”) in conjunction with the banking application Linen App. Linen App is offering $300,000 worth of investment in the company using a Simple Agreement for......
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Farmer Mac Names Aparna Ramesh as EVP – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation , the nation’s secondary market provider that increases the availability and affordability of credit for the benefit of rural America, announced the selection of Aparna Ramesh as its Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, starting January 6, 2020. Ms. Ramesh joins Farmer Mac with......
Banking News

BankTEL Launches First AvidPay Customer

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Studio Bank Gains Access to Largest B2B Payments Network With Avidpay Integration  BankTEL, an AvidXchange company, announced that it has launched its first AvidPay customer, Nashville-based Studio Bank. The product launch for Studio Bank represents a significant milestone following the October 2019 acquisition of BankTEL by AvidXchange. Read More: Republic Provides a $1.5 million Facility to......
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Top 40 Coin HedgeTrade Announces Beta for Crypto Social Trading Platform

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HedgeTrade allows amateur and expert crypto traders to come together and capitalize on the strength of their predictions. HedgeTrade, the world leader in crypto social trading, is happy to announce the launch of the HedgeTrade Invitation-Only Beta. The Beta gives the HedgeTrade community the chance to register on the functioning......
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Folio Financial Among Benzinga Top Fintech Listmakers in the “Best Robo-Advisor” Category

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Folio Financial announced that it has been chosen as a  Benzinga Top Fintech Listmaker in the “Best Robo-Advisor” category for its Digital Wealth Platform. This award recognizes “organizations in the FinTech space who are moving the needle on financial wellness innovation.” The four other finalists in the category were Charles Schwab, Betterment, Wealthfront,......
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