Atlanta-based Greenwood, a financial platform with banking services and a community for Black and Latino individuals and business owners, is growing with its fourth acquisition since the start of 2022. …
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Atlanta-based Greenwood isn’t just here to change banking. Get to know its new community platform.
Less than a year after opening up its waiting list, Greenwood has garnered over 100,000 individual banking customers. But customer acquisition is just one part of the success story for…
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When the word “disrupt” is thrown around in the startup world, it is often used by a startup founder believing their technology can dismantle an entire industry. But talk to…
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With A $12 Million Series B Round, Alpharetta-based DefenseStorm Expands Cybersecurity Work For Banks
Alpharetta-based DefenseStorm has raised a Series B round of $12 million this week, just over 16 months after raising a $15 million Series A round. The most recent round was…
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Kabbage aims to make banking more accessible with launch of business checking accounts
Atlanta-based startup darling Kabbage announced Wednesday the launch of Kabbage Checking, designed to make opening and using a business checking accounts more accessible to companies of any size. The launch…
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AI-Powered Identity Startup Trust Stamp Receives Strategic Investment From MasterCard
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanThe last time Hypepotamus checked in on Trust Stamp, the Atlanta-based startup had developed facial recognition technology that was being used by the attorneys general of the U.S. and Mexico…
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Fintech Pioneer Pete Kight Leads Series B In Bank Data Analytics Startup
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinAtlanta-based data analytics startup FI Navigator closed a $2.5 million Series B investment led by Pete Kight, the former CEO of CheckFree, one of the earliest electronic payments companies. Fintech-focused firm Commerce…
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How Cybersecurity CMO Terrie O’Hanlon Simplifies A Complex Product’s Messaging
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaTerrie O’Hanlon met now-CEO of cybersecurity company DefenseStorm Sean Feeney during their regular commutes on cross-country Delta flights to San Francisco. At the time, O’Hanlon was a Chief Marketing Officer at a…