fintech

Frisco-Based Outpave Strengthens Leadership With New COO Following $1.2M Seed Round

by | Jun 21, 2024

Frisco-based Outpave, a fintech startup specializing in financial services and spend management for the construction and trades industries, has announced the appointment of Tom Payne as its chief operating officer.

The company, founded in 2023 by Zachary Ahlstedt and David Cauthron, aims to streamline financial operations for small to mid-sized trade and construction businesses....

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MoneyGram International Adds 2 To Its Executive Leadership Team
by | Mar 15, 2024
Cory Feinberg has been named general counsel and corporate secretary at Dallas-based MoneyGram International. Bahar Dave Sahajwalla has been appointed chief regulatory and public affairs officer.
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Arlington Fintech Agora Data Appoints New Managing Director
by | Mar 8, 2024
Sharon Mancero brings over three decades of experience from Wells Fargo to her new role. With her "deep industry knowledge and indisputable background in capital markets," Mancero looks to be a part of Agora's evolution as an "innovative auto finance powerhouse."
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Frisco’s Meritize Appoints Industry Veteran as Compliance Officer

by | Jan 12, 2024

Frisco-based fintech Meritize has appointed Meredith Garland-Hannifin as its new compliance officer.

Meritize develops merit-based financing solutions and a technology platform, connecting career starters and mid-career professionals with valuable skills training.

“To deliver on the promise of career advancement and upward mobility for learners, quality, accountability, and outcomes have to be at the core of our approach and must always govern access to education financing,” co-founder and CEO Chris Keaveney said in a statement....

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How Plug and Play Aims To Spearhead Innovation in North Texas, One Startup and Sector at a Time
Sherif Saadawi, VP of partnerships at Plug and Play, calls his platform "the most active VC in the world by volume of deals"—and that's just one of three pillars it's bringing to Frisco and McKinney, along with corporate-startup matchmaking and sector-focused accelerators. "In almost every metric that we look for that makes a good ecosystem, DFW really ticks all the boxes," he tells Dallas Innovates.
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Startup Accelerator Plug and Play To Open Office in Frisco and Launch with Sportstech Program
by | Nov 28, 2023
Silicon Valley-based Plug and Play will bring a series of startup business accelerator programs specific to Frisco's innovation ecosystem—starting with a Sportstech accelerator program focused on human potential and performance.
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Venture Dallas Names Three Winners in Inaugural ‘Startup of the Year’ Awards
by | Nov 6, 2023
The winning companies were selected from 100+ nominees and eight semifinalists. They reflect "strong themes" in the Dallas-Fort Worth ecosystem: FinTech, DefenseTech, and PropTech, says steering committee member David Evans.
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Meet Your AI Assistant: Backflip Launches AI-Powered Property Sourcing to Help Real Estate Investors Find the Best Deals

by | Aug 31, 2023

Dallas-based Backflip, an all-in-one real estate and fintech platform for fix-and-flip investors, has launched My Leads, an AI-enabled property sourcing feature that leverages artificial intelligence to act as a deal analysis assistant.

It detects, parses, and comps while alerting users automatically to the most attractive potential investment properties available to them, whether the properties are on-market or off-market....

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MoneyGram International Taps Industry Veteran as Chief Digital Officer

by | Apr 28, 2023
MoneyGram's CEO, Alex Holmes, hails the appointment of Seth Ross as the company's new CDO, citing his track record of building and scaling customer-centric digital offerings. With digital transactions accounting for more than half of their money transfer business, Ross's appointment is timely and strategic, he said.
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The Last Word: Alex Shootman on Alkami’s New ‘TechFin’ Concept
by | Apr 13, 2023
Plano-based Alkami—a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for banks and credit unions—presented a new concept at its annual Co:lab 2023 conference in Grapevine last week. Drawing a distinction from the FinTech industry, Alkami unveiled its "TechFin" concept: "a technology company that builds financial solutions."
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Dallas Fintech Zippy Finds its Niche in Financing Manufactured Housing
by | Mar 23, 2023
With recent financing from FirstBank, the company's innovative solution—a digital lending platform for manufactured home loans—is available in 11 states, including Texas. Zippy plans to more than double its footprint in 2023 by establishing partnerships with hundreds of communities.
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Dallas-Based Quiltt Launches Fintech’s ‘First Easy Button’ to Simplify Financial Data Connections for Businesses
by | Feb 21, 2023
Quiltt Connector launched on Product Hunt this week. The fintech startup, which emerged from stealth in 2022, said that with a single line of code, its Connector helps businesses "go live" with leading account aggregation, transaction enrichment, and other financial APIs — no upfront engineering required.
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