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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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Plug and Play Launches Fintech Startup Accelerator in Frisco and McKinney
by | Feb 7, 2024
The global innovation platform opened offices in the two North Texas cities late last year, announcing accelerators for Sportstech and Enterprise & AI. Now Plug and Play is banking on a new way to make Frisco and McKinney key players in another disruptive industry.
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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....

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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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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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Apex Fintech Solutions Taps Nasdaq Exec as New Chief Financial Officer
by | Oct 6, 2023

Dallas-based Apex Fintech Solutions has appointed Chantal Wessels as chief financial officer, succeeding Chris Springer, who will transition to strategic finance adviser, after a successful four-year tenure leading the company....

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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....

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Dallas ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Investor Platform Backflip Has Expanded to 41 U.S. Markets

by | Jun 29, 2023
Backflip said that first-time and experienced residential real estate investors "from Alaska to Hawaii" can now leverage its data, technology, and capital to make better real estate investment decisions and fund the rejuvenation of the nation's 65 million aging homes. The startup, which raised $35 million in a funding package last year, also announced a C-suite hire and an Austin startup acquisition.
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Dallas Fintechs MoneyGram and Zirtue Partner to Serve Unbanked, Underbanked Borrowers
by | Jun 21, 2023
Money-transfer heavyweight MoneyGram and startup Zirtue are teaming up. Uniting the giant's scale with the startup's relationship-lending tech, they aim to give more people around the world a 'hand up' in securing loans.
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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-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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Emerging Trends: Three Futurists Predict The Tech That Comes Next
by | Feb 15, 2023
From AI to human longevity to xTech, North Texas experts George Brody of InfoNet of Things and Anurag Jain of Perot Jain, along with Mike Bechtel of Deloitte, predict a range of emerging technologies set to transform the world in 2023 and beyond.
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Hyosung Innovue: The ATM Maker Rebrands to Embrace a ‘Customer-Led Revolution’   
by | Jan 31, 2023
The Irving-based maker of ATM technology based its new "Innovue" branding on the words "Innovation + VIsion"—expressing Hyosung's goal of creating exciting new solutions, services, and experiences. "Nowhere in our new frame of reference will you find the words ATM, cash, retail, or banking," CMO Brad Nolan told Dallas Innovates. "We have opened the aperture and unshackled our employees to think big."
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Ag Resource Management Announces New Chief Executive Officer
by | Dec 6, 2022

Fort Worth-based Ag Resource Management, one of the nation’s top providers of agricultural lending and crop insurance, announced that Rip Mason has been appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately....

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