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DENIED! And it feels so good … Seattle failed to reach 90° today (high was 89), coming up short in its second attempt to tie 2015 for the most days in a year at or above 90° (record is 12).

Pleasant late-summer day

Portfolio company Stitch published this helpful anatomy of a fintech stack” graphic, focused on enabling infrastructure in the South African market.

Acting Comptroller Hsu said the OCC identified at least 10 banks it regulates that have partnerships with ~50 fintechs; they believe there's a similar amount at FDIC/Fed regulated banks. "The vast majority ... have total assets below $10B; nearly 1/5 have total assets >$1B."

Creating a holistic approach to #audio brand safety by leveraging the right tech solutions (à la us!) is essential to ensuring your #advertising messages are in the right places + contextually relevant. Start with these: bit.ly/3dywktN

Big news today from our syndicate portfolio company, TrueML! Every fintech focuses on lending, but so few focus on how to help people when loans go badly. Glad to see @ercbpo join the arsenal of options to help people pay off debt humanely.

Big news: We’ve closed a $7.5 seed round led by Madrona! We talked to Frederic Lardinois of TechCrunch about our fundraise and how XetHub gives developers a faster and easier way to work with data via a Git-enabled way: techcrunch.com/2023/01/09/xet…

The Wallet Wars Are Not About Money, They Are About Identity via Forbes forbes.com/sites/davidbir…

If you're in Seattle on Thursday March, 30th - come along to the Fintech Happy Hour at Optimism Brewery lu.ma/SEA330

Excited to back Ansa led by sophia goldberg & JT. Existing payment rails aren't suited for high-frequency / low-value transactions ☕️. Ansa is building a closed-loop white label payments system so merchants can decrease costs + drive loyalty. tcrn.ch/3LxeJjQ

I'm so proud of the entire Monzo 🏦 team - TS Anil, Sujata Bhatia, Jonas Templestein and everyone else who worked so hard to make this happen. Massive congratulations, folks 🎉 cnbc.com/2023/05/31/bri…

LIONEL ANDRÉS MESSI IS NOT HUMAN.

Weird to pour one out for a trade show, but from this guy who (allegedly?) covered video games for a few years, no better way to get oriented in the business than spend a few days walking on unsettlingly plush carpets talking to folks and getting blasted by sound.

Sign up now for the next Fintech Seattle meet up on June 6th at Inspectifys office in downtown Seattle lu.ma/mvtxio72

As Tariff Turmoil Continues, This Growing Revenue Stream May Provide a Lifeline inc.com/rebecca-deczyn…

As Tariff Turmoil Continues, This Growing Revenue Stream May Provide a Lifeline inc.com/rebecca-deczyn…

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Excited about this. Share your /skills !

People who say ‘out of pocket’ to mean anything other than ‘I paid for it myself’ should have their phones confiscated. Words have meanings.