In January 2020, Illinois joined 10 other states in the country (along with the District of Colombia) by legalizing recreational marijuana. While this has presented an immediate business opportunity that many have taken advantage of, the continued federal ban on the drug has led to unique challenges for both business owners seeking ways to process payments, as well as for … [Read more...] about Emerging Cannabis Market Presents Opportunities for Payments Trailblazers
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Chicago FinTech News 6-26-2020
Chicago Student Loans by A.M. Money offers no-cosign funding. Chicago born-and-raised black FinTEx member A.M. money has matched his life experience with a team and a vision to expand funding for students without access to a cosigner for student debt. Rapunzl Co-Founder Highlights Diversity Continuing Diversity Problems. Rapunzl co-founder (a previously-featured company on … [Read more...] about Chicago FinTech News 6-26-2020
Chicago FinTech News 06-01-2020
Chicago Payments Forum Meets Virtually. We know you've been wanting to talk payments in Chicago, so we're holding our first virtual meetup 4:30p - 6:00p, Wednesday, June 3. Register on the FinTEx Chicago website at https://bit.ly/FinTExEvents. “Cash is king baby.” Cash shows its twin properties in a payments survey by Grown In, a Chicago-based cannabis newsletter. It's … [Read more...] about Chicago FinTech News 06-01-2020
Pot Payments, FinTech Partnerships, ESG Products: Chicago FinTech News 05-11-2020
AeroPay Prepares to Support Pot Payments Payments startups AeroPay has been approved to use its merchant payments platform to accept payments at cannabis dispensaries in Colorado, reports CEO Daniel Muller. The AeroPay platform provides low-cost payment exchange between merchants and their customers in partnership with financial institutions. The problems and solutions to … [Read more...] about Pot Payments, FinTech Partnerships, ESG Products: Chicago FinTech News 05-11-2020
Chicago Payments Forum Networks, Plans 2020 Events
The Chicago Payments Forum met for networking and 2020 event planning Feb. 18 to catch up on the state of the business in 2020 so far. Bottom line: it's a busy start to what's shaping up to be a busy year both for the work payments professionals in all sectors are doing and in new technologies and deals in the industry as a whole. We are planning to host several startups and … [Read more...] about Chicago Payments Forum Networks, Plans 2020 Events
Stripe Mounts B2B Payments Tech Ad Campaign in Chicago
Stripe, the software platform for adding payments capabilities to ecommerce stores, is advertising throughout Chicago's financial district on both street ad kiosks and Chicago Transit Authority El train platforms. It's the first B2B payments advertising I've seen outside of a payments or FinTech conference. Last summer, consumer-oriented payments and FinTech firms took to … [Read more...] about Stripe Mounts B2B Payments Tech Ad Campaign in Chicago