FinTech Accelerator

Ten startups will be selected for the Arkansas Banking Solutions Accelerator, a 12-week program to advance technology in the state and help local banks navigate the ever-changing financial sector. read more >

BankLabs of Little Rock will graduate from this year’s FIS Fintech Accelerator in August as it adds employees and works on a new software product designed to automate agricultural lending for banks. read more >

Financial technology leader FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and The Venture Center of Little Rock announced Wednesday the 10 companies selected to participate in their 2021 FIS Fintech Accelerator program. read more >

FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, formed a new office this year to “further accelerate innovation and growth” for the company, CEO Gary Norcross announced Wednesday during the virtual 2020 FIS Fintech Accelerator Demo Day. read more >

Two weeks ago, Cobbler Technologies Inc. of Little Rock was listed as one of the 10 companies participating in this year’s online FIS Fintech Accelerator program, and it’s already changed its name. read more >

FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and The Venture Center of Little Rock announces the 10 companies selected to participate in the 2020 FIS Fintech Accelerator program, which will take place completely online. read more >

Amid modest overall job growth, the central Arkansas region’s financial sector grew jobs at nearly twice the U.S. average from 2017 to 2019, according to Metroplan’s 2019 Economic Review and Outlook report released Wednesday. read more >

Community banks lack the financial and human capital of their larger counterparts to invest in research and development, but they need new technologies all the same. Partnerships with financial technology startups are a practical way to address this need, four of the state’s community bankers told Arkansas Business. read more >

Wayne Miller, managing director of the Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator, has been named executive director of the Little Rock-based nonprofit. read more >

Gas Pos announced Thursday that it has relocated its headquarters to North Little Rock from Birmingham, Alabama, and will create 30 high-paying technology jobs. read more >

Over a decade, Arkansas has fallen in line with the national trend of embracing and publicly funding a relatively new form of economic development: structured help for entrepreneurs. read more >

BankLabs of Little Rock says will create up to 19 full-time jobs in the capital city by the year 2020. read more >

A month shy of its first birthday, the Little Rock Technology Park has exceeded expectations for attracting startup-minded entrepreneurs and tech-related ventures. read more >

The Venture Center of Little Rock announced Friday that Bond.ai, a graduate of the center’s 2017 VC FinTech Accelerator, will relocate its headquarters to Little Rock from New York City. read more >

The Venture Center of Little Rock says 295 entrepreneur and startup teams have applied for its 2017 FinTech Accelerator, twice the number that applied for the inaugural program held last year. read more >

Startups can now apply through Oct. 31 to participate in the Venture Center’s 2017 FinTech Accelerator, which has been extended until 2018 to the tune of $2 million. read more >

Ten startups have been offered the opportunity to participate in the VC FinTech Acceleration program powered by global technology services provider FIS and hosted by the Venture Center in Little Rock. read more >

The Venture Center announced Friday that FinTech entrepreneur and executive, Gary Dowdy has been selected to lead the global VC Fintech Accelerator, which kicks off its inaugural cohort this year. read more >

FIS will sponsor a startup accelerator in Little Rock devoted to financial technology, CEO Gary Norcross announced Thursday during the 150th annual meeting of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. read more >