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🎉 Join Us at Fintech Devcon! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Peilu Z., senior data scientist at Spade, will be speaking at #FintechDevcon this August in Austin, TX! Ensuring high quality data is fundamental to our success at Spade. Traditionally, maintaining data accuracy requires substantial manual QA effort, which can be both resource-intensive and time consuming. Peilu will share how we’re revolutionizing this process, reducing manual QA by 50% with the power of AI. Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 8 at 1:00 PM, and head to the 5th floor Manchester E to catch Peilu’s talk. She’ll cover: 🔹 Innovative QA automation methods. 🔹 Performance enhancement through prompt engineering. 🔹 Leveraging LLM agents for complex task management. Will we see you at Fintech Devcon? http://bit.ly/3W6jFln #DataQuality #AI #OpenAI #LLM #Innovation #TechTalk #Spade #DataQA #Automation #PromptEngineering #Fintech #FintechDevcon #FintechDevcon2024

📢 We're thrilled to announce that Fuelman ®, a Corpay brand and leading local fuel expense management solution, selected Spade’s merchant intelligence to help power transactions for over 2.5 million drivers around the country. 📈 “Just from this initiative alone, we expect to help Fuelman generate millions of dollars of revenue each year. Perhaps what’s more important is that by eliminating the consumption of time and budget that goes into disseminating the low-quality merchant data that’s currently available, Fuelman will have more bandwidth and budget to innovate new products driving real customer benefits.” –Oban MacTavish 💳⛽ Fuelman created one of the largest and most complex networks of discounted fuel providers in the country, and we’re so proud to be working with them to drastically improve how they’re able to attribute and authorize purchases made at the participating Fuelman Network merchant. By leveraging our ground-truth merchant intelligence database covering nearly 100% of merchants nationwide, including major gas stations within the Fuelman Network, such as ExxonMobil , Chevron, Love's Travel Stops, and Speedway, Fuelman can drastically streamline its ability to attribute and authorize purchases within the Fuelman Network of merchants, improving the experience for millions of drivers holding a Fuelman card.  Read more about our partnership with Fuelman here: https://lnkd.in/eX3qApJq

💳 Despite expectations of reduced spending amid rising interest rates, Americans have amassed $1.13 trillion in credit card debt as of Q4 2023. This surge in consumer spending has triggered an increase in fraudulent charges, chargebacks, and disputes across the payments value chain. 📈 Americans reported a staggering $65.2 billion worth of disputed charges in 2023, emphasizing the urgent need for robust fraud mitigation strategies. 🗑️ The root cause of this dilemma? Bad transaction data. Poor data quality not only hinders fraud prevention efforts, it leads to cardholder confusion and false chargebacks. 🛠️ This is where we come in. By arming card issuers with real-time merchant intelligence, Spade empowers banks to better identify fraud, make informed decisions, minimize risks, and enhance the overall customer experience. 🔍 Curious to learn more? Dive deep into the intricate world of fraud mitigation and merchant intelligence with the latest edition of CardsFTW! https://bit.ly/3VZrRE3 #Spade #MerchantIntelligence #FraudPrevention #CardMarket #Fintech #CardsFTW #RealTimeData #CreditCards #DebitCards #Fraud #FightingFraud

Be sure to listen to today’s Bank On It Podcast episode with our CEO & Co-Founder, Oban MacTavish. Oban sits down with John Siracusa to discuss: 🔹Oban’s founder journey  🔹The importance of merchant intelligence for the card ecosystem  🔹Spade use cases for the banking industry  🔹& more https://bit.ly/3PY63oO

Our Co-Founder, Tess Bloch, is featured in this week’s FinTech Female Friday! Hear more about her career path, a day in the life at Spade, and how she helps empower women in the fintech industry.

Join our Co-Founder, Tess Bloch, on March 21st for the next Flourish Conversation with Flourish Ventures, hosted by Sarah Morgenstern. Hear from Tess and other female fintech leaders from Skipify, Vellum Insurance, and Tesouro as they discuss: ▪️Their journeys into financial services and strategies for team-building within startups ▪️Challenges they've faced and lessons learned ▪️The crucial role of support networks in navigating obstacles and fostering growth ▪️Valuable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs ▪️Insights into fostering diversity and inclusion within the fintech ecosystem 📲Register now so you don’t miss this inspiring conversation: https://bit.ly/4cmqrtc

We're excited to be co-hosting NYC Fintech Week's kickoff party - RSVP below to join!

“That experience made me fall in love with startups because they’re environments where it's not just about the power, years of experience, or resources you have. Instead what matters is your dedication, creativity, and perseverance. This lesson served me well throughout my career.” Spade co-founder, Tess Bloch, and 25 of the fintech industry’s top female leaders are highlighted in the Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners’ Women in Fintech report. Check out Tess’ interview to learn more about: 🏦Her fintech journey 💪How perseverance and grit played a role in her career 🤝Her inspirations 💸Lessons learned while fundraising 🚀What's ahead for Spade  👭Advice for leaders to further DEI in the fintech industry View the full report here, which shares insights from women in fintech who have exemplified perseverance and resilience throughout their careers: https://lnkd.in/e-nU-zPF

Yesterday our co-founder, Tess Bloch took the stage at the Women in Payments conference to participate in the PNC Payments Unicorn Challenge! There were incredible pitches delivered by women from some of the most innovative fintech startups, and we’re proud that Tess was declared the winner.

Check out the latest episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast and you might recognize a familiar face: our very own Tess Bloch! Tune into the episode to learn more about: ▪ Tess’s extensive fintech background and how she came to co-found Spade ▪ Merchant intelligence use cases such as fraud detection and card rewards ▪ Advice on finding product market fit as a growing startup and how to navigate the fintech ecosystem as a non-technical operator ▪ What’s on the horizon for Spade this year ▪ & more Thanks to Rhea Advani Bobba for hosting this great convo! Full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eKjh2NfD