BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Eight decades later, the debate still rages on: should retail and investment banking be separated, as Glass-Steagall required? The regulation requires large UK banking groups to separate their core retail banking services from their investment banking activities, in order to protect UK retail banking from shocks originating elsewhere.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

While the market focuses on deposits and liquidity, media pundits and analysts are waiting for credit problems to appear. CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). touched off a wave of bankruptcies.

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APRIL 12, 2018

The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. Amazon spent the most on R&D by far. billion in R&D in 2017, which was 41 percent more than it did in 2016. Amazon spent $22.6 billion in R&D in 2017. Microsoft spent $12.3

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Here are the numbers: $9 billion | Total lost at major retailers like Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s, among other well-known sellers, to scammers beating the gift card system. 200 million | Amount instant loan firm Affirm raised in a Series E VC funding round, according to Monday (Dec. 11) reports.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Grocery retailer Kroger is partnering with Berlin farming startup Infarm to offer “living produce farms,” Kroger announced in a press release on Tuesday (Nov. market, but it already has more than 500 farms globally and has teamed with 25 major food retailers in the U.K. and Europe. In the first half of this year, U.S.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” billion in 2013, representing a 2.10 billion in 2013, representing a 2.10

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JANUARY 1, 2019

years in 2013, according to a recent estimate. A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. Lyft , too, is racing toward an IPO, not content to just let Uber drive away with all the capital. consumer ridesharing market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The move comes as Pepsi and Coca-Cola have both been moving into the energy drinks market, CNBC reported. percent between 2013 and 2018, arriving at around $13.5 Energy drinks comprise 92 percent of the total energy market. The market is forecasted to reach a $427 billion value in 2020. rose by 29.8

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 16, 2023

Even if your bank has limited consumer exposure, given that the consumer composes approximately 66% of the US economy, and, according to the yield curve and market pundits, we are all staring into a recession, paying close attention to consumer trends is critical. We are seeing the lowest origination totals since 2013.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having a standout year with two months of 2019 left. After that, retail startups notched approximately $2.3 India’s unlisted tech startups have notched $11.3 billion per Tracxn.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Amid brick-and-mortar retail struggles and stock price volatility, a go-private offer has emerged for Hudson’s Bay Co., billion Canadian dollars, exiting the German market while staying in the Netherlands (with an eye on revamping operations there). which owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor.

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MARCH 2, 2020

The two main eCommerce players are Copia (which has faster delivery) and Jumia (which has more market share. Tim Steel, its CEO, points to Africa’s 750 million mid- and low-income consumers- who spend $680 billion a year – as its main target market. The commission I earn as a Copia agent has been my working capital,” said Kihara, 48.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Online auto retailer Vroom has announced a $146 million Series G funding round led by AutoNation. L Catterton, General Catalyst Partners, Fraser McCombs Capital and individual investors also participated in the round. markets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2017

Short-term retail rental startup Appear Here , a company whose marketplace was built to serve the growing ‘pop-up’ trend in retail, just recently raised some $12 million in a Series B venture funding round. All told, the company has raised $21.4 million to date in three rounds of funding according to Crunchbase.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Focus on developers.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

In fact, interest in such games “has soared in the past year, with some companies aggressively targeting collectors from more established markets,” according to the report. But there is always some kind of market for collectibles, and not just video games from a generation ago. Take the general toy market.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Given the less than stellar track record of shopping malls in recent memory, investors are not exactly lining up to buy into fading retail behemoths where no one wants to shop. REIT has sold off 17 bottom-tier malls since 2013. But some malls are simply too far gone and too remote to merit such an investment. It’s a tough environment.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Included in that movement toward tech in capital markets, he said that could include blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

The world’s largest retailer by sales will be pumping the breaks on its store expansion model as it reorients its attention toward expanding its e-commerce operations and infrastructure. billion capital budget. Walmart also confirmed it will be looking toward its current assets more as it looks to expand future growth.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Startups targeting retail and commercial banking have been emerging globally, spurred by favorable tech regulations, an uptick in mobile adoption, and shifting customer demographics. Incumbents are not standing still and are acting to protect their market share. Market Map: The Startups Disrupting Retail & Commercial Banking.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 11, 2020

OnDeck’s fire sale aside, recent deals at nCino, Black Knight and Ellie Mae are a shot in the arm to a market in need of some good news. 2020 is the wildest downward ride in the market since 1929, which, one would think, is taking its toll on the fintech ecosystem serving banks and credit unions. It’s one big sandbox.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A report this week said that an online used-car platform in that country called BeliMobilGue has raised $10 million in fresh capital in a Series A funding to help expand its offerings. Higher interest rates and a bevy of new cars coming off lease stand to push more customers into the used market in 2019,” according to CNBC.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

In 2013, those investments hit $232 million, and in 2014, they hit $80 million, according to reports. Other players in the market, including Avenue Capital Group and Euler Hermes Group, have also exited the space, causing an increase in the cost of these insurance contracts. million in 2012. billion from $4.7

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JUNE 29, 2018

Before Bluefly was what it is today, the retailer was the golf sportswear company Pivot Rules. As an early pioneer in high-end fashion retailing on the web, said board member and former CEO of Bluefly Neel Grover, the firm has always been focused on staying in style. And the marketplace helps us introduce new brands.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Bite is far from alone in its quest to capitalize on the demand for kiosks. Overall, the kiosk market is booming and is projected to reach $1 billion by 2021. And, between 2013 and 2016, the size of the U.S. interactive kiosk industry market grew at an average of 10.36 percent from $533.37 million to $716.97

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The news about Tencent’s investment stance comes amid fresh signs that Chinese companies, facing a slowing economy at home, are increasingly looking to tap new markets aboard. And both of those big firms have a stake in China International Capital Corp. billion in capital via 924 funding rounds last year.

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CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

In honor of Canada Day this weekend, we used CB Insights’ database to compile 150 notable tech companies, most active venture capital and corporate investors, and top exits of Canada’s private company tech scene into a periodic table. The list includes VCs such as BDC Venture Capital and Real Ventures, among others.

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JUNE 15, 2018

In addition, corporate clients will be able to apply for working capital loans and make vendor and salary payments. In Africa, the biggest private bank in Kenya, CBA, has cemented a partnership with a FinTech there, Ennovative Capital, a Kenyan firm that licenses software to boost payments speeds. The tech is licensed by a U.S.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The 2018 Fintech 250 have raised approximately $53B in aggregate funding across 947 deals since 2013, and includes startups at different investment stages of development, from early-stage (seed/Series A) companies to well-funded unicorns. The market map below categorizes the Fintech 250 companies based on core area of focus.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Thanks to the mBank’s business achievements and potential of the brand as first and the biggest internet bank in Poland, BRE Bank Group decided in 2013 to change company name to mBank. Rather than copying other financial institutions, mBank sought to deliver a best-in-class digital experience inspired from the world’s best retailers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

For the many retailers racing toward retail’s future, ship-from-store has emerged as a saving grace for a multitude of reasons. Furthermore, the web has no shortage of articles pitching the wonders of ship-from-store as the solution to a variety of retailer woes. Regional overstock of some goods? No problem.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

That’s a holiday tradition that pops up every seven or so years when Microsoft and Sony release their Xbox and PlayStation systems’ latest editions, then spend the holiday season slugging it out for dominance in the video-gaming market. Gaming market researcher Newzoo recently estimated that 2.7

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2022

The CFPB announced last week that it has entered into a settlement with Hyundai Capital America (Hyundai) to resolve alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Regulation V arising from Hyundai’s reporting of information on vehicle retail installment contracts and leases to consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) from 2016 to 2020.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. By 2013, those numbers had deteriorated — and by a lot. So, what does this all have to do with retail?

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APRIL 17, 2017

So, while McKelvey lost out on that $2,000 sale — he and his (friend) and Co-Founder Jack Dorsey — the founder of Twitter — did end up with a $17 billion idea (Square’s market cap at the time this piece went to press). Square has come a long way from being an mPOS solution for cash-based glass blowers and farmers market purveyors.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Together, the 7 largest meat companies combine for over $71B in market capitalization, with the largest, Tyson, boasting a $26B valuation. Another prominent deal was the 2013 acquisition of US-based Smithfield Foods, which owns brands such as Armour and Farmland. IndieBio & New Crop Capital. Seafood substitutes.

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