PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

BAM Worldwide, a provider of cash management and working capital, e payment solutions to the transportation industry , announced Tuesday (June 6) that it has completed a $10-million investment led by Millstone Capital Partners. BAM provides technology, payments processing and working capital loans to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Cloud-native London FinTech startup Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round led by Draper Esprit, with participation from existing investors Lloyds Banking Group, IQ Capital, Backed and Playfair, Thought Machine announced on Monday (March 2).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Florida’s ShipMonk, started in 2014, offers eCommerce fulfillment services and technology solutions. The ShipMonk funding is part of a surge in cash going to such B2B companies as GoSite , which targets small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that are moving operations online.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

A lack of access to capital. But the most recent research suggests entrepreneurs are also clear about what is helping them grow, and what they are looking for in terms of technology, professional support and beyond. The red tape of regulation. The burden of administrative tasks. Even more – 97.5 20 percent of U.K. 20 percent of U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. billion in post-program capital and collaborate with Mastercard, major banks, merchants and other high-profile organizations,” Mastercard said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’ funds coming into the coffers of corporates that scrape the web for information. USD in series A funding from a consortium of investors, including Green Visor Capital. An Acquisition in Africa. “The

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

BlueVine , the provider of working capital to small business (SMB) owners, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it has inked a deal with Veem , the cross-border payments company. Veem changes all that, making it easy for small business owners to send and manage cross-border payments using blockchain technology.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. The Hong Kong sale is being managed by Citigroup, China International Capital Corp.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors, a new app that uses AI to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. The online marketplace company aims to eventually use AI technology on descriptions, so that a user could give basic details and the AI would flesh out the rest.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Three big Silicon Valley venture capital firms want to invest in Telegram ’s initial coin offering (ICO), The Financial Times reported. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark and Sequoia Capital have each told the messaging startup that they want to invest $20 million, according to three individuals familiar with the deal.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

With the completion of a $325 million “mega-round,” online real estate firm Opendoor is now valued at over $2 billion, a source close to the deal told Reuters. The latest round was led by General Atlantic and Access Technology Ventures, as well as home construction company Lennar Corporation. to court entrepreneurs.

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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. Consumers who want to sell their cars via that platform reportedly seek an online price estimate. “If Take Online auto retailer Vroom.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Square’s founder and chief executive, Jack Dorsey, helped to enable merchants to accept bitcoin as a payment method back in 2014. Square began its journey with in-person solutions, while Weebly began its journey online. payment volume, RBC Capital Markets analyst Daniel Perlin predicted in a recent note to clients.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Founded in 2014, Zoox has been working to develop electric-powered robot taxis in a difficult multipronged effort, simultaneously creating driverless technology, a ride-hailing network and a bespoke autonomous vehicle at scale. However, Amazon already has a team devoted to driverless vehicle technology.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2016

Data provided to CNBC shows shoppers have been purchasing back-to-school supplies a month early, and retailers have to pick up their game in order to capitalize on the back-to-school shopping season. percent in 2015 compared to 2014. percent, while online-only stores saw a 14.5 The number of purchases declined by 3.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2016

22) it closed a round of venture capital funding. The Series A round of funding, which netted the startup $29 million, was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and also included New Enterprise Associates, Soros Fund Management, Haystack Partners, Quadrant Capital Advisors and Blue Delta Capital.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

This teardown features annotations & commentary by four Social Capital partners. Thanks to the Social Capital team for updating/confirming their portfolio data on the CB Insights Editor. Social Capital is a VC fund with a focus on healthcare and education. CB Insights Note. Investment syndicates. BEST OF DISRUPTION REPORT.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

One emerging player in the Australian FinTech market has just secured another round of capital. PromisePay , a fully managed payments platform for online marketplaces, has raised $10 million in order to fuel its continued growth. Everything is moving online. There’s a fundamental shift in payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

equity firms back in 2014. Two years ago, the startup was acquired by Advent International and Bain Capital. Reuters noted that, since the middle of 2014, Nilsson has engaged in acquisitions, laid off hundreds of workers and invested greater than 800 million crowns on information technology. billion–$4.83

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

you could be gearing up to buy gifts in store or online. In a recent PYMNTS interview , Stacey Renfro, the company’s chief customer and digital experience officer, discussed why the merchant jumped into subscriptions and how it meets the unique challenge of bringing together physical storefronts with online subscription services.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

German and Israeli anti-fraud technology startup Fraugster is working to make fraud detection smarter. The startup recently raised $5 million in a venture funding round led by international venture capital fund Earlybird, along with existing investors Speedinvest and Seedcamp.

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Perficient

MAY 27, 2022

There is good reason for this shift in view; according to Marc Bernegger, co-founder of crypto fund AltAlpha Digital, “after last year’s explosion of crypto hedge funds around the globe, there are now over 400 active funds, excluding those focused on venture capital.” dollars.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2016

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The capital city is Mexico City, which alone is home to almost 9 million. Nearly $120 million has been invested in approximately 300 startups based in Guadalajara since 2014. Mexico’s longstanding business culture resulted in the government investing $658 million to an estimated 620,000 entrepreneurs back in 2014.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Other investors include Hyde Park Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and Y Combinator. Customers want what they want, and they want it fast, and it takes serious technology to make it look easy.”. ShipBob was started in 2014 by two engineers, Divey Gulati and Dhruv Saxena.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

15) that it has launched a global initiative, She’s Next, Empowered by Visa, which seeks to support the advancement of women-owned small businesses around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. To that end, Visa said on Tuesday (Jan. India and Mexico.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

As a sophisticated capital provider, you have 10 million data points that help you decide on how to optimally allocate your money, and everything is automated. The really savvy investors, the study noted, aren’t merely savvy because of the knowledge they possess – but because of the technology they leverage.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. As both an MDI and CDFI, it applied for and received $80 million from the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) distributed by the U.S. Well done and best of luck leveraging the ECIP capital for good! #2. The Bancorp, Inc. They changed their name.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

The roundup of this week’s venture capital investments in B2B startups offers some insight into the geographical differences in how this space is developing. An online platform for the procurement of office supplies in India secured new funding from one of its peers. But the U.S. Find out what that sector is in our roundup below.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2016

An investment in smart technology is starting to pay off for United Parcel Service (UPS) as profits soar. UPS has a lot to be happy about these days, with a reported 10 percent growth in quarterly income, a major boost in efficiency and the decreasing cost of delivering online orders to U.S. This may trigger a payout of up to $3.8

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2016

Global fintech funding skyrocketed in 2014 and 2015, but tapered off in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the implication that 2016 won’t be so sweet, according to the report. Asian fintech deal sizes dwarfed U.S. deal sizes in 2015, a new report from KPMG and CB Insights shows. But yesterday’s Ant Read More.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

The figures below outline the decline of banks in the US, going from 11,462 at the end of 1992 to 5,809 in 2014. Consumers now expect a certain basic level of technological capabilities driven by their experiences across other industries. Even labor saving technology (e.g. prepaid services, P2P lending, etc.).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

51 million : That’s the amount of new funding that Druva, an India-based enterprise security company, has secured from Sequoia Capital India and a new backer, Economic Development Board Investments, based in Singapore. Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down.

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