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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The funding will be used to expand in Lookiero’s main markets of Spain, France and the U.K. Founded in 2015 by Spanish entrepreneur Oier Urrutia, the company uses algorithms to provide users with a personalized online shopping experience.

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MARCH 26, 2019

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. Yet at a time when analysts say VCs are focusing more on late-stage investment , alternative lenders are having a tougher time securing funding, particularly market newcomers in a crowded market.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “In light of the current capital markets condition, the Company is considering other alternatives and has determined not to proceed at this time with the offering and sale of the securities proposed to be covered by the Registration Statement. 10) with the U.S. 30, 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

We continue to evaluate capital options and are excited about our industry position,” CEO Anthony Hsieh told Bloomberg. In 2015, LoanDepot announced on its blog that it intended to become a public company and filed Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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BankUnderground

JANUARY 21, 2021

But how much competition in insurance markets is there? We find competition generally works well in UK life and non-life insurance markets, despite increases in life market concentration over the past 25 years. However, competition regulators have found practices in specific markets that harm consumers.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. The startups selected for inclusion in the market map below are all Canada-headquartered, VC-backed fintech companies that have at least US $1M in equity funding, and have obtained equity funding since the start of 2015. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map. Capital markets.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

LoanDepot will be seeking as much as $315 million in its initial public offering (IPO), according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. million shares of its common stock, and private equity backer Parthenon Capital Partners is selling 5.59 The company is offering 9.41

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Israel’s Upstream Security has notched $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Renault Venture Capital, Upstream announced in a press release on Monday (Oct. The funding included Volvo Group Venture Capital, Hyundai, Hyundai AutoEver, Nationwide Ventures as well as others.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Cybersecurity software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Duo Security landed $70 million in fresh venture capital funding, according to news from TechCrunch this week, making the firm the latest unicorn in the market. Funding from Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital places Duo Security’s valuation at $1.17

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BankUnderground

APRIL 27, 2021

Repo markets form part of the plumbing of the financial system. When there is a blockage in repo it has repercussions on financial markets. Importance of repo markets. Repo transactions are vital for facilitating the flow of cash and securities around the economy. Rupal Patel. Recent developments.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Well, what do we say about 2015? And, give or take a stumble or two, we snuck through it and did a reasonable job on 2015 objectives, in our humble opinion. So, it seems we’re good with only one outstanding item—digest the 2015 GonzoBanker Awards! 2015 Executive Call-out. Community bank marketing resources.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Signifyd has received $19 million in funding from American Express Ventures, Menlo Ventures and TriplePoint Capital. At the end of 2015, the company announced it had a run rate of $5.6 This was previously not possible, and our growth validates the appetite in the market.”

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JULY 19, 2018

s TrueLayer has secured a new round of funding, while Lativa’s Robo.cash and LLP Zaymer are working together to provide an opportunity to invest in installment loans. LLP Zaymer is familiar with the market: It has worked on non-banking lending in Kazakhstan since 2015. “We teaming up to launch Razer Pay in Singapore.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Alternative lender Ultimate Finance is exiting the unsecured lending market in response to “market conditions,” according to the company. market for its decision, which will take effect immediately as it focuses on other loan products, including asset finance and invoice finance for small and medium-sized businesses.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday (Dec. Digital rival Chewy has seen its shares go up in excess of 150 percent this year, with a market value of $30.3 In 2015, the company mulled going public again but instead was acquired by CVC Capital Partners and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board for $4.6

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JANUARY 25, 2019

million raised for its solution, which KiWi said will be used to focus on growth in Mexico, where it has been operating since 2015. Finch Capital recently invested an undisclosed sum into Indonesia’s Jojonomic, a company that provides expense management and business management technology. The company recently announced $3.2

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MARCH 27, 2019

Mobvoi, a China-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has almost secured funding to value the company at upwards of $1 billion before an initial public offering, according to a report by Bloomberg. Mobvoi was previously valued at $300 million in a financing round that Google led in 2015.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Byrne’s relationship with Butina lasted from 2015 to 2018. In June , Byrne was ready to welcome Facebook’s entry into the cryptocurrency market. Byrne predicted that security tokens will reduce friction in capital markets while also improving price discovery.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2016

This latest investment was more than half of the total, but previous investors, like Marc Cuban, RTA Ventures and Full Tilt Capital, are named as earlier funders. However, it used its knowledge gained in the marketplace to power the newer venture, which began in June 2015.

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MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators. It amounted to about $12.5

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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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JUNE 6, 2018

A press release issued by the company said Menlo Ventures led the Series E equity funding round for BlueVine, which also saw backing from SVB Capital and other investors. This new investment gives us a stronger market position as we pursue bigger plans for reaching even more [SMB] owners and expanding our offering.”

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

The crux of the issue is an investigation by several countries over 200 billion euros ($220 billion) of suspicious payments that went through a small branch in Estonia between 2007 and 2015. They are being represented by the International Securities Associations and Foundations Management Company for Damaged Danske Investors (ISAF-Danske).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Account takeovers are becoming bigger business for criminals — or, at least, the business of preventing account takeovers in the digital retail and payments realm is becoming an increasing focus of companies and security experts. Castle, founded in 2015, said it has raised $9.2 Castle, founded in 2015, said it has raised $9.2

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

But a new report from Citi found that, while China may be the market to watch for FinTech investments, the U.S. According to “Digital Disruption — Revisited: What FinTech VC Investments Tells Us About A Changing Industry,” Citi expects an influx in venture capital across the FinTech startup scape. by 38 percent, during that same time.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Based in Pune, India, the eCommerce logistics firm XpressBees was founded in 2015 by Indian Institutes of Management graduates Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha. million in funding led by InnoVen Capital and Alibaba Group, according to Crunchbase. The eCommerce retail logistics market was valued at $1.35

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JULY 20, 2018

Business intelligence is a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital (VC) roundup, with many startups deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated data analytics technologies for their business customers. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts. Investors placed more than $136.5

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report.

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Bankelele

APRIL 17, 2015

Strathmore University had a cocktail event to introduce their 2015 Masters Program. They also have three new masters maths programs (biomaths – that can be applied in healthcare, financial maths – that can be applied in NSE/capital markets, and a masters statistical sciences).

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Bankelele

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The recently passed Kenya finance budget 2015/16 had some changes that affect licensed retirement benefit schemes. The main one was to allow pension managers to invest up to 10% of retirement funds they manage into private equity and venture capital investments that are licensed by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).

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JUNE 10, 2019

The Financial Stability Board says Basel III rules have not led to a squeeze of the small business bank lending market, according to reports on Friday (June 7). those lease capitalized ex ante) relative to other banks,” the FSB concluded in its report, “Evaluation of the effects of financial regulatory reforms on SME financing.”

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AUGUST 24, 2019

Since its launch in 2015, the company has attracted more than six million users and expanded into new areas such as stock trading and business accounts, the article said. Wolfgang Bardorf, former executive director at Goldman Sachs , will become Revolut’s new treasurer.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

York Capital Management and Mike Archer, a former president of Applebee’s and TGI Fridays, bought Houlihan’s in 2015 and now blames the chapter 11 filing on a number of factors, including expensive leases, a tight labor market and “the rapid growth in costly third-party delivery.”. Documents filed in U.S.

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JUNE 18, 2019

The capital is going to be utilized by continuing the work of TokenOS , which is one of the leading open banking platforms in the world. Such a fundamental change in the plumbing behind the movement of money creates big challenges for incumbents and large opportunities for new players to create whole new markets.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Alternative lending has been popular among venture capitalists, but France may not come to mind when one considers the top alt-fin markets of the world. million investment round secured from NewAlpha Asset Management, reports said on Friday (Sept. Unilend may help to change that. The French alternative lending startup announced a $2.8

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MAY 13, 2019

People familiar with the investigation told The Financial Times the former regulator was charged for not preventing transactions at Danske Bank when he was finance director from 2011 to 2015. The money laundering went on from 2007 to 2015. Danske’s former chief executive Thomas Borgen had his home raided as well.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

He added that supporting the FinTech industry can only occur if FinTechs in the European Union are able to take advantage of the single market, “meaning to scale up so that they can compete with their rivals in China and the U.S., into their own borders by offering a more legally friendly market. where FinTech is booming.”.

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