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DECEMBER 5, 2017

an online lender, is reportedly in late-stage talks to land a new round of financing that would propel it to unicorn startup status. billion – which would be around double its valuation in April of 2016, when it had its latest round of fundraising. Affirm Inc., With the added investment, the lending company would be valued at $1.5

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MARCH 22, 2017

The funding will help with upfront capital provided to those farmers. Within banking, SolarisBank garnered $28 million, with venture capital provided by Arvato Financial Solutions, among others, which will be taken to expand the European technology platform, furthering geographic reach. Hint: It grew rapidly.)

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

They want to get to the nirvana of new technologies, but are stuck in a spaghetti of old systems. What we are seeing is many new companies launching capabilities built upon the latest internet-enabled technologies. They are very different to banks and are collectively known as FinTech, financial technology start-up companies.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

What the Sky.Garden platform does differently is allow sellers to manage online inventory just as they would in a brick-and-mortar setting. Individuals and businesses in the less-wealthy segments of the economy have little opportunity to reap the benefits of online commerce. Sky.Garden attempts to answer all of these issues.

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MAY 30, 2016

And to make sure that everyone starts off 2016, Part II on the same footing, we thought we would bring you a few of the top trending stories, as well as hot data/research topics, that will give you a head start on that all-important planning for 2016 and beyond. Online Checkout Conversion. Are SMBs Ready For EMV?

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

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. Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More.

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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JULY 9, 2019

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers. At the same time, dining platforms are expanding their offerings.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Brazilian digital bank Neon is gearing up for another big wave of expansion after landing hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funding. Founded in 2016, Neon Pagamentos on Wednesday (Sept. 2) announced a Series C investment of $300 million led global equity firm General Atlantic.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Truebil , an online marketplace to buy and sell second-hand cars, has raised $14 million in a Series B round led by Japanese investor Joe Hirao, the founder of ZIGExN. That followed its initial Series A in early 2016, which raised $5.5 With this latest round, Truebil has currently raised a total of $22.5

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AUGUST 18, 2017

John Crompton, HSBC ’s former global head of corporate finance, has been named chairman of the advisory board at FinTech Issufy , which sells an electronic data management tool so banks can collect investor feedback online, as well as handle tasks such as the allocation of shares.

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MAY 11, 2017

Kreditech, the online lender in Germany, has reportedly landed a €110 million investment from online payment processor PayU. As part of the deal, Kreditech will provide its AI and machine learning credit underwriting and loan management technology to PayU’s 300,000 network of merchants. “In

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Gaming company Razer is going after a Singapore digital banking license, along with China’s largest online monetary platform Ant Financial , according to reports on Wednesday (Jan. 2) for a wholesale license, which has a capital commitment of $100 million. Google and Temasek Holdings. .

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MARCH 13, 2019

Naspers, Africa’s largest company based on market value, is gearing up to spend $1 billion in India in the form of investments focused on the financial technology market. At the time Naspers said proceeds would go toward growth opportunities in global classified, online food delivery and FinTech. That reduced its stake to 31.2

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MAY 9, 2016

We can all agree Credit Karma, Chase Mobile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and PayPal aren’t leaving the Top Ten on App Annie anytime soon. But ratings and rankings aren’t everything — there’s also the cool factor. How easy is the app to use? Does it makes us feel good (even Read More.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does. We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Every year, Bank Innovation chooses the bank and fintech videos that made us laugh, the ones that made us cry, the ones that made us want to go out and buy baby animals, and of course, the ones that made us go out and better manage our finances (well, we tried.) Read More.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Here are the numbers: $390 billion | Value of donations to nonprofit organizations in 2016. Within that $390 billion, online giving was up 10 percent last year, and mobile accounted for about 15 percent of those online transactions — percentage that is likely to grow as millennials become a stronger economic force.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

WEX is purchasing the Australian eNett from Travelport and its owners, partnered with Siris Capital Group and Elliot Management Corporation’s private equity affiliate, Evergreen Coast Capital Corp. Since 2016, eNett and Optal have combined growth of 36 percent. Both startups will be fully combined under WEX.

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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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JUNE 17, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 5, 2017

The recent troubles of Home Capital, a Canadian alternative lender, once again raises questions about the future of the industry. In May 2016, the company’s stock price was in a tailspin, ultimately dipping […].

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AUGUST 14, 2020

However, the Journal cited unnamed sources as saying that the London-based Barclays is also bidding for GM’s card business, while current issuer Capital One is unlikely to let the account go without a fight. consumers doing with existing connected car technology, like smartphones plugged into the dashboard? What are U.S.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Online lender Elevate Credit, Inc. has decided to pursue an IPO, a little over a year after the firm had decided to postpone its listing in the face of the tough market conditions that made 2016 the slowest year for initial public offering in the last ten. and On Deck Capital, Inc. The company reported a wider loss of $22.4

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MAY 4, 2017

The financing was led by Bain Capital Ventures with additional funds provided by Menlo Ventures, American Express Ventures and other investors. With this new round of funding, Signifyd brings its total investments to $95 million since February 2016 and a gain of 5,000 new customers. Our belief in the Signifyd approach runs deep.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

million | Amount that blockchain firm Kadena, created by two JPMorgan Chase developers in 2016, received in fresh investor support this week. Metastable, Kilowatt Capital, Coinfund and Multicoin Capital provided the pre-Series A funding for the blockchain company, all of which came amid a wave of skepticism regarding the technology.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

The company wants to help chemists, kirana (family-owned) stores and other businesses to come online with its platform, according to reports. Tencent , Altimeter, Footpath Ventures, Hillhouse, GGV Capital and Citi Ventures all participated in the round. Previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and DST Global also invested.

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JULY 22, 2019

Online platform eBay announced it has tapped Peter Thompson, former vice president of Amazon’s Alexa Voice Services, as its new senior vice president and chief product officer. In addition, eBay appointed Mazen Rawashdeh senior vice president and chief technology officer, the company announced in a press release.

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JULY 21, 2017

Founded in 2009 as FindTheBest, Graphiq aimed to collect and organize details about products, places and people to simplify online research. The company had raised approximately $32 million in private financing, with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Pritzker Group Venture Capital as its biggest venture capital backers.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

The company wants to help chemists, kirana (family-owned) stores and other businesses to come online with its platform, according to reports. Tencent , Altimeter, Footpath Ventures, Hillhouse, GGV Capital and Citi Ventures all participated in the round. Previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and DST Global also invested.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Lucaciu is the chief technology officer of Adore Me , an eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailer that has adjusted to disruptive changes in its market, including the bankruptcy of the parent company of Victoria’s Secret. We’re focused on capital efficiency,” he noted. “We Adore Me is ranked No.

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JULY 7, 2016

2016 will likely see less investment in bitcoin and blockchain technology, but that is true for many other areas, as well. As the summer heats up, blockchain hype may (finally) be cooling down. This year to date has seen $161 million invested so far, while 2015 saw a total of Read More.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

The fund, which could be up to $50 million, is part of Albertsons’ strategy to work with emerging grocery technologies, Chain Store Age reported. billion in venture funding in 2016. And while just 23 percent of Americans buy groceries online , that share is expected to more than triple in under 10 years.

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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

APRIL 28, 2016

Bank Innovation INV, this blog’s fintech accelerator, is pleased to today to announce the six extraordinary startups that have been admitted to its inaugural class.

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