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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Chang’s rolled out its mobile ordering app in August 2018, but its rewards program has been in place since July 2015. This work is meaningless, though, if fraudsters can run amok in user accounts, and restaurants are not immune to emerging, innovative fraud. The Secret Sauce Of Security. Cooking Up A Fresh App .

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JULY 17, 2019

Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. million seed investment in 2018, the Series A is also backed by Airbus and Lockheed Martin, among others.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

But just as it’s nearly impossible to predict with precision the future of an ever-changing, ever-innovating market, it’s just as difficult to draw a single conclusion from so many experts’ opinions. In short, while 2017 was the year of payments disruption, 2018 will be the year of the satisfied customer.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

"Our new financing will allow us to further distinguish our offerings and customer experience as an industry innovator," said Modal CEO and Founder Aaron Krane. American Honda has worked with Modal, formerly Drive Motors, since late 2018 to create branded online buying tools for Honda and Acura.

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CB Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

From e-commerce to software to payments, several companies with $1B+ valuations exited in 2018. Using CB Insights data, we identified the startups with a $1B+ valuation that exited in 2018. We’ve also covered 2018’s 14 European unicorns , 37 Chinese unicorns , and 55 US unicorns.). Meituan Dianping.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The company reportedly has over one million registered users and has grown its revenue by over 200 percent from 2017 to 2018. This investment round provides us with the necessary capital to further increase the accuracy of our technology, which is really exciting.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday (June 22), the North Carolina-based company said it plans to raise $100 million. percent of total revenues) in fiscal 2018, representing a 64.7 The company recorded net losses in fiscal 2018, 2019 and 2020 of $18.6 In its initial public offering (IPO) filing with the U.S.

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JULY 10, 2020

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the startup reported it plans to raise as much as $253.5 Our mission is to transform financial services through innovation, reputation and speed,” the company said in its prospectus. percent of total revenues) in fiscal 2018, representing a 64.7 million, or 74.7

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JANUARY 20, 2020

regulators have levied $126 million in fines for data violations since mid-2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for international cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) governance and U.K. have levied €114 million ($126 million) in fines for data violations since instituting stronger privacy mandates in mid-2018.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. Much has been said about the wealth effect of those who held and hold stock market securities, and much has been written about income disparity. Invention can become necessity.

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MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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JUNE 18, 2020

as well as Durable Capital Partners LP in addition to current investors, accounts and funds that T. The company said the funds will help with new offerings that assist its retailers in handling the evolved operating climate as well as provide diners with secure and accessible ways to transact. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. among others.

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MAY 10, 2018

Payments security is an increasingly critical component for businesses on both sides of a B2B transaction today. WEX’s Payments Pulse Data report published last year found payment security to be suppliers’ No. Both of these reports confirmed that for businesses, security trumps speed when it comes to payments.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

From gaming to healthcare to pizza delivery, US-based startups which reached unicorn status in 2018 represent a diverse range of industries. Silicon Valley produced plenty of $1B+ companies in 2018, but other parts of the country also had a strong showing. Check out our real-time Unicorn Tracker for a full list of $1B+ companies).

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MARCH 6, 2019

Thirty-seven Chinese companies reached billion-dollar valuations in 2018, operating in areas as diverse as healthcare, transportation, and education, among others. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the China-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018. A s of 2018, more than 5 million drivers and 1.25

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Insights on Business

JULY 31, 2018

This next generation of financial innovation may need to be created through the cooperation between both FinTechs and banks. It is the FinTechs—seeing and capitalizing on service opportunities that have gone unnoticed—that will spur the next wave of financial innovations.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018.

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JULY 25, 2019

Amazon Prime Day , which was earlier this month, brought out waves of fraudsters trying to capitalize on the barrage of promotional emails related to the shopping event. According to Accenture , the average number of security breaches in 2018 grew by 11 percent, from 130 to 145. Removing Humans from the Equation.

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JULY 15, 2020

Coconut has previously brought in growth capital through the site. million) in funding in 2018. The company had initially aimed to raise 700,000 pounds ($881,000) at a valuation of 12 million pounds ($15.1 million), Crowdfund Insider reported. It notched 1.8 million pounds ($2.27

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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. The new capital will help fuel hiring and other growth, the company said. Fraud Prevention Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Bank of America has announced that it has joined the Marco Polo Network , the leading trade and working capital finance network. The network — and its more than 25 member banks — aims to unlock a potential $1.5 trillion opportunity in global trade finance, according to a press release.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 10, 2019

Banks and their venture arms increasingly are backing cybersecurity startups, investing in everything from threat intelligence to data security firms, according to a new CB Insights report.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

While commercial card innovation certainly accelerated in 2018, progress can always continue. Recent Capital One research also uncovered how sluggish mobile payments adoption has been in the corporate setting. ” Enhancing Security. One area of development that J.P. Following The Consumer Trend. ”

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MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 A report released this week found startups across the U.S., Much of the growth, particularly in the U.S.

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Insights on Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In order to remain relevant to digitally astute and socially active customers, core banking processes, must be more reliable, scalable and secure requiring banks to constantly innovate. Without optimizing existing processes and platforms, it is a drag on creating anything new and innovative.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

This week’s roundup of Commercial Card Innovation also finds growing interest in digitizing and mobilizing the corporate card, either through virtual card generation or mobile wallet support, at a time when contactless payments remain on the upswing. and Canada in 2018. DayTek Capital Pursues Card Capabilities.

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MARCH 20, 2018

The “Scottish Pacific SME Growth Index,” released twice a year, found the portion of small businesses that said they would use banks for funding declined from 38 percent in 2014 to 24 percent in 2018. At the same time, interest in alternative lenders increased. Nearly half (47.6

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MARCH 10, 2020

Scharf noted the recent changes to leadership, with the creation of the new chief operating officer role , where 75 percent of the operating committee being put into place is new to the firm, having joined since the beginning of 2018. Waters categorized the bank as a “lawless organization” that opened 3.5

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Japanese business to business (B2B) payments firm JCB is partnering with Singapore blockchain technology provider Keychain to capitalize on using blockchain in the payments space, JCB announced in a press release. Keychain is developing an innovative data security framework targeting the financial, industrial and enterprise spaces.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

million in new venture capital (VC) funding. 18) reports from TechCrunch said AxleHire — which facilitates last-mile logistics and delivery for subscription commerce and consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms like HelloFresh and La Boulangerie — has secured the new funding from contributors like Acorn Pacific, RGA Ventures and other backers.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report. Rather, payments and security have emerged as top focuses, according to the Credit Union Innovation Playbook.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

2018 to comply with the new rules, are at the same time pressured to promote innovation and enable faster, more agile payment services, Capgemini said. The new platform, hosted on Amazon Web Services Cloud, enables banks to comply with PSD2 rules and support the development of innovative financial services.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

In a press release, Visa said the investment and partnership is aimed at supporting small business growth via easy-to-access capital and financing. Behalf provides working capital solutions for small businesses and flexible financing for business purchases. The Behalf platform offers affordable, on-demand purchase financing.

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MAY 25, 2018

Rover , the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, has announced that it secured $125 million in new capital. Other key investors include Winslow Capital and Cross Creek, while existing shareholders TCV , Greenspring Associates and Spark Capital also participated. The funds and accounts were advised by T.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

In partnership with Nymbus, the bank’s custom digital platform is built on a secure cloud-native core banking system with an open API architecture. While many banks are utilizing technology and trying to be innovative, they are doing so on an existing legacy structure that is too expensive, painful and ingrained in their culture to change.”.

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CB Insights

JUNE 7, 2021

The company is backed by VCs including Spark Capital, Lone Pine Capital, and Granite Ventures, as well as corporates like Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, and Visa. . Creating a modern payments ecosystem in an industry that’s been slow to innovate . Tight competition among leading global payment giants and fintech innovators.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The small business loan market is oversaturated, she argued, creating a “FinTech credit bubble” that first showed signs of deflating as investors pulled out of some players like CAN Capital and LendingClub in 2016. Indeed, the remainder of 2017 and 2018 will see more partnerships between the banks and FinTechs.”. Alternative Lending.

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