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. Outside the US: 44% of the 2018 Fintech 250 are based outside the US. Please click to enlarge.

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Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Loss rates increased slightly YoY, and issuer after-tax returns are strong for those that report. Banks appear optimistic about the economic outlook but expect more moderate growth than 2018. Chase, Capital One and Synchrony continue to lead issuers with purchase volume growth of over 8 percent YoY?. Key themes.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

While digital fund disbursements clearly can affect insurance claims, government tax returns and gig economy workers’ paychecks, it’s reimbursements that play a major role for the retail industry. According to CBRE, in 2018 online returns were forecast to reach $37 billion in value during the gift-giving season.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

The home improvement retailer reported net income of $1.52 We posted solid results this quarter by capitalizing on delayed spring demand,” said President and CEO Marvin R. He will start his new position after the closing of the CVS acquisition of Aetna sometime in the second half of 2018. “I billion ($1.86 billion ($1.68

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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. Stripe often states that less than 8% of total commerce occurs online, suggesting roughly $26T in global, omnichannel retail sales.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. The move comes as cities and states are passing bans on cashless retail establishments, on the argument that such retail discriminates against unbanked consumers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

President Donald Trump’s tax reform — signed into law late last year — was a boon for the stock market, but his tough trade stance is pressuring stocks so far in 2018. The seven declines in the DJIA removed $700 billion in market capitalization of the index.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Specifically, Global Blue focuses on tourists spending abroad, and offers products that help capitalize on tax-free shopping as they buy luxury goods. Holiday (and Post-Holiday) Shopping: Throughout the month of December helped push retail sales up more than 5.8 Retail sales were up 3.6 percent year on year.

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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. This year in the US, JP Morgan launched mobile banking app Finn and Goldman Sachs’ retail banking arm Marcus crossed 1.5M savings accounts. Key takeaways.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Indeed, when it comes to younger consumers these days, eSports are reportedly on the rise (including with high school students), and are even prime part of plans to revive retail malls and to collect more states taxes , as PYMNTS has covered.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As we enter 2018, we are working diligently to improve execution with a focus on conversion, gross margin and inventory management,” CEO Robert Niblock said in a statement. Given the rapidly evolving competitive landscape, we are also accelerating our strategic investments, leveraging the benefits of tax reform.”. tax reform.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Taken together, the $350 million in capital invested by Ant and the group of financial investors values the firm with an enterprise value of about 2.3 raised $550 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in June of 2018. billion euros. The IPO – and Other Attractions. Far Point Acquisition Corp.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 30, 2023

Profits versus excess profits: measurement and trends Measuring profits is a challenging task : national accounts data are affected by the ‘mixed income’ of self-employed, taxes and subsidies, and conflate two different dynamics: those of the market and non-market (real estate and public) sectors.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Standing one’s ground in an Amazon -dominated retail market doesn’t happen by accident. The retailer has announced that it will be adding more than 1,000 new employees to its technology teams this year, increasing the size of its tech department by more than a third. Tech Giants. Prominent U.S. Hedge Funds.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

trillion) in 2018 alone, and growing at double digits into the current year. Platform operators and merchants must conduct due diligence related to everything from intellectual property and tariffs to tax laws and FX rates. in particular, processing the entire flow of cross-border retail transactions from end to end.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

“Despite the decline in confidence, consumers’ expectations remain at historically strong levels, suggesting economic growth will continue well into 2018,” she said. percent in 2018 — up from the 4.32 retail banks indicate an almost 20 percent increase in credit card losses across the board during 2017. Credit Card Troubles.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. billion in 2018 growing to $1.1 Benjamin Franklin.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

However, if Apple sticks to its previous patterns, then future versions will be losing the Home button as well sometime in 2018 or 2019, TechCrunch predicts. Bloomberg reports that Apple is now in talks with Bain Capital to throw its hat into the ring with competitors KKR & Co. Car Designers Hit The Road. and Western Digital Corp.,

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These companies differentiate themselves from traditional human advisors with lower fees, 24-hour automated support, portfolio rebalancing, and tax optimization, which can translate to higher returns for investors in the long run. Total wealth management deals were up 31% from 2018, according to PwC. Source: Bloomberg. What’s next?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retail: May not be dead yet, per Macy’s results, which showed some positive traction — and positive comps. Due to tax reform, many small businesses (SMBs) may opt to sell the ranch — or the salon or the tax advisory service. Cash App is showing strength too, as there are 7 million active users.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Once closed, the conjoined firm will offer enterprise banking, payments, capital markets and global eCommerce services to financial institutions and businesses around the world. Instagram is a place for people to treat themselves with inspiration, not a place to tax themselves with errands. eBay Drafts Google Pay.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

“We are striving to attract and retain the best talent in order to win the future of retail and the key component of that is the work environment that we are creating,” said Dan Bartlett, Walmart’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, who is overseeing the project. Particularly when it comes to AI and advertising.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1789 that the only certainty in life was death and taxes. The below chart shows the results of that study for the period from 2010 through 2018 — the most recent year for which that data is available. movies per year in the theater in 2018, versus the 5.2 Maybe even spendable. The 24-Hour Clock.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. Declared Bankruptcy: 2018. Declared Bankruptcy: 2018. Founded: 2011.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

A 2018 survey by Bank of America shows that millennials’ top financial priorities were saving for emergency funds (64%), saving for retirement (49%), and saving to buy a house (33%) — not much different from the concerns their baby boomer parents had 30 years ago. Digit has raised $36M in venture capital to build out its service.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

Looking at the marketplace for Voice AI assistants at 2018’s halfway mark , there is a lot going on and a lot of territory still to pursue. And a comparably sized Lenovo speaker retails for $199, as opposed to the Show’s $229. Then hefty tax bites loom for capital gains — and, oh, there are also lawsuits in the offing.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. Of 2018’s 7 best performing tech IPOs, according to Motley Fool, 6 used either Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley, or both, as underwriters. Source: Getty. STAYING PRIVATE.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Funding to construction tech companies has increased dramatically in 2018, primarily driven by a $865M Series D round to Katerra (more on Katerra below). The Washington-based company has raised $6M to date from Vulcan Capital, among others. Blokable was founded by Aaron Holm, who formerly spearheaded physical retail efforts at Amazon.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. After a comprehensive investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Holmes was banned from the laboratory testing industry for two years and was ultimately charged with wire fraud by the Department of Justice in summer 2018. Bouxtie’s broken promises.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 7, 2019

After the initial high of the “Trump Bump” in late 2016 and the euphoria-promoting “Tax Bump” of late 2017, bankers saw their fortunes turn against them in the second half of 2018. Hopefully your holiday season was restful GonzoBankers – because 2019 is literally going to be a bear.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Here’s hoping a final remodel of the stage coach occurs in 2018. The Get Outta Dodge (and Focus) Award – Goes to Capital One for exiting a significant mortgage business to focus on cards and direct banking. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Ax) – Power Trip.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Brown, instead of managers getting stock options or guaranteed bonuses, every manager got paid $7,800 a year (the equivalent of about $14,500 today), plus “a designated percentage of the profits of the company after these are reduced by a charge for capital employed.”. The result of this type of plan was to make each manager at H.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In the early 2000s, venerable retailers Sears and Kmart began losing ground to Walmart and Target, with Kmart even filing for Chapter 11 in 2002. Sears declared bankruptcy in October 2018. In 2007, Daimler sold off 80% of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management for $7B. Sears and Kmart. Date: March 24, 2005. Price: $11B.

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