PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

three California technology companies, all wanted a piece of the federal government’s $350 billion loan program, which was designed to keep businesses in the black during the COVID-19 pandemic. . It didn’t help that the SBA’s online loan platform couldn’t handle the lending software the companies used. PayPal Holdings Inc.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Two years ago today, Lending Club was ringing the bell on an IPO that one early investor called “a no-brainer.”. Lending Club’s model does not need bank branches on each street corner, and it can turn around in minutes and hours, not days. “I So what went so right for LendingClub two years ago today at its IPO — and then so wrong?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

After one of the busiest weeks of the year for B2B startup venture capital funding, this week revealed a bit of a lull in the market. Led by Swisscom Ventures and Edenred Capital Partners, the funding saw participation from existing backers Lakestar and Notion Capital as well, while Columbia Lake Partners also provided funds.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

Minneapolis-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Sezzle has raised $55 million in its latest capital round, according to a press release. Eligible Sezzle holders will also be able to acquire additional CDIs through a Security Purchase Plan (SPP). The company allows shoppers to make payments in four equal numbers across six weeks.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). Path to removal – Sometimes an exception is like the Hotel California – you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. It just stays on forever. A guarantee generally should be unlimited and continuing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based based alternative small business lending isn’t dead with investors and an India startup landed more than half a billion dollars. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital. Targeting small and medium-sized businesses with its asset-based lending solution, The Credit Junction revealed a $23 million equity investment from Century Equity Partners this week. Mission Secure.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

million with B2B startups this past week, and while investment targets were diverse (including B2B eCommerce and small business lending), the bulk of the funding landed at companies focused on enhancing businesses’ ability to assess their performance. Investors placed more than $136.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

He said the company’s new owners include PIMCO, a California-based global investment management firm, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, a global institutional alternative investment management firm headquartered in New York City and Sixth Street Partners, the San Francisco global investment firm.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Ride-hailing giant Uber has teamed up with a leasing startup called Fair to help drivers without credit, or with low capital, secure a car, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company started the partnership in California in January, and now it plans to expand to 10 major markets across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

With more than $175 million raised for B2B startups this week, the undoubted winner was a California-based artificial intelligence data analytics company – a sign, the firm noted, of the enterprise’s increasing reliance on AI. Alternative Lending. Check out the latest investment rounds below. CCRManager. Artificial Intelligence.

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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. Featured offerings include commercial banking, commercial real estate lending for both owner-occupied and investment, SBA lending, and deposit and business treasury services.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 Analysts said the industry has seen its highest venture capital activity since Q1 of 2016, fueled by focus on late-stage investment rounds. This week’s B2B venture capital roundup is quite indicative of these trends. According to KPMG’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

Funding Circle, announced that it secured $100 million in equity funding. 12), the company said California-based venture capital firm Accel Partners led the funding round, with participation from Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and Temasek Holdings. The biggest online lender for small businesses in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup shows FIs are placing funding with their FinTech partners, too, including Nationwide and HSBC U.K., For traditional financial institutions (FIs), working with a would-be competitor means integrating technologies for customers without having to build solutions from scratch. Betterworks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

B2B startups in the small business banking, expense management and analytics sectors led this week’s investment roundup, securing more than half of the $108 million raised. But it’s a startup in Africa that not only secured the largest investment round of the week, but set a new record in the process, raising $47.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Vouch Insurance , which offers insurance to high-growth technology firms through an online platform, said last week that it has raised $45 million in a funding round, and has expanded its service into California. The total raised to date comes in at $70 million.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Researchers found that furloughed employees are widely reporting that their bosses have asked them to continue to conduct their normal work duties despite being furloughed in order for their employers to secure funding. companies between April and May this year , Abnormal Security data revealed, according to Helpnet Security reports. .”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 SIG, GGV Capital, Yunqi Partners, Huochebang, SKy9 Capital and Chuangban Investment also participated in the funding round, reports said. TravelBank.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

PYMNTS breaks down the latest B2B startups to secure funding rounds below. million from Iris Capital, while existing backers 360 Capital Partners and Breega also participated. The California firm announced $12 million in Series B funding in a press release this week, noting Tola Capital led the funding.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

The firm announced Tuesday that it secured $14.6 NowFloats enables small and medium-sized businesses to gain a digital presence, and investors at Iron Pillar Capital and IIFL have backed that mission to the tune of $10 million. Enterprise Mobility. CUneXus Solutions. Lighthouse.io. On Thursday (Jan. 26), Australian startup Lighthouse.io

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. It is the Mountlake Terrace, Washington holding company for 1st Security Bank, a $1.7 Founded in 1980, Plumas Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Quincy in Northeastern California. First Capital, Inc. FS Bancorp, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

The movement toward financial inclusion, and toward a consumer experience that is seamless and intuitive and secure, is one that brings companies to share process and perhaps even prosperity. Lending, Lending Everywhere, With Quite a Lot to Think. As remarked early in the day, it takes a village to build a payments ecosystem.

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For one regional bank working with IBM, this means a focus on credibility that capitalizes on the bank’s credit risk and specialty lending services. Addressing Compliance: Artificial intelligence in banking must also address emerging compliance issues, such as those posed by HIPAA, GDPR and new California data privacy laws.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2019

More than $213 million was raised, with investors targeting a range of solutions from alternative lending to document and application programming interface (API) management. based Salaryo will focus on scaling its online service that connects freelancers and entrepreneurs with financing for security deposits on co-working spaces.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Backers zeroed-in on a range of industries, including SMB banking and lending. With plans to launch a new small business lending bank in the U.K., million in "bridge" funding, with the company planning to close a $27 million Series A investment round that will enable it to secure its banking license. B-North has announced $3.66

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

HQ: Oakland, California. HQ: Danville, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: Palo Alto, California. Marketplace small business lending platform. Payment security technology. HQ: Los Angeles, California. Fintech deals by size from 23 April to 29 April 2016: Mosaic. Total raised: $224.9

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

Three Finovate alums brought in new cash: Kreditech raised $11 million for its banking and lending services for the underbanked. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Automated lending solutions for financial institutions. Automated lending solutions for financial institutions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 1, 2016

Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week , the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 Snoopwall landed a cool million for its security solutions. FlexScore was bought by United Capital . Data security for financial institutions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $266 million in new capital the second week of August. 5 million to CUneXus to expand its consumer lending platform. . 5 million to CUneXus to expand its consumer lending platform. HQ: San Francisco, California. Pindrop Security. Consumer lending platform. Bigstone Capital.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

The deals were widely dispersed around the world, with only 4 of the 30 headquartered in California. Capital Float. Working capital financing. Capital Float. Working capital financing. HQ: Palo Alto, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: Sunnyvale, California. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The total included mega-rounds of $30+ million to three lending plays: FundBox ($50 mil), CommonBond ($35 mil), Orchard Platform ($30 million) and one financial-institution-supported blockchain startup: Chain ($35 mil). HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. Powering marketplace lending.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Samsung bought LoopPay with its Magnetic Secure Transmission technology, which gives it the ability to reach merchants in a way that other wallets cannot due to having both the NFC (near-field communication) and MST (magnetic secure transmission) technologies. Innovation in security. Apple Pay … not. Damn that drought anyway.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

While the alternative lending hype has dulled a bit, it’s been replaced by a far greater hype-machine: blockchain. This week’s venture capital (VC) investment tracker finds that both blockchain and alternative finance are leading markets. Paxos provides settlement services in the precious metals securities trading market.

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MyBankTracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission you can qualify if you: Have a net worth of $1 million or more (excluding your primary residence) Earned $200,000 or more (or $300,000 if you’re married) each of the previous two years Some real estate investment platforms only accept accredited investors. What is a Blue Chip Stock?

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 10, 2015

This week, a wide variety of fintech companies raised money from blockchain security ( BitFury ) to B2B payments ( Karmic Labs ). But once again the lending sector attracted the most cash, accounting for $94 million, or 64% of the $148 million total. Blockchain and bitcoin security. HQ: San Francisco, California.

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