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PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

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PingPong and Luxembourg’s relationship goes back to 2017, when the FinTech startup got a payments license in the region, which allowed it to operate between Chinese outfits and customers in Europe. Earlier this year , Luxembourg passed a bill to amend an existing securities law so that it includes blockchain.

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Promontory Financial Group CEO on the future of RegTech

Insights on Business

A former comptroller of the currency and banker, Mr. Ludwig founded Promontory in 2001. Ludwig also expects new regulatory interest in the vast expanse of emerging financial technologies and services. Promontory is now a key component of IBM Watson Financial Services. Watch the video.

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Funding Xchange secured $10.3 The company said it plans to fuel geographic expansion and technological investment with the funds as it plans to expand its customer target into the offshore drilling, midstream and downstream markets.

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In Praise Of The Selfie And The Commerce It Drives

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Granted, he had to sit motionless for up to 15 minutes, according to estimates, but he got the job done and secured his place in history (or, least, earned a page on Wikipedia). astronaut and still-living tough guy Buzz Aldrin took his own self-portrait. We are now in the golden age of the selfie.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

As of October, the US ranked 32 nd according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA.

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Could Regulation Prevent The Next Cyberattack?

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The ransomware attack affected a range of players, including delivery services like FedEx, automakers including Renault and Nissan, transportation operations such as Germany’s Deutsche Bahn and even medical systems such as the U.K.’s 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. s National Health Service. The Digital Threat to Commerce.