PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

The share of B2B transactions conducted via check has fallen 50 percent since 2004 and hit an all-time low of 42 percent last September, for example. B2B payments traditionally involved tedious manual bookkeeping and companies had to ensure they were deposited correctly and accounted for on their taxes. API security.

Security 151

Security Fraud Payments Compliance 151

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Lycos simply couldn’t compete with better offerings from the likes of Google, and in 2004, Terra sold Lycos for a meager $95M. Zynga and OMGPOP.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As millennials head deeper into adulthood and make more money, the personal finance space is adapting to their unique money management attitudes in a few key ways: From in-person to online. The average millennial student debt load was $10,600 as of 2017 — about 2X more than what was owed by Gen X in 2004. From big banks to big tech.

Millennials 77

Millennials Mobile Lending Cards 77

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Unity Software, a software platform aimed at video-game developers, pursued a bidding-based approach to its IPO in September 2020, similar to the process used by Google when the search giant went public in 2004. However, interest in ICOs cooled after a number of fraud allegations and a crackdown by the SEC. In 2017, startups raised $5.6B

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Accusations of fraud and mismanagement, and criticisms of the government’s decision to invest in Solyndra, were rampant in the days following news of Solyndra’s impending bankruptcy proceedings — but the core mistake here involved ignorance of a key aspect of Solyndra’s business.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78