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Corporate Card Data Spared In Capital One Hack

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Corporate credit card data was not exposed in the massive Capital One data breach that came to light earlier this week, according to Business Travel News reports. While customers of Capital One’s commercial banking division were not affected, reports noted that small business customers were affected by the breach.

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Zopa Secures UK Banking License

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Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Since COVID-19, non-bank lenders have been hurting as capital markets became less available and retail investors tried to withdraw their cash from the P2P sector, the Times reported. Capital One was one of the earlier disrupters,” Janardana said.

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Bitesize: Emerging market currency risk: evidence from the COVID-19 crisis

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A striking regularity around global economic crises is that the dollar tends to appreciate sharply against emerging market (EM) currencies as capital flows out of EMs. In a recent CEPR e-book chapter , we compare recent exchange rate moves and capital flow adjustments to past global crises. for 2005-2020. over a 6-month period.

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Ant Financial Acquires Minority Stake In Klarna

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Klarna, Europe’s most valuable FinTech, was founded in 2005 and has financial backers that include the rapper Snoop Dogg, who is also part of the company’s marketing. Other investors include venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and Australia’s biggest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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Zopa P2P Lender To Land 12th-Hour Investment To Become Bank

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A source told the Financial Times that Zopa will receive the funds from an entity linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Launched in 2005, Zopa is considered one of the world’s first P2P lenders, lending almost £4 billion to consumers in the U.K. based fund, and its U.K. investment vehicle Silverstripe. since its inception.

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Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki to Speak at Bank Innovation 2017

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Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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Klarna’s Value Hits $10B With Latest Investment Round

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Founded in 2005, Klarna has previously stated that the U.S. The Swedish firm’s lineup of investors includes Sequoia Capital, Bestseller, Dragoneer and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The new round of funding values Klarna at a hefty $10 billion, Reuters reports , citing three sources. billion in August of 2019. shoppers.

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