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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We have around 40 companies that fit in Brazil,” the group’s head in Brazil, André Maciel, told the news outlet during an event at Cubo, a technological hub funded by Itaú Unibanco, the largest private bank in Latin America. . Creditas was started in 2012 by Sergio Furio, a Spanish former consultant and now the company’s chief executive.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Digital payments startup QFPay , the largest global partner of WeChat Pay and Alipay, raised $20 million in new funding led by returning investors Sequoia Capital China and Matrix Partners, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. QFPay was founded in China in 2012 and is known for its QR code-based technology.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

This latest round of funding brings Cybereason’s total amount raised to approximately $400 million, with previous investors including CRV, Spark Capital and Lockheed Martin, according to a press release. Founded in 2012, Cybereason boasts distribution in all major global markets.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So, access to capital isn’t just essential for these companies to survive — it’s critical for the economy to thrive. On the upside, researchers found small businesses’ demand for loans is at its highest level since 2012. Yet, the small business lending gap remains. For banks, the reason often comes down to profits.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Engadget reported that Jeff Tran, Microsoft ’s former director of sports marketing and alliances, was charged with five counts of wire fraud. As reported by the Federal Reserve Payments study this week, the value of noncash fraud has gone up between 2012 to 2015, and the measure along that time frame grew by 37 percent to $8.3

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Japan-based business card management service Sansan has announced news of fresh venture capital in support of its solution which helps professionals with business information management and networking. The service launched in Japan in 2012. An announcement Monday (Aug.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

ID Finance Co-Founders Boris Batine and Alexander Dunaev were far from newcomers to the world of finance when they started up their business in 2012. educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. Observing the rise of disruptive companies in Europe and the U.S., A New $200 Million Fund.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Should we be interpreting the desire of lots of private sub-scale companies to *sell* as a signal about the market environment and the quality of these companies? That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. billion in 2021 Q1.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Should we be interpreting the desire of lots of private sub-scale companies to *sell* as a signal about the market environment and the quality of these companies? That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. billion in 2021 Q1.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2022

Stock and bond market volatilities are also seeing winter squalls and are sending messages about shifting investor sentiments about risk. in May, 2012, but not near the all-time high of 22.0% if the markets thought inflation would be 7% or higher, yields would already be there. The index is currently at 11.5% in June, 1980.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

The FinTech startup iKaaz, which was founded in 2012, has a cloud-based platform for online merchants, point-of-sale hardware for retailers and a mobile wallet for customers who want to make digital payments. The existing MOWA wallet that serves the India market will continue as a separate company with its own leadership and staffing.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Momentum Machines introduced its fully autonomous burger bot in 2012, and now, with news of an $18 million venture capital funding round , it’s one step closer to opening its flagship San Francisco restaurant based around the prototype, which has been in the works since June of last year. It’s meant to completely obviate them.”.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Microsoft Accelerator, which launched in 2012, has so far accelerated 129 startups across 10 cohorts. Microsoft will be lending its Azure Cloud technology to the companies so they can enhance their cloud, IoT, Big Data and analytics capabilities. The Accelerator will also link the startups with marketing, sales and research teams.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers? Profitability.

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JULY 24, 2019

Although the payroll space already has two big-name players , ADP and Paychex, their market share is only about 10 percent apiece. For the estimated six million SMBs nationwide, advanced technology to handle payroll is virtually nonexistent. The company was launched in 2012 as ZenPayroll, changing its name to Gusto a year later.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

20) said Utrip raised $4 million from backers at Plug & Play, Tiempo Capital and Acorn Ventures, among others. Utrip first launched in 2012 as a B2C solution that helps consumers book travel plans by creating itineraries based on recommendations and attractions. . Reports Monday (Feb. 2014, as well as a $750,000 round before that.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The payments landscape is changing fast due to new disruptive technologies such as open APIs, distributed ledger technology, cloud, Apple/Samsung/…Pay, and customers’ expectations are changing for seamless and faster payments. Distributed Ledger Technology. Use of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The payments landscape is changing fast due to new disruptive technologies such as open APIs, distributed ledger technology, cloud, Apple/Samsung/…Pay, and customers’ expectations are changing for seamless and faster payments. Distributed Ledger Technology. Use of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

This teardown features annotations & commentary by four Social Capital partners. Thanks to the Social Capital team for updating/confirming their portfolio data on the CB Insights Editor. Social Capital is a VC fund with a focus on healthcare and education. CB Insights Note. Investment syndicates. BEST OF DISRUPTION REPORT.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Launched in 2012 by Payal Kadakia under the name Classtivity, ClassPass closed $2 million in seed funding in March 2014 after rebranding. ClassPass members can reserve fitness classes using the company’s proprietary booking technology. “Even in our recently launched European markets, our partners consistently call us their No.

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MARCH 28, 2019

With more options than ever, customers demand better services, and that often cannot be offered without better technology. “This is all being done while managing capital requirements and compliance costs in a rapidly evolving digital landscape marked by increased competition.” ” Open Banking Fuels the Change.

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JULY 8, 2016

But we are heading to France, where the country’s capital city is making a name for itself as a booming tech center. The digital technology sector accounts for roughly 5.5 A recent study from McKinsey found that France is expected to boost the digital technology share of its GDP by €100 billion by 2020. The Next Startup Capital.

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CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. Private technology companies in Latin America have raised over $5.8B in funding since 2012. Amount ($M).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

Technology, of course, changed all that. Other industries see lower conversion rates — 1 percent to 10 percent, according to a 2012 study. In many businesses, acquiring customers used to be a function of where the business was located — a high traffic intersection for a convenience store or a well-heeled mall for a clothing retailer.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Payworks ‘ gateway technology, Pulse, wants to provide the lifeblood to point-of-sale transactions for merchants using EMV, contactless and mobile wallets. million in Series A funding from investors Rumford, HW Capital and Speedinvest. Payworks was founded in 2012 by Deger, David Bellem, Johannes Lechner and Simon Eumes.

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CB Insights

APRIL 12, 2018

Both were implemented by regulators to foster new competition in the market by lowering barriers for new entrants and creating equal access to proprietary customer data. Fintech companies are disrupting all parts of the capital markets value chain. Look for Capital Markets Tech in the Collections tab. 550+ items.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The crowdsourced service was founded in 2012 by Mike Alexandrovski and now operates in 11 countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. The new funds will be used to expand and improve the product, hire more people and increase marketing efforts, the report said.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Market Roger Karner told Karen Webster for this week’s edition of the Monday Conversation, the lights turn themselves off. Karner noted that Signify has been into IoT and connected products since its early days: 2012, two years before Amazon Alexa’s release. That’s because, in the connected future, as Signify ’s CEO of the U.S.

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MARCH 17, 2017

With a big focus on technology in Silicon Valley and Boston, New York City slowly made its way to becoming a powerhouse tech player. Albany, New York’s state capital, has a population of just over 150,000. trillion (2012). NYC is also the center of one of the biggest markets in the world for the tech industry.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Over the last few years, large tech companies have entered the healthcare sector, increasing internal R&D and private market activity in the space. Below, we compiled a list of the top 10 tech companies in the US by market cap (as of 9/6/18) and analyzed their private market activity in the healthcare space. First Name.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Since its founding in 2012, the firm has specifically distinguished itself in a crowded field of tech-based underwriters, with its focus on the consumer group it calls the “underbanked middle class.”. Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market. A Better Option For Banks.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. First Capital, Inc.

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APRIL 17, 2017

So, while McKelvey lost out on that $2,000 sale — he and his (friend) and Co-Founder Jack Dorsey — the founder of Twitter — did end up with a $17 billion idea (Square’s market cap at the time this piece went to press). Square has come a long way from being an mPOS solution for cash-based glass blowers and farmers market purveyors.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Apple is on the cusp of a stock market first — becoming the first public company in history to capture a $2 trillion valuation. trillion market capitalization — almost double where it was just two years ago. And its market cap will hit $2 trillion if the stock rises about another 5 percent to $467.77

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Tech companies are chipping away at the traditional bank’s market share. Startups here are using consumer payments products like money transfers and peer-to-peer payments to chip away at banks’ payments market share. . This has provided an opportunity for other research providers to gain market share among banking clients. .

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JANUARY 5, 2017

million from Q Capital Partners, which will be slated for health care and other verticals served by the company. The only other deal that came in at the double-digit mark was for iGola, also in China, where the travel search engine firm landed a $19 million funding round from Rich Land Capital, a private equity firm. market in 2017.

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