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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

SumUp has been active in Ireland since 2012 and has introduced electronic payments to thousands of businesses. Over 3 million merchants use its technology and more than 7,000 firms join the platform daily, according to the statement. . Featuring next-day payouts, users can monitor all purchases and balances through the SumUp App. .

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JUNE 20, 2016

The week is getting off on just the right foot for the folks over at Plaid Technologies, who are announcing $44 million in new funding. Plaid Technologies announced Monday (June 20) that it had secured $44 million in funding courtesy of a round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ocado is embroiled in a patent lawsuit over robotically operated warehouse technology with AutoStore. That robotics company claims that Ocado, a customer since 2012, is using a storage system based on AutoStore’s setups. Although Ocado only claims 1.7

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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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JULY 5, 2017

Nevertheless, from a financial markets point of view, it’s a fascinating place. Payments in Turkey, an ever-growing market… by Soner Canko, CEO of BKM Turkey, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has a banking sector that defies expectations. million POS machines in the market.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Lucaciu is the chief technology officer of Adore Me , an eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailer that has adjusted to disruptive changes in its market, including the bankruptcy of the parent company of Victoria’s Secret. Since it was founded in 2012, the company has grown to a team of 140 employees across the U.S.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

identities took center stage in 2012 — the year HSBC, Europe?s The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization, adopted new KYC rules in 2012 requiring its broker members to use “reasonable diligence” to open and maintain every account. The London-based bank?s

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MAY 3, 2020

A lawsuit against Uber alleges that the company engaged in deceitful practices to drive its competitor Sidecar Technologies out of business in 2015, according to Reuters. The lawsuit alleges that Uber began offering low fares for passengers and better incentives for drivers to bust into the market.

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JUNE 3, 2020

This is where the market is heading.”. It has already acquired Eurobits , which specializes in account aggregation technology. Founded in 2012 in Stockholm, Tink said it connects to more than 2,500 banks that reach over 250 million banking customers across Europe. Tink has been on the move this year. million euros ($17.2

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AUGUST 18, 2019

Ikea is going deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT), furthering its investment in smart home technology and products, TechCrunch reported on Saturday (Aug. The household goods and furniture company is moving slowly into the smart home market with less expensive merchandise that works with Apple’s HomeKit platform.

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JULY 7, 2020

If approved by the SEC, nCino will be listed on NASDAQ’s Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “NCNO.”. Founded in 2012, nCino has raised $213 million in venture-backed funding, according to Crunchbase, the San Francisco provider of business data about private and public companies. million. .

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AUGUST 7, 2019

The goal is to have Instagram ’s chat feature use Facebook Messenger ’s technology, so Instagram users can communicate with those using Messenger, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. A “From Facebook” tag will be will be visible in all marketing for Instagram and WhatsApp brands.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

Apple has made a new bet on augmented reality (AR), buying Akonia Holographics , which makes lenses for the technology. Akonia’s HoloMirror technology enables “headsets that are thin, transparent and light-weight, while achieving high [field of view (FOV)] with low manufacturing cost,” Akonia said on its website. AR Market Growth.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Advertising technology Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm Mediaocean has formed a blockchain partnership with Amino Payments for transparency and accountability in digital advertising, Mediaocean announced on Tuesday (Jan. It combines blockchain, advertising and payment technologies to enforce transparency in online advertising.

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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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JANUARY 30, 2019

The mobile market for order-ahead is growing rapidly, and could be worth $55 billion in the next half decade. Panera Bread, in 2012, was one of the first companies to use the feature. If you look at our history, we started the company in 2012 as a consumer app,” Narang said. “We percent processing fee. “If Toast does this,” T.

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JUNE 5, 2020

Jio Platforms, which has more than 388 million subscribers since 2016, has attracted foreign investors looking for a piece of the one of the world’s largest internet markets, the report said. The company was debt-free in 2012, but took loans to bankroll the creation of Jio Platforms.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Corporates cannot expect to weather the economic and social changes taking place by virtue of their market clout and mastery of traditional supply chains and distribution channels. This environment requires enterprise-scale companies to forge new digital paths to market and form more direct relationships with consumers and end-users.

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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 6, 2019

Founded in 2012, Cybereason boasts distribution in all major global markets. Cybereason’s big data analytics approach to mitigating cyber risk has fueled explosive expansion at the leading edge of the EDR domain, disrupting the EPP market,” said Lior Div, CEO and co-founder of Cybereason, in the release. “We

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MAY 20, 2019

According to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, incidences of European companies being “forced” to transfer technology in China are on the rise. The data form the chamber shows that, per an annual survey, 20 percent of its member firms report they have been “compelled” to hand over technology in return for access.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Direct sales company Younique, which has been pivotal in its approach to social media marketing, has launched an augmented reality (AR) makeup trying-on tool, according to a release. . It will be preloaded with upcoming products, allowing customers to get to try on and experiment with the newest ones before they hit the market. .

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JANUARY 31, 2020

She took on the CEO role in 2012 at a difficult time for the company. The appointment of Krishna highlights how much reliance IBM is placing on emergent cloud technology. The new company president will be Jim Whitehurst, who was chief executive for Red Hat , the open-source software company which IBM bought for $33 billion last year.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Amazon Go technology is being tested in a 10,400-square-foot space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, a source told Bloomberg. The company already operates the Whole Foods Market chain. Now the technology is planned to accommodate 30,000-square-foot stores. grocery industry.

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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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APRIL 10, 2019

technology company. When Facebook went public back in 2012 it raised $16 billion. Since its debut on the stock market, shares have traded below its IPO price. Pinterest, the image search company, is gearing up to tap the public markets this spring. Last month Lyft, the ride-hailing rival, went public.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has been good for the real estate market. Pushed by all of that suddenly exploding demand, the real estate market (particularly the digital retail market) has been booming. Also, continued investment in technology is enabling people to do more of their shopping and transacting online. All in, U.S.

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APRIL 12, 2019

It was a good day for Jumia Technologies on Friday (April 12) — and that’s a good signal about the future prospects of eCommerce in Africa, home to some 1.3 Founded in 2012, Jumia became the first African unicorn startup in 2016 after a $326 million funding round that included Goldman Sachs, AXA and MTN. billion, according to reports.

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JUNE 22, 2020

nCino, which was founded in 2012, said it will use the proceeds of its stock sale to purchase additional office buildings, and may also use a portion to acquire, invest in or obtain rights to complementary technologies, products, services or businesses. . BofA Securities and Barclays are the managers for the proposed offering.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Founded in 2012, the ride-hailing unicorn – which is valued at over $1 billion – was the premier tech startup in the Middle East and North Africa. Innovation is at the heart of what we do at Careem , and has been critical to our success in winning over local markets,” said Co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Mudassir Sheikha. “As

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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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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Financial technology company Dwolla has announced it is teaming up with global payments platform Currencycloud so that its clients can facilitate international payments. The Dwolla Partner Ecosystem was born out of that idea of interconnectivity,” Stephanie Atkin, Dwolla’s vice president of marketing, said in a press release.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In the face of an existential threat from e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Walmart ’s Jet.com , mall owners and real estate investment trusts with a core retail focus have explored private market investments in retail technology, e-commerce companies, and direct-to-consumer brands as a way of strengthening their core strategic business position.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

QFPay was founded in China in 2012 and is known for its QR code-based technology. The tech firm is in 13 markets: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. This new round of funds brings QFPay’s total funding to $36.5

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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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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

LISNR uses ultrasound technology to provide a solution that lets merchants and payment providers accept mobile payment data anytime during the customer journey. The technology works with all types of purchase scenarios – including scan-and-go, store pickups and eCommerce – and can also be used for messages, authentication and identification.

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JUNE 9, 2019

The increased in lobbying began in 2011 and 2012 amid challenges from the Federal Trade Commission. The moves on the technology companies to increase spending on lobbying comes at a time when they are facing pushback from regulators around the globe. In 2009 Google spent $4 million on lobbying, with that increasing fivefold in 2018.

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