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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Florida’s ShipMonk, started in 2014, offers eCommerce fulfillment services and technology solutions. Summit Partners Managing Director Christopher Dean and Vice President Chelsea Jurman will join ShipMonk’s board. Fulfillment and inventory management technology has quickly become a critical component to ensure seamless delivery.".

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

BAM Worldwide, a provider of cash management and working capital, e payment solutions to the transportation industry , announced Tuesday (June 6) that it has completed a $10-million investment led by Millstone Capital Partners. BAM provides technology, payments processing and working capital loans to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Sequoia Capital led the round, with participation from Tiger Global Management, Spark Capital and existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Thrive Capital, IVP and Index Ventures. Glossier announced that it has raised $100 million in Series D funding that it will use to expand the beauty company. ”

Capital 100

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Online food delivery platform Swiggy has raised $43 million as part of its ongoing Series I round to develop and expand its new businesses, according to multiple reports on Monday (April 6). New investors included Ark Impact, Korea Investment Partners, Samsung Ventures and Mirae Asset Capital Markets. Swiggy raised a total of $1.42

Samsung 131

Samsung Capital Marketing Report 131

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lendify reportedly locked in $115 million in funding from Insight Investment, which had supported the online lender with a 1.5 Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Sunden-Cullberg said the infusion will also assist the 2014 startup in taking control of the consumer loan space. Morgan Stanley and J.P.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

BlueVine , the provider of working capital to small business (SMB) owners, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it has inked a deal with Veem , the cross-border payments company. Veem changes all that, making it easy for small business owners to send and manage cross-border payments using blockchain technology.

Payments 100

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Founded in 2014, Zoox has been working to develop electric-powered robot taxis in a difficult multipronged effort, simultaneously creating driverless technology, a ride-hailing network and a bespoke autonomous vehicle at scale. So the eCommerce giant certainly has both the scale and the capital required to push Zoox’s ambitious goals.

Retail 131

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below).

Innovation 15

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

One emerging player in the Australian FinTech market has just secured another round of capital. PromisePay , a fully managed payments platform for online marketplaces, has raised $10 million in order to fuel its continued growth. Everything is moving online. There’s a fundamental shift in payments.

Fintech 100

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Whenever it happens, it’s safe to say that a $150 billion valuation would make Ant’s IPO one of the biggest ever, putting it ahead of Facebook ’s $104 billion IPO in 2012 and behind Alibaba’s $168 billion IPO in 2014. The deal was established in the lead-up to Alibaba’s 2014 IPO. Reasons To Invest. It posted 9.18 billion yuan ($1.4

Capital 101

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The two companies have been heavily intertwined since 2014, when Instacart was only two years old. hedge fund Tiger Global Management and existing investors Coatue Management and Valiant Capital. Instacart made the announcement on Dec. The additional funding came from investors including U.S. The company has raised $1.87

Retail 100

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

David is taking on Goliath as Shipt, an online grocery delivery startup based in Birmingham, Ala., Shipt has raised $40 million in venture capital on top of last year’s funding as initial investors doubled down on their contributions. That enables it to better manage logistics to keep service tight and efficient.

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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.

Capital 34

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

According to Wall Street Journal reports, the online lender is shedding 28 percent of its staff and rearranging its executive team. He wrote in an email regarding the coming changes: “With the recent tightening of the capital markets, we are refocusing on our core consumer loans business.”. All in, 171 jobs will be cut.

San Francisco 100

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. As both an MDI and CDFI, it applied for and received $80 million from the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) distributed by the U.S. Well done and best of luck leveraging the ECIP capital for good! #2. The Bancorp, Inc.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2016

22) it closed a round of venture capital funding. The Series A round of funding, which netted the startup $29 million, was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and also included New Enterprise Associates, Soros Fund Management, Haystack Partners, Quadrant Capital Advisors and Blue Delta Capital.

Capital 100

Capital Security Retail Data 100

Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2016

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

We examine the findings from several market reports on small business access to capital, lending, growth and employment. The expense management company says that employees that fudge the numbers on their expense reports to get reimbursed are hitting their employers hard. .; That’s up from 57 percent in 2013.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The capital city is Mexico City, which alone is home to almost 9 million. Nearly $120 million has been invested in approximately 300 startups based in Guadalajara since 2014. Mexico’s longstanding business culture resulted in the government investing $658 million to an estimated 620,000 entrepreneurs back in 2014. percent to 59.8

Fintech 100

Fintech Capital Millennials Mobile 100

Accenture

MAY 22, 2019

I am excited to have Tim O’Donnell join our Payments team as a managing director and draw on his insights in developing this blog. percent between 2014 and 2016. Companies are moving cash off the balance sheet and investing in areas like wages, capital expansion and innovation. 2 Accenture Research on S&P Capital IQ data.

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Payments Customer Experience Survey Capital 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

The roundup of this week’s venture capital investments in B2B startups offers some insight into the geographical differences in how this space is developing. An online platform for the procurement of office supplies in India secured new funding from one of its peers. Supply Chain Management. But the U.S. But the U.S.

National 100

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the internet (which there isn’t), the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.”. In fairness, it was 1995 — Amazon was a year old and a bookseller online. and around the world.

Apple 150

Apple Google Bitcoin Mobile 150

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Much of the coverage was about the hit to Q2 profits from the additional investments in logistics, warehousing and inventory management required to cut the current default shipping option in half. Ordering ahead and managing pickup (or delivery) gives the consumer a way to create both predictability and assurance – on their terms.

Online 162

Online Retail Study Cards 162

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Other investors include Hyde Park Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and Y Combinator. ShipBob was started in 2014 by two engineers, Divey Gulati and Dhruv Saxena. The raise comes on the heels of a $17.5 million in a Series B round in 2017 and $4 million in Series A the year before, according to reports.

Chicago 100

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

The event, sponsored by American Express, focused on the ways health care organizations can manage the exit of paper, manual-based accounts payable processes and progress into digital B2B payments. “About 10 percent to 15 percent of the revenues in the sector come from the online channel.

Industry 100

Industry Analytics Payments System 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 11, 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. Decolar runs online accommodation and flight booking sites across several countries in Latin America. 11/29/2014.

America 47

America Regional Capital Groups 47

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Courtesy of a Series E round led by IGM Financial, digital wealth management giant Personal Capital picked up an investment of $50 million now, with another $25 million coming in 2017. The new capital takes the company’s valuation to $500 million. Personal Capital manages $2.4

Capital 14

Capital San Francisco Management California 14

PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

The funding will help with upfront capital provided to those farmers. Within banking, SolarisBank garnered $28 million, with venture capital provided by Arvato Financial Solutions, among others, which will be taken to expand the European technology platform, furthering geographic reach.

Technology 119

Technology Colorado Tools Denver 119

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Reuters , citing comments that Co-founder Thomas Griesel made to a German newspaper, reported that the company wants to capitalize on a growing demand for ready-made meals. “We He said HelloFresh would offer the ready-made meals online instead of competing directly with TV dinners that are found in the frozen section of supermarkets.

Marketing 110

Marketing Software Nashville Tennessee 110

Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

The figures below outline the decline of banks in the US, going from 11,462 at the end of 1992 to 5,809 in 2014. Yet these challenges come at a time of decreased interest margins and broadly defined regulations that require community banks to increase compliance spending and capital reserves at pace with large players.

Conference 100

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

healthcare market, which is continuously at the center of debate regarding how to expand access and manage treatment costs. trillion in 2018, an increase of 80 percent from 2014. . Faster healthcare transactions can also help patients more effectively manage their working capital. Frictions are rampant in the U.S.

Payments 111

Payments System Cards Marketing 111

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. Decolar runs online accommodation and flight booking sites across several countries in Latin America. 11/29/2014.

Regional 50

Regional America Capital United States 50

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2016

Online wealth management platform Personal Capital announced today it has brought on former Yodlee CFO, Mike Armsby ( pictured ), as its new CFO. In a funding round that boosted its valuation to $500 million, Personal Capital raised $50 million last month , with another $25 million pending. .”

Capital 12

Capital San Francisco California Management 12

Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In the US, small business customers get bounced around like Goldilocks—they are too small to be of interest to commercial relationship managers and too complex to be easily understood by retail branch staff. Online small business lending by direct credit providers has especially taken off. of all firms.

Report 100

Report FDIC Lending Fintech 100

Tefkin

JUNE 3, 2014

While other sectors attract more mainstream press attention (payment, retail banking), the asset management industry is also deeply affected by “software eating the world” Asset Class Competition. Traditional asset management companies are increasingly facing competition on both sides of the performance scale.

Industry 42

Industry Management Innovation Analysis 42

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

With its stock value up 10 percent in after hours trading – Square has managed to please investors with losses smaller than expected, growing payments volumes and continuing signs of strength emanating from from its lending platform for small business, Square Capital. Square, and its multi-tasking CEO is unsurprisingly confident.

Lending 100

Lending Capital Payments Taxes 100