PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

A look at Crypto-Currency Market Capitalizations shows that, roughly in the same frame of time, the top 57 digital currencies all saw their values drop. Even in nations where bitcoin has been declared illegal for years, the digital currency still proliferates, like in Indonesia. Bitcoin isn’t alone in this sudden drop in value.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2017

The United States again showed up as the most active region in activity, with 76 percent of the investments registered during the week. million Series A round of venture funding led by FirstMark Capital with participation from Contour Ventures, Humanity United and Serious Change LP, among others.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

million in 2014 to 59.3 Unsurprisingly, companies are looking to capitalize on that growing market. DraftKings ’ chief international officer, Jeffrey Haas, recently spoke with PYMNTS about the challenges involved in introducing fantasy sports to new markets, and which sports generate the most interest in different global regions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2016

The company, which uses a hybrid of blockchain technology and other payment rail infrastructure to enable cross-border payments, said it will look to capitalize on the demand spike for global payment services during the Olympic games, where hundreds of thousands of people will flock from all over the globe.

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American Banker

MAY 25, 2016

Capital One pulled the plug on its machines in 2014 and two of its rivals, TD Bank and PNC Bank, followed suit this year. Ex-Commerce CEO Vernon Hill used to credit the presence of coin counters for helping to drive deposit growth at his bank in the early 2000s. Here are some milestone moments in coin-counting history.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Webpay failed to gain user traction and was shut down in 2014, unlike up-start Venmo (now a part of rival payments processor PayPal). With the talent acquired from GoPago, Amazon launched Amazon Local Register, a card reader for SMBs in August 2014. It’s likely that Amazon was too early to P2P payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But there’s a reason why analysts refer to the area as the Asia-Pacific region, and part of that reason is the presence of countries like Australia and New Zealand which, while very much a part of the Asian financial ecosystem, are often overlooked in discussion about the growth of fintech in the area.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. By 2014, they cut the balance sheet in half.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

The company came out of stealth mode with a splashy Fortune cover story in 2014, revealing to the public that it had raised more than $400M, at a valuation of over $9B. Select investors : Amazon, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management LLC. Total funding : $161M. The rise and fall of Pets.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

We began the Weekly Tech Center Roundup journey in London – Europe’s self-proclaimed startup capital. In 2014 alone, British technology companies received over $795 million in investments from U.S. Tel Aviv Fuels Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Reputation. How Berlin Earns Its ‘Startup Capital’ Reputation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

After a high of 614,024 SMB openings in 2014, the Census reported that only 452,835 firms were started in the U.S. Things went off the rails, not surprisingly, in 2008 — courtesy of the financial crisis. But unlike the comeback stories of past recessions, small businesses haven’t come back this time. Economists don’t think so.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Since 2014, Seacoast has been on a buying spree acquiring 14 banks. Goes to Tom Brown and the Second Curve Capital team for the inspiring message from Clemson CEO Jim Clements. merges with Lakeland Bancorp.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Slack launched its own $80M chatbot fund, partnering with leading VCs including Spark Capital, Index Ventures, Accel, KPCB, Social Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. Swedbank, Capital One, SEB, and Wells Fargo have all introduced bots for similar purposes. Source: CB Insights. In January 2018, Facebook closed down M.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Over 1M millennial women are becoming mothers every year, meaning Gen Y now makes up the majority of annual births in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. To attract millennial clients, some old-school gyms are adapting their models to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the boutique studios.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 20, 2017

Select Investors: Good Capital. Select Investors: Data Collective, Female Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, Google Ventures. Select Investors: Flywheel Ventures, Root Capital, Golden Seeds, Linseed Capital. Select Investors: Vertex Venture Holdings, Global Founders Capital, Fullerton Financial Holdings. Raise Labs.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Tech giants aren’t the only companies that have spotted the opportunity in remote diagnostics — some biotech companies have moved quickly to demonstrate value and capitalize on the eased regulations as well. Apple, Google, and Samsung began adding virtual wallets to their mobile products as early as 2014.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

2014 Second Update (9/24/2014). 2014 First Update (6/3/2014). Original 50 Startup Failure Post-Mortems (1/20/2014). Background: Pearl was founded in 2014 by three ex-Apple iPod engineers, and hired dozens of other ex-Apple employees. 2017 Third Update (10/31/17). 2017 Second Update (6/9/17).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Since launching Instant Delivery, UberEATS has significantly expanded from allowing people in downtown to pick four to five meals during the lunch hour to offering thousands of items at all hours of the day and throughout the Puget Sound region. Square’s Overprice d Caviar Troubles. Square’s Overprice d Caviar Troubles.

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CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

The e-commerce giants are capitalizing on three important trends: Global financial systems are going digital and mobile. India is the region with the highest growth potential, and this is why both Amazon and Alibaba see it as critical to their long-term strategy. Global wealth is growing. Internet penetration is increasing.

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