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AUGUST 3, 2020

The system works via an app and does not require any further hardware beyond a Near Field Communications (NFP) chip, the likes of which have been included in iPhones since 2014, Bloomberg wrote. The acquisition follows Apple’s pattern of buying startups to assimilate new technology into its own products.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

The round was led by General Atlantic and WestCap , and existing investors Activant Capital and Tribe Capital also participated. Bolt was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and works on tools to streamline web transactions. The round saw the company's valuation hit over $215 million. Data from the IBM U.S.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Back-to-school shopping has started earlier than usual this year, and retailers have Amazon to thank. According to a report, shoppers took advantage of Amazon’s Prime Day to stock up on back-to-school supplies, which is leaving retailers playing catch-up if they want to cash in on what is a lucrative time of year for them.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

The beauty brand has launched pop-up shops in cities such as Austin, Miami, Boston and London, but its success has primarily been in online sales of its lotions, lash products and soft, pink-colored lip balms since its 2014 inception. The department store retailer has also reportedly worked with Allbirds, Everlane and Away.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. 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. prepaid services, P2P lending, etc.).

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Overstock shares jumped as much as 21 percent after the retailer announced that Hong Kong private equity firm GSR Capital is investing up to $270 million into Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary tZERO. As part of the deal, GSR Capital will also purchase $30 million in tZERO Security Tokens. “We billion (post-money).

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MAY 22, 2020

Previously, Missfresh has raised $900 million thanks to investors like Jeneration Capital and Genesis Capital. Founded in 2014, Missfresh has more than 1,500 warehouses that serve nearly 25 million customers.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The pre-seed funding was from Peak Venture Capital , which also led the new seed round, along with Album VC and strategic partner Pattern. . Route+ offers retailers an end-to-end post-purchase experience. . Using the Route App, users can visually track and protect online orders as well as resolve issues.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

It is appearing more and more likely that liquidation will be the final fate of Aéropostale after a bankruptcy judge ruled last week that private equity firm Sycamore Partners could use the $150 million it is owed by the bankrupt teen retailer as a bid at its bankruptcy auction. Today, Aéro is all about price.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Conductor, which has been backed by Riverwood Capital since 2014, is a key technology processing platform for retailers, banks and other companies in Brazil, according to the press release. The payment reinforces an existing partnership between the two, Visa noted in the press release.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Temasek led the funding round, with Bpifrance, Eurazeo, General Atlantic, Piton Capital and Kismet Holdings also participating in this latest funding cycle. The company has secured $344 million in total since 2014. ManoMano previously raised $125 million in April of last year.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A 2014 breach at Marriott, for example, cost the chain over $100 million before fines were levied under EU rules. The global market in annual premiums is forecasted to soar to $15 billion by 2022 from its current $6 billion, according to RBC Capital Markets. The company’s insurance policies have paid out $102 million.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

In response to potential competition from Amazon, French retailer Carrefour will invest in eCommerce, seek a partnership with Tencent and put a plan in place to trim its workforce, Reuters reported Tuesday (Jan. As the company seeks to bring its digital business up to speed, Bompard plans to invest 2.8 billion euros ($3.4

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AUGUST 19, 2016

clothing retailer geared toward teens and young adults, has apparently hired an investment bank to explore a sale, according to Reuters. Reuters reports that the clothing retailer has hired the firm of Houlihan Lokey Inc to explore a potential sale, citing “people familiar with the matter” in its report.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe often states that less than 8% of total commerce occurs online, suggesting roughly $26T in global, omnichannel retail sales.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

firms alone raised more than $435 billion, far outpacing the $279 billion raised in 2014, the previous annual record. As 2020 sunsets, we’ve seen all manner of listings, including previously less-prevalent ones that, in a year like no other, outperformed traditional initial public offerings in terms of dollars raised.

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CB Insights

MARCH 7, 2018

Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to compete against Amazon and e-commerce brands. In the past few years, retail bankruptcies have hit everyone from A&P to Toys “R” US. But amidst this overall decline in the brick-and-mortar store, one type of retailer is thriving. First Name.

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JULY 20, 2018

During Begor’s 35 years at General Electric, Equifax said, he was in charge of multibillion-dollar business units as president and CEO of GE Energy Management from 2014 to 2016, president and CEO of GE Capital Real Estate from 2011 to 2014 and president and CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance (Synchrony Financial) from 2002 to 2011.

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JULY 3, 2018

exchanges, companies are raising capital through the markets at an uncommonly fast pace compared to the past 20 years. Dealogic data indicates that this year’s activity is the highest volume since 2014, as well as one of the busiest years on record, The Wall Street Journal reported. BJ’s brought in $637.5 million by selling 37.5

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BankUnderground

JULY 20, 2022

These are unlikely to work in the same fashion as rate cuts in positive territory, because of difficulties with charging negative interest rates on retail deposits, and because of banks’ negative return on excess liquidity. Over the past decade, several central banks have cut policy rates below zero.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In connection with the investment, the two firms will form a strategic partnership “where Coatue will leverage its data science expertise to support Afterpay in its development of retail data analytics and future data-driven products.” Afterpay reports that it now has more than 6 million users and close to 40,000 retail merchants.

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MARCH 28, 2018

During Begor’s 35 years at General Electric, Equifax said he was in charge of multibillion-dollar business units as president and CEO of GE Energy Management from 2014 to 2016, president and CEO of GE Capital Real Estate from 2011 to 2014 and president and CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance (Synchrony Financial) from 2002 to 2011. “I

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Banking 4 Tomorrow

DECEMBER 24, 2014

2014 was the biggest year in FinTech by far with billions being invested globally, which is to be expected in a global growth sector. StrategyEye estimated that there was $2.8Bn raised in 2014 via venture capital investments in […]. But how much was invested globally in FinTech this year?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Conductor, which has been backed by Riverwood Capital since 2014, is a key technology processing platform for retailers, banks and other companies in Brazil, according to the press release. The investment reinforces an existing partnership between the two, Visa noted in the press release.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having a standout year with two months of 2019 left. After that, retail startups notched approximately $2.3 India’s unlisted tech startups have notched $11.3 billion per Tracxn.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

The company, anticipating this, said it will use the new capital to grow its “merchant footprint in Europe and North America.” In 2014, the company was worth $400 million. ” According to analysts, Amazon will cite Wish as a competitor to help protect it against claims of having a monopoly in the eCommerce sphere.

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JUNE 3, 2019

million of net proceeds, which are already highlighted for working capital and various other corporate purposes. The retailer has a $4 billion loan due in 2022; it went up to 97.5 They rose from $204 million in 2014 to $3.5 million by giving 5.6 million shares. at the end of May. Chewy’s sales have been healthy. billion in 2018.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The bank offers corporate banking, retail banking, treasury management, capital markets, credit cards and wealth management services in a range of consumer and corporate offerings. That’s a significant drop from 2014, when businesses raised a combined $93 billion, though 2017 stats are an improvement from 2016 levels.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Gap Brand announced that its CEO Jeff Kirwan was leaving the company, just as the retailer gets ready to reveal its fourth-quarter results. Kirwan had been in charge of the Gap brand since December 2014. s Chief Executive Officer Art Peck said in a statement, according to news from Reuters. Brent Hyder, Gap Inc.’s

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Retailers are banking on a new way to get consumers away from shopping online and back in stores by solving a major headache: charging a mobile device. During a pilot phase of the QuickPoll surveys, ChargeItSpot reported a 70 to 90 percent completion rate across the eight retail clients testing out the service.

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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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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. ”

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Among the ongoing trends in retail is the funding for online used car platforms, and the ongoing rise of eCommerce and digital payments in Latin America. percent year over year in 2019, and to sink below 17 million for the first time since 2014. The latest evidence of that comes via Japan-based SoftBank. million in a previous round.

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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. We want to make grocery shopping effortless by helping our customers get the groceries they need from the retailers they love. “We

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

According to a report in the Financial Times , the $21 billion initial public offering is slated for December 19 and is being marketed largely to Japanese retail investors who have been allocated slightly more than 87 percent of all the new shares being issued. Factoring in the overallotment, the IPO could raise $23.8

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