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.

Millennials 240

Millennials social media Operations Cards 240

PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

But setting up shop on the edge of the festival and hawking blatantly branded products is a little too gauche for Coachella attendees who want to preserve the festival’s sanctity (whether it ever existed or not), which leads more than a few companies to turn to social media and the tricks of contextual commerce.

social media 100

social media Millennials San Francisco California 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Venture capitalists are funding new entrants to the field, and features like authenticity guarantees, postings to social media, the use of data and post-sale services could propel the industry forward, according to a new report from Fung Global Retail & Tech. Recommerce Bigger Than Ride Sharing In China.

Marketing 100

Marketing social media Retail Mobile 100

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

It was his first trip back since 2014, when he hosted a Shark Tank-style event for university students. Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank, the favorite TV show of entrepreneurs everywhere, made a return visit to Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., in January. This year he was treated to a surprise: Read More.

Video 150

Video Management social media Capital 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

In 2014, the company dealt with something similar with its payment processing systems. By changing to the XRP digital currency, however, it forecasts lower operating costs along with the value of working capital it needs. Target Says Weekend Outage Due To NCR Glitch. What the Launch of Facebook’s Libra Means For Payments.

Fraud 101

Fraud social media cryptocurrency National 101

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

The pullback of banks from the small business lending space left a gap filled by alternative lenders who are exploring new ways to connect entrepreneurs with capital, a journey that includes innovation and a bit of experimentation. An IBISWorld report published in 2014 found that 98 percent of U.S.

Data 100

Data social media Lending Tools 100

CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

This includes a wide range of investors, including venture capital funds, private equity firms, corporations, and angel investors. Major international food incubator program Food-X also launched in 2014, and has since backed over 600 startups. E-commerce and social media support startup growth. SNACKING 2.0:

Memphis 65

Memphis social media Branding CA 65

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Attempts to connect through social media, email marketing or even in-person — there are tried-and-true ways of successfully connecting with consumers and ultimately incentivizing them to purchase. Since founding in 2014, OfferCraft has won top technology awards in the hospitality and gaming industry and had some media highlights.

System 100

System Data Las Vegas social media 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

That sense of purpose, paired with a savvy presence on social media, brought the business a large and devoted following — and has seen the firm expand from shoes to other environmentally sound and charitably oriented accessories like bags, hats and sunglasses.

social media 104

social media Study Branding San Francisco 104

Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In 2014, Celent recognized mBank’s digital platform redesign and in 2015, Celent recognized mBank’s Bancassurance initiative. Through 2014, mBank has grown to more than 4.7 Gamification and social media integration inspired by Foursquare, Like and Love. Well, not exactly. About mBank. mBank is no stranger to Celent.

Branding 100

Branding Retail social media Video 100

CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

The emergence of “fake news” — false stories that gain traction across the internet and social media — has become a major story since the 2016 elections. Select Investors: Passion Capital, Storm Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures. Select Investors: BlueYard Capital, Fred Ehrsam, and Piotr Smolen. DIGITAL SHADOWS.

social media 61

social media Trends Branding Online 61

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This statement is just as true for all the other media companies trying to cut through the noise and find audiences for their content: audiences are splintered across social media, niche sites, and video services. Meanwhile, established companies continue to see big rounds.

social media 45

social media Video Trends Groups 45

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Today, Instagram is one of the more popular social media platforms. But before it became a social media heavyweight, Instagram was a simple prototype co-founder Kevin Systrom built while learning how to program. The messaging app Slack officially launched in 2014 and became a unicorn ($1B+ valuation) the same year.

Video 76

Video social media Online Company 76

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.

Report 78

Report San Francisco Capital New York 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Great Oaks Venture Capital: NYC-based Great Oaks Venture Capital is the only non-accelerator to crack the top 5 list. HAX: Shenzhen and San Francisco-based HAX Accelerator is a hardware-focused subsidiary of the venture capital fund SOSV. Track Mental Health & Wellness startups. Mental Health & Wellness.

San Francisco 43

San Francisco social media California Colorado 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In fact, the venture and entrepreneurial ecosystem grew by 20 percent from 2014 to 2015 alone. In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed.

Innovation 100

Innovation Apple social media America 100

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In venture capital, returns follow the power law — 80% of the wins come from 20% of the deals. Get the 65-page report on teardowns for Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more. JD.com took a huge risk by stepping into a major market and investor Capital Today made a $2.4B

Lending 78

Lending Capital Company Google 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there. As with many industries in today’s information economy, millennial travel trends are strongly influenced by social media.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Branding social media 78

Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. But, no worries, right, AOCI was excluded in regulatory capital ratio calculations, and we could hide some of that interest rate risk in HTM securities.

FDIC 78

FDIC Community Bank Regulation Lending 78

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 15, 2015

The funding takes Fastacash’s total capital to more than $23 million and will help the company deepen its presence in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India, as well as Europe, the United States, and the U.K. Fastacash made its Finovate debut in London at FinovateEurope 2014.

Security 12

Security social media United States Video 12

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The round featured participation from American Express Ventures, along with existing investors BDC Capital, Blumberg Capital, and Tenfore Holdings. Trulioo’s total capital now stands at more than $23 million. The company also presented at the inaugural FinDEVr developers conference in 2014.

social media 12

social media Compliance Capital Conference 12

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The investment includes a bridge loan from Peter Thiel and Amadeus Capital Partners (Amadeus) from earlier this year that has been converted into equity, as well as word that Kreditech hopes the round ultimately will raise more than €100 million. Loren Felsman, managing director at J.C. Flowers appeared first on Finovate.

New York 12

New York social media Capital Big Data 12

Social Assurance

MAY 13, 2014

After getting a presence on social media, the first question I hear from many financial institutions is, “how do we get our customers to just share this with others.” I spoke with a banker recently who is connected to me on social and he says, “you share about things all the time you enjoy, what would make you share about your bank?”.

Kentucky 22

Kentucky social media Branding US 22

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

A cryptocurrency engineer is creating a social media platform to allow content writers to be paid in bitcoin — a “Bitcoinbook” for Reddit users, if you will. Shortly after launching in April, the Keza app shut down , and this was on the heels of $357,000 in funding from Digital Currency Group and Jason Calacanis of HOF Capital.

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin cryptocurrency Policies social media 100

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2017

To measure “power”, Planet Compliance used an algorithm that measured a company’s activity in the media, as well as online and in social media including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Wikipedia. Market capitalization of $5.63 Founded in 2014. Market capitalization of $218 million.

San Jose 12

San Jose San Diego North Carolina California 12

CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

We define Chinese investment as participation in private financing rounds by investors (corporate, venture capital, angel, private equity, etc.) Between 2013 and 2014, Chinese investors completed tech investments to companies headquartered in 13 states plus Washington DC. headquartered in mainland China. Hong Kong or Taiwan).

US 32

US DC Washington Capital 32

Banking 2020

MARCH 10, 2015

According to FDIC Data Calls as outlined in the Forbes , in the 4th Quarter of 2014, traditional banks’ commercial loan portfolios saw a 3.1% In today’s fast-paced life, this means engaging with them through social media, as well as hosting educational events. So why haven’t banks fully capitalized on this clear advantage?

Community 40

Community Lending Capital Conference 40

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

“We were promised a future of jetpacks and flying cars — and it’s 2014. The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78

CB Insights

JULY 20, 2017

Despite deal growth, funding totals have been slipping since 2014; however, this is due to momentum among newer, smaller startups. Cosmetics went public, after having been acquired by private equity firm TPG Growth in 2014. Corporates acquired 50 companies in 2016, up from 32 in 2015 and just 13 in 2014. FreshTracks Capital.

Trends 28

Trends Branding social media San Francisco 28

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

But there wasn’t a person on the planet, save us here at PYMNTS, who back in 2014 didn’t say Apple Pay was going to crush everyone, marginalize the card networks and kill PayPal. There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. It didn’t — and the jury is out on whether it ever will.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: April 25, 2014. Ballmer led Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia for over $7B in a deal finalized in 2014. Date: January 13, 2014. In 2014, Google sought to make an entrance into smart homes by acquiring Nest Labs, a four-year-old startup founded by two ex-Apple engineers, Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers. Price: $7.9B.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Chris’ public posts including his playbook for dealing with COVID-19 were gobbled up on social media. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex. And, oh yeah, Jack Henry acquired Banno in 2014, Fiserv acquired Architect in 2016, and Finastra acquired Malauzai in 2018. Award for Who’s Buying the Champagne?

Idaho 172

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 172

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The startup is still looking for a credit card issuer partner (attention Capital One, this could be your 360 credit card), so pricing is not available. That will not be easy to explain to the early adopter crowd, who will likely take their case to social media (note 1). Current balance and monthly goal dominate top of page.

Cards 25

Cards social media Security Fraud 25

CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

A year later, in 2014, Baidu recruited Ng to lead its AI group as chief scientist. (He Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent have participated in 39 equity deals into startups building AI software and AI chips since 2014. Baidu backed AI companies in 11 different categories, including news & media, healthcare, AI chips, and advertising.

Google 63

Google US United States Training 63

CB Insights

JANUARY 4, 2018

The startup was co-founded by Steve Goodman, who previously founded job search platform Bright.com (acquired by Linkedin in 2014). In June 2017, VCs including Greylock Partners, General Catalyst, NEA, and First Round Capital funded a law firm called Atrium in a $10.5M Another company here is Restless Bandit. Series A round.

Software 75

Software Compliance Training Google 75

CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The bed-in-a-box startup Casper launched in 2014 with five co-founders and one fundamental observation about the mattress industry: that buying a mattress is an “awful consumer experience.” In 2014, the New York Times published a 2200-word piece about the “Kafkaesque” process of trying to buy a mattress. By 2014, it hit $150M.

Video 78

Video Branding Company Strategy 78

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.

Industry 101

Industry Technology Online Video 101