PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. But relatively high stock prices and access to more capital remain prime temptations, and there is little doubt that 2019 will bring more than few exciting — and telling — IPOs.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Previously, African merchants had the opportunity to sell their wares on platforms such as OLX and Jumia or by leveraging social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. What the Sky.Garden platform does differently is allow sellers to manage online inventory just as they would in a brick-and-mortar setting.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

We can all agree Credit Karma, Chase Mobile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and PayPal aren’t leaving the Top Ten on App Annie anytime soon. But ratings and rankings aren’t everything — there’s also the cool factor. How easy is the app to use? Does it makes us feel good (even Read More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The move pushes Visa ever further away from cards and toward its goal of becoming, as management has often described it, a “network of networks.”. Specifically, Global Blue focuses on tourists spending abroad, and offers products that help capitalize on tax-free shopping as they buy luxury goods. For Citi , the U.S.-branded

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does. We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 28, 2016

Bank Innovation INV, this blog’s fintech accelerator, is pleased to today to announce the six extraordinary startups that have been admitted to its inaugural class.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

They are a two-female founder team, still something of an anomaly in the Valley, where young men in their 20s still manage to snap up the lion’s share of the funding. million raised in late 2016. The latest round was led by Reach Capital with Rethink Impact, Homebrew, Ludlow Ventures, Afore Capital and BBG Ventures also taking part.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. Demo: Customer Insight Dashboard for Regional Manager who can view their forward looking metrics such as customer attrition and look forward several quarters. Social media is a special challenge since social media was not created with compliance in mind.

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social media ATM Mobile Customer Experience 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The world of B2B payments management may not get all the breathless and elegiac press that there counter parts at financial services technology get. Aria Systems just bagged $50 million in Series E funding in a round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners , Madison Bay Capital Partners, and Hercules Technology Growth Capital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

billion in R&D in 2017, which was 41 percent more than it did in 2016. Microsoft Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Redmond, WA–based software giant, led a $26 million venture round in 2017 in AirMap, a drone startup that is the main producer of software that manages air traffic for drones. Amazon spent $22.6

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

. “[Snapchat] is just one of many indicators that the overall market assessment of technology companies has adjusted, in terms of valuation,” says Harry Weller, a general partner at venture capital firm NEA, which has invested in Uber among other highly valued startups. “I think that people have already felt it.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

. “[Snapchat] is just one of many indicators that the overall market assessment of technology companies has adjusted, in terms of valuation,” said Harry Weller, a general partner at venture capital firm NEA, which has invested in Uber, among other highly valued startups. “I think that people have already felt it.”

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Capital social media Report Training 100

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Recent video footage also Read More.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2016

We see the types of content being shared through social media. As bankers build bonds with peers through collaboration, they open up new opportunities to jointly invest capital in new ventures and strategies. Check out our 2016 schedule below. 2016 GONZOBANKER ROUNDTABLES. Email Emily Waite for more information.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

On the second day of FinovateFall 2016, fintechs continued to wow attendees with bright, dazzling new finovations. Attendees from banks, credit unions, and other fintech companies saw 31 demos of technology that has applications across the financial sphere, from financial data analysis to mobile payments to trading.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2016

So when only two fintech startups made it to the stage yesterday at Day 1 of its Summer Demo Day(s) 2016, we took notice. Y Combinator President Sam Altman knows fintech — he helped Green Dot build GoBank, after all. But today 10 of the 48 demoing companies are fintech-focused, Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 24, 2016

Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Days just wrapped up, with 159 startups taking the stage and making their play for funding. Just under 10% of the companies — 15 to be exact — were fintech-related. This is about average for a YC incubator class, with the 26% from Summer 2015 being an Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The app that got famous for its disappearing messages is looking like it will either need to raise a some capital by sometime in 2019 or run the risk of going broke, according to a note by MoffettNathanson. But at this point, he is skeptical that Snap can manage a hat trick.

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NCR

JUNE 29, 2016

Viacom Media Networks. Wharton FinTech , the first student led FinTech initiative, has published two white papers on Millennials’ relationship with banks ( June 2015 and May 2016 ). Restaurant bills are split using p2p payment apps, savings are managed by robo advisors and student loans are applied for on mobile devices.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

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. The company is predicting its host income will reach $25 million during the Summer Olympics. Canada and Brazil.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

On the upside, this year’s Best Picture presenters, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, managed to make the most of their second chance and got the winner’s name right the first time around. This new round of capital will help us further our mission of connecting communities around the world through last-mile delivery,” CEO Tony Xu said.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2018

acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016 transformed the company beyond the addition of the Jet platform. Select investors: General Catalyst, Collaborative Fund, Forerunner Ventures, Mickey Drexler, Gwenyth Paltrow, Burch Creative Capital. Select investors: Comcast Ventures, True Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, First Round Capital.

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Company Branding Millennials Retail 57

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. 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. Everything.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). A separate survey from management consulting firm Bain & Co. It’s a really exciting time to be in the space.”.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 7, 2016

Social media financial compliance specialist Gremln raised $1.4 If you add the $6 billion in new capital raised in the IPOs of Worldpay, Square and First Data, the 2015 total is a nice even $25 billion. Social media management & compliance for financial institutions . Credit risk management.

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St. Louis social media Company Fintech 12

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

2016 saw 30 fitness tech exits, which consisted of 29 M&A transactions, including Fitbit’s acquisition of Pebble Technology , and 1 IPO, of fitness equipment provider Technogym. CCMP Capital Advisors. Grovepoint Capital. Avidus Management Group. Front Nine Capital. First Name. Annual exit trends.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

I’ve often written about this topic over the last several years, well before the 2016 election dominated the headlines about Facebook’s future as a content platform. Their tech helps accelerate the delivery of innovation to FI customers who have the consumers’ trust and are pretty good at managing risk.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

While Tencent groups the results of the division with business services (cloud and B2B services), fintech is now driving growth at the social media and gaming giant. Waterdrop has provided assistance to over 4K individuals since its 2016 launch. Tencent, too, is looking to work more closely with wealth management incumbents.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

He said that he thought that this might be where the blockchain makes sense because the transparency around shared reputation management was a positive, whereas sharing private transactions was a negative and would require complex strategies to maintain commercial confidence. I said “stop shouting”. Bank and Wells Fargo. Pretty impressive.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

He said that he thought that this might be where the blockchain makes sense because the transparency around shared reputation management was a positive, whereas sharing private transactions was a negative and would require complex strategies to maintain commercial confidence. I said “stop shouting”. Bank and Wells Fargo. Pretty impressive.

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blockchain United States social media Fintech 46

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

They have capitalized on the success of YouTube influencers through partnerships and paid video ads. Neutrogena, for example, partnered with YouTube in 2016 to promote its Acne Light Therapy Mask. In 2016, 1 in every 5 online beauty purchases was made through Amazon Marketplace. Partnerships. Source: Facebook.

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Google Apple Industry Branding 72

Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today. The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

brought in in 2016, and more than 3X the $1.7B Deals are also on pace for record numbers in 2017, after a slight dip in 2016. 2016 brought in 347 deals. 9/20/2016. 12/14/2016. Social media: With a massive boom in smartphone usage, social media in Southeast Asia is a major trend, with Indonesia leading the way.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Instead, Autonomy’s purchase was written down as a $9B loss and in 2016 HP sold off their Autonomy assets. The company continued to struggle until 2016, when Nokia acquired the company. in losses, declare bankruptcy at Westinghouse, and eventually to sell the Westinghouse unit to Brookfield Asset Management. Google and Motorola.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. After the “fake sales” scandal of 2016, Wells was hit again with bad press on overcharging homeowners for appraisals, charging customers for unwanted auto insurance, and cooking records to charge more rate-lock fees to borrowers. Payments chaos.

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