PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

The financial institution currently targets the Caribbean with its banking services and, according to analysts, its financials remain strong despite natural disasters in the region. billion in 2017, though operating losses widened during that time. An F-1 registration statement revealed the bank’s plans for an IPO in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

PayPal is partnering with Alpha JWC , the Indonesian venture capital firm, to invest in FinTech companies operating out of Southeast Asia. The company is in the process of raising $100 million for a second fund that will continue to invest in FinTechs in Southeast Asia as well as consumer-facing companies in the region.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For startups, 2016 wasn’t the best year in venture capital. VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. They need to manage the burn, drift and cut losses.”. and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The small business loan market is oversaturated, she argued, creating a “FinTech credit bubble” that first showed signs of deflating as investors pulled out of some players like CAN Capital and LendingClub in 2016. The market is ripe for consolidation and beneficial partnerships,” Grealish wrote. Alternative Lending. SalaryFinance.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Founder Lei Jun has compared the company’s strategy to Walmart, explaining that Xiaomi’s focus is to operate an entire ecosystem of goods. In 2016, Xiaomi shared the leadership position with Samsung in terms of phones sold in India, with its low-cost line leading growth. Total disclosed funding: N/A. XOLO + LAVA.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In addition, the official noted that the region has “seen cases recently where AML issues have compromised the functioning and even the viability of some banks, so it is very important here to move forward.”. The total settlement will be taken as a charge against third quarter results.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Southeast Asia has an assortment of extremely wealthy families that have dominated its investing landscape for years — and a few are taking particular interest in the region’s growing tech scene. The regions wealthiest families and individuals are competing for deals alongside venture capital firms, Chinese tech investors, and others.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In this edition of the Commerce Connected Report , in collaboration with First Data, PYMNTS takes a deep dive into the quickly growing QSR world, examining how, and in what region, the industry’s sales are increasing most quickly. Many players in the QSR space, including Portillo’s, which operates 61 restaurants in the U.S. percent, 6.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

And so with his friend, former Capital One executive and former South African Air Force member Mickey Konson, he founded StreetShares , Inc. “We Our first base of operations was my basement in Reston, Virginia.”. Between its founding in 2013 and 2016, StreetShares had previously raised $8.3 A Different Type Of Platform.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In January eCommerce leader Wayfair had to thin its employee ranks to meet profit targets, and just this week regional Midwestern home furnishings retailer Art Van Furniture filed for bankruptcy with minimal customer notice. The company already booked more revenue than it did for all of 2019, which was its first year in operation.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

With nearly $50 million in venture capital funding for B2B startups this week, the field didn’t fare too bad. With $3 million in new venture capital, Australia-based Airwallex is helping businesses pay and issue cross-border invoices in the currency of their choice. Check out our breakdown of all the deals below.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

“You have Barnes & Noble, Borders and regional bookstores. “You have Barnes & Noble, Borders and regional bookstores. That’s in stark contrast to the “front office” operations of the sector, according to analysis by DNV GL, an oil and gas industry advisory firm. ”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Online retailers are vying for “high-quality warehousing space, one of the few links in the logistics chain not handled in-house by the eCommerce companies given the high upfront capital costs of owning property.”. Amazon accounts for a decent chunk of that U.S. Rural Concerns.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

. “Our benchmarking data confirms the hazards of clinging to traditional credit-centric revenue models and static, inflexible operating practices,” said BCG’s corporate banking segment global leader, Carsten Baumgärtner, in a statement. Baumgärtner also coauthored the report. ” Positive Developments, New Opportunities.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

That yielded 291 total institutions, broken down by region. And capital ratios have held steady and strong. In fact, if you listen to some institutional investors, the industry is over-capitalized. And I have never heard a regulator say the phrase "over capitalized". Positive operating leverage! A trend to watch.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Last week’s announcements capped off two years of investigation into the P2P lending firm, and its board has expressed some relief that it seems to be time to turn the page on the events of 2016. The build-back from the revelations of 2016 was a bit more of a lengthy process. The Rundown on the Run-up to the Decisions.

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CB Insights

APRIL 18, 2019

Earlier this month, news broke that Chinese regulators were considering a ban on cryptocurrency mining (China is currently the world’s largest region for bitcoin mining). However, nothing has been formalized yet, and major mining companies Bitmain and Canaan have said the proposed ban won’t even affect operations.

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BankUnderground

JANUARY 27, 2021

Banks active in the disaster area after hurricane Katrina hit, increased their capital ratios by reducing risk-weighted assets. Only stand-alone banks, especially those with already high capital ratios, behaved this way. Those part of a bank holding company did not. The impact was only short-lived and lasted for about a year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

The city is able to attract investors due to its low logistical and operational costs and excellent infrastructure, international outlook and liberal government policies. 2016, the inflation rate was 0.12 DIFC is uniquely positioned to become the regional hub for FinTech. Dubai is the land of opportunity.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Over the years, the region’s tech industry has grown, and today Indonesia is one of the world’s fastest-growing Internet markets, as well as home to two newly-minted tech unicorns: ride-hailing startup GO-JEK (which hit a $3B valuation in Q2’17) and travel booking company Traveloka Indonesia (valued at $2B in Q3’17).

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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. We are launching a pilot for the 2016-17 Australian grains harvest. William Mills and K.T.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

In 2016, we decided to ask our customers for feedback on their relationship with [Bank A]. We also believe there is a direct correlation between these customer quotes and our bank’s performance, and we’re very pleased to report that 2016 was an outstanding year for tangible results at [Bank A].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

The con man pleaded guilty to misrepresenting his company in 2016, then later withdrew his plea and disappeared while on pre-trial release. These bad actors often make off with investment funds for personal benefit or funnel them into illegal operations. attorney Ryan Raybould.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant is really two businesses operating under one roof — connected in crucial ways, but separate in function. Until recently, Goldstein noted, that financial institution (FI)-facing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business (the second business) mostly operated in the background behind the better-known part of the platform.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

A need for larger working capital and a slower supply chain for both exporters and importers. Businesses kind of operate on that. The year 2016 brought with it a wave of innovation that disrupted cross-border payments. We derive an independent rate from buying and selling digital assets across different regions.

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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. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community.

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Online Company Retail Payments 98

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In a round led by Flint Capital, digital identity verification technology specialist Socure has raised $13 million in funding. Featuring participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures, and Two Sigma Ventures, this week’s investment takes Socure’s total financing to more than $17 million.

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Capital New York Compliance Millennials 12

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2016

June promise aside, the Gap had a rough run in July and isn’t expecting great things from the second half of 2016. The Gap’s announcement of an uncertain and potentially anemic back end to 2016 follows a front end that wasn’t exactly terrific. percent up for 2016. The Long And Winding Road Back .

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

The cross-border B2B payments market, on the other hand, is fraught with friction, despite being much larger in size — accounting for nearly 80 percent of global cross-border payment revenue, according to a 2016 report by McKinsey & Company. Staying calm and compliant.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 17, 2017

In this briefing, we analyze the Southeast Asia venture capital landscape, macro trends affecting the region, where deals and dollars have trended and a look ahead at which areas might be primed for startup investment in the future. Tech Investing in Southeast Asia. First Name.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 24, 2016

The Series B round was led by MK Capital, and featured participation from Grotech Ventures and Relevance Capital. Passport CEO Bob Youakim said that the capital infusion would help speed the company’s growth and expansion both in the U.S. The new investment takes Passport’s total funding to $17 million.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

With more consumers moving to mobile transactions over visits to branches, some banks are considering closing brick-and-mortar locations to reduce operational costs. The price of real estate is prompting even the largest players in the banking world to scale back their branch operations. Can banks have it both ways?

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Millennials Digital Banking San Francisco Fintech 132

PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2017

We are the premier, largest doctors-on-demand service currently operating in the United States and, per our announcement in February 2017, are beginning the process of a national rollout. At this time in 2016, we had seen 3,000 patients — as of today in 2017, we have seen more than 23,000 throughout California. politician).

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Commercial operation of offshore fish farms has been limited to date due to regulations, as well as the challenges of efficiently operating a large farming operation far from land. Startups like Catalina Sea Ranch are capitalizing on the change and pursuing the first open-ocean fish farms on US waters. link] [link].

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Despite charging lower fees, the company failed to gain enough traction with merchants who feared giving Amazon detailed data on their overall business operations. An RBC Capital Markets report put the average annual sales of an Amazon Go location at about $1.5M. But in October 2015, the company announced it would be shut down.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Another player in the mobile wallet battle is T-Cash, the e-wallet service of Indonesia’s largest mobile operator Telkomsel, which recently opened up its e-wallet to the customers of rivals. in premiums in 2016. Meanwhile, Dana reportedly acquired 1M users in 3.5 T-Cash counts 20M registered users (though just 4M active users).

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

As more companies look to capitalize on these commercial opportunities, investment into the drone space continues to grow. But drones can also be ground or sea vehicles that operate autonomously. Many of the drones are being designed exclusively for surveillance, but others for offensive operations. Conservation.

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