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. Smaller firms are growing quickly and making gains in the market.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

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. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. Payments chaos.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

years in 2017, up from 6.9 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. Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Kahina Van Dyke, global director of commerce & payment partnerships at Facebook, will be a featured speaker at Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place in San Jose on March 6-7. Facebook has a market capitalization of $384.5 Van Dyke will participate in a fireside chat at the invitation-only event. Read More.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Snap , the money-losing parent company of Snapchat, is issuing $1 billion in convertible debt for working capital and future acquisitions, CNBC reported Tuesday (Aug. The social media platform is also courting big pharma companies to advertise on Snapchat, reportedly pitching itself as a friendlier alternative to Twitter and Facebook.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Fashion online marketplace Zilingo has announced a $226 million funding round, one of the largest for an eCommerce startup in Southeast Asia and a major show of support among investors for the company’s increasing attention on the B2B side of the market. million for the financial year ending March 2017, reports said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Bebo began in 2005 as a social networking platform by Michael and Xochi Birch. It was said to have become “the market leader” in some countries such as Ireland and the U.K. The growth path of the company in addition to the larger opportunity in social media helped it get acquired by AOL for approximately $850 million in 2008.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

While Tencent doesn’t do much business outside of China, it does have a lock on social media in the country. Its stock climbed 43 percent in the past year and more than 20 percent so far in 2017 to pass Wells Fargo’s $275 billion market capitalization.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2017

Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot at Bank Innovation 2017 for the lowest available rate, and join attendees from companies already registered, such as: BBVA Braintree Capital One JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Rabobank Concentrix Silicon Valley Bank TD Bank U.S.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

But the fintech market has rebounded. In 2017, in the United States, overall VC funding -- a barometer of startup activity and appeal.Read More. EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others. The event is the 9th annual pitch session for SXSW’s accelerator.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. billion in R&D in 2017, which was 41 percent more than it did in 2016. billion in R&D in 2017. billion in R&D in 2017. Google is aiming to get more augmented reality (AR) on Android mobile phones and released a mobile developer tool in 2017 to meet that end.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

The paper reported that, in May, the online retailer “added two directors to its 11-member board that were nominated by activist investor Starboard Capital. Cars.com, based in Chicago, launched in 1998 and became a public company in 2017 in its spin-off from TV broadcaster and digital media firm Tegna. and autoscout24.de.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The move comes amid growth in the larger maternity market, however, with sales of that apparel expected to reach $7.7 percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. If anything, at Coachella, this is where effective branding and timely marketing interventions come to together in perfect harmony.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Fiserv, a leading banking technology company, has signed on as the headline Diamond sponsor of Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017 is this blog’s annual gathering on ideas and opportunities in fintech. The sixth annual Bank Innovation will take place March 6-7 in Silicon Valley, at the Glasshouse in San Read More.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

The recent $14 billion worth of fresh capital for Ant Financial — the China-based firm that is now the most valuable privately held tech firm in the world, ahead of Uber — comes amid fresh fears among some banking professionals in the West that China is passing them by. That would be up from 34 percent in 2017. Here comes China.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2017

Edward “EJ” Achtner, Bank of America‘s Head of Digital Banking – Strategy, Platforms, Innovation, and Partnerships, has joined the Bank Innovation 2017 speaker faculty. based bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

That seems to be the point of most of KFC’s bizarre fast food marketing ploys. They’re strange enough to grab eyes on social media newsfeeds, giving the brand viral attention. That’s exactly why KFC’s crazy marketing strategies actually aren’t crazy at all — more like genius.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2017

According to American Express in its 2017 OPEN Small Business Monitor , small business optimism in the U.S. A fifth said their companies are already growing, and 82 percent said they feel confident they can access the capital they need to invest in future growth. The two published their perspective reports on Wednesday (May 17).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Really, 2017 was a good year for the eCommerce giant, and we’ve got the numbers to prove it. The 2017 holiday season was its biggest ever , according to eCommerce giant Amazon. It leveraged more than 6,000 trailers and 32 Amazon Airplanes to serve Prime members throughout 2017. December was a good month for Amazon. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

But as the market got crowded, and it seemed there was a meal kit for every mood, it became incredibly difficult to do well in the heavily diluted market. “The meal kit business is incredibly capital-intensive, requiring companies to secure funding to start and maintain the business.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Not much of a surprise, she noted, since the data also indicated that three-quarters of all dollars raised out of venture capital sources flow to firms with entirely male founding teams. “We However, in Canada, there is an additional complicating factor, which is how fast the market is going digital. and around the world.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2017

But for now … 14 billion visits to online retailers in the past year, from May 2016 to May 2017, and 14 million visits via social media mentions is nothing to sneeze at, speaking to wide recognition of the lure of the devices. based consumers will use a voice-activated assistant in 2017, which is up 129 percent from 2016.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

This includes a wide range of investors, including venture capital funds, private equity firms, corporations, and angel investors. First Round Capital invested in powdered tea startup Pique Tea in Q1’17, and CRV participated in the seed round for subscription instant coffee startup Sudden Coffee as early as Q4’16.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 11, 2022

The CFPB’s lawsuit names as defendants 1st Alliance Lending LLC and three individuals consisting of the company’s CEO, President of Production, and President of Capital Marketing. The duties performed by the SCs/HLCs required them to hold a mortgage originator license in every state in which 1 st Alliance operated.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Recently, small business network Alignable released its SMB Trust Index for Q1 2017. While social media has enabled these sorts of connections on the individual level, the SMB market has historically been underserved when it came to digitizing the process. The data is telling. positively) this time around.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

As smaller digital media startups focus on short-form video, the big 4 subscription streaming services — Amazon, HBO, Hulu, and Netflix — are competing for market share by doubling down on long-form original content. Early-stage deals accounted for less than 45% of overall deals in 2017 YTD compared to over 75% in 2012.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The fitness industry has seen 98 total M&As and IPOs since 2013, with 2017 already seeing 15 exits in the space. We exclude companies focusing solely on the holistic health and wellness or physical therapy markets. We also created a timeline showcasing fitness tech first exits between 2013 and 2017 YTD (8/31/17).

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In a LinkedIn blog post , Jan Bellens, global emerging markets leader for banking and capital markets at EY, noted: “Traditional banks have historically segmented customers by basic attributes such as age and earnings. trillion) in 2017. But is that genuinely relevant or sufficient in today’s world?

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In May 2019, Barclays released a note estimating the value of Tencent’s fintech business at $123B, or close to a third of the company’s total market cap. 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.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2018

Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. Increase in-store efficiency. Disclosed funding: $31.6M.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This is a classic bank deal – one acronym buys another at a good price and plans to cut the hell out of cost while adding markets. Chris’ public posts including his playbook for dealing with COVID-19 were gobbled up on social media. Market cap in January: $19B. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Roughly 40 million people tuned in last night to the 90th run-through of the Academy Awards to find out which films, performances, scripts and costumes carried the day in 2017. 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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