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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Market Roger Karner told Karen Webster for this week’s edition of the Monday Conversation, the lights turn themselves off. The one thing we all have to learn: it is not about the innovations themselves. We get very excited about our innovative capabilities, and we are extremely proud of all of our IP and patents in this area.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Restaurants that are driving food innovation with carefully chosen ingredients focused on health are seeking funding to help power their growth. True Food Kitchen , in one case, has created its menu around recipes that Dr. Andrew Weil inspired with anti-inflammatory ingredients and is mulling raising new private capital, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

The estimated value of the global intelligent vending machine market by 2025 is $15 billion. That smaller size opens up whole new markets, and gains access to spaces that have never had a retail experience [as] a part of it.”. The projected CAGR of the global interactive kiosk market from 2019 to 2027 is 6.1

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Credit unions (CUs) are performing well as the new decade dawns, with a recent study finding that CUs increased their loan originations by 29 percent from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019. The new platform provides dynamic marketing campaigns based on members’ transactional, lifestyle and behavioral data. percent in 2019, compared to 10.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

Automakers that want in on ridesharing, self-driving cars or innovative car financing options aren’t always developing their own technologies or starting their own ventures. As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In other words, automakers are just starting to rev their investment engines. Ridesharing.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker. Here is how different industries are innovating with subscriptions. in Q1 2018 to 64.0 in Q2 2018.The in Q2 2018.The

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

8) that Naspers invested $500 million of new capital into the company. The company said that Naspers invested in letgo , in part, because of its growth and market opportunity. The number of monthly listers on its marketplace has grown 65 percent since the beginning of 2018, letgo said. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

is the first London IPO by a Kazakh company since uranium producer Kazatomprom listed in November 2018. The markets are pretty good, capital markets are good enough, and we have fantastic growth,” Lomtadze said. Kazakhstan itself is an extremely underpenetrated market, a growing market, innovating with new services.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

percent of total revenues) in fiscal 2018, representing a 64.7 The company recorded net losses in fiscal 2018, 2019 and 2020 of $18.6 Its stock would be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the “NCNO” ticker symbol. The company’s subscription revenues in fiscal 2020 were $103.3 million, or 74.7 million (70.4

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

percent of domestic and cross-border payments in December 2017, SWIFT found, with the company’s Head of Payments Markets, Asia-Pacific, Michael Moon noting, “Experts suggest that capital controls and uncertainties over future regulations mean that a significant reversal of the decline in RMB usage for trade and payments is unlikely in 2018.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention. Behind the Numbers .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Innovative partnerships like this one can support the agility and resilience of supply chains, accelerating access to finance and improving efficiency,” Michael Froman , vice chairman and president of strategic growth for Mastercard, said in the announcement. trillion funding gap in 2018, long before to the pandemic. 8) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

as well as Durable Capital Partners LP in addition to current investors, accounts and funds that T. Ellenbogen continued, “More important than ever, DoorDash is innovating on products and services that power local commerce and enhance their larger community including Dashers, customers, and merchants. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Lloyd’s Head of Innovation Trevor Maynard said per the report that the British insurance company is the “natural home for insurance innovation because of the unique ability of syndicates to collaborate to insure new things.”. The group has been blamed for stealing over $500 million in digital currency as long ago as 2018.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

billion in a new funding round led by the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. . What they’ve accomplished in achieving both rapid growth and strong unit economics is rare for a company this complex and so early on,” Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha said in an email to reporters.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

The round was led by Innovation Endeavors, with Dynamo Venture Capital, AngelPad, Fontinalis Partners and Trucks Venture Capital also participating. The company has been testing the vans on public roads in California since early 2018. Gatik said it would soon announce more commercial partnerships. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Analysts at the financial institution (FI) said they expect mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity to heat up, and corporate finance teams must be prepared — both to strategically deploy capital for acquisitions, and to anticipate being a takeover target themselves.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 16, 2018

The company, which just won the Bank Innovation 2018 DEMOvation challenge, has partnered with financial technologies provider Oracle, a move that will allow its technology to.Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Since January, the European Central Bank (ECB), which oversees the biggest European Union lenders, has eased regulations to encourage mergers and reduced the capital requirements for such transactions, the news service reported. The reason is not hard to understand. and Asian rivals.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

million in funding led by F-Prime Capital along with participation from Polaris Partners, Silicon Valley Bank and Greycroft. The McKinsey survey puts the growth rate of the market for recurring eCommerce from 2013 through 2018 at more than 100 percent a year. million, VentureBeat reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Bank of America has announced that it has joined the Marco Polo Network , the leading trade and working capital finance network. We look forward to working with Bank of America to address critical market challenges and to expand the network’s reach and eco-system to a wider audience of corporate customers.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In 2018, toy prices were slashed 31 percent, UBS Analyst Arpine Kocharyan wrote in a note, citing eCommerce trends tracked by Adobe. However, Thanksgiving weekend shoppers showed that toys are still hot, with 33 percent saying they were buying toys as gifts compared to 34 percent in 2018, according to data from the National Retail Federation.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

CEO Des Crowley said in a statement, per reports, “Jaja is an innovative company which shares our commitment to delivering outstanding customer service. FinTech market had a strong showing last year, with venture capital and private equity investments hitting $3.3 The report comes as news surfaced that the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

According to Kris Puskar , senior vice president and business banking sales and innovation director at Eastern Bank , the current climate has forced both small businesses and their banks to shift their mindsets away from historical data and take a closer look at what's happening today in order to best prepare for tomorrow.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

The funding comes from a round of debt financing from Hercules Capital, and follows previous investments from FirstMark Capital, Rho Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, TransUnion and Silicon Valley Bank. The company also revealed that Seth Farbman, a former chief marketing officer for Spotify and Gap, is joining its board.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Global payments and receivables company Flywire enjoyed strong growth in 2018 that it plans to carry into this coming year and over $10 billion in total payments volume. In addition, Flywire rebranded and integrated OnPlan, a domestic payment capability acquired in January 2018, into its product suite.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The market intelligence firm said the worldwide “earwear” market is forecasted to reach 139.4 The innovative technology giant continues to dominate the wearables industry with its AirPods, Beats headphones and Apple Watch offerings. The wearables global market is on track to ship 305.2 million units in 2023.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In a press release , the company said the round of funding was led by Scale Venture Partners and included participation from existing investors Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures and Synchrony. New investor Sorenson Capital also joined the round. The funding comes on the back of a good year for Socure in 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 For markets like the U.K., A report released this week found startups across the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

” In another statement, Bento for Business Chief Executive Officer Farhan Ahmad said 2018 brought “unparalleled growth and exceptional innovation” for the company, and included the launch of a range of small business financial tools, including virtual card management and open APIs, to facilitate integration with other partners.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

Rover , the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, has announced that it secured $125 million in new capital. Other key investors include Winslow Capital and Cross Creek, while existing shareholders TCV , Greenspring Associates and Spark Capital also participated. The funds and accounts were advised by T.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia. Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.

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