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OCTOBER 8, 2019

still decided to postpone its listing “in light of currently unfavourable and uncertain market conditions, particularly in the technology sector.” Kaspi.kz, which is part-owned by Baring Vostok and Goldman Sachs , offers online payments and an eCommerce marketplace accessed through an app. stock market.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Some providers are capitalizing on the concept by launching new services that offer access to premium content such as newspapers and magazines in exchange for a monthly fee. subscription box market by 2022 is £1b. The share of Americans aged 14 to 21 who subscribed to internet-based video services in 2018 is 80 percent.

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JUNE 7, 2019

The rise in online shopping means more shoppers needing refunds on returned merchandise. Twenty-five to 30 percent of online orders are returned, three times higher than physical purchases. According to CBRE, in 2018 online returns were forecast to reach $37 billion in value during the gift-giving season.

Online 178

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. The retailer is also expanding online ordering and delivery options available through Shipt and Uber.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Remittence technology firm WorldRemit is stepping into the cross-border B2B money transfer market with the launch of WorldRemit For Business, reports in Africa News said Wednesday (June 12). ” The launch of WorldRemit for Business comes just days after the company announced it raised $175 million in venture capital.

Marketing 122

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

The rate of credit card delinquencies jumped 52 basis points (BPS) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, and will likely continue to increase over the next 12 months as consumers take on more debt. percent in Q1 of 2018, “down slightly from a year ago,” Moody’s said. Performance by banks was mixed again in Q1 2018. percent and 4.9

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MAY 22, 2020

Previously, Missfresh has raised $900 million thanks to investors like Jeneration Capital and Genesis Capital. As of 2018, Missfresh had $1.5 Last summer, PYMNTS reported that the company was seeking additional funding as China’s economy and market appeared to be trending downward.

Online 209

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

The P2P lending market in China has been rife with scams and controversy for some time now. Prior to the recent activity on the part of the Chinese government , this type of lending was seen as one of the riskiest and least regulated areas of the financial markets. trillion yuan by the end of 2017, reported Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 on March 13.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

billion and gave it an implied market capitalization of $14 billion. Wish, which is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2010 by ex-Google engineer Peter Szulczewski, runs an online marketplace known largely for selling discounted items from China. and it was the most-downloaded shopping app in the world in 2018.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. The news reveals CEO Anthony Noto 's aspirations to go public after he succeeded SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney in 2018.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

Online 98

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

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. It is not an exaggeration to say that 2018 has been the summer of movie subscription service MoviePass ’ discontent.

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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. in Q1 2018 to 64.0 in Q2 2018.The in Q1 2018 to 64.0 in Q2 2018.The in Q2 2018, a slight increase from 62.9

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JULY 10, 2018

Coming up on the half mark in 2018, total fundraising on the continent has hit $168.6 The two biggest players in the FinTech startup have been Cellulant — a digital payments operation currently up and online in 11 African countries — and the online micro-lending startup Branch. So why the boom? Cellulant raised $47.5

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MAY 3, 2019

Co-Founder and CEO Eran Shust told PYMNTS in an interview that the aim is to bring more options to the table and enable travelers to “choose something not out of the specific package[s] that most of the OTAs [online travel agencies] are offering.”. The Hotel Market. For payments, the site accepts credit cards and PayPal.

Online 100

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

At the midpoint, Eventbrite would have a market capitalization of $1.55 and RBC Capital Markets. million loss in the first half of 2018, while revenue increased 61 percent to $142.1 million loss in the first half of 2018, while revenue increased 61 percent to $142.1 In 2017, losses totaled $38.6

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

based digital bank looks to fuel additional expansion in its home market while eyeing an initial public offering (IPO) down the line. The startup followed that up in 2017 with the launch of its first mobile personal bank account and app, and the first digital business account in 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. But there is evidence that investors’ appetite for alternative lending startups is on the wane, even as overall FinTech funding continues to climb — and as the success of the alternative lending market grows, too.

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JULY 18, 2018

Amazon flirted with the $900 billion market cap club Wednesday (July 18) after completing a successful Prime Day shopping event. This year marked the first time Prime members could get deals during the event at Whole Foods Market. It ended the trading day with a market capitalization of $894.2 billion.

Marketing 101

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As concerns are raised about how industry consolidation might impact competition, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is warning that it could hinder small businesses’ access to capital and financial services. months in the first half of 2018, from 5.6 months in the first half of 2017.

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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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MARCH 30, 2020

Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported. The new funding will assist the startup in speeding up team building, supply chain optimizations and market growth. Bigbasket competes against Amazon and Flipkart in the Indian eCommerce market.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Canadian VC-backed companies saw funding drop 13% in H1 2019 compared to H1 2018. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Startups headquartered in Ontario dominate the table, with over 40 fintech companies from this market map headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Cyber Monday is tracking to break eCommerce records and possibly go down in history as the biggest day ever for online sales in the U.S., Across Thanksgiving and Black Friday, retail visitors dropped a combined 3 percent from 2018, according to analytics company ShopperTrak. Online shoppers were projected to drop $9.4

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

“Walmart is keen to get a strong brand backing its eCommerce business, while Tata Group wants a global name and an established player in the online space,” a source told Mint. If the deal is signed, it would represent India’s largest retail space ever, eclipsing Walmart’s 2018 purchase of a 66 percent stake in Flipkart for $16 billion. .

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

With small business, there is a tremendous need for access to capital. While this is true everywhere, this is a particular challenge in a market like India. MuniRisk solves information fragmentation for municipal market participants. The municipal bond market has always been pretty low on the radar for most firms.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The Wall Street Journal , citing a person familiar with the situation, reported that at a $6 billion valuation DoorDash is valued at between four and five times its worth after a round of fundraising in 2018. the Singapore state investment firm, is expected to lead the capital raise. online food delivery market.

Capital 129

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The amount of use cases has really expanded, as customers want to be able to answer simple questions when shopping online that aid in the consideration process. In early 2018, goodr grew from a small community of runners buying its products to appeal to a larger fanbase. Some of those questions are: How big is it? What are the details?

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JUNE 26, 2020

Albertsons’ IPO is the culmination of a saga that began in 2006 when private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management took a major position, with plans to grow the chain into one of North America’s gargantuan power grocers. in 2018 got the cold shoulder primarily for this reason. billion fundraise once anticipated.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

A new study has revealed that retailers will lose around $130 billion in digital CNP (Card-not-Present) fraud between 2018 and 2023. This is something about which retailers remain undereducated, and has allowed fraudsters to capitalize on relatively low FDP spend,” explained research author Steffen Sorrell in a press release.

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MARCH 31, 2020

Despite the world’s markets being crippled by the coronavirus, Pinduoduo Inc. , million in the fourth quarter in 2019, a 91 percent increase from the same period in 2018, primarily due to higher revenues from online marketing services. million, up 130 percent from 2018. Last year, revenues totaled $4.3

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JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing.

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APRIL 25, 2019

It’s been trying times for Grubhub recently, with investors doubting its ability to withstand the fierce competition in the online food delivery business. The online food delivery service — which took a beating after its release of Q4 2018 financials — also reported gross food sales of $1.5 million, up 39 percent year over year.

Online 108

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. tech firm to reach $1 trillion market value, joining Apple, Amazon and Microsoft in the trillion-dollar valuation club.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Additional participants include Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, UBS Group, RBC Capital Markets and Credit Suisse Group. by sales and was the most downloaded shopping app worldwide in 2018. ContextLogic owns other online marketplaces, including Geek, Mama, Home and Cute, according to the Wish website. Goldman Sachs, J.P.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The move comes as Pepsi and Coca-Cola have both been moving into the energy drinks market, CNBC reported. percent between 2013 and 2018, arriving at around $13.5 Energy drinks comprise 92 percent of the total energy market. The market is forecasted to reach a $427 billion value in 2020. rose by 29.8

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