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Disruptor UK Bank Atom Raises £50M

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Atom, a banking startup in the UK that caters to millennials, has raised £50M ($62.4 The bank targets millennials with its slogan “It’s all about you, you, you,” and with digital friendly options like mobile-first savings accounts, as well as loans for small businesses and mortgages. Musician will.i.am also contributed.

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Disruptor UK Bank Atom Raises £50M

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Atom, a banking startup in the UK that caters to millennials, has raised £50M ($62.4 The bank targets millennials with its slogan “It’s all about you, you, you,” and with digital friendly options like mobile-first savings accounts, as well as loans for small businesses and mortgages. Musician will.i.am also contributed.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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Charles Dickens’ famous starter to A Tale of Two Cities , as it turns out, is a pretty good way to sum up the year 2018 from the view of the alternative financial services segment. However, as 2018 wore on, headwinds started to blow back on the segment, most especially in the form of rising interest rates.

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Why DoorDash Is Eyeing An IPO

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The notion that the company would be tapping the markets for capital begs the question: Why? Younger, tech-savvy consumers are embracing the digital route, as half of millennials order more delivery than they did two years ago. Against that backdrop, DoorDash handles roughly 35 percent of all meal deliveries in the U.S.,

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Twitch Buys Bebo In eSports Push

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The company was sold to Criterion Capital less than two years after, and the Birches purchased it for $1 million in 2013. Then it reportedly pivoted again into the organization and operation of streaming tournaments. Most estimates for 2018 are approximately $900 million.

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Why Digital Marketplaces Must Anticipate Shoppers’ Needs

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million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. billion – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4

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Deep Dive: Giving Healthcare Payments A Real-Time Upgrade

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They also deliver more seamless experiences that consumers — and millennials in particular — have come to expect. million ACH electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments were made from health plans to health providers in 2018 — an 11.5 trillion in 2018, an increase of 80 percent from 2014. .

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