PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Belgium’s capital city is becoming known for more than just housing major international institutions like EU Parliament, EU Commission and NATO. The region is also home to an active and fast-growing startup scene. The city was ranked as a strong innovator by the latest edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS 2016).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Singapore’s FinTech firm ADVANCE.AI , Hong Kong’s financial services company Sheng Ye Capital and Singapore’s firm Phillip Capital are the most recent in a series of contenders for critical business permits in Singapore. Winners will be announced in mid-2020.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. While regional players struggle, interlopers continue to strengthen.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 6, 2022

That could be a mistake as the environment has been radically different since 2020, and many banks are mispricing their commercial loans and relationships. Change 1: Cost of Capital and Capital Allocation. Back in 2020, banks’ capital cost was at a record low as it averaged a little under 6% for the industry.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Social, political, and environmental pressures have made the LatAm market highly volatile. This has caused some investors to pull back in the region and challenged startups to raise funding from new investors, as illustrated further below by the number of unique investors and startups in the LatAm fintech market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The SCA part was delayed until the end of 2020, he explained, but the French, Dutch and English had already extended the implementation of SCA by 18 months, and they have shared no further information about it. “So, merchants six months before the end-of-2020 deadline,” Kakkar said.

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PYMNTS

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. Similarities To The EU. “The

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CB Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

The round drew participation from Addition, General Atlantic, Drive Capital, Indeed, CrossCut Ventures, and other undisclosed investors. <span The global fintech unicorn count hit 235 in 2021 — up 108% from 2020. Branch , an on-demand pay app, has raised $75M in a Series C. Download the report to learn more.</p>

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021 are expected to be weaker than forecasted unless “pandemic dynamics change significantly,” the IMF stated, indicating fiscal and monetary stimulus could be necessary in order to help support the region. “A The IMF pointed to the 390 billion euro ($465.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

million seed round led by TLcom Capital. Founded this year by Sim Shagaya, uLesson is working to lesson educational gaps in the region by integrating mobile platforms, SD cards, cultural curriculum and a network of tutors. We’re targeting Anglophone West Africa … for a market of effectively 300 million people,” Shagaya told TechCrunch.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3%

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bain Capital Ventures: 2020 Is B2B Payments’ Breakout Year. Bain Capital Ventures’ partner Matt Harris told PYMNTS that 2020 marked the tipping point for commercial payments. “I Ant Group took its listing to the Shanghai Star Market and the Hong Kong Stock exchange. Trackers And Reports . In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

South Asia is the fastest-growing market in FinTech and eCommerce, according to Credify. The area is projected to be a $72 billion market for FinTech in 2020, at an CAGR of 72.5 percent, and is expected to be a $102 billion eCommerce market by 2025. An average of 1.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

In 2019, Chinese consumers spent $149 billion across the Chinese New Year holiday, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce — a sum widely expected to be exceeded in 2020 to the tune of $156 billion. It is among the reasons why the holiday is most commonly referred to in the U.S. as the Chinese New Year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

The sale is expected to close by September 2020. “The Brazilian and therefore Latin American ERP market is dominated by TOTVS, which is by far the largest indigenous software company in the region, with revenues of just a little over £400 million. Revenue growth in 2020 is expected to be between 8 percent and 9 percent.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Which city is the crypto capital of the US. For deeper insights, all the record figures, and a ton of private market data, download the full report. Blockchain funding GROWS 713% VS. 2020. See who’s leading the explosion in global funding, from the startups attracting the top deals to the regions with the biggest funding booms.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

B-North wants to disrupt the £154 billion UK business lending market. Founded in 2018, B-North is looking to obtain its banking license in the first quarter of 2020. Mambu and nCino will themselves collaborate directly to integrate each other’s services for B-North, which the startup has called “a market first.”. million ($1.97

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

They're also tasked with choosing the best route to obtaining working capital as the number of options grows. From traditional bank loans to alternative financing to other sources of capital like PPP loans , there are many options today, said Puskar. Puskar described the early days of the PPP effort as "hectic."

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Following a record-breaking Q2, global fintech private market deal activity remained elevated in Q3’21. . Which sector, from payments to digital lending to capital markets tech, saw a blockbuster $2B quarter. For deeper insights, all the record figures, and a ton of private market data, download the full 236-page report.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 28, 2020

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – October 28, 2020 – Popular, Inc. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. million are expected to be recognized in the fourth quarter of 2020. President and CEO Ignacio Alvarez. “We

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 16, 2023

Even if your bank has limited consumer exposure, given that the consumer composes approximately 66% of the US economy, and, according to the yield curve and market pundits, we are all staring into a recession, paying close attention to consumer trends is critical. This data is consistent across regions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

noted, Augmentum Capital led the iwoca fundraising, where participation also came from NIBC, a Dutch Bank and a number of other investors. Tim Levene, the CEO of Augmentum Capital, told Yahoo Finance that the U.K. Jakarta Globe has said lending to that population could be worth more than $50 billion through 2020.

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FICO

JANUARY 7, 2021

Here are the 5 most popular 2020 posts on decision management. #1. Recovery is where we still are now, in mid-2020. The ROI will come not only from efficiency in the operations themselves but also from cost of capital and stability gains throughout the enterprise. AI Predictions 2020: Artificial Intelligence Grows Up.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Bigbasket is aiming to break even somewhere between 2020 and 2022, noted the report. Bigbasket competes against Walmart’s Flipkart and Amazon in the Indian online market. Amazon has been in expansion mode in the region, anticipating groceries will account for over half of its India business in the next five years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In international markets, according to the data, regional recoveries meant that seller GPV grew 46 percent year over year and represented 11 percent of total seller GPV up from six percent two years ago. “In At the end of the third quarter of 2020, Cash App customers had more than $1.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

The move was widely considered the biggest shake-up in Singapore’s financial services market in two decades, during which time the landscape has been mostly controlled by the nation’s large traditional banks: DBS Group Holdings Ltd., There are some 630 million residents in that region. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. billion ($1.1

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Digitization of B2B payments is on the rise, but the trend is challenged by discrepancies across geographic markets, according to the latest World Payments Report by Capgemini and BNP Paribas. Developing markets are driving this growth, too. Regional Trends. percent between 2015 and 2020 — significantly lower than the 11.2

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It’s been a long two years since bankers and investment bankers nationwide made their annual pilgrimage to the Arizona desert for the Acquire or Be Acquired conference – and ohhh man, a completely different world has emerged since the January 2020 get-together! An arms race in marketing and digital cannot be ignored.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. Ant Group had $263 billion in outstanding consumer loans as of June 2020. Under the new regulations, the units would be limited to operating in China’s Chongquing municipal region.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

The Series D round, which includes investors as far-flung as Sequoia Capital China, Goldman Sachs and others, brought in a total funding of $300 million to date. Sequoia and Goldman are returning investors, and new backers seen in this funding round include Boyu Capital, based in China, and Technology Crossover Ventures.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

But a new eCommerce platform coming out of the Alibaba Group in Southeast Asia is bringing a unique business model to malls in that region, one that could provide a blueprint for struggling U.S. It points out that the mall sector has lost around 48 percent in market capitalization since January 2020.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. In the fiscal year ending March 2020, SoftBank disclosed a loss of nearly $18B from its Vision Fund 1, with almost $10B in losses coming from WeWork and Uber alone. Clearco provides growth capital for small businesses. get the full report.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Hospitality demand: Now vs. 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided an important backstop for Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) loan holders, as it required the SBA to take care of loan payments for about six months in 2020 and make partial payments in 2021. Dick, chairman and CEO of $1.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Kuwait initiative now joins FinTech efforts that span the Gulf region and include, for example, Bahrain, where there is a FinTech regulatory unit in place. Banks could also move first to serve the long-tail of underserved small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the market through entirely digital offerings,” noted the partner.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

Markets are tumbling. In an interview with Karen Webster, James Huang, Payoneer ’s regional vice president of Greater China, said the seismic shifts underway signal a change in how global online consumers interact with Chinese eCommerce sellers. Fears of a global recession are mounting. As Huang said, it’s been a challenging time.

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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. These figures led all regions in both categories. Growing Ticket Sizes. percent in the same span.

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BankUnderground

JANUARY 27, 2021

One key message stands out: banks that are more rooted in their market are much more likely to continue lending when faced with the economic fallout from such shock. Banks without access did not shore up their finances by borrowing on the interbank market, but curtailed their lending instead. Balance sheet adjustments.

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