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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Though 2020 was full of volatility, the B2B FinTech landscape persevered with venture capitalists and other investors for a lucrative year. Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments. million investment, Tech.eu

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This Year was brought to you by the number 2020 and the letters W, T and F” – Big Bird (more or less). Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. Most Oft-Heard Statements of 2020. ” – Hunter Thompson.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It soon will be time for eBay 's payments management system to learn to say "merci," "grazie" and "gracias.". The San Jose, California-based online retail giant said in a news release on Wednesday (Sept. 9) that in the first quarter of 2021, it will begin offering payments management in France, Italy and Spain.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Due to new and emerging technologies, changing regulations, and ever-evolving customer expectations, banks and credit unions across the country are taking an assortment of different strategies to achieve their growth goals in 2020. Resolve to make quicker loan decisions in 2020. If only it could be that simple. Learn more.

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JULY 27, 2020

Noting that some countries are able to operate more normally now than the U.S., The following is an excerpt from How 35 Execs Are Powering The Great Digital Shift Of 2020 (And Beyond) , contributed by Tipalti CEO and Co-Founder Chen Amit. There are no more excuses for investing in a modern, viable FinTech stack.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. DraftKings signed a multiyear deal in 2019 to be an authorized NBA betting operator. How much potential does online gambling have?

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. billion during 2020’s first nine months. Considered an online version of a dollar store, ContextLogic looked in many ways like the next Amazon. percent during 2020’s first nine months to $1.75

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Those three words strike at the heart of identity, and mean so very much when it comes to the efficient operation of the global digital economy and its continuing growth, whether via retail, payments, financial services, healthcare or other areas. ID Data Points. Everything is moving toward digital.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

That network, in combination with Equifax, will use advanced technologies to connect data “signals” that stem from 32 billion online interactions, five billion annual transactions and 17 billion unique devices across the globe, as the company said in its announcement tied to the acquisition. The deal is anticipated to close in Q1 of 2021.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

Well GonzoBankers, the gang is back to work and we are all headed face-first into 2020 – a year with more uncertainty than most about how things will turn out. So, to get your Gonzo executive brains warmed up for a new year, I offer you 20 important banking realities for 2020 to guide your strategic execution efforts: 1.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

And then, after the transaction is made, there’s the task of understanding the byzantine codes and data that are tied to online statements. The “language” of the statements may represent a Rosetta Stone of sorts for the 110 million consumers who have pivoted online in the wake of the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

banks are expected to tighten standards for 2020 business loans, Wordline is buying rival payments firm Ingenico, and Alphabet released fourth quarter earnings on Monday. Tougher Criteria For 2020 Business Loans As Performance Wanes. billion, is expected to be finalized by the third quarter of 2020. In today’s top news, U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Consumers, in short, entered spring 2020 realizing that their old, largely physical habits for feeding themselves were a bad fit in a world where proximity between themselves and strangers was frowned upon as a public health liability. ChowNow Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Eric Jaffe. A Clamor Is Coming For Subscriptions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

The piece covers: The small business lending market and its role in communities and the economy Traditional depository institutions’ changing market share in small business lending The challenges (financial and operational) of small business lending for banks, credit unions, and borrowers. trillion between 2019 and 2022.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Food software startup Olo, named after the phrase “online ordering,” has plans to file an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company got a real boost when The Raine Group invested $40 million in 2016, and again when Tiger Global Management invested $18 million in 2019.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to square away increasing consumer use of online channels with their privacy and banking standards. The country’s Data Protection Law was announced in 2019 and officially came into effect in July 2020. For more on these and other stories, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends.

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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. How Do You Improve Supply Chain Resiliency?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

billion; first-quarter revenue in 2020 went up 38 percent to $652 million. Founded in 1999, based in Argentina and registered in the United States, MercadoLibre is an eCommerce platform and digital payment solution that operates across Latin America. The company's total revenue increased by 59 percent in 2019 to reach $2.30

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With trade shows canceled and enterprise digitization accelerated, 2020 was a big year for the adoption of B2B eCommerce. As the trend proliferated, it opened up new opportunities for businesses to migrate their payment workflows online, too. Embedded Finance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. All in, counting online and in-person wagers, Super Bowl betting was worth roughly $6.8 In a microcosm of the national expansion, New Hampshire’s newly online sports gambling program raked in $2.31

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sage , which works in cloud business management, is working with digital operations platform Brightpearl on helping retailers utilize the cloud for their operations, a press release says. Sage Chief Operations Officer Lee Perkins said the move would be good as businesses started to recover from the impact of the pandemic. “As

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The world is quite a different place than it was six months ago, and with the 2020 holiday season fast approaching, the pressure is on to meet revenue goals in what’s been an uncertain year. There’s the experience, there’s the business operations, and there’s the technology and data that has to drive it.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In the face of the global pandemic, restaurant chains have had to alter their service operations to accommodate social distancing requirements and the new normal as we know it. Other notable features that are almost universally offered by top performers include online ordering via website and curbside pickup options.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

notched another quarter of rising sales and management provided a more upbeat forecast for the important holiday season than it did over the summer. billion for fiscal 2020. “In With a boost from eCommerce orders, Best Buy Co. The result came with a 15 percent rise in domestic eCommerce sales, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. Now the operators of sports betting websites are wondering if the U.S. at more than $40 billion by 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

ShipMonk’s customer base has benefited from the ongoing shift to online purchasing and, amidst further COVID-accelerated growth, the company helped its merchants to keep a steady delivery stream, maintaining shipping and delivery timeframes and eliminating delays.”. We couldn’t have foreseen this year’s increased demand.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JUNE 9, 2020

2020 has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic threatening our way of life, challenging our resourcefulness and resilience, on a global scale not experienced since the World War ended 75 years ago. You should develop and optimise capabilities in support of your strategy and operations, contributing to a quicker and more effective response.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fillz, an online tool for booksellers, is shuttering after 16 years, according to reports. One bookseller shared the notice he got from the company informing them that Fillz would close on June 30, 2020. “We Fillz is a division of AbeBooks, a company purchased by Amazon in 2008. AbeBooks acquired Fillz in 2006. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

The ground zero, of course, was Wayfair , the 2018 case in which the Supreme Court ruled online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes could be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states. They have to have something powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline operations.

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JULY 24, 2020

We don’t require dozens of people at our store to have an operating four-wall showroom,” CEO Drew Green told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. The pandemic pushed Indochino to add virtual shopping guides to its online channel, something the chain’s data revealed customers really wanted. They want help, and that’s OK.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I’ve connected a few of the dots from over the last decade that I believe will shape how the world will evolve in the 2020s, as well as the role of payments in driving that change. 2020 Trendline One: Rapid Acceleration Of Cash To Digital Payments. 2020 Trendline Two: The Rise Of On-Call Commerce.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 7, 2023

Any company that retained employees for the second quarter of 2020 through the end of the year in 2021 AND can prove they were impacted by the pandemic’s related closures and supply chain disruptions would be eligible. The expertise is understanding how financial institutions and their branch network were impacted.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It was more than a month ago that eBay started managing payments on its U.S. The eCommerce operator, which released its third quarter 2018 results , said it has intermediated $38 million of gross merchandise value (GMV) so far. Managed Payments. Managed payments also reduced overall costs for sellers. percent of GMV.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

The friction inherent in the basic operations of many healthcare services — from complex payment processing methods to inconsistent appointment management practices — became more salient against the backdrop of the pandemic. Every patient appointment was a potential minefield of lost opportunities for customer engagement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Airbnb, of course, comes to market after the pandemic hit operations earlier this year — and then things snapped back. billion year over year, while operating losses grew from $173 million to $489 million over the same period. As noted in this space previously, on Sept. 30 of this year, revenues were down 32 percent to $2.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

People for whom dining out is one of life’s best pleasures have had a rough time in 2020, and it’s probably going to stay weird for a while. Even New York City has now greenlit indoor dining, but the great restaurant sector reset of 2020 is far from finished. million in 2020 as consumers continue to heavily rely on these services.

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