PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

million in fresh funding, capital that will go toward “a B2B offering (that allows) individual travel agents at large online travel management companies and tour operators to offer a ‘seamless travel experience’ to their end customers, making the booking experience simpler, faster and cheaper.”. based startup called Duffel. Payments Cost.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 15, 2016

Bank of America Corp. The megabank’s CEO, Brian Moynihan, said yesterday that clearXchange was “a few more months” from “heavy” marketing of the P2P payments platform. needs to wait “a few months” for its clearXchange partners to catch up to it. The holdup? The other partners.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Macy’s , for example, is testing out pop-up stores in 10 cities in a concept called “The Market @ Macy’s.” According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index , 85 percent believe they need to innovate to stay competitive. And among large retailers, 82 percent said innovation is necessary for continued success.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Bed Bath & Beyond Finishes Sale Of Cost Plus World Market To PE Firm. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Latin America -based Loft , a digital real estate startup that aims to make buying and selling real estate in the region easier, has raised $175 million in a series C funding round, according to a press release. Buyers, sellers and brokers also have to deal with long sell times and exorbitant asking prices. “Our

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

More than $30 million in venture capital stuck around the U.K., Preparations for corporate banking disruption and PSD2 are stirring the innovation pot, it seems. million in Series A investment funding led by Propel Venture Partners; Freestyle Capital, Compound, Upside Partnership and Transmedia Capital also participated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Holdaway, who has an MBA from Harvard Business School, joins Barclays after 15 years at Capital One , where he held a variety of senior leadership roles in new business initiatives, internet acquisitions and partnership finance. He will report to Barry Rodrigues, CEO of cards and payments, and Richard Haworth, CEO of the Americas business.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 17, 2018

Banking consumers take a middling view of today’s mobile banking applications, according to a study by Bank Innovation. In the survey conducted this month by Bank Innovation, banking consumers gave mobile banking a net promoter score of 12, which is in the bottom 25% to 50% of all NPS scores.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2018

but it may be smarter for those startups looking to break into that market to look at other regions, Eric Wiesen, general partner for Bullpen Capital, told Bank Innovation. “In EXCLUSIVE— The march of mobile banking and payments continues across the U.S., In the U.S.,

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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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. million funding round over the weekend, with the corporate expense management company seeing funding from Sabadell Venture Capital, Venturecap, Bankinter, Telegraph Hill Capital and Kibo Ventures. Spain-based Captio revealed a $1.1

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

In a new report released this week, Proactis found that for the restaurant, grocery and retail industries across North America, there are a few hurdles that industry professionals acknowledge when it comes to boosting procurement and overall company performance. In its Restaurant Market Report , Proactis further highlighted this struggle.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma Partners, saw huge potential in the Chilean fintech market. Additionally, […].

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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

MAY 13, 2020

The investment, according to spokesman Jake Heller, co-head of KKR’s Technology Growth team in North America, comes as a way to get involved with more small businesses. This is leading to innovations in the digital space as sellers begin to eye creative means of catering to people who are very into delivery services right now.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In Latin America two chilean start-ups were the winners: Destacame.cl , aiming to financial inclusion by creating a credit scoring based on utility payments; and Bitnexo which enables fast, easy and low cost transfers between Asia and Latin America, using Bitcoin. Discover the finalists of all regions here.

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Bobsguide

MAY 12, 2022

2022 — Murex , the global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets, has?won?the category at the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2022. and its unwavering commitment to product innovation. PARIS, May 12,?2022 the Software Solution of the Year?category Murex’s MX.3 rely on MX.3

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2024

The Biden Administration “Investing in America” agenda continues with many programs opening in June of this year. Background The Investing in America agenda comprises the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act. There are lots of details and breadth in these programs.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

This particular article is focused on innovations in small business and corporate banking: two critical market segments for financial institutions as they seek revenue growth and relevance in the evolving digital B2B marketplace. Legacy Transformation / IT Platform Innovations. Emerging Innovation. Operations and Risk.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

His main exposure to the payments industry was using his Bank of America debit card to pay for things at the store. He was able to manage the business until it turned a profit, raising very little outside capital. It’s even easy to convince oneself that the iterations one is pursuing are real innovations. What’s Next.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

payments company said the Series E investment included new investors Adam Street Partners, GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Salesforce Ventures as well as existing investors Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, Notion Capital, and Passion Capital. In a press release, the U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Freshly is an innovative, fast-growing, food-tech startup, and adding them to the portfolio accelerates our ability to capitalize on the new realities in the U.S. food market and further positions Nestlé to win in the future,” Nestlé USA Chairman and CEO Steve Presley said in the press release. 30), according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Co-signed by the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Independent Community Bankers of America and The Clearing House, the letter argues that banks and non-bank technology firms are both already embracing innovation in customer service offerings. This means getting regulation right is critical.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Coca-Cola’s supply chain operations are run by an IT firm called Coke One North America (CONA), and the company recently had such a successful run with blockchain software provider SAP that it’s going to expand the program from two to 70 manufacturers, according to reports. . The funding round was led by Polychain Capital.

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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

LONDON, 11 July 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announced strong growth during the first half of 2022, a year after TradingScreen and Imagine Software merged to become TS Imagine. He previously worked for IG, UBS, and Credit Suisse.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

The digital wallet offering is intended to solidify the FinTech’s reach in the Brazilian payments market. EBANX became a unicorn – valued in excess of $1 billion – last year following a second-round investment by FTV Capital. “We Brazil is the largest country in South America and one of the biggest emerging economies in the world.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

By now, the alternative lending market is hardly new, and investor appetite for startups in the space seems to have waned. This week, alternative finance companies raised more than $77 million in venture capital funding, accounting for nearly 70 percent of total funds raised by B2B FinTech startups this week. Enterprise Security.

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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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For businesses, the world market was thrown into volatility, yet soon, new opportunities emerged. Amid these controversies, smaller commercial card FinTech startups like Brex continued to add new competition into the market. The year 2020 began inconspicuously — but in a few short weeks, everything changed. Spring’s SMB Support.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As But we at Citcon believe it will also be marked as the year that prompted stunning innovation across industries. 2020 will be remembered by most as a year of trial. "As

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

VTEX has been around since 1999, but it hasn’t had the need to raise a significant amount of capital thus far, mostly operating off of its own revenues. . The funding round is significant because its one of SoftBank’s bigger investments with its Innovation Fund, which is targeted specifically to Latin American companies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup is all about data. However, the biggest funding round of the week went to a company that is not yet in the B2B FinTech space, though it has plans to use the capital to launch a cross-border, small business (SMB) money-transfer service. Catch up on the latest investment rounds below.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

“Our ability to address the core pain points that exist in complex payment and receivables processes is very well-aligned with a growing need in the market—both domestically and internationally,” Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire, said in an emailed press release. The funding was led by Singapore-based Temasek.

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