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Investors Tap Into The Promise Of High-Tech Data Analytics In The Enterprise

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It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership.

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Visa Taps Chris Newkirk To Serve As Chief Strategy Officer

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“Chris will be a great addition to the executive team, not only because of the deep payments expertise he brings, but also for his passion for people and excellent leadership,” Kelly said in the announcement. “I In separate news, California-based analytics firm GoodData recently unveiled a strategic and investment partnership with Visa.

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Polish Investors Hopeful For eCommerce After Allegro IPO

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Executives at MCI Capital , the biggest publicly traded private equity firm in Poland, are optimistic that a recent record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) in the eCommerce space bodes well for the industry, Bloomberg reported. Online retailer Allegro.eu Online retailer Allegro.eu

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Capital One Gauges Payment Execs’ Tech Appetite

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Capital One released a new survey Thursday (April 6) to uncover why payment professionals who aware of the benefits of new technologies are holding themselves back from actually adopting those tools. Capital One and the NAPCP also found patterns based on the size of the company in which a payments professional works.

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Lowe’s, PetSmart And Others Take On New Leadership

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Despite another quarterly earnings miss announced Wednesday (May 23), Lowe’s shares got a 9 percent bump mid-week after poaching JCPenney CEO Marvin Ellison on Tuesday, a move that garnered support from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP. Zulily was one of those ventures, bought by QVC in 2015 for $2.9 Campbell Soup.

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SME Optimism Waning In Election Season, Says Capital One

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The latest findings from Capital One’s Spark Business Barometer found a significant decline in small business optimism this year compared to their sentiments this time last year, reports said on Monday (May 2). Capital One did uncover good news, however. The economy may be in recovery, but small businesses in the U.S.

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Citi Changes Its TTS Management Team

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As a senior executive and contact for Citi’s major clients, Randall will be tasked with a leadership role in the partnership with Citi Treasury. Previously, he served as head of global liquidity oversight and analytics based in New York. The longtime Citi employee has held several senior roles in his two dozen years with the company.