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Giving Big Data Decision-Making A Real-Time Touch

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Big data, big data, big data. We all know the term, understand its significance and have seen plenty of examples across the industry of how businesses are utilizing massive amounts of data (and the applied analytics needed to make sense of it all) as a competitive edge in the market.

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China B2B FinTech Nabs The Venture Capital Spotlight

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Yet, small business (SMB) banking wasn’t the only highlight of this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, with the two largest fundraises showcasing China’s rising B2B FinTech ecosystem in areas like expense management and invoicing. Starling Bank. challenger bank Starling Bank has announced $38.7

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Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Data & Analytics in the Oracle Cloud

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The world of modern data and analytics continues to evolve and is very exciting. The change really began in earnest about 10 years ago with the introduction of Hadoop and big data processing. While this explosion of data use cases started on premises, it is most certainly migrating to the Cloud as the primary platform.

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Sift Science Eyes Global Fraud Prevention With $53M In Funding

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According to Venture Beat , this latest round of funding was led by Manhattan-based VC firm Stripes Group, with participation from existing investors that include Union Square Ventures, Insight Venture Partners and Spark Capital. With data breaches in the news daily, it’s no surprise that fraud detection is big business.

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Spain’s FinTech Dark Horse Arrives

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With a strong penetration of smartphones and mobile commerce, Spain is quickly gaining visibility in the FinTech world, and its capital city is leading the charge. Spain’s capital city had more than 480 startups as of last year, with startups raising €659.4 million in private funding in 2015. billion that co-invests with VCs. .

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Alt-Lending Enjoys Sudden Investment Revival

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It’s not all venture capital, but the investments do suggest that the FinTech industry, and its backers, aren’t quite ready to let go of the promise of alternative finance. We invested in Kabbage because their unique automated lending platform leverages open data networks and best positions them to empower small businesses around the world.”.

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How Manchester Became A Top FinTech Relocation Destination

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itself is already considered to be the global capital of FinTech, establishing unprecedented growth by bringing in the second highest amount of FinTech funding in 2015. Digital is at the forefront and the latest trends such as big data, crowd funding, the Cloud and mobile payments are helping FinTech thrive.

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