American Banker

APRIL 9, 2024

Cloud-based tech giants like Amazon, Google and Uber are changing the economy, and not for the better, asserts Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece and a professor at the University of Athens, who has written a book about the dangers of what he calls the "cloudalists."

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APRIL 17, 2018

That option is not always available with the traditional suspects for business travel booking, like travel agents or online travel agencies (OTAs). As a result, Avi Meir sought to build a better business travel booking experience when he helped found Travelperk. “We That process is often slow and time-consuming.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. and Europe, with half of its bookings coming from U.S. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending.

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APRIL 16, 2018

How do business travelers book business trips that meet their needs, while staying within corporate travel policies? Plus, these booking methods can be frustrating for travelers as well as administrators. As a result, Meir sought to build a better business travel booking experience.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld raised $2 million to expand into full banking services, including issuing credit and debit cards and providing fiat and crypto order books, CoinDesk reported. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. In other news, the U.S.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management , with participation by Sequoia Capital China , SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China and Boyu Capital , according to a press release.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Chromo Capital co-led the deal. Also participating were Perry Capital, founded by Richard C. Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments.

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APRIL 19, 2022

3 platform to optimize costs of the bank’s ongoing, comprehensive technological transformation. Murex , the global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets, has accompanied Pekao on the transition to the unified integrating platform, slated to be delivered in 2022.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The lead book-running managers are Morgan Stanley , J.P. Morgan and BofA Securities , with Deutsche Bank Securities acting as another book-running manager for the proposed offering, the release stated. ai Founder and CEO Thomas M. Siebel wrote in the registration statement. Should we succeed at that objective, we will have built C3.ai

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

However, it was a B2B software procurement platform that raised the most money — $55 million — in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. The company targets the energy, defense and transportation industries with its technology. million Series A round led by Maersk Growth, Connor Capital SB and Chromo Invest.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing, sources told Bloomberg. There are two goals — to free up capital and to generate a steadier revenue stream from management fees, according to Bloomberg. According to Bloomberg the field is growing, though.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

GoSite , a digital platform for small businesses, has landed $40 million in a Left Lane Capital-led Series B fundraising round. Cove Fund, Longley Capital, Ankona Capital, Stage 2 and Serra Ventures also took part in the round, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 1) announcement.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. Plus, the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report noted that the U.S.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest B2B FinTech venture capital funding rounds. million Series A investment led by Framework Venture Partners, while PenderFund Capital Management, Conconi Growth Partners and Royal Bank of Canada also participated. In Canada, Checkfront revealed its $9.3 FinCompare.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. These offerings, however, are often not enough to encourage customers away from booking aggregators.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The company said the new funding will “provide capital, as well as access to KKR’s operational resources and global network.” Jon and team have proven they can deliver explosive growth with impressive capital efficiency.”. RVshare “has seen sensational growth since its founding,” noted Tritium Partners Managing Director Phil Siegel.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

.” In its release, Brex pointed to inventory, marketing, software and other business spend categories that are key for eCommerce companies and require access to capital. When Brex first launched its initial commercial card solution last year, the company targeted technology startups.

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MARCH 1, 2020

Accolade capitalizes on machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile apps to enable members to easily traverse their health care benefits. Lead book-running managers for the IPO included Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BofA Securities. Book running managers were Credit Suisse, Piper Sandler and William Blair.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

12), Inntopia said it is integrating Affirm’s installment payment technology into its software booking platform, enabling customers to book travel and then pay off their bill through bi-weekly or monthly installments. In a partnership unveiled on Thursday (Nov.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The company said $15 million of that amount is an extension of a $100 million round from June to boost interest from new investor Pelham Capital alongside the company's existing investors, the post stated. With the proceeds, the company plans to speed up its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform and expand worldwide, according to the post.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2021

While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. and India, alternative small business lending technology company CreditEnable has revealed a $2 million seed round, according to Inc42 reports.

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MARCH 27, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. ” As investors and startups remain on-edge about exactly how this will play out, only a few B2B technology startups announced their own investments this week.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The Montreal-based payment technology company was valued at $2 billion at the close of 2019. The lead underwriter for the offering is Goldman Sachs Canada in cooperation with book managers Credit Suisse Securities Canada Inc, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Capital Markets. Nuvei Corp.

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JUNE 17, 2020

At least, that’s what commercial card technology players believe, with this week’s rundown of the latest initiatives in corporate card solutions placing a focus on returning business trip volume. Expensify Links Cards To Booking. It may not look like it yet, but business travel is headed for a comeback.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech venture capital investments, though the industry still managed to pull more than $46.8 EED Capital led the funding round, according to TechCrunch reports, while existing investors MI8 Limited and Pierre Lorinet also participated in the investment round. million in fresh funding. Credit Key.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Meanwhile, new competitors are entering the market and tearing up the traditional banking rule book. Built on Kubernetes and optimized for IBM Cloud Private, it’s powered by IBM API Connect and Watson technologies. Customer behaviors are changing, making it necessary to find new ways of interacting and creating engagement.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Rather, the difference could be seen in just how significantly technology disruption has slammed its way into bankers’ discussions regarding shareholder value. While the term “accretive to book value” is still the best bet for buzzword bingo at AOBA, the real talk centered around digital transformation and fintech disruption.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. Despite a slowdown in corporate travel, expense management and travel booking technology provider SalesTrip still managed to impress investors, which pumped $1.4 PYMNTS rounds up all the latest deals below.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As more financial service providers explore how to capitalize on corporates’ growing adoption of commercial cards, firms are looking at the card as a way to round out their products and services with a more holistic offering. Shell Combines Cards, Telematics for Indian Fleets.

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JUNE 1, 2020

Mint’s decision to phase out production of pennies next year, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a California-based venture capital firm, said money will be digital by 2030, Bloomberg News reported. Kathryn Haun said cash is on its way out in the same way books and music have gone digital. Haun, a board member, led the search committee.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Commercial card startup Brex, which recently secured funding that propelled it into unicorn status, is augmenting its platform with the introduction of corporate travel booking capabilities. ” “Startups have a disadvantage when booking corporate travel,” added TravelBank CEO Duke Chung in another statement.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Additional new and existing investors include Reinvent Capital, Menlo Ventures, SoftBank, Braemar Energy Ventures and others. With this funding, we’ll further develop Getaround’s unique connected car technology, Getaround Connect, which enables our fully contactless booking and pickup experience,” said Zaid, chief executive officer.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

still manage their bookings with pen and paper,” Shedul co-founder and CEO William Zeqiri said in an interview. But Shedul is actively trying to solve that particular friction but offering a “totally subscription-free platform” that allows users from any device connected to the internet to find and book a salon or spa appointment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Digital payment options at the brick-and-mortar point of sale (POS) are now a must for a number of shoppers, with 60 percent noting that they would be more willing to transact in shops if merchants let them pay via digital payment technologies. Data Analytics Changes the Working Capital Management Paradigm.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Hoesley also previously led the midwest region for Silicon Valley Bank, and was a partner at Prism Capital, a middle-market provider of venture capital and mezzanine debt.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

“Fandom had always had a place online, but truly thrived at in-person events and local retailers that catered to collectors and enthusiasts’ interest in one-of-a-kind and holy grail items,” Logan Head, co-founder and chief technology officer of Whatnot, said in a press release on Friday (Dec.

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