PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Online shopping is on a tear, and marketplaces are reaping the rewards. billion — online payments were completed in the U.S. In the post, Shopify wrote, “by accepting Venmo directly in your online store, users can complete their purchase in just a few clicks. Just under 150 billion — or 148.5

Retail 131

Retail Payments Apple Online 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Chris Douvos of investment firm Ahoy Capital told The Wall Street Journal , “We’ve been in the middle of a rollicking party that’s gone on for five years and someone has snapped on the light switch.” Rowe Price and Discovery Capital. Paytm , India’s mobile payments startup, said on Monday (Nov. Other investors include T.

Google 129

Google Mobile Data Capital 129

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 20, 2022

The Boston-based company launched at Finovate Spring a few weeks ago ( see demo video below ). HQ: Boston. Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2022). Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2022). Founded: 2022. Raised $9M ( Crunchbase ).

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Boston Capital Video Tools 15

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Social Capital. Select VC Investors: Cue Ball Capital, Valley Oak Investments. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital. Café X Technologies. Total Disclosed Funding: $5.1M.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Then, there was the announcement of Square Capital’s partnership with Upserve , a restaurant management system (the same one that also acquired Breadcrumb from Groupon in May) to extend working capital to restaurants. Its pitch to the family is to use their local Mastercard branded credit or debit card to make those payments.

Lending 100

Lending Apple Cards Study 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). and was followed by the great cybercriminal migration to the web and card-not-present transactions. I’ve watched the credit card industry almost from the beginning, and we got in early. True in 2009.

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Cards Retail 177

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. The OCC offers few limited-purpose charters, mostly for trust companies or credit card issuers. In the last 10 years, it has issued eight such charters.

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Regulation National Austin Fintech 100

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Its first outside capital was from the Barclays Techstar accelerator in 2017 ( see Techstars demo here ). The company is an aggressive online marketer attracting nearly 300,000 visits via paid marketing across 740 publishers vs. 80,000 via organic search according to SEMrush (Aug 2021). in assets and 32 branches in the Boston suburbs.

Boston 15

Boston Cards ATM Community Bank 15

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

All of this was coincident with reports of widespread app outages, with MoviePass running out of money and taking a short-term, high-interest loan just to fund member purchasing cards. In December of 2017, Even went live and online for 1.4 All of those transactions will happen in near real time, he explained.

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Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Overall, according to the Global Fraud Attack Index that we do with Forter every quarter, fraud attempts are up 217 percent, putting nearly $5 of every online sale at risk. You want to know what really sizzled this week? As for payments, here are this week’s picks and pans.

Bitcoin 109

Bitcoin Fraud Mobile Apple 109

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

23) that they have closed on a deal with the Boston-based software and eCommerce company for $155 million in a Series E round of financing. Salsify’s calling card is its CommerceXM platform , which enables companies to coordinate a wide range of eCommerce activities “through one technology stack.”

Boston 154

Boston Branding Online Analytics 154

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

Three Finovate alums raised capital and one of the first FinovateSpring presenters, TradeKing , was acquired by Ally Financial for $275 million. Ixaris landed $6 million for its prepaid card platform. Online & offline real estate broker. Scalable Capital. Prepaid card payments platform. Total raised: Unkown.

New York City 12

New York City Company Fintech Minnesota 12

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

According to PYMNTS data, more than 60 percent of Main Street firms have at least three channels operating to drive sales: online, at physical stores and mobile. Seventy-one percent use online channels, 68 percent use physical stores, 66 percent use mobile and 59 percent use marketplaces.

Maine 169

Maine Philadelphia Community Boston 169

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2016

In addition to LoanNow, Finovate alums attracting new capital included: Gem , which pulled in $7.1 HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online alt-lender. Online accounting. Short-term working capital provider. Tags: SMB, equity crowdfunding, capital, investing, P2P. million to advance its blockchain efforts.

Company 12

Company New York City Fintech Lending 12

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online foreign exchange services. Connects marketplace lenders to institutional capital. Debit card with company-driven expense rules. Nigerian online credit card processor. Tags: SMB, merchants, acquiring, credit/debit cards, acquiring, Y Combinator (investor). Hockeystick.

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Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

Online automobile insurance. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Lost/stolen credit & debit card solution. Tags: SMB, merchants, credit/debit cards, acquiring, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain, point of sale. Platform for investing in early-stage startups. Latest round: $14.4 million Debt. Total raised previously: Unknown.

Company 12

Company Fintech New York City blockchain 12

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

An annual report by RSA shows how consumers perceive the security of their digital experience, where those perceptions are well (or poorly) founded and how organizations can capitalize on opportunities to distinguish themselves in the market by providing stellar security. Is your information secure online? Are you sure?

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Security Report Fraud social media 180

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Online marketplace for real estate investing. Online consumer lending. Startup capital raising platform. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: SMB, capital, crowdfunding, equity, investing. Total raised: $136.7 HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Finovate. RealtyMogul. Latest round: $18.4 million ($1.5 million debt).

Company 12

Company New York City Fintech San Francisco 12

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. It is also known for developing Unreal Engine.

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

Suplari did not disclose exactly how it plans to use the funding, but noted its emphasis on AI-driven data analytics to enhance eProcurement spend management by assessing data across systems, including commercial cards, travel and expense management and accounts payable. million from InnoVen Capital, Inc42 reported this week.

blockchain 116

blockchain Capital Seattle Lending 116

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online. We’ve been watching online sales now grow — even double — year over year, for many years now, but it’s still tiny, overall. Who in the world ever thought that there’d come a day when groceries would be bought online ?

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

While it was easy to chalk things up then to the financial crisis and the consumer spending hangover that resulted, we dug deeper and discovered the enormous shifts in buying online from physical stores that had been underway. Clover Food Labs was one food truck with a Square reader in Boston in 2008.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Peace Among Merchants and Card Networks. Seriously a Sizzle!

New York 100

New York Lending Cards Retail 100

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. Bain, whose co-founders would go on to start Bain Capital, had a particular expertise in finance from the beginning.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Online payroll system. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Credit card with consumer controls. Online accounting. Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing. Total dollars raised YTD is now $17.4 billion, more than double the $8.4 Latest round: $45 million. HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Company 12

Company Fintech New York City Lending 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

million for its credit- and debit-card loyalty program. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Debit and credit card rewards. Risk management for capital markets. Tags: SMB, payments, mobile, mPOS, merchants, acquiring, credit/debit cards. Bento for Business landed $7 million for its digital business banking platform.

San Francisco 12

San Francisco Company Fintech California 12

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

As we become more conscious of avoiding frequently touched surfaces, touchless modes of entry will displace traditional card swiping. The company has raised $75M in funding from investors including Accel and ICONIQ Capital. Challenges: the move online brings a growing body of sensitive data. Source: Miro. Why it matters.

Meeting 101

Meeting Tools Survey Company 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. How about Facebook gift cards? There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. A slam dunk for Facebook, right?

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 23, 2016

Online exchange (AQUSH) for consumer loans. Crowdfunding marketplace for small business capital. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Crowdfunding marketplace for small business capital. Online invoicing platform. Tags: SMB, debit card, deposits, checking/current account, accounting, spending tracking. Hepan Finance.

Company 12

Company Los Angeles Fintech Fort Worth 12

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Doorman says it will no longer accept incoming shipments after September 29th and that those who use their Doorman address for online shipments should update their information. “We Raptr, the online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered. Product: Raptr.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Amazon’s announcement last Friday that it’s likely to offer the online purchase of prescriptions sent CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks down sharply.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Amazon’s announcement last Friday that it’s likely to offer the online purchase of prescriptions sent CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid stocks down sharply.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. Card networks gave consumers a better way to pay at all of the merchants where they wanted to shop. I was traveling at the time, so that shopping experience worked really well for me.

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170

PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

Fizzle: Chinese cross-border deals: With new regulations in place limiting cross-border capital flow, the dry-up is already here for Chinese firms buying companies outside the mainland, especially in the United States. Scrutiny, industry-wide, of who charges how much, for what and when is likely in the cards.

Retail 108

Retail Mobile Baltimore Management 108