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Niche B2B Startups Surprise With High-Value Funding

PYMNTS

Word on the street is that B2B startups may be landing on the same path as B2C startups when it comes to the venture capital wells drying up. It could explain India’s rare absence from our B2B Venture Capital Roundup this week. Document Management. Instead, the funding landed in the U.S., eProcurement.

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How can bank boards respond to increased regulatory scrutiny?

Abrigo

McGrane and Hilsenrath also noted that following the push for higher capital cushions, “regulators are now focusing on corporate governance and the role of directors to ensure banks have the right culture and controls to prevent excessive risk taking.” One important consideration is the use of a formal risk appetite statement or document.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Chertoff Capital made a “significant” equity investment in the round, the company said. Cybersecurity. Back-Office.

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

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The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). Don’t worry if you didn’t remember to get us a present – we didn’t want to make too big a deal out of it, so we didn’t remind you. Of course, we don’t really expect or even want gifts for our ninth anniversary.

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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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million from Aston X, an ICO project building a platform to decentralize documents; $5.8 CFO Adam DeWitt noted that a seven-year-old, Boston-based LevelUp serves 200 regional and national brands, with a point-of-sale (POS) approach that seeks to replicate each brand’s experience online. They also stole $13.8 million users, up from 9.2

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Why We Invested: VCs Sound Off On 7 Recent Early-Stage Startup Investments

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Flip handles every aspect of lease transactions, including all payments, document signings, and landlord approvals. . Select Investors: Data Collective, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Tencent Holdings. Frankel also sees the startup’s location in Boston as giving them an “unfair advantage” in talent acquisition. Element AI.

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Opacity vs. Transparency at the Federal Reserve Stress Testing Conference

Abrigo

Last week, the Federal Reserve hosted a stress testing conference in Boston, MA. The participating institutions all passed, although JP Morgan Chase and Capital One struggled and had to adjust their capital plans to meet minimum thresholds. This success paves the way for increased capital distributions.