PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The company, which operates its own eCommerce marketplace, has built its own supply chain, according to reports, and has recently expanded into the Mumbai and Pune regions, with perishables delivered the same day. The Series C round comes after a July 2017 Series B funding round worth $10 million that was led by Bain Capital.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Walmart is keen to get a strong brand backing its eCommerce business, while Tata Group wants a global name and an established player in the online space,” a source told Mint. In May, Tata Capital, a division of Tata Group, introduced a mobile app that promised a better user experience for getting loans. On Monday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Flow, a startup that helps companies sell their products around the globe, has raised fresh funding from Forerunner Ventures and Fung Capital. According to a report in TechCrunch profiling the startup, Flow created a platform that helps brands and retailers sell their products in multiple regions and geographies.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

With the investment, MatchMove, which is also based in Singapore, will be able to extend its “banking-as-a-service” wallet capability to Shopmatic’s ecosystem spanning over 435,000 eCommerce small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual entrepreneurs across the region.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), along with expertise from certified physicians, 98point6 enables a more accessible and affordable brand of primary care, according to the release. Other participants included Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 19, 2023

For example, while banks in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. As you set marketing plans and budgets, consider that just this simple act of outreach and branding increases the average life by about 2-4 months. This alone can have a material impact on retention and is inexpensive.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

The stage is being set, then, for consumers to pivot away from legacy banking toward trusted brands that, increasingly, are building out financial services. The company’s API, he said, enables users to create an own-branded debit card (not a co-branded one) into their apps. You can reward people in non-cash ways.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Brands have responded avidly. Leading the pack have been luxury brands — given that, as of early 2020, Chinese shoppers accounted for 35 percent of global luxury goods sales, and 90 percent of last year’s growth in the market, according to data from Bain & Co.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

But a new eCommerce platform coming out of the Alibaba Group in Southeast Asia is bringing a unique business model to malls in that region, one that could provide a blueprint for struggling U.S. It connects shoppers to more than 18,000 leading international and local brands. shopping destinations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

To tap growth in a place where coffee consumption per capita is said to be low compared to international standards, Nestle began to offer coffee that is Starbucks-branded in mainland China. The company started to sell products with the Starbucks label in February in Asia, Europe and Latin America, Reuters reported.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

Swiss-based food giant Nestle — headed by Jeff Hamilton, president of Nestle Foods Division — led the Series C funding round with support from existing investors Highland Capital Partners, Insight Venture Partners and White Star Capital, among others. All told, Freshly has raised $107 million since its launch in 2015.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

In the new Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how startups are competing with legacy brands, social media services and even eCommerce companies that want to add financial capabilities to their platforms. Deep Dive: Challenger Banks Versus Legacy-Backed Digital Brands. Around the Digital Banking World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“We have a longstanding partnership with CGI, and the CGI Trade360 platform will mean we can continue delivering the best possible trade solutions and service to our clients for many years to come,” said James Binns , global head of trade and working capital at Barclays. Adobe Introduces B2B Capability for Customer Data Platform.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 23, 2019

Cost savings opportunities, attractiveness of markets, niches or specialties, seller's capitalization, buyers' stock valuations, etc. And in fact, ORIT was relatively highly capitalized compared to SSFN, with a leverage ratio of 12.92% versus 9.48%. I searched for regional peers with total assets between $1 billion and $10 billion.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

More tacos in Peru and a new distribution center in Alberta — recent comments from the executives who run Taco Bell , Tim Hortons , Domino’s and other brands signal not only upcoming international expansion for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), but more spending for supply chain endeavors. Global Openings. million a year ago. “On

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

have capitalized on a sea change in how we pay. To capitalize on that aforementioned eCommerce growth in emerging markets and log sales in those regions, U.S. They must offer local payment methods — outside traditional card brands, such as Visa and Mastercard — that will help eCommerce cross-border efforts gain traction.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Fraudsters are also capitalizing on the holiday shopping season as merchants experience higher online shopping rates than ever before due to social distancing orders. Fraudsters are looking to falsify these promotions, however, putting merchants in an untenable situation that requires a brand-new approach to fix.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

VTEX has been around since 1999, but it hasn’t had the need to raise a significant amount of capital thus far, mostly operating off of its own revenues. . Brands and retailers want reliability and the ability to test their own innovations. Gomide said VTEX needs to look beyond just serving its own region. “At

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The anti-crypto policy will apply to both business and personal BofA-branded cards. The financial institution (FI) joins a growing list of banks issuing similar policies, including Capital One Financial Corp. is among the FIs still allowing cryptocurrency purchases through company-branded credit cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ernest Chew, who heads the British lender’s capital goods and automotive investment banking team in the region, will join Carro as its chief financial officer in February,” the news service said, citing unnamed sources. According to the report , the deal comes as Carro raised some $30 million in fresh capital. Toyota’s Move.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

GPS's technology helps brands by allowing them to provide customized experiences put squarely in the cardholders' hands, the release says, having previously supported FinTechs, digital banks, and eWallets on their various journeys. Last year, GPS partnered with the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

30) that the rollout of the Truist brand, colors and logo went well. In looking at the overall market, King said he has been consulting with the firm’s market and regional presidents, and thinks the outlook is fairly good. The merger was completed on Dec. 6, according to the firm’s fourth fourth-quarter earnings announcement.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Using CB Insights data, we mapped out the key emerging Asian smartphone brands challenging established players. Below, we dive deeper into these various smartphone brands and the companies that own them. Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus are smartphone brands run by the BBK Electronics Corporation , headquartered in Dongguan, China.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

In terms of regions, Mexico saw the most toy industry growth at 15 percent for the first half of the year. And brands have helped to fuel that strong growth. In terms of regions, North America – driven by the United States – is the largest part of the world for toy sales.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Before the pandemic, it was a strong regional brand that combined conscious capitalism with direct-to-consumer (DTC) capabilities, with four popular retail locations, a rabid fan base and solid retail distribution for its whole-bean blends. But sometimes the pre-pandemic plans work out just fine.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

At the same time, Mastercard has undertaken a limited program through which crypto firms are able to offer the payment processing company’s branded prepaid debit card. “We Discover Financial Services and Capital One prohibit such transactions, and Citigroup and Bank of America are examining the issue.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Companies separated across borders want payments to be delivered on time so they can meet their payment deadlines, access capital and deliver products in a timely fashion. A group of Nordic banks have selected Mastercard to overhaul its financial services operations for the region. Around the Smarter Payments World.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

The brand has always managed to have at least one of its three stores doing well. As this week’s Q1 earnings indicate, that is just not the case anymore — as all three of its brands reported anemic sales. Results for Gap Inc. have been a mixed bag for the last several years. Recently it’s been Old Navy.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

The news comes a few years after CEO Brian Chesky spoke about the company’s plans to branch into the East Asian region. We cannot be a brand that fights cities,” Chesky said. The company raised funds from China Broadband Capital and Sequoia China in 2015. We’re trying to find a way to work with everyone.”.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Almost every bank and brand we spoke with will increase their investment in these two areas for 2023. During the two weeks, there were over a hundred significant cyberattacks by nation-states on national and regional banks that you could watch unfold in near real-time (bel0w) at Gartner and Money 20/20. Big Idea – Trends.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., billion in 2013, representing a 2.10

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Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. Jim Marous, co-publisher of The Financial Brand, said the J.D. The 2016 U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

With the store closings, which are said to involve its Chico’s, Soma and White House Black Market brands, the company hopes to benefit from lease expirations as well as return on capital and better profitability. The retailer, which has a brick-and-mortar presence that spans more than 1,400 locations in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Series A round of funding was led by Sequoia India, Venturra Capital and Susquehanna International Group. Zilingo, whose founders moved to the region, are targeting small retailers who sell their fashion offline in markets and malls across Southeast Asia. The startup previously raised $2 million.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Western Union has expanded its services into Thailand and launched a brand new international money transfer service in the region, the company said in a release.

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