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Top News In Payments: Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch; US Prepares For Potential Iranian Cyberattack

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In today’s top news, China is facing a “capital winter” of venture funding slowdown, the U.S. prepares for a potential Iranian cyberattack, and businesses are expected to spend $55 billion to become compliant under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch. billion ($2.5

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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I am delighted to be joining Libra Networks with a mission to enhance financial innovation,” said Emmett. Other recent hires at the Libra Association have included Steve Bunnell as chief legal officer and Sterling Daines as chief compliance officer. Meanwhile, digital assets continue to gain legitimacy in the financial services world.

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Airbnb’s Business Travel Investment Leads B2B Funding For The Week

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The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. Lyric plans to use the investment to expand its operations as it continues to focus on regulatory compliance.

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Wells CEO Faces Hill Grill On Account Scandals

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Scharf appeared Tuesday (March 10) before the House Financial Services Committee, where Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, noted that he was the third Wells chief executive to testify in front of the committee in three-and-a-half years – and that his predecessors (Tim Sloan and John Stumpf) had each resigned soon thereafter.

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B2B Investors Set Sights On Data, AI, Analytics

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Though not venture capital, the private equity raised for New Jersey-chartered community bank Cross River Bank is noteworthy not only for its impressive price tag of $100 million, but for its reflection of investors’ support for financial institutions that collaborate with the tech startup scene. Cross River Bank.

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VCs Act On Cannabis’ FinTech Opportunities

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As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital.

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B2B eCommerce Tips The VC Scales

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An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based million investment round in commercial card startup DiviPay, reports said this week, via the bank’s venture capital unit ANZi. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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