PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

With Tradeshift securing a nine-figured fundraise, the supply chain payments company was the undoubted leader of this week’s B2B venture capital fundraise. Alternative small business lending platform Akseleran, based in Indonesia, announced $8.55 Alternative small business lending platform Akseleran, based in Indonesia, announced $8.55

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Small business finserv was a popular target this week, with startups securing funding for their SMB banking, lending and accounting tools. Lendingkart.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

million in combined funding, B2B FinTechs remain resilient in today’s current market. Vitesse plans to deploy the investment to fuel growth and focus on sales and marketing initiatives, while also broadening its presence in the U.S. Lending-as-a-service technology company Blend has secured a nearly $1.7

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

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. The company said it plans to use the investment to further build out its lending operations.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Raised capital in late 2019. Agreed to sell 2 branches in weak markets - 12/2020 5/25 Look how much $CFBK accomplished in just over 4 years. (2/2) Entered Indianapolis on 5/2021, a top 2 Midwest market with Columbus, another market $CFBK is in. In 2018, started its LIHTC lending line. shareholder value.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

More than $874 million in fresh funding landed at B2B startups this week across a range of market segments and geographies. An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). Path to removal – Sometimes an exception is like the Hotel California – you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. It just stays on forever. A guarantee generally should be unlimited and continuing.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Emerging markets-focused money transfer app WorldRemit has raised another round of funding, bringing the total amount to $220 million. The new Series C funding of $40 million was led by LeapFrog Investments, a PE firm that focuses on Asian and African markets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Bork will spearhead Sezzle’s enterprise business development efforts, as the company focuses on client acquisition following its recent capital raise. As PYMNTS recently reported , the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm raised $55 million in its latest capital round. The company offers U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

With more than $175 million raised for B2B startups this week, the undoubted winner was a California-based artificial intelligence data analytics company – a sign, the firm noted, of the enterprise’s increasing reliance on AI. Alternative Lending. Operating in the trade finance market, CCRManager announced $6.5 CCRManager.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital. Targeting small and medium-sized businesses with its asset-based lending solution, The Credit Junction revealed a $23 million equity investment from Century Equity Partners this week. The Credit Junction.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 Analysts said the industry has seen its highest venture capital activity since Q1 of 2016, fueled by focus on late-stage investment rounds. This week’s B2B venture capital roundup is quite indicative of these trends. According to KPMG’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

million with B2B startups this past week, and while investment targets were diverse (including B2B eCommerce and small business lending), the bulk of the funding landed at companies focused on enhancing businesses’ ability to assess their performance. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Davies is leaving Revolut to take over the Allica Bank, which specializes in lending to businesses, according to the FT. small and medium-sized business market, and the chance to lead a newly-licensed bank that can be part of the solution is a great opportunity.” The investor was TSG Capital Partners, according to TechCrunch.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

I recently wrote on these pages that FIs should develop Shark Tank like processes to get early stage equity capital into the hands of nearby entrepreneurs to fuel growth in local markets. Take Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, California. But innovation need not start in northern California. Your markets can too.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup shows FIs are placing funding with their FinTech partners, too, including Nationwide and HSBC U.K., For traditional financial institutions (FIs), working with a would-be competitor means integrating technologies for customers without having to build solutions from scratch. Betterworks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

12), the company said California-based venture capital firm Accel Partners led the funding round, with participation from Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and Temasek Holdings. “It’s probably a combination of things,” Cormac Leech, a principal at private-equity firm Victory Park Capital Advisors, told Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Ride-hailing giant Uber has teamed up with a leasing startup called Fair to help drivers without credit, or with low capital, secure a car, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company started the partnership in California in January, and now it plans to expand to 10 major markets across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Vouch Insurance , which offers insurance to high-growth technology firms through an online platform, said last week that it has raised $45 million in a funding round, and has expanded its service into California. The total raised to date comes in at $70 million.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

What also sets Locality Bank apart from existing financial institutions in its market is that its board and management have a “first principles mindset, one where we set out to create the bank from the start to serve the needs of the local business community,” says Keith Costello, president, CEO and one of Locality Bank’s cofounders.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance more than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. The Bancorp, Inc.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The core transformation program, titled “FutureCore,” is divided into phases and Consumer Lending for the 7 affiliate banks is the first phase to go live, with other phases to follow. The completion of this consumer lending installation represents our first step toward having a fully integrated core loan and deposit system.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 SIG, GGV Capital, Yunqi Partners, Huochebang, SKy9 Capital and Chuangban Investment also participated in the funding round, reports said. TravelBank.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Find out who raised the money, and other winners of this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, below. Endeavour Catalyst and Satya Capital also participated. California’s Plastiq provides small businesses with a commercial card solution to facilitate bill and expense payments. Small Business Banking. Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

is no longer the world’s largest market for FinTech investment, according to the latest report from Citigroup, released this week. NowFloats enables small and medium-sized businesses to gain a digital presence, and investors at Iron Pillar Capital and IIFL have backed that mission to the tune of $10 million. France and India.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

Though small businesses have suffered from a gap in financing availability post-2008, the demographic continues to shape the financial markets. The company takes a more narrow focus to small business lending than some other FIs by targeting the western U.S. A Regional Reach. Bystry said that, when it comes to the western U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

million from Iris Capital, while existing backers 360 Capital Partners and Breega also participated. FreightWaves has developed an analytics platform and freight futures market to link industry players with supply and demand indicators. Based in France, Exotic Solutions provides warehouse services with its robotics technology.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2024

As the risk of a recession gets pushed out by the market, so does the risk of credit. This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. The credit risk in California increased the most by 103 bps due to higher inflation, primarily driven by wage costs. This quarter, it is 3.36%.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. Risk-management practices “that cause concern,” the regulators wrote, include “a greater number of underwriting policy exceptions and insufficient monitoring of market conditions.”.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

With the global pandemic continuing to cause market disruptions, the opportunities for fraudsters remain on the rise. million was embezzled by a former commercial real estate employee from Milan Capital Management, an Orange County, California company, leading to the imprisonment of the former employee, according to local OC-Breeze reports.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. First Capital, Inc.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. Most organizations … are like, ‘Where is the most profitable market segment?’” What we do is we take that ethos and apply it to all of our decision-making in our product development or marketing.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 4, 2021

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 24, 2015

Dealstruck has raised $10 million in new capital from Community Investment Management. The online business lender now has a total capital of $70 million and says the investment will enable it to lend more than $100 million to small businesses. “And growing the capital pool means more access and more opportunity.”

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

That’s followed by residential mortgage lending (36.3%), small business lending (32.1%), commercial and industrial (C&I) lending (30%) and agricultural lending (23.6%). In 2022, existing staff—Dehnert included—will continue to wear multiple hats until labor market conditions ease. Ponce Bank, a $1.5

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Cloud Lending Solutions has landed $8 million in new funding. The Series A round was led by SF Capital Group, who will send its president, Neil Wolfson, to the company’s board of directors. Also participating in the round were Cota Capital, Long Light Capital, Green Visor, and Epic Ventures. Combined with $2.25

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