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APRIL 10, 2019

FinTech startup Extend announced it has raised $11 million in Series A financing, as it tries to capitalize on interest in virtual credit cards. Extend , which was founded in 2017 by American Express and Capital One veterans, provides the technology so companies can provide virtual credit cards to employees and contractors instantly.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Small business lending emerged as a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, and it’s no surprise, considering the role small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) play in supporting their local economies. Current investors from A91 Partners, MAJ Inevst, LGT Lightstone and Falcon Edge Capital also participated.

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MAY 6, 2019

Coverage includes the debut of Hong Kong’s MeReal Biometrics Keyper smart fingerprint card. MeReal Biometrics, a biometric card maker based in Hong Kong, has debuted its Keyper smart fingerprint card, according to reports. The card offers multiple forms of communication ranging from contact to sound waves and contactless.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Capital One Funding, LLC , the federal district court for the Eastern District of New York joined the federal district court for the Western District of New York in Petersen v. Cohen and Peterson both involved the securitization of credit card receivables generated on credit card accounts issued by a national bank.

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JULY 13, 2020

” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. The company did not transact those swaps on a national registry, according to a press release. They falsely claimed to have a Harvard-educated CEO backing them.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Though many financial institutions recognize the opportunity to help middle-market businesses automate their AP payments, they have not been able to fully capitalize on the opportunity. Here the elusive payments opportunity meets or, in fact, doesn’t meet, the elusive audience: accounts payable automation for middle-market firms.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Seventy-one percent of respondents said credit cards were imperative when deciding the FIs with which they want to do business, for example. percent of all CU members — currently offer some sort of credit card. billion in credit card debt as of March 2019, according to the U.S. percent of credit card debt held by banks.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. The People’s Bank of China said it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to run a bank card clearing business in the nation.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Hong Kong-based digital payment platform Statrys has recently landed $5 million in funding through a closed-door funding deal with an angel investor with the expectation that the firm will get market share in the expanding remittance and digital payment arena, according to an announcement.

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JUNE 6, 2016

Biz2Credit is expanding its small business lending operations into a market without much experience with alternative finance. The executive added that India is also on track to see similar expansions in alternative SME finance as already experienced in other markets like Europe and the U.S.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Tens of thousands of households are in dire financial straits, sending more people turning to unsecured personal loans and credit cards for a quick bailout. Bigger lenders — JPMorgan Chase , Bank of America , Capital One and Santander — are pouring over various borrowing rules and making revisions, informed sources told the WSJ.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Florida FinTech Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is partnering with London FinTech Liberis , to offer small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an alternative funding source, FIS announced in a press release Wednesday (Jan. With the introduction of Working Capital, U.S. The round was led by investment firm FTV Capital.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

economic slowdown fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue into 2021 but could start bouncing back by mid-year as the population gets vaccinated, according to a December survey from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital.

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Lex Sokolin

MARCH 31, 2021

The Distribution of Social Capital A lot of the language in fintech and Ethereum has been about democratization, and helping people have better financial services. And yet, it is also accurate and explains the status seeking games represented by start-up investing or NFT markets. Other forms of social capital are just as valuable?—?from

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 30, 2023

Since the time of acquisition, the cost of acquisition and the overall effort are about the same, so why not target state and national trade associations? Why spend your resources on paying higher rates when you can put that capital into sales and marketing to specific deposit-rich customer segments and see a much better return?

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Though not the busiest week in B2B venture capital funding, investors presented a clear preference for corporate expense management and B2B eCommerce, with additional funding going toward logistics and small business banking firms for a total of $203.5 while European investors at Dawn Capital and Accel also participated. ”

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BankBazaar

APRIL 11, 2023

National, March 30, 2023: BankBazaar.com , India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online provider of free Credit Scores, closed FY23 with net revenue of ₹160 crore. The company grew its net revenue for FY23 by 60% over FY22 on the back of a 60% growth in its Credit Card issuances.

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APRIL 6, 2020

America is still the most prosperous nation the world has ever seen.”. He also had good things to say about the Fed ’s response to the financial strains in the markets. He added that the Fed could do more, such as “including additional lending facilities and relaxing capital and liquidity requirements to boost the system if needed.”.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

He sensed the family’s passion and liked their idea of starting with selling milk at farmers’ markets, roadside shops and small grocery stores. In each new market opened in 2021, the community bank found an experienced ag lender who was seeking a new position. American Bank, National Association. Bunnell listened. Mason City.

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JULY 12, 2019

Visa said Russia is an important market for the company in terms of strategy, and the new law won’t make it leave the country. The banking regulator said that all in-country transactions, which include international payment systems cards, will be processed by the National Payment Card System in Russia.

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JULY 7, 2020

Using credit cards (aka spending the bank’s money instead of your own) seemed so cool — until it suddenly wasn’t nearly as cool anymore. consumers to shift as much as $100 billion in annual spending from credit to debit cards.”. It’s even affecting the titans of capitalism. My Money, My Way. Those are critical.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Lunar Way , the Nordic banking app, has raised €13 million in venture funding led by SEED Capital. According to a report , Greyhound Capital, Social Capital and individual investors also participated in the round of funding. You can pay bills, transfer money, set a budget, do saving goals, manage your card, etc.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. The “Giant Sucking Sound” Award – goes to the swell of funds leaving banking and ballooning money market mutual funds. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

20), WhatsApp had not been cleared with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) due to uncertainty over data localization and other issues. From there, they can enter a mobile number and debit card number to get a UPI PIN. Big names like PhonePe, Google Pay and Amazon Pay are all vying for more dominance in the market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Since then, critics have noted the lack of effectiveness in achieving at least some of Modi’s stated goals, namely, combating black market activity. (By The domestic digital payments market is projected to rise to a value of $1 trillion by 2023 , as estimated by Credit Suisse , up fivefold from recent tallies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Platform companies are coming to market with increasing frequency.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

have capitalized on a sea change in how we pay. based merchants sell across borders, but that percentage lags behind other nations such as Germany and the United Kingdom, where half of merchants that sell goods and services online do so across borders. Villegas noted that in markets beyond the U.S., Villegas said.

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Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

Here are three ways you can help your clients acquire and manage their financial resources: One simple and, if well managed, surefire way to introduce more capital into the pockets of your clients is a business rewards credit card. The advantage of working capital is obvious to some degree.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

The move to Australia is an effort to capitalize on the country’s thriving eCommerce industry, which is worth almost $30 billion and rising. We see growth opportunities to come into a market where there is rising employment and great population growth, and where the shift into eCommerce and mobile commerce is significant,” he said. “We

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Weak iPhone Sales Cost Apple Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in Market Cap .

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MARCH 27, 2019

While the initiative is good news for the nation’s cannabis firms, the publication noted that any passage of the legislation is likely to ramp up competition with northern neighbors in Canada, where recreational marijuana was legalized earlier this year. industry players have faced in accessing financing to help them grow and compete.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As Jason Guthrie, WisdomTree Europe’s head of capital markets, pointed out, the offering is the first its kind by a mainstream, established asset manager. The British Virgin Islands has plans to release its own national cryptocurrency pegged one-to-one to the greenback so that its 35,000 residents can use it within its territory.

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MAY 7, 2020

And often, drilling down into business segments and management commentary provides insight into just how we as a nation are faring, depending on where you look. Larger full-service restaurants opened community markets to sell raw ingredients, produce and food staples through online stores,” he said. The Great Pivot.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

More than $150 million in venture capital bolstered the B2B FinTech market this week, and while investors made big steps into areas like human resources, fleet management and artificial intelligence (AI), it was an old favorite that saw the most, and largest, investment rounds: alternative lending. Capital Match.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The nation is forming a Direct FAST industry group, where the members will include traditional financial institutions (FIs), FinTech firms and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The movement to open that FinTech access, said the minister, brings “greater convenience to consumers” as those individuals use their eWallets.

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