PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of Americas 526 years ago. First, Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America, so he discovered an America, not the America. In fact, much of what one learned in elementary school about Columbus is a little bit off.

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Columbus Data Phoenix America 116

American Banker

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Patricia Watson joined the board of the $19 billion-asset Texas Capital on Friday. Watson has been chief information officer at TSYS, a payments processor based in Columbus, Ga., since September.

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Texas Capital Columbus Payments 28

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

” Columbus, Ohio-based Bold Penguin completed a $32 million Series B funding round, bringing its total capital raised to more than $50 million since launching in 2016, the company announced in September. The threat of a small business cyberattack has introduced a conundrum for the rising InsurTech market.

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Columbus Ohio Meeting Capital 131

PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Today, the mobile payments field has been reduced by one. A statement released by MCX CEO Brian Mooney late yesterday (May 16), via their PR rep, said that MCX and its CurrentC mobile payments product is folding its tent. But not enough apparently to continue to fund and ignite the ill-fated mobile payments scheme.

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Mobile Apple Columbus Payments 105

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Though Amazon Go was initially advertised to the world as a cash-free, cashierless convenience store where payments are powered entirely by mobile, reports this week indicated that cash may have a home in its Go stores after all. 1: Embracing Failure — and Encouraging Fair Payment Practices. The Drama Pt.

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Taxes Retail Columbus Operations 100

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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San Francisco Company US California 77

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Select Investors: DST Global, DN Capital, SoftBank Group. Company Description: Based in Sweden, Klarna provides online payment solutions. Select Investors: Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic. Select Investors: Rhone Capital. Select Investors: Index Ventures, DST Global, Ribbit Capital.

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Groups Capital Operations Fintech 76