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AdoreMe: Giving Lingerie A High Tech Touch

PYMNTS

After all, he does run a company that sells intimate apparel – and it is a holiday closely associated with intimacy. Lucaciu is the chief technology officer of Adore Me , an eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailer that has adjusted to disruptive changes in its market, including the bankruptcy of the parent company of Victoria’s Secret.

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Four Indian Startups Garner $8.5M From Samsung Venture

PYMNTS

The tech firms backed by the investment include systems app company OSLabs, speech technology startup Gnani.ai, IoT solutions provider Silvan Innovation Labs and a computer vision startup in its early stages. De noted that Samsung plans to assist these startups with UX support, tech validation and go-to-market.

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Open Banking Meets Instant Payments At The Online Checkout

PYMNTS

And those three years have given rise to a slew of new companies capitalizing on that initiative all over the world, as well as established companies making their mark. PayDirect is higher-converting, primarily because it just has a much better UX (user experience) than online card payments or bank transfers,” he explained.

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Delivery App Glovo Raises $169M In Series D Round

PYMNTS

The round was led by Lakestar and Drake, the company that owns Papa John’s. Other participants include Idinvest Partners and Korelya Capital. The company’s Series C round raised $134 million 10 months ago. The company says it has 5.5 The total amount raised by the startup now stands at $322 million.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

PYMNTS

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? This week, Chime, focused on banking via mobile apps, held a $485 million series F funding round that valued the company at $14.5 billion, as CNBC reported. billion garnered only 18 months ago.

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Mobile UX: A First Look at “Second Look” Transaction Alerts from Capital One

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One of the paradoxes of the early digital banking era (1995 to 2007) was why Capital One was a laggard? The new company (spun out from Signet Bank in 1994) was widely revered as a data analytics and marketing master. Fast-forward six years and Capital One owns the innovation mantle, at least in the United States.

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The New Lending Fintech Bonanza

Gonzobanker

And congrats to Jonathan Corr and the team at Ellie Mae for what appears to be a doubling of revenue for a mature company in that same period. How will all of this new capital flowing help my organization and my customers, and how does it improve product roadmaps? market on its platform with all the data that goes along with it.

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