PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. Meanwhile, the eCommerce operator and logistics heavyweight continues investing in its delivery fleet.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Retailers are designing brick-and-mortar spaces around experiences to attract and keep customers. Chinese eCommerce retailer JD.com , in one case, has just rolled out its inaugural SEVEN FUN lifestyle space in Galaxy SOHO in Beijing. The stores are large operations offering 100,000 items and are about 180,000 square feet.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. Its last announcement for fundraising was in 2018 from the venture capital arm of Line. The platform, as of now, teams with “super apps” such as Home Credit and Line.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

All those, however, pale in comparison to the capital at-risk banks have in their loan portfolios as a result of higher rates. One only has to look at the current state of office commercial real estate (CRE) capitalization (cap) rates. This is the net operating income of a property divided by the current market value.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 17, 2017

Recently, Silicon Valley investors and traditional automakers alike have cast their eyes towards technologies with the potential to upend traditional auto ownership and operating models, including tangential developments in car-sharing and ride-hailing. CB Insights clients can click here to jump directly into the comparison.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 30, 2023

We thus focus on corporate gross value added (GVA, at factor costs) and initially split this into two components: employee compensations and ‘profits’, ie everything that is left after paying employees, ie corporate ‘gross operating surplus’ (GOS). They started to decline, however, in 2022, when the Ukraine war started. In Chart 2.b,

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. Through the platform, users can find the right handbag or the perfect outfit.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. The below figure using earnings for banks by Mercer Capital is a close-ish apples-to-oranges translation mechanism we can use for the discussion. billion in 2020 Q2, to $3.6

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. The below figure using earnings for banks by Mercer Capital is a close-ish apples-to-oranges translation mechanism we can use for the discussion. billion in 2020 Q2, to $3.6

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

This is a company that doesn’t have a direct comparison in Europe — it’s unique, very large, and very resilient,” BNP Paribas Head of Equity Capital Markets Andreas Bernstorff said in the report. And the company operates approximately 250 coffee shops.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Online retailers are vying for “high-quality warehousing space, one of the few links in the logistics chain not handled in-house by the eCommerce companies given the high upfront capital costs of owning property.”. Amazon accounts for a decent chunk of that U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It’s hardly competing with Amazon yet, but Target has shown more digital momentum than any major retailer during the pandemic. By a strict look at the macro numbers, Target still pales in comparison. And when attention turns to loyalty programs, the comparison is even more dramatic. Stores: Walmart, 11,500; Target, 1,868.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. Many of SoftBank’s portfolio companies operate across a variety of different industries. Retail & consumer. Clearco provides growth capital for small businesses. We’ve categorized companies according to top focus areas. Healthcare.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 18, 2016

What does the world need with another robo-advisor, the founders of Scalable Capital , a Munich-based automated investment platform, asked from the Finovate stage in London earlier this year? As Adam French explained, this is part of what makes Scalable Capital unique among robo-advisors. We followed up with a few questions by email.

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Risk Management Capital Management Retail 20

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

In this briefing, we analyze the Southeast Asia venture capital landscape, macro trends affecting the region, where deals and dollars have trended and a look ahead at which areas might be primed for startup investment in the future. Tech Investing in Southeast Asia. First Name. Please click to enlarge.

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Capital Trends Regional Google 65

Celent Banking

OCTOBER 21, 2016

My primary motivation for attending OpenWorld was to get an update on Oracle's two banking platforms — the new flagship Oracle Banking Platform (OBP) aimed at large retail banks and its stable mate FlexCube , the universal banking platform deployed by nearly 600 banks globally. Most banks, however, are not Capital One.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Select Investors: Data Collective, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Tencent Holdings, 500 Startups. Select Investors: Accel Partners, Credo Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital . Select Investors: AirTree Ventures, Insurance Australia Group, Reinventure, Sequoia Capital China. Select Investors: Cota Capital, Intel Capital.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 27, 2015

Celent recently released the report On the Margins: A Comparison of Banks and Credit Unions by Asset Tier , where community institutions of the same size are compared across a number of performance metrics, mainly efficiency ratio. Banks in recent years have seen a significant shift in how they view customer service.

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Community Resources Comparison Maine 100

Lex Sokolin

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When the old world wobbles, the new one seems more safe by comparison. The price of the cryptocurrency rose to over $15,000, breaking again the $250 billion market capitalization barrier. For comparison, Visa today sits at about $420 billion in market capitalization, representing the discounted cash flows of owning a payment network.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

SMBs have both less capital and less room for error when it comes to a proposed upgrade not living up to its billing. In its early days, Bulletin was often called the WeWork of retail – and though that particular reference point carries some issues as of 2019 , the basic conceptual comparison still holds.

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Retail Innovation Branding social media 101

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

With household retail names like Radio Shack and Toy “R” Us seeing a spate of bankruptcies and closures over the past few years, it seems the long-predicted “retail apocalypse” has arrived. Alibaba, meanwhile, has publicly announced a strategy to combine online and offline commerce, dubbed “new retail.”

Retail 65

Retail Online US Technology 65

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

In the latest edition of the India FinTech Tracker, we spotlight the deal-making that spans hundreds of millions of dollars, flowing into verticals as diverse as food delivery, retail payments, microfinance, P2P and the Internet of Things. By way of comparison, through the first three quarters of 2018, FinTech investments stood at $2 billion.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 8, 2020

Using quarterly comparisons from last year’s performance, we forecasted each bank’s income statement as follows: Net interest margin contracted by 15 basis points Non-interest income declined 15% Loan loss provisions increased by 350% from the same quarter last year. 25% 140 banks will have capital levels that have fallen below 8%.

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Lending Analytics Analysis Capital 114

CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

Allianz-backed Simplesurance , which offers point-of-sale insurance policies via online retailers’ websites, partnered with Munich Re Digital Partners in October 2016 to jointly develop new insurance products. Outside of its venture arm, Allianz also made a direct investment into Drone Racing League, of which Allianz is a title partner.

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Strategy Marketing Analytics Innovation 28

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 17, 2017

Here’s a quick comparison chart of companies working on crowdfunding and cash flow share models (right click to enlarge): Here’s a more in-depth look at each company’s model: Crowdfunding. The company focuses on commercial, retail, and multifamily properties in all major U.S. Cash flow share. Match-making platform.

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BankUnderground

JANUARY 21, 2021

For most of us buying insurance nowadays, price comparison websites offer plenty of choice. The period covers the introduction of price comparison websites, as well as big changes to the regulatory regime such as the implementation of Solvency II, which regulates the finances of insurance companies and how they are run.

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Marketing Analysis Policies Regulation 105

CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

These include wireless home monitoring startup Notion (XL Innovate, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures), on-demand homeshare insurance startup Slice Labs (XL Innovate, Munich Re/HSB Ventures), virtual auto claims operations firm Snapsheet (USAA, Liberty Mutual), and contract-related insurance startup Bunker (American Family Ventures, Hiscox).

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Strategy Marketing Analytics Innovation 28

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2016: #1. billion of assets and operates twenty five branches in the western suburbs of Chicago. Summit also operates an insurance subsidiary.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol. District 2: Walmart.

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Branding Florida Retail Online 101

CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Select Investors: BlackRock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital.

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Fraud Las Vegas Company Video 78

Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 19, 2020

To a venture capital investor, the embedded option is more attractive given a portfolio structure that requires unicorns. Now, in 2020, with a few years of licensed banking operations, we can take a sober look at what the data is really worth today. As an example?—?would Nobody wants ordinary success. Take the counter example.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

For comparison, Google was offering around $110K for an ML engineer, although experience levels and job requirements likely vary.). Furthermore, many of BAT’s AI products — like smart speakers, AI in retail, and autonomous vehicles — are similar to what FAMGA (Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple) is working on.

Google 63

Google US United States Training 63

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To attract millennial clients, some old-school gyms are adapting their models to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the boutique studios. US health clubs have already rushed to capitalize on millennials’ devotion to self-improvement, with the volume of US health clubs increasing by 20% between 2011 and 2015. Houseplants.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

During Facebook’s Q2 quarterly results last month, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandburg said monetization beyond advertising across all of the platforms that Facebook operates, including Messenger, was still “early days.”. It’s tough slogging it out these days as an online retailer with a value proposition based purely on selling stuff cheap.

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Payments Bitcoin blockchain New York 110

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained. Those were the only metrics we tracked. Product: Bridj.

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