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FinTechs Take On Payment Rail Status Quo

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Payments FinTech Sila offers an Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform to help companies more seamlessly integrate compliant payments capabilities within their solutions via application programming interface (API), with an integrated stablecoin, SILA. The company recently announced $7.7 The company recently announced $7.7

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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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B2B FinTechs in the U.S. This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. and India seem to be an unshakable force these days.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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News out of Oregon implies significant appetite among investors for cybersecurity firms. Early in the year, the company raised $5 million from backers that included BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Oregon-based Rogue Venture Partners. The new owners of ID Experts are Peloton Equity and Trident Capital.

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AltFin Proves Its Staying Power With Asian Investors

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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. B2B Payments.

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A Roadie For Everyone

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The co-founder of the FinTech firm Kabbage did something unusual when he found himself with a box full of broken bathroom tiles that were about to put him off schedule by three days. Bigger ticket items are now also eligible for $10,000 worth of insurance, due to Roadie’s new partnership with UPS Capital Insurance Agency.

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120 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century: November 2020 Update

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At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Metromile , the pay-as-you-drive auto insurance company based in Portland, Oregon, announced that it will merge with a public SPAC in a transaction valued at $1.3B. Full Fintech Unicorn list (values as of 2 Dec 2020).

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Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $1.6 Billion Week Ending Aug 20

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Fintech funding records continue to fall. HQ: Portland, Oregon. HQ: Portland, Oregon. Capital Match. Drip Capital . The post Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $1.6 Last week was the record number of deals, with 27. This week it was the biggest total dollars raised at $1.63 billion, from 25 companies.