PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

India’s FinBox landed an undisclosed amount of pre-Series A funding, reports in Inc42 said this week, with investors at Arali Ventures leading the investment in the credit risk management technology startup. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April. Australia’s ANZ Bank led a $1.56

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William Mills

MARCH 8, 2018

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. Founded in 1980, The Advance Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech boasts a 90 percent success rate for its startups after their first five years. Technology sector talent. The whole ecosystem is local.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Clover Health , a tech-driven provider of Medicare Advantage insurance plans, plans to go public through a merger with a blank-check company called Social Capital Hedosophia, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday (Oct. The transaction, set to close in early 2021, values Clover at about $3.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

His reasoning revolves around the issue of proving ownership of certain assets and access to capital. Pointing to economist Hernando de Soto’s work and a partnership with bitcoin and blockchain company Bitfury and the Republic of Georgia’s National Agency of Public Registry.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2017

The $3 million in funding was led by Thrive Capital, including participation from SV Angel, Techstars, FJ Labs, Corigin Ventures, MetaProp and a number of angel investors, reported TechCrunch. The platform is licensed in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

And that’s officially pleasing to Google ’s parent company as it continues to devote more money to its self-driving technology Waymo unit and other experimental projects organized under the umbrella of Other Bets. According to Waymo CEO John Krafcik , vehicles powered by Waymo technology are logging 250,000 miles per day.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Interest in the space has been revitalized due to the harsh financial blows the pandemic has dealt, providing opportunities for SMBs to gain capital and for lenders to facilitate. The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending industry is in a unique position during the pandemic. Of the 32 million SMBs in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2016

The $60 billion proposed acquisition of EMC is the largest-ever in the technology sector by market value, reports said. Reports added that Dell has already extended invoice payment terms to suppliers in the past in order to free up working capital — that included extended payment terms to Microsoft and Intel vendors. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. Below, PYMNTS examines the latest in commercial card innovation, and uncovers ways that the commercial card industry is capitalizing on a slew of opportunities to drive adoption in B2B payments. A Focus On Transparency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Increasing access to capital to underrepresented small businesses is vital to economic growth and the communities they serve. million grant aimed at increasing small business and economic opportunities in Texas, Louisiana and Georgia. By awarding AEO the $1.9

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. such as Zopa and Lending Club, they saw an opportunity in emerging markets that had been ignored by the big banks, such as Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan. Observing the rise of disruptive companies in Europe and the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

A” malls were successful before the crisis, and will eventually build on that success and the capital of their owners, like Simon Properties, to recover. As an example, Simon and Allied Esports have started a project at the Mall of Georgia outside of Atlanta that will result in a two-level, 13,000-square-foot dedicated esports facility.

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CB Insights

JULY 25, 2017

Palantir Technologies and WeWork , both valued at $20B, are tied for third. The three most active investors in US-based unicorns, by total number of deals to these companies, are the VC firms Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Tiger Global Management. Palantir Technologies. Slack Technologies. Unity Technologies.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 10 notable, early-stage eSports startups developing technologies related to competitive gaming facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games played on computers or consoles by professional gamers (though many do it as a hobby or pastime). Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

million round of funding led by Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ludlow Ventures, Sandalphon Capital and others. But, in order to do so, Provi needs to build relationships in each market, as the distributor for a particular liquor brand in Colorado could be different than a distributor in Georgia, for example.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

We love new technologies, particularly when they fit so naturally into household planning.”. The eCommerce giant reportedly plans to invest $500 million in the food segment as it capitalizes on increasing Internet penetration in the country. In Other News…. This good news for Amazon probably spells bad news for local rival Flipkart.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 25, 2017

July 2017 saw the two largest-ever restaurant tech deals: a $151M private equity investment by Vista Equity Partners to Providence-based Upserve , and a $101M Series C (with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Generation Investment Management, and Lead Edge Capital) to Boston-based Toast.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Fiserv wins inaugural Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Fintech ADVANCE Award for its Verifast palm authentication technology. .” IBM leverages Hyperledger Fabric to support a trade finance-oriented blockchain project in Dubai. This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2020

According to Block.one, the first hash value of the original content will be stored on the distributed ledger technology (DLT). In other news, crypto exchange Bitfinex wants to get back over $800 million in seized funds in four different countries via an investigation into payment processor Crypto Capital, according to CoinDesk.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. By leveraging technology and a branch-free business model, startups can compete with incumbent banks on price and can establish distribution quickly. savings accounts. in funding and over 5.5M

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 28, 2016

Google Capital, a new investor to the Georgia-based company, led the Series C round. banks to authenticate their calls using phone-printing technology that analyzes and assigns risk to the caller. banks to authenticate their calls using phone-printing technology that analyzes and assigns risk to the caller.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Fiserv wins inaugural Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Fintech ADVANCE Award for its Verifast palm authentication technology. Vantiv to provide debit, credit, and ATM processing services for Financial Technology Solutions International. billion in assets) picks Fiserv as its new technology partner.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The remaining $10 million came as unannounced follow-on financing from early investors, including BDC Capital and Blumberg Capital. The most recent funding will be used to capitalize on growth, including scaling up operations in new markets, said Trulioo, and to grow headcount to 200 people from the present roster of 130 individuals.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $266 million in new capital the second week of August. 17 million to Upguard for its cybersecurity technology. BPS Technology. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Bigstone Capital. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. million to alt-auto-title lender Finova Financial. $17 Latest round: $45.1 AppIDentify.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

With a strong background in technology and compliance, Cohen has served as Trulioo’s general manager since 2015 and has assisted with the company’s fundraising success. million to date, with early investors Blumberg Capital, BDC Capital and American Express. Trulioo has raised $96.6

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. ATMs, POS & financial technology. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. Financial technology intelligence application.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

A new partnership between Santander UK and Atlanta, Georgia-based small business lender, Kabbage , brings same-day funding to SMEs in the U.K.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. . HQ: Roswell, Georgia. Alkami Technology. Digital banking technology. Sound-based payment & banking technology. Investment & trading technology.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2016

In addition to LoanNow, Finovate alums attracting new capital included: Gem , which pulled in $7.1 Blockchain technology. Healthcare payment technology. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Short-term working capital provider. Tags: SMB, equity crowdfunding, capital, investing, P2P. Latest round: $8 million Series A.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

One industry that’s looking to turn that around for the country is technology startups. Athens, Greece’s capital, has a population of just over 665,000. Its capital city of Athens is helping out Greece in particular with its various technology endeavors. Gross domestic product (GDP) of Greece (2015): $195 billion (in U.S.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Notable companies that are not featured in the map above include Arizona’s BeyondTrust ($195M in total disclosed funding), Minnesota’s Code42Software ($138M), and three companies in Georgia: Pindrop Security ($134M), Ionic Security ($123M), and the company Core Security ($231), which recently agreed to merge with SecureAuth.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) Here we are again. Silvergate had $150 million in total revenue over the past twelve months, and has a market capitalization of $4.7 Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Blockchain technology for securities. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Startup capital raising platform. Tags: SMB, capital, crowdfunding, equity, investing. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $7 million. Total raised: $7 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

From their web site: Based in San Francisco, MarketX was founded by a group of experienced professionals from finance, legal, and technology backgrounds. We try to leave a positive mark on the world through business and technology. After they bought CheckFree a lot of Fiserv folks have been based in Georgia.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Starting with the geopolitical/military threat, Stavridis brought up a slide that depicted the national flags of the Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Republic of Georgia. When asked about other avenues of technology, Hall stated that “biometrics are part of the future.” and around the world.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. The kombucha taproom: Cultured South (Georgia). Melanie Wade opened Georgia’s first kombucha taproom, Cultured South, in May 2018.

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