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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Google and Amazon are ready to shake up the small business lending world and place competitive pressure on traditional banks, according to Karen Mills, advisor for small businesses to former President Barack Obama. It’s putting pressure on banks to rebound from lost market share, Mills told CNBC in an interview following the conference.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Overseen by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the charter would allow firms like Facebook, Google or Amazon to bypass the process by which they need to collect money transmitter licenses state by state. They argue that the OCC would oversee the new charter holders — but not as rigorously as state regulators would.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The new license from Ireland’s financial services regulator will enable SumUp to offer its services across 26 European countries. SumUp’s Dublin office is poised for growth and will become the central regulated location for the firm’s business across the EU. The FinTech also has eCurrency licenses in Lithuania and the U.K.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

is accelerating market convergence for the Santiago Exchange. Volante Technologies Accelerates Market Convergence For Santiago Exchange. the cloud payments and financial messaging company, is speeding up market convergence for the Santiago (Chile) Exchange (Bolsa de Santiago). “As Canada, Europe and U.K.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

The CFPB dropped its latest set of regulations for prepaid payments cards , to some cheers (for offering clarity on fees) and some jeers (for thinking that prepaid cards are credit products and require underwriting for $25, 24-hour overdrafts). Google Jumps Hard Into Hardware. Google is doing both. megapixel camera.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Self-driving vehicle company Aurora has been approved by California regulators to allow passengers rides in its fleet of driverless vehicles, according to reports. Aurora’s three founders — Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell and Chris Urmson — initiated self-driving vehicle programs at Google, Tesla, and Uber respectively.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

With the closing of the deal – Airbnb is under somewhat let pressure to get itself up and running on the open market as it now has a fresh new infusion of funds to invest in expansion oversees and to keep their employees happy with by giving them a chance to sell their “stock.”

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Perhaps a better, more specific question is this: Even with Google ’s search engine dominance (a dominance that seems as currently eternal as, say, the power of the British Navy in the late 19 th century), can any challenger make a significant push to gain ground? Further regulations are looming. The pitch comes down to privacy.

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MARCH 27, 2019

The company, which was started by former Google employees and is backed by the company, wants to raise $100 million. Mobvoi was Google’s first direct China investment following the exit of its search engine from the country in 2010. Mobvoi was previously valued at $300 million in a financing round that Google led in 2015.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Published reports indicate that China’s central bank and banking, securities and foreign-exchange regulators summoned Ant Group executives this past weekend to discuss official concerns about the firm. Reuters quoted central bank Vice Gov. Any FinTech disruptor, when it becomes so big, represents systemic risk,” he told Webster.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

18) said unnamed sources suggest Amazon is planning to invest in alternative lender Capital Float, based in India. According to The Economic Times , three unnamed sources confirmed the news, which separate reports in VCCircle said would likely be a top-up to the $45 million in Series C funding Capital Float raised earlier this year.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for more leeway to go after U.S. tech giants, but will also push for other agencies to go after firms like Google and Facebook. These are well-resourced, highly competent competition authorities in sizeable markets. Separately from Brussels, the U.S. The upside [of the U.K.

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Anyway, this is a mechanism that regulates the spending of energy and attention according to the pursuit of some sort of goal. But do consider this idea of the purpose of law, regulation, and social categories as constructions at the level of civilizations to maintain and grow civilizations. calorically, evolutionarily?

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Reuters noted that Alipay, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, is close behind HSBC in terms of its market capitalization, which prompted Chinese regulators to more closely monitor it and WeChat Pay, the digital payment arm of China’s Tencent.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Bitcoin fell below the $8,000 level on Tuesday (March 27), CCN reported – and the cryptocurrency market as a whole could fall below a market cap of $300 million. In hedge fund news, Morgan Creek acquired Full Tilt Capital LLC two months after that firm decided to dedicate a fund to crypto businesses, Bloomberg reported.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Source: Think with Google.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

is the company’s most searched destination when it comes to traveling outside of North America, thus the expansion into the market. The company has raised more than $205 million from Kleiner Perkins, August Capital, Shasta Ventures and Google Ventures. According to reports citing Turo Chief Executive Andre Haddad, the U.K.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

It will capitalize on Contis’ regulated status to help SMBs access support from FinTechs, including new payments and lending capabilities. Those cards are linked to popular digital payment services, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. There will be three programs for U.K.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

This time, it’s a move from Google , but it’s unclear how far these efforts will really go, and whether they will have a major impact anytime soon on consumer perceptions of online trust — one of the biggest ongoing issues in payments and commerce. The push to offer more online privacy to increasingly concerned consumers continues.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

With technology earnings in full swing, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook all added billions of dollars in market value last week alone. CNBC noted that during the past year, the five technology leaders have added a total of close to $900 billion in market capitalization as the stocks continue to surge throughout 2017.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The same thing, he noted, is happening to the new wave of venture capital-funded challenger banks looking to bring customers through the door. So, it is amazing to see these challenger banks blaring free all over their marketing. Google as a financial services firm, however, faces very different rules. The version 1.0

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APRIL 22, 2016

When earnings season comes to call, even Google/Alphabet can sing the blues, and Q2 has seen the band officially warming up. The core Google business is strong, particularly on mobile, and revenue and profits are both heading in the right direction. Google denies the accusations and is resolved to fight the charges.

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MAY 25, 2016

The Business Email Compromise is now a top concern for the enterprise and security providers alike, especially since regulators have released warnings against the crime. One startup wants to safeguard corporate email and has just received new venture capital to move forward with its efforts. The emails included accounts for the Mail.ru

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AUGUST 26, 2019

To that end, Incorta , a data analytics startup, said earlier this month that it raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Sorenson Capital, alongside existing investors, including GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins, Telstra Ventures and others.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Technology giants like Google and Amazon , which gained their market muscle from non-finance-related ventures, are slowly stepping into the space. Their next target could be small business lending, and according to some experts, it’s fast approaching the market. Google could be in the running, too, she added. “If

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The same thing, he noted, is happening to the new wave of venture capital-funded challenger banks looking to bring customers through the door. So, it is amazing to see these challenger banks blaring free all over their marketing. Google as a financial services firm, however, faces very different rules. The version 1.0

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JANUARY 13, 2017

The alternative lending industry continues to scoff at doubters, and the latest B2B venture capital roundup suggests confidence is growing in the space — and not just in the U.S., 11) that it raised $100 million in equity capital from Accel, along with several other investors. and across Europe and the U.K.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The company is backed by Alibaba Group and led by Johnny Chou, former Greater China president for Google. Best highlights the strength of China’s logistics market, which saw $1.6 percent of the nation’s express delivery market in the first six months of 2017, reports said. trillion in revenue last year.

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An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Regulation. Why are they doing so well? Profitability.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Google … and Ad-Supported Search . The category that Google innovated 20 years ago – ad-supported search – now appears to be one of its scariest things. Consumers don’t Google for takeout anymore – they go straight to Grubhub. Apple … and the iPhone Customer.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

In the biggest funding round of the week for B2B FinTech, HR and payroll company Namely secured $50 million in venture capital funding. That, said Namely, is a reflection of how demands for payroll technology are changing across the mid-market. He added that, for the mid-market in particular, demand is high. B2B eCommerce.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 The regulators in Europe piled a $2.7 billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Amid a slew of busted initial public offerings in the tech realm, with Uber and Lyft among them, and the specter of regulators looking into platform firms like Facebook and Google, a recent addition to the pantheon bears watching. Fiverr has pointed to content marketing, graphic design and advertising as key services.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Given the mainstream progress of the voice-enabled device market, it’s reasonable to expect that more financial institutions moving into the digital space will enable voice as a means of mobile application navigation as consumers adapt to the capabilities elsewhere in the device market. Still, there’s more to hash out.

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DECEMBER 10, 2017

Consumers have been conditioned by Google and Apple to see that banking services can be much more accessible and convenient from a mobile device. Banks, on the other hand, in addition to understanding complex regulations and having greater access to capital, know their customers and have their trust. Banks are also innovators.

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APRIL 16, 2019

It also introduces updated requirements, in line with post ‘07-’09 financial crisis levels, for liquidity and capital. As it stands, payment services offered by PayPal, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba and Tencent dominate the market in Europe. “We

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