PYMNTS

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.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

According to an investigation by Sixgill, $250,000 of Fortnite items were sold on eBay in the last 60 days, with operations being conducted around the globe in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and English. Capital One’s Earnings Flub. Capital One ’s further reprots domestic card loans increased 8 percent or $5.8 Alphabet Inc.’s

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“As a trusted partner, our close collaboration to build the future with Santiago Exchange demonstrates our commitment to accelerating digital transformation in the region overall,” Luis Melgarejo, vice president, Latin America Operations, Volante Technologies, said in an announcement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. 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?

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

FinTech GoCardless has raised $95 million in a Series F funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Massachusetts regulators filed a complaint against Robinhood on Wednesday (Dec. 16) alleging that the stock-trading platform failed to protect its customers and their assets, violating state laws and regulations.

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PYMNTS

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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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Brain activity is always *ON* in the same way that your computer is always running background software for its operating system. Anyway, this is a mechanism that regulates the spending of energy and attention according to the pursuit of some sort of goal. Each has centuries of operating experience, as well as deep precedent?—?whether

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks. and other places.

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PYMNTS

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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CB Insights

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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PYMNTS

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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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

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?

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PYMNTS

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., Three of the four investment rounds announced this week went to alternative lenders with operations in the U.S. and across Europe and the U.K.

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PYMNTS

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. 5), with Altimeter Capital and Scale Venture Partners leading the Series D round. That, said Namely, is a reflection of how demands for payroll technology are changing across the mid-market.

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PYMNTS

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. Google could be in the running, too, she added. “If Their next target could be small business lending, and according to some experts, it’s fast approaching the market.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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. Operating models are of course different across different verticals and platforms. million.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

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. They seemed to be living in the last decade, when people really did just use Google or Bing to look for products. Take Google.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Valued at $150 million, Lambda has seen investments from the likes of Bedrock Founder Geoff Lewis, along with Google Ventures, GGV Capital, Vy Capital, Y Combinator and actor Ashton Kutcher. On the startup side, the best-known and best-funded player in the space is the Lambda School , founded in 2017.

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

In many ways, Apollo resembles Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Google’s open software platform for a mobile operating system (OS) that launched in 2007. Rather than launching its own smartphone, Google focused solely on software. This approach helped Google scale Android rapidly.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Banks, he noted, have to be compliant with a host of extremely stringent regulations, and often across multiple jurisdictions – all with different rules. Throw into the mix consumer protection guidelines, active anti-money laundering checks and capital requirements, and things get difficult, Oosthuizen noted.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Treasury Department released its report on the sector and concluded that the market would likely benefit from greater oversight from regulators. Find out which alt lenders secured $77 million in venture capital, as well as the other startups across the U.S., Europe and Asia that followed suit with their own investment rounds.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Plus, creating a native capability to navigate with voice in-app could allow for a more seamless transition (at least on the consumer experience end) when rolling out banking features on Google Home, Echo and other voice-activated smart devices in the future — like what Capital One did last year. Still, there’s more to hash out.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

What would one say about a computer geek who said he could protect their online identity , and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google ? The big tech firms are trying to make sure they have a major say in whatever comes next for data privacy and regulation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. Square already has an SMB lending arm – Square Capital – which it operates through a deal with Utah-based Celtic Bank.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

What would you say about a computer geek who said he could protect your online identity , and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google ? The big tech firms are trying to make sure they have a major say in whatever comes next for privacy and data regulation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

There are Pays courtesy of mobile operating systems, like iOS/Apple and Android/Google and Samsung. PayPal accounts can accept funds (including pay and cash), store funds, tap into working capital, receive instant settlements from a merchant on their platform and save money via a third-party app.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

There are Pays courtesy of mobile operating systems, like iOS/Apple and Android/Google and Samsung. PayPal accounts can accept funds (including pay and cash), store funds, tap into working capital, receive instant settlements from a merchant on their platform and save money via a third-party app.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Here it is. Don’t get us wrong.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Here it is. Don’t get us wrong.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The competition in India for digital payments dominance got that much more competitive this week with the announcement that PayPal has officially launched domestic operations in India. With that in mind, the competitors are lining up: Amazon , Apple and Google are all pushing to enter India’s growing and expanding market.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The offering is a full on banking, payments, and capital programming environment that connects to Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and Citi. Let’s transition to Green Dot, the original bank powering big tech company bank accounts starting with Apple, and now including Google. And maybe we can learn something new in the process.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The offering is a full on banking, payments, and capital programming environment that connects to Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and Citi. Let’s transition to Green Dot, the original bank powering big tech company bank accounts starting with Apple, and now including Google. And maybe we can learn something new in the process.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

How does software operate? Where does it operate? You can see this thesis proven out by the massive revenues Google, IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft generate in their Financial Cloud divisions. There is a trust link and reputational capital. At the core of the answer is the question about the computing paradigm.

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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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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community.

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