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JULY 14, 2020

Google is adding more fuel to its drive into India’s tech industry with a bid to buy a $4 billion stake in Jio Platforms, a Reliance Industries subsidiary in which Facebook has invested $5.7 Sources told Bloomberg News that Google could announce a Jio deal in the next few weeks. billion for a 10 percent stake.

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JULY 24, 2019

Google has announced a new addition to Google Maps in Nigeria that will speak in a local voice and also introduced new features specifically for the region, according to a report by Reuters. The feature is called local accents, and it was introduced at an event in the Nigerian capital of Lagos.

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JANUARY 12, 2020

Two co-founders of Google Pay in India have raised $13.2 million in a Seed funding round for its neo-bank epiFi, led by Sequoia India and Ribbit Capital, TechCrunch reported on Sunday (Jan. Also participating in the funding rounds were David Velez, Kunal Shah and VC fund Hillhouse Capital.

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American Banker

APRIL 9, 2024

Cloud-based tech giants like Amazon, Google and Uber are changing the economy, and not for the better, asserts Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece and a professor at the University of Athens, who has written a book about the dangers of what he calls the "cloudalists."

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Banks need not fear large technology companies like Google or Apple taking their business. For one, […].

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JUNE 17, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart. But […].

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart. But […].

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JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Birkenstock is said to be in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, while Cognira has released its AI Promotion Solution. Birkenstock Discusses Potential Sale With CVC Capital Partners. Birkenstock is reportedly in talks for a sale to CVC Capital Partners.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

San Francisco’s Verana Health , a health-data startup, raised $100 million from investors, such as GV (Google) and Bain Capital. As is the custom with medical issues and technology, patient privacy has been a concern. The plentiful interest in Verana signals the interest in new data-driven ways to treat disease.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google ’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday (March 20). Both Google and Facebook are leaders in the digital ad space. Its initial focus would be on using technology to provide U.S.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

billion in venture capital funding. billion from investors that included BlackRock and Google. Both Grab and Uber Technologies are in Southeast Asia and have vowed to invest more money in the region. That’s also the key value that its key investors like Google and Tencent see. The funding total was higher than the $1.2

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, who stepped down as CEO earlier in 2016, is launching a new venture fund and has raised slightly over $230 million. Recode noted Maris is one of a number of executives to leave Google parent Alphabet. Maris founded the VC arm of Google in 2009, and by 2015 Google Ventures fund was as big as $2.4

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Case in point: as Minna Technologies has noted, the average European consumes has 11 subscriptions in place — and the average household has 21 subscriptions. Those advanced technologies offered by Minna look at consumers’ payments patterns and can see Netflix, Spotify and recurring insurance payments, for example.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has warned that technology giants like Facebook and Google are now so dominant that they might need to be broken up. Apple , Microsoft , Amazon , Google and Facebook have a combined market capitalization of $3.7

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JANUARY 3, 2017

The “Facebook-Google duopoly” has crashed funding for advertising technology start-ups to five-year lows, according to reports emerging this morning. The perception that there is no long-range scalability possible for adtech because of Facebook/Google’s dominance means VC funds are staying away.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

India is critically important,” said Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer at PayPal. “We And even those firms have to compete with the likes of Google, Amazon and Facebook’s WhatsApp. PayPal considers the country critical to its growth. We look at regions and then there are countries of importance?…?India

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

PayPal was the first company to offer this service, but with the explosion of social media, Facebook, Zelle, Square Cash App, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Wallet and Twitter all support the feature today,” sums up ICBA Bancard president and CEO Tina Giorgio.

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MAY 7, 2020

Valued at $190 million two years ago, Deliv has raised $85 million in venture capital since its founding in 2012, according to PitchBook Data Inc. Deliv’s venture investors include General Catalyst, PivotNorth Capital, Redpoint Ventures and Upfront Ventures, according to its website. Google and Enterprise Holdings Inc.,

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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. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and others resulting in fragmented oversight of the small business lending industry.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

US Antitrust Regs Probe Google’s Shopping Comparison Tool. Department of Justice is expanding its antitrust probe to include Google’s online shopping comparison tool. The investigation will delve into how Google acts in the eCommerce comparison market and whether it hurts the competition.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

STC Pay, which does financial technology work for both companies and individuals, works with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. The company also recently teamed up with Almoayed Technologies, based in Bahrain, to promote expansion into Africa and more of the Middle East.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

At $30 billion, Airbnb is the fourth-most valuable venture-backed tech company in the world, after ride-hailing services Uber Technologies Inc. and Didi Chuxing Technology Co. Airbnb’s newest strategic partner – Google Capital – was founded in 2013. and Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Additional investors who participated in the round include Santander InnoVentures, the venture arms of CME Group and Seagate Technology and Venture 51. ” Existing Ripple investors include GV (Google Ventures), Andreessen Horowitz, IDG Capital Partners and Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures. .

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Facebook Bid Against Google in Attempt to Acquire Fitbit. Chris Douvos of investment firm Ahoy Capital told The Wall Street Journal , “We’ve been in the middle of a rollicking party that’s gone on for five years and someone has snapped on the light switch. Ant Financial Ramps up SEA Capital With $1B Fund.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Plus, Altana raises funding for its supply chain technology, Velo Labs partners with Visa on SME lending and Google's former CEO backs a new tech fund. Supply chain intelligence company Altana AI landed a $7 million seed funding in an Amadeus Capital Partners-led round. Virgin Money, Redspire Team On Business Banking.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Hyperproof , an enterprise governance, compliance, and risk management technology provider, has raised $16.5M The investor in this round was Toba Capital. The post Hyperproof, An Enterprise Governance, Compliance, And Risk Management Technology Provider, Raises $16.5M in a Series A. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

the ability to send secure funds to 12 countries in Africa for a reduced fee, while Volante Technologies Inc. Volante Technologies Accelerates Market Convergence For Santiago Exchange. Volante Technologies Inc., In today’s top payments news around the world, Xoom is now offering clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe and U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The second week of October also saw JPMC betting big on the blockchain, Google getting into hardware in a big way and Samsung having yet another explosive week — but not the good kind. Google Jumps Hard Into Hardware. Google has decided that it can do better than the age-old choice between going big or going home.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Cloud services like AWS , Dropbox and Google Cloud store terabytes of users’ personal information and payment data, making them prime targets for fraudsters looking to wreak havoc. Cybersecurity systems that served organizations well in the past are becoming obsolete as cloud technology grows.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Google today relaunched its Google Ideas think tank as Jigsaw, a technology incubator, and the new venture has several projects aimed squarely at some of banking’s thorniest issues. Officially, Jigsaw’s “mission is to use technology to tackle the toughest geopolitical challenges.”

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Bussman Advisory

MAY 8, 2021

to pay for good tweeting | WEF on blockchain use in capital markets | HSBC voice biometrics prevents £249m attempted fraud appeared first on Bussmann Advisory AG. The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here : The post Twitter adds ‘tip jar’?

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CB Insights

APRIL 16, 2018

For the past three years, we’ve partnered with The New York Times to compile a list of the Top 100 Venture Capital Partners from around the globe. This year, we’ve also assembled a list of the world’s top 20 corporate venture capital (CVC) firms in response to the meteoric rise of CVC firms investing for the first time.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

stc pay, a Saudi Telecom Company subsidiary, said the deal would allow it to team up with a number of financial and technology driven enterprises, as well as help the country as a whole to lessen its reliance on cash. He used to work for new markets at Google in North Africa and the Middle East.

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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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MAY 19, 2020

FinTech startup unicorn Brex has closed a $150 million funding round led by previous investor DST and new investor Lone Pine Capital, Brex said in a statement on Tuesday (May 19). It instituted a rewards program and integrated contactless payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 23, 2023

With the capital raised by Elon Musk, Microsoft, and others, this year, banks look to license the technology utilizing a paid professional version and leverage the tool through the Microsoft Office Suite to accomplish a variety of tasks more efficiently. Like a Google search, the answers outputted by ChatGPT aren’t foolproof.

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