PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Founder and Curve CEO Shachar Bialick said in a press release on Tuesday (Jan. headquarters.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

While the market focuses on deposits and liquidity, media pundits and analysts are waiting for credit problems to appear. CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). touched off a wave of bankruptcies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Robocash Group, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, aims to raise $5 million in the next half-year from investors in Europe who want to invest in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore, according to reports. With the completed integration, Robo.cash users can invest in the region and its development. billion two years later.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

Fair value accounting measures assets and liabilities at current market value instead of historical or amortized value. Nonetheless, with the recent collapse of sizeable regional banks, regulators, investors, analysts, accountants, and bankers are now scrutinizing the fair value of banks’ securities and loan portfolios.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Hong Kong-based FinTech Qupital is expanding its reach as it unveils a deal to provide financing services to eBay sellers in one of the world’s fastest growing markets, Greater China. Qupital last year raised $15 million in new capital from a group led by CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund ( CEFIF ).

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CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. Since 2012, investments into the region have nearly tripled. Blackstone Group. in funding since 2012.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

The funding was led by Twitter, along with TrustBridge Partners and existing investors Shunwei Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SAIF Capital, India Quotient and Morningside Venture Capital. Hindi, a regional language, is spoken by about half a billion people, the article said. ShareChat declined to comment.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2024

These programs aim, in part, to mobilize the private sector by pairing its capital with public investment to stimulate American manufacturing and infrastructure improvement, creating new jobs plus innovating in industries like clean energy and technology. Projects and locations: Investing in America Program Details ).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The funds will be used for the Neobank product development, talent recruitment and market expansion. . “The current round of funding was led by Shanghai’s Ally Capital, followed by Seed investors SwiftPass, Geoswift, Huashan Capital and Unity Assets,” reports said.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Reuters , citing analysts, reported that obtaining insurance would be a huge step in bringing legitimacy to the cryptocurrency market and enabling the exchanges and Asian traders to lure investment dollars from mainstream fund managers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Kobo360 operates a freight technology platform, connecting truckers with businesses that need shipping services across the region. Lendingkart.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

Gobal investment firm KKR is acquiring a majority in German payments group Heidelpay for more than 600 million euros ($668 million), according to the Financial Times. Heidelpay Group and its majority stakeholder AnaCap Financial Partners reached an agreement on the terms of the investment from KKR, making KKR the new majority shareholder.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

Other backers included Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group and Monk’s Hill Ventures. The company works to deliver more than a million packages across the Southeast Asia region for clients, and its recent funding rounds have been bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars. million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The European Central Bank has cautioned banks to be flexible when applying accounting standards, as the region is one where companies depend more on bank lending than on capital markets for funds. And UBS Group, which prepared the least of the six European banks with 0.27

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Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

Here are three ways you can help your clients acquire and manage their financial resources: One simple and, if well managed, surefire way to introduce more capital into the pockets of your clients is a business rewards credit card. Advise clients to look for business partners or help connect them with investors in their region.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The company, which operates its own eCommerce marketplace, has built its own supply chain, according to reports, and has recently expanded into the Mumbai and Pune regions, with perishables delivered the same day. The Series C round comes after a July 2017 Series B funding round worth $10 million that was led by Bain Capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup is all about data. However, the biggest funding round of the week went to a company that is not yet in the B2B FinTech space, though it has plans to use the capital to launch a cross-border, small business (SMB) money-transfer service. Catch up on the latest investment rounds below.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition, Pakistan’s Telenor Microfinance Bank unveiled a cross-border remittance service based on Alipay’s blockchain technology, Indonesia’s KinerjaPay notched an investment of $200 million from a construction firm in the region and mobile payments are on the rise in China.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bain Capital Ventures: 2020 Is B2B Payments’ Breakout Year. Bain Capital Ventures’ partner Matt Harris told PYMNTS that 2020 marked the tipping point for commercial payments. “I I think in terms of market recognition, 2020 was the breakout year — [and] in terms of commercial adoption, 2021 will be more like it,” Harris said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In markets like Southeast Asia, high rates of credit-invisible, underbanked small businesses make filling the small business credit gap an even more difficult challenge. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America fintech companies are creating solutions aimed at rethinking banking, lending, and payments in the region. We used the conventional definition of Latin America to include all countries in the following regions: South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. 500 Startups, Kaszek Ventures, Lead Edge Capital.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. and MarketInvoice.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B. Keep an eye on the initial banks working on these projects. Digital Engagement Had Great Attendance and Extracurriculars.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

But a new eCommerce platform coming out of the Alibaba Group in Southeast Asia is bringing a unique business model to malls in that region, one that could provide a blueprint for struggling U.S. In Indonesia, more than 100 tenants of three malls by developer Pakuwon Group are going live on Lazada.”. shopping destinations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

In fact, even regional banks such as PNC Financial (+3.3 percent), Regions Financial (+2.3 It was a better-than-expected quarter for the banks, which was encouraging to see,” said Carter Henderson, portfolio specialist and director of institutional development at Fort Pitt Capital Group, according to the Wall Street Journal. “It

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2019

“That’s part of the reason we acquired Bitsy — to accelerate time to market for our mobile app,” Noursalehi said, adding, “They have an app for trading crypto, primarily bitcoin, in a beta-phase, they built a wallet and key recovery mechanism, and this will be the foundation of the mobile app for tZERO. In other news, Mt.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

“As a matter of policy, we do not provide comment on funding speculation until we have news to announce,” said Allison Van Houten, Getaround vice president of marketing, according to Yahoo Finance. In April, Getaround announced its acquisition of Drivy , a Paris-headquartered car sharing startup that operates in 170 European cities.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

South Asia is the fastest-growing market in FinTech and eCommerce, according to Credify. The area is projected to be a $72 billion market for FinTech in 2020, at an CAGR of 72.5 percent, and is expected to be a $102 billion eCommerce market by 2025. An average of 1.6

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

I recently wrote on these pages that FIs should develop Shark Tank like processes to get early stage equity capital into the hands of nearby entrepreneurs to fuel growth in local markets. I understand SVB''s location allows them to specialize in serving tech start-ups and venture capital firms. Your markets can too.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

Sales of toys around the world are on the move: The NPD Group found that toy industry sales topped $18.4 In terms of regions, Mexico saw the most toy industry growth at 15 percent for the first half of the year. Amid toys in the collectibles market, L.O.L. And brands have helped to fuel that strong growth.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

The two articles underscored how the pace of rate hikes, the starting point of the hiking cycle, the terminal rate, loan-to-deposit ratios, deposit mix, and online banks’ market share would all affect the industry’s deposit behavior. Banks with a high number of lower-balance consumer accounts will also achieve lower betas.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Japanese investment firm SoftBank Group is in talks with two startups in Mexico in a bid to continue to search out opportunities in the Latin American market, according to a report by Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter. The market is having to play catch-up to SoftBank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

The move was widely considered the biggest shake-up in Singapore’s financial services market in two decades, during which time the landscape has been mostly controlled by the nation’s large traditional banks: DBS Group Holdings Ltd., There are some 630 million residents in that region. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. billion ($1.1

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. That year, installations further south, in the region that includes Brownsville and Corpus Christi, supported an estimated 41,000 jobs and contributed about $4.6 Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

market, but it already has more than 500 farms globally and has teamed with 25 major food retailers in the U.K. Suzy Monford, Kroger’s group vice-president of fresh merchandising, said the partnership with Infarm combines “groundbreaking in-store farming technology with our passion for fresh, local produce and ecological sourcing.”.

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