CB Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As blockchain tech gains commercial traction, a growing number of companies want to use it to reimagine the capital markets infrastructure that powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities. The chart above shows the core blockchain tech being used by projects and corporates working on DLT applications for capital markets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. Trade finance technology startup CCRManager announced $2.12 There was a nearly 20 percent drop in the number of deals solidified in the quarter, too. CCRManager.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Its founder is the former chief technology officer at Ripple. Coindesk pointed to Coil as one example.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The technology of the latter company will have an important position in enabling the communication of information among Virgin Money and its corporate bank clients, according to a Monday (Feb. Codat links the technology inside of SMBs to banks, financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs, letting corporate information be exchanged live.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

16) that merger talks with TCS Group Holding (Tinkoff) have fallen apart. . TCS Group Holding is the parent company of the Russian lender Tinkoff Bank. “We Yandex is considered Russia’s Google and its technology offerings and capabilities include a 15-minute grocery delivery service that was launched in January.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 14, 2024

In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground. Demographics shift, products change and technology drives channel preferences. This, however, could be a mistake.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. Apica said it will use the funds to expand across the U.S. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

How should community banks target and compare their ROE to the industry and their peer group, and what defines a top-performing bank? There are various models investors may use to assess return and risk, but the most widely used is a risk premium model called CAPM (capital asset pricing model). as of Q1/23.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Elsewhere in the filing, the sectors in which Virgin Group operates are listed as travel and leisure, financial services, health and wellness, technology and internet-enabled, music and entertainment, media and mobile, space, and renewable energy. We intend to search for targets that operate in consumer-facing industries in the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2022

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space. It also solicits feedback on how to maximize stakeholder engagement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

And now, for digital currencies, it’s a group effort — among central banks, that is. 21), at least some of those central banks are banding together to form a group that will study ways and means of issuing central bank digital currencies (CBDC). As for what may be underpinning a group effort …. But as reported Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Large investment and equity firm Carlyle Group has taken a majority stake in an artificial intelligence (AI) hiring firm called HireVue, according to a report by Bloomberg. HireVue’s existing investors include Sequoia Capital, Granite Ventures and TCV, all of whom will stay on as minority partners.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

ICONIQ Capital led the round, with participation from new investor Sapphire Ventures and all existing investors including Madrona Venture Group, OpenView, Salesforce Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Yet research shows that 65 percent of content produced by marketing for use by sales is never utilized. percent in 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. 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 Trackers And Reports .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Venture capital cash has been flowing this year to companies that plan to buy up sellers on Amazon and help them grow. The deal follows in the footsteps of Berlin-based Razor Group , which raised $26.7 For us, the revolution starts with the market,” said Thrasio Co-founder and CEO Joshua Silberstein.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at supplier payment and compliance automation firms this week, among other B2B innovators that raised money. Durable Capital Partners led the funding round, while 01 Advisors and Greenoaks Capital participated. “We million Madrona Venture Group-led seed round. Strike Graph.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Domio , a startup that designs and rents apartment hotels, has raised $100 million in funding to expand both nationally and globally to 25 markets by 2020, according to reports on Tuesday (Dec. The company’s Series B round was led by GGV Capital. It is currently in 12 markets. The funding round closed in late summer.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

But the fact that one of the main retail players on the planet is making a kiosk push in a growing, heavily populated market speaks to the international appeal of such devices. He said his company has purchase orders in hand, and customers are planning large technology expansions in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Kazakh FinTech group Kaspi.kz still decided to postpone its listing “in light of currently unfavourable and uncertain market conditions, particularly in the technology sector.” still decided to postpone its listing “in light of currently unfavourable and uncertain market conditions, particularly in the technology sector.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

Venture capital activity in the B2B space found software and data management firms securing funding. The company said in a statement that the funding round was led by a series of investors, including General Catalyst, Foundry Group and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. million open source packages.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

As technology reshapes the way buyers access goods and services, consumer expectations are moving targets, and merchants that hope to survive can’t afford to fall behind. From Reis & Irvy’s to Vengo , merchants and technology companies are reinventing the world of vending technology through smart devices.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Understanding the competitive banking landscape helps community banks set proper pricing, respond to rival marketing, and compete more effectively. The peer group is 257 banks between $500mm and $1B in assets in the mid-west. The largest 100 banks dominate the industry with almost 75% of the market share.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Comparing the Two Banks Let’s say we have two banks competing in the same market. Both banks are the same size and have the same sized technology, compliance, sales, risk, and marketing budgets. Both banks invest in the same technology and have about the same compliance, risk, sales, and marketing tactics.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Tata Group ’s app, on track to debut by year’s end or January of 2021, will offer food and grocery ordering, fashion and lifestyle, consumer electronics and consumer durables, insurance and financial services, education, healthcare and bill payments. Chandrasekaran said the app would be a huge opportunity for the company. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

San Francisco-based Princeville Capital has announced a $50 million investment in Russian online retailer Ozon, which is partly owned by the Russian-based conglomerate Sistema. Ozon said Emmanuel DeSousa, managing partner at Princeville Capital, joined its board following the transaction. million, according to Reuters.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. And although we don’t have sort of a control group to cast against, I mean we certainly feel like there’s a lesson in the business when we’re doing those things well.”. 3 in the best running cities in the U.S.,

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

A recent Mercator Advisory Group survey found that 69% of respondents have used PayPal in the past year, and a full 10% reported using Facebook Pay. So how do social payments fit in community banks’ long-term future? By Colleen Morrison. Social payments have taken today’s digital environment by storm.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. At the same time, their fundamental view of credit is consistent with the bank’s philosophy.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

The deal was part of the pilot testing of the blockchain-based payment system developed by Prime Shipping Foundation, which provides the logistics and freight market with a way to process payments and convert those transactions in and out of cryptocurrencies. As far as we know, this is the first freight deal done in cryptocurrency.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

More than $30 million in venture capital stuck around the U.K., million in Series A investment funding led by Propel Venture Partners; Freestyle Capital, Compound, Upside Partnership and Transmedia Capital also participated. and Canada, mostly focusing on Series A investments. Enterprise Security. Also based in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It’s been several months, if not years, since blockchain was the darling of tech startup investors, but this week proved the technology still has a lot to offer venture capitalists. Envoy Group. The $13 million raised for U.K. The company will deploy the funding to focus on product development, engineering and global expansion.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Startups headquartered in Ontario dominate the table, with over 40 fintech companies from this market map headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Volante Technologies , which works in cloud payment processing, announced a $35 million growth equity funding round led by Wavecrest Growth Partners , according to a press release. The company plans to use the funds to speed up its expansion of cloud technology around the globe as well as market segments and industry verticals.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. Despite a slowdown in corporate travel, expense management and travel booking technology provider SalesTrip still managed to impress investors, which pumped $1.4 company's seed funding was led by Floreat Group.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With UBS Next, a $200 million portfolio, the company wants to look at internal initiatives and existing strategic partnerships with "technology companies, startups, regulators, peer banks, other market participants, academia and industry thought leaders," the release stated.

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