PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

We intend to search for targets that operate in consumer-facing industries in the U.S. 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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

New Chinese finance rules will force Ant Group to comply with regulations to back up any payments, lending or other finances with substantial capital, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). 1, and will have to apply for a license to do so. Ant began looking to make an initial public offering (IPO) filing last month.

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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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Perficient

JANUARY 25, 2023

Banks are focused on efficiency initiatives to optimize their operations and lower costs. As the use of technology continues to increase, it should not get more difficult to use. While institutions want to increase their technology play, they are weary of overcomplicating operations. User experience.

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Banking Trends Trends United States FDIC 474

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

National Australia Bank (NAB) has chosen Eedenbull to integrate its payment and spend management technology for SMB customers. Italy’s BNL , part of BNP Paribas Group , has debuted its multi-banking solution developed in conjunction with open banking FinTech Tink , according to a press release. Absa Group Collabs With Surecomp.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. Its last announcement for fundraising was in 2018 from the venture capital arm of Line. The platform, as of now, teams with “super apps” such as Home Credit and Line. It now purports to bring together over 1.5

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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

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. “Sales technology is moving toward a system of intelligence and collaboration. percent in 2017. This is Highspot. .”

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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

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Technology Apple Payments Capital 161

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Chinese eSports provider VSPN has raised $60 million in a Series B+ funding round to help it expand its operations overseas. Investors in the latest financing included Prospect Avenue Capital, Guiotai Junan International, and Nan Fung Group. Lighthouse Capital served as the exclusive financial adviser.

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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. Tidelift has said the funds will be used to expand operations.

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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. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Source: S&P Capital IQ for Banks-Savings Banks and Credit Unions between $1B-$10B in total assets. If the median size credit union from the $1B-$10B group I analyzed achieved the bank versus the credit union expense ratio, the CU would make $11.8 Retained earnings is their least expensive form of capital. YTD=June 30, 2022.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. First name. Company Name. Phone number.

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Capital blockchain Marketing Security 98

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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Fintech Groups Innovation Operations 175

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments. Investors at BEENEXT and Anthemis Group led the round, which also saw participation from Alto Partners Multi-Family Office and Zenius Education CEO Rohan Monga.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Dubbed the next-generation digital platform, it is expected to use an application programming interface API, a computing interface which defines interactions between multiple software intermediaries, and cloud technology to provide common processing services. “We

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Innovation Payments Compliance Data 348

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. Meanwhile, logistics, data analytics, and business travel technologies also won over investors. Lendingkart.

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Fintech Analytics Capital Lending 179

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 $13 million raised for U.K. ClearMetal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

WeWork Co-founder Adam Neumann, who left the flexible office-space company during its attempt to go public, has invested $30 million in Alfred Club, a startup that helps apartment building operators provide luxury services, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (Oct. In May, Neumann sued Softbank Group Corp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

million in total funding raised, it was a relatively promising week for B2B FinTechs on the venture capital front. India and Brazil, with focuses ranging from business banking technology to food and grocery B2B eCommerce. B2B retail technology startup Arzooo , based in India, secured $7.5 BizCapital. StreetShares. In the U.S.,

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Capital Lending Technology Retail 160

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Faster Payments Council Announces Board Advisory Group. Among the FPC Board Advisory Group’s members are Michael Sklow of Goldman Sachs, Judy Nguyen of American Express, Bridget Hall with ACI Worldwide and Connie Theien of the Federal Reserve. This week, the U.S. ” AscendantFX Eyes Payment Tracking With gpi.

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Groups Payments Survey Data 252

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2020

He told WSJ that he plans to invest in technology to cut costs. Banking is still banking but technology has an increasingly important role to play in it,” Quinn told the paper. In the Netherlands, ABN Amro Bank , one of the 15 largest global banks, is jettisoning trade financing and lending with corporate customers outside of Europe.

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Lending Groups Report Technology 209

PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. ” As investors and startups remain on-edge about exactly how this will play out, only a few B2B technology startups announced their own investments this week.

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Cards Fintech Capital California 181

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With more than $1 billion raised — and more to come — this week became the most lucrative for B2B FinTech venture capital funding. million in new funding for its technology targeting small businesses in the U.K. million in new funding for its technology targeting small businesses in the U.K. Digital Risks. Reports in Verdict.co.uk

Fintech 175

Fintech Capital Lending Report 175

South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The peer group is 257 banks between $500mm and $1B in assets in the mid-west. Unfortunately, this peer group eliminates the vast majority (over 80%) of the competition in this community bank’s footprint. Scale, security, and innovation are all linked to better information technology design and implementation.

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National Lending How To Community Bank 195

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Female FinTech entrepreneurs are getting left out of funding even as record venture capital money is being pumped into startups. We’re operating at this intersection of finance and technology, which are both industries that are woefully underrepresented by women in the first place,” Alaina Sparks , a managing director and the U.S.

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Fintech New York Innovation Industry 288

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.

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Management social media Leadership California 142

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

The tool offers financing for fleet owners to receive capital on loads they have delivered instead of waiting the traditional 30 days for customers to make payments. PayRange Accelerates Vending Machine Capital. PayRange is another FinTech using card products to accelerate access to capital for businesses and professionals.

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Cards Capital Tools Fintech 164

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

The Russell 2000 index shows 42 percent of small-caps are either just breaking even or operating a loss. Technology groups have powered the buoyancy of those firms, the Financial Times reported. The number of small U.S. The number is the highest since 2010’s 44 percent, the index says. Nicholas Bohnsack , president of U.S.

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US Data Comparison Millennials 175

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The CARES Act of 2020 included a “Sense of the Senate” provision stating that the Small Business Administration (SBA) should issue guidance for lenders about prioritizing underserved groups for PPP loans. These groups include small businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans, as well as businesses located in low-income areas.

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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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Security Capital Analytics Software 189

South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

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. Both banks have a primary goal next year to grow their commercial customer portfolio. The data is startling.

Strategy 195

Strategy Technology Compliance Marketing 195

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are all prevalent themes in this week’s venture capital breakdown, with startups working to overhaul entire processes for their enterprise customers, from logistics to workforce management. The firm said it will use the investment to focus on operational expansion.

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