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Weekly Wrap: Brex ramps up brand strategy, while Chase focuses on data security

Bank Innovation

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, senior editor, and Angely Mercado, associate editor, discuss the following news developments: Corporate card and financial product startup Brex’s marketing strategy; Inspired Capital’s recent investment in business banking platform Rho; and […].

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HighRadius Hires 20-Year Finance Vet Scott Buxton As CFO

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Buxton previously worked for cloud application monitoring platform Datadog as VP of finance, where he led the company to a $9 billion valuation and a current market capitalization of upwards of $25 billion, with the number of employees growing from 100 to 2,000 during his tenure, the release says.

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Enterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain

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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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Rewards app Ibotta closes Series D round, in talks with ‘large banks’

Bank Innovation

The funding will allow the Denver-based company to fine-tune its features, including Pay with Ibotta, a recently-launched QR-code based ‘pay with rewards’ capability; advance its marketing strategy; and grow its […].

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Citcon: Payments Can Be The 'Digital Guide' For Retailers

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Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As But we at Citcon believe it will also be marked as the year that prompted stunning innovation across industries. 2020 will be remembered by most as a year of trial. "As

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FICO World 23: Unleashing the Power of FICO Platform

FICO

As a company we have spent a tremendous amount of capital and resources, in building and developing what is going to be a platform that will power this vision. Innovation is incredibly important. There is no growth without innovation. There is no growth without innovation. Innovation is the key to growth.

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Billtrust’s First Institutional Investor Sells Stake

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A press release issued Monday (May 14) said Edison sold its stake in Billtrust to private equity firm W Capital Partners. Edison’s capital helped to finance our growth, while the investments from the Edison team, Director Network and the Edison Edge value-add platform helped us scale our growth,” said Lane in another statement.