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Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of Toyota, has announced the launch of Fund II, a $100 million fund that will invest in early-stage startups that are developing disruptive technology and business models in autonomous mobility and robotics. The unit was founded in July of 2017 and has since invested in 19 startups.

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The integration provides field service businesses with a mobile payment solution to accept card payments at the time of service, receive funds as early as the next business day, and issue invoices from the field. simPRO currently has more than 5,500 clients and 150,000 active users worldwide.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Grab , the Southeast Asia ridesharing company, has inked a deal to acquire iKaaz , the mobile payment startup hailing from India. The FinTech startup iKaaz, which was founded in 2012, has a cloud-based platform for online merchants, point-of-sale hardware for retailers and a mobile wallet for customers who want to make digital payments.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

The round was led by American VC firms Kleiner Perkins and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Altos Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, KTB Network, Novel, PayPal and Qualcomm Ventures. The news comes a few months after Viva Republica announced that it had completed a $40 million round of funding.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Other investors included BDC IT Venture Fund, Relay Ventures and Kensington Capital Partners, all of which previously invested in the company. The funding will be used to expand the feature set in the TouchBistro iPad mobile restaurant point-of-sale (mPOS) solution and to facilitate the company’s expansion into global markets.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

In terms of decliners, American financial self-service, security and services corporation Diebold Nixdorf shares were off 6 percent with little company news save, indirectly, an announcement by cloud-based mobility solutions company Kony, Inc., Capital One Financial shares were down 2.7 percent in July.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership. Expense Management.

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MAY 30, 2018

The report noted that Didi participated in the $175 million funding round — as well as Korelya Capital , the European venture capital firm, and Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of TransferWise. Taxify is an ideal addition to our existing and extensive mobility services portfolio.

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JULY 4, 2017

In an interview with The Financial Times , Zimmer stated that the joint leadership role that exists between himself and co-founder Logan Green is one that allows for synergy and efficiency. As the executive noted, “we have twice as much time than if there [were] just one of us” in the leadership berth or at meetings.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Under the agreement, the three companies will collaborate on developing a fleet of vehicles and smart mobility solutions. We’re very excited about our partnership with Hyundai, as Ola progresses to build innovative and cutting-edge mobility solutions for a billion people.

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JULY 22, 2019

Before his work at Amazon, he was chief operating officer of TiVo and held executive roles at Microsoft, T-Mobile, Ericsson and Sonos. Rawashdeh had technology leadership roles with eBay from 2003 to 2011 before heading over to Twitter to serve as vice president of infrastructure operation engineering at Twitter. “A

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

According to reports , starting now Taxify will roll out a scooter sharing service via its mobile app in Paris. According to the report, the mobile app has 10 million users in 25 countries. The launch of a scooter sharing service comes at a time when Taxify is raising venture capital dollars.

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MAY 9, 2019

The funding round was led by Deciens Capital and joined by 500 Startups and Liquid 2 Ventures, which was co-founded by legendary former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. The company is also launching a merchant-facing C2B mobile payments app called Chipper Checkout, which will be a paid app.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Big tech is stepping up to leverage their strength in software, processing hardware, battery technology, and other capabilities, to drive innovation in the auto and mobility space. Facebook, meanwhile, has been notably absent from innovation in the auto and mobility space. Capitalizing on the opportunity in shared mobility.

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JULY 18, 2018

dollars on its balance sheet after it raised $4 billion in new capital late last year. Building on its leadership and expertise in the global online travel market, Booking is championing a digital revolution of travel experience. Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings.

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MAY 3, 2016

In addition to his role as vice chairman at AT&T, de la Vega is also chief executive officer of business solutions and international, with oversight of the mobile and IP side of the firm. Prior to his current roles, the executive worked as president and CEO of the AT&T mobile and business solutions unit.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Payroc additionally gains mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) technology, a proprietary eCommerce gateway and a proprietary integrated payment facilitator (PayFac) platform that will enhance the delivery of customized vertical market payment solutions for micro, small and medium-sized merchants. “We billion in annual processing volume.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Operating as an incubator, the Singapore eXellerator lab will aim to strengthen the bank’s financial services innovation efforts within China , with the bank pointing to the market’s leadership in cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, mobile payments and biometrics.

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MAY 23, 2018

Saudi billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal’s investment vehicle, Kingdom Holding, and Saudi Telecom Company’s venture capital arm, STV, are also investors in Careem. In June, Careem reportedly raised $150 million, closing a Series E venture capital funding round with $500 million raised. RoundMenu has raised $3.1

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

POS platform company Appetize recently announced that it had closed a $20 million investment round led by Shamrock Capital Advisors and Oak View Group, among others. Appetize provides fixed POS for iOS and Android, self-serve kiosks, handheld POS, online and mobile ordering, robust back-end inventory and reporting management tools.

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Brian is a proven, world-class executive, who will bring fresh energy and leadership to drive excellence across every aspect of our business,” Chipotle’s CEO Steve Ells said in a statement. He brought mobile ordering and payments to Taco Bell’s 7,000 U.S. Chipotle’s shares jumped more than 10 percent following the news, CNBC reported.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Another key priority for many credit unions is diversity, with the African-American Credit Union Coalition and human capital solutions provider Humanidei partnering to increase the presence of women and people of color on CU executive boards.

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Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Girl Scouts mobilize nationwide from January to March each year, setting up pop-up booths outside of grocery stores and subway stations to sell cookies and raise funds for their troops. The cookies may be popular, but Girl Scouts can’t capitalize on that if passersby aren’t carrying a payment method they accept. The Sugar Sales Rush.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A summer lull in B2B venture capital appears to have given way to an impressive start to the fall season. announced a $10 million Series A round, with venture capital provided by Sierra Ventures and existing backers Revolution Ventures, KGC Capital and Tom Williams. said this week. ZenBusiness.

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According to a press release , the new capital will be used to fund product development and innovation, as well as to scale customer success globally. NuORDER , a B2B eCommerce platform, announced news that it recently closed $8 million in a Series B funding round led by Argentum, bringing the company’s total funding to $21.9

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APRIL 17, 2018

The funding comes as Chefling’s mobile app has received more than 100,000 downloads within the span of a year, according to the company. The company currently holds a temporary patent for its Consumable Goods Inventory Management System, a system and method that manages the inventory of pantries and refrigerators via a mobile application.

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MARCH 23, 2020

Over the weekend it launched an employee relief fund with an initial $2 million investment from Petco, plus donations from its private equity sponsors at CVC Capital Partners , and donations from its board of directors and executive leadership team, including CEO Ron Coughlin.

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Cross-Sell to Improve Uninsured Deposit Performance Of course, one of the best moves is to cross-sell other services – other deposit accounts, alerts, mobile banking, cash management, treasury management, and financial intelligence. This alone can have a material impact on retention and is inexpensive.

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MAY 12, 2017

The Spanish company’s Series A funding was led by Atomico and Idinvest, while Point Nine Capital, La Famiglia and Samaipata Ventures also participated. The company supports payment on its online and mobile app platforms. Reports said OnTruck will look to expand across Europe, including the U.K. Alternative Finance. Invoice Bazaar.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Blockchain tech helped integrate AlipayHK with the Philippines-based mobile service GCash. This includes support with software development, management, recruiting, public relations and fundraising as requested by the leadership at those companies. The initiative enabled consumers to send funds between Hong Kong and the Philippines.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

That characteristic has led to restaurants demanding digital back-office tools — ones that are supported with mobile access, too. And by the nature of their job, they’re mobile,” the executive continued. Even for restaurant employees, whose schedules are rarely regular, the demand is high for mobile access to scheduling solutions.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Khosrowshahi said on the call that, in terms of the Eats business, in general, other firms “have been trying to use cheap capital to buy their way to growth. We’ve seen the capital is getting more expensive and can run dry, whereas platform leadership is both far cheaper and more permanent.”.

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The Toronto-based company brought on Ian Hanning from Capital One Canada as its new Chief Financial Officer. Hanning comes to Financeit having served for 5 years as Capital One Canada’s CFO and has 20 years of experience in managing finance teams across the U.K. and Canada.

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Goldman expedited Marcus’ growth by acquiring companies for three general reasons: Customers: Goldman Sachs acquired GE Capital Bank to attain its customers and their $16B in deposits. Product: In the case of Clarity Money, Goldman acquired the personal financial management tool to serve as a mobile storefront for Marcus.

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