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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised.

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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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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Capital One Q2 Earnings Preview: Increased Spending, Decline In Revenue Expected

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Financial experts are predicting Capital One’s second-quarter earnings will fall below expectations, despite their moderate success in the first quarter. One glaring expense was a significant increase in social media ad spending in the company’s efforts to find and attract new customers. Last year, Capital One spent $18.6

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How China Is Clamping Down On Crypto Trading With Social Media

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News came this week that Jinse, an information service that is backed by Node Capital, was among the accounts impacted in the freeze. In all, local media outlet Lanjinger has found that at least eight “legitimate” publications, according to The Next Web , have been impacted by the crackdown.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets.

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction. How Banks Can Leverage: While not exactly a banking innovation, banks can better allocate capital to COIs. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure. months, including an annual operating cost.

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Software Co BigCommerce IPO Soars 183 Pct

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BigCommerce , which works in software for online business operations, saw its value rise by 292 percent after an initial public offering (IPO) for $216 million was priced above a target range, according to a report by Bloomberg. According to a PYMNTS report , Tiger Global Management plans to buy at least one-fifth of the shares in the IPO.

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