PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

(FDIC) is considering nixing its quarterly reports of banks in an attempt to modernize the way data is handled. To do so, the FDIC is going about a new competition among 20 data and technology firms to try and find the best way to move forward, WSJ reported. Recently, the FDIC also eased up the Volcker Rule.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This week showed investor interest in B2B FinTech companies in international markets, as a trade finance platform in India and a human resources (HR)/payroll cloud software firm in the U.K. The fundraising was headed up by Advent International via Advent Tech and Sunley House Capital, an Advent affiliate. landed funding rounds.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Where do middle-market firms stand in this effort to upgrade corporate payments? The current picture is quite optimistic: Researchers estimated that roughly half the value of mid-market B2B payments is already digital, with 59 percent of firms reporting the use of electronic funds transfer (EFT) to pay their invoices.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

. — think Amazon , Starbucks , McDonald's and Walmart — are expected to get even bigger post-pandemic, while small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) fight for survival, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (Dec. While people hunkered down, companies providing digital delivery of essentials saw business soar. A record $2.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Linear Capital served as the head investor, while additional help originated from KZM & Company Group. “The Fusion Reveals Payments Platform Banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Rho Technologies , the FinTech behind Rho Business Banking, has raised $15 million in a Series A round, according to a press release. PYMNTS reported that many businesses, even lone mom-and-pop organizations, are becoming parts of ecosystems, which offer support via a number of integrated services like the ability to accept payments.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 23, 2017

This is according to Steve Herbert, CEO and Chairman for USA Technologies during the company’s most recent quarterly earnings, reported yesterday. USA Technologies, a payments company, has a market capitalization of […].

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. With the fund’s latest close, Quona Capital ’s assets under management (AUM) are at $363 million.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Social Capital Hedosophia is looking to raise $500 million for a new blank check company, Bloomberg writes. Ackman's case, he said, grew out of watching the disappointing private investment and IPO failures amid the tumultuous stock markets of the pandemic, and wanting a more surefire way to fund promising ventures.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Commercial payments technology firm WEX landed a $400 million investment this week, but when it comes to venture capital, investors set their sights on B2B eCommerce, small business funding, payroll and more. Two former executives from payments technology conglomerate Square have formed a new B2B FinTech in Australia called Zeller.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, IBM has bought Canada-based Expertus Technologies, while Gojek is rolling out its new GoBiz Plus point-of-sale (POS) offering. The technology, which is a collaboration with PT Bank Central Asia, functions as a supplement to the GoBiz retailer super app.

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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.

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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. India-based Xtracap secured $1 million in angel funding, YourStory reported. Trade finance technology startup CCRManager announced $2.12 Xtracap Fintech.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In the next 10 years, as robots and other tech bring about the “greatest transfer from labour to capital” the industry has witnessed, per a report by Wells Fargo analysts, U.S. Mayo said, according to the outlet, “It’s been a rocky 25-year marriage for banking and technology, but it’s finally getting on course.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

The retirement-focused United Income will now give automated advice as part of Capital One, which is looking to expand its robo-adviser offerings. . Capital One purchased the company for an undisclosed amount after taking a 10 percent stake last year, American Banker reported on Friday (Aug. billion, an increase of $2.3

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Bussman Advisory

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Sequoia Capital warns today’s downturn is worse than 2000 and 2008. Will the metaverse’s impact on digital marketing be equivalent to social media? We offer advisory services for the executive team and in-person or virtual courses with tailored topics. Contact us at info@bussmannadvisory.com for more details.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

DayTek Capital , an Australian challenger bank known for its prepaid “Infinity” card, has been granted a banking license by the country’s Securities and Investments Commission, a report from AltFi says. DayTek was just launched this year, in Queensland, according to the report. Banks emigrated from the U.K.

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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. The funds will go toward customer outreach, reports said. The company raised $2.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ) reported. Four years ago, the eCommerce giant’s venture capital fund invested in the Seattle-based company and gained access to the technology startup’s finances and other confidential information. Daniela Braga , founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd Corp.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Numerous unicorns were among the hundreds of Chinese tech firms that toppled in 2019 as the economy soured and startups went through piles of cash, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Monday (Jan. The tech closures come as a funding shortage has investors wrestling with the end of a venture capital (VC) boom. . billion ($2.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The CEO of PT Mandiri Capital Indonesia, the venture capital arm of PT Bank Mandiri, said the only way digital payment platforms can ever make money is by acting as a sort of portal into other services, otherwise it’s “just a cash-burning exercise,” according to reports. Nobody makes money from e-wallets,” Danusaputro said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

trillion market capitalization, 9to5Mac reported. . Last week, Apple inched closer to the all-time high market cap when its stock sold at $326 a share. In 2018 , Ives, a software and technology analyst at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, said Apple was on its way to set a U.S. company to reach a $1.52

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

In many ways, it was great news for small businesses, whose owners sought ways to obtain a loan in the same digital-native ways they sought financing as individuals, and needed more options as traditional lenders pulled back from the SMB market. Finding the right loan product is only part of the middle-market borrowing puzzle.

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Bobsguide

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

According to a PwC report, 86% of banking and capital markets CEOs indicated that over regulation is their top concern, with the speed of technological change came a close second at 85%. A poll of the bobsguide audience conducted during a recent webinar, suggested.

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Perficient

MARCH 30, 2023

The front office is screaming down to the Settlement Office, “Operations, we need more capital!” Adding blockchain to the supply chain improved visibility, allowed automatic purchases through smart contracts, and kept a permanent record of what had been ordered as well as status reporting of all items in the supply chain.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

There were only 160 reporting insured institutions in Q1/23 with over $10B in assets. 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). These intangible factors can also lower the bank’s cost of capital. as of Q1/23.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, has increased its stake in China International Capital Corp. to close to 12 percent, reported Reuters. Alibaba purchased 117 million CICC H-shares listed in Hong Kong at an average price of HK$15.50, Reuters reported, citing an exchange disclosure. noted the report. percent from 7.64

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

While there were no mega-deals in the B2B startup funding realm this week, it was still a busy time for companies and investors, with many funders targeting companies operating in less common markets. million from Alteria Capital. Reports in VentureBeat said the investment followed Procurify’s recent additions to its C-Suite.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 13, 2018

Small business banking company Kabbage is set to acquire startup Orchard Platform Markets, a provider of lending data and services, it was reported yesterday. Plans for the […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2020

A former Uber executive is planning to launch a $250 million initial public offering (IPO) for a blank check company whose advisors include billionaire Eric Schmidt, an ex- Google CEO, IPO Edge reported. 2) for DPCM Capital Inc. , Harris said SPACs have gone from 3 percent to 20 percent of the market during the recent rush in cases.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

An advanced system to analyze cells through Blu-ray, surgical microscopes and 4K monitors for operation rooms were reportedly on display in place of the PlayStation gaming console, robotic dog Aibo and Bravia television, the Financial Times reported. . Sony began in the field by creating monitors as well as medical printers in the 1980s.

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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 latest such deal has Berlin-based SellerX landing 100 million euros ($118 million) of financing, reported Tech.eu. For us, the revolution starts with the market,” said Thrasio Co-founder and CEO Joshua Silberstein.

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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. a content management software and solutions provider, in another report. Asia Appeal. Kiosk Spending. There are other reasons, too. and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches , and both banks and consumers are contending with rising fraud concerns as digital banking takes off. The Technology Gap That Fosters Fraudsters. The unfortunate truth is that fraudsters also rely on technological prowess to launch attacks against challenger FIs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. This week saw an impressive $324 million in combined funding for a range of B2B FinTechs and other solution providers, including alternative lenders looking to support small businesses as they manage working capital instability. eFileCabinet.

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