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

PYMNTS

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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Can CBANC Crack the Bank Social Media Riddle?

Bank Innovation

billion Facebook users (give or take a few million), it’s clear banks can’t keep their employees from social media. That opens bank systems to attacks via phishing and social engineering. But social media can also be useful for networking and tapping Read More.

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PCI Pal Launches Secure Digital Payments Platform

PYMNTS

Secure payments provider PCI Pal launched a new digital service on Tuesday (Jan. 28) that will let organizations offer ultra-secure payments across a multitude of channels, from social media to email and everything in between. Using the service, customers will be able to pay securely through any channel.

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Capitalize on social payments

Independent Banker

Even after some slow starts from products like Facebook’s Libra, social payments, which constitute any transaction that occurs on a big tech or social platform, have taken hold. Security is all. Safety and security repeatedly arise as key factors in customer decisioning. DJ Seeterlin, Chesapeake Bank.

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Bitcoin Daily: S. Korea Eyes Crypto Capital Gains Tax; Crypto Lawyers See Rise In Demand

PYMNTS

” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. Celebrities including Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled backed the project on social media. And, the U.S. Abra, which works by letting users bet on price movements of listed U.S.

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Snapchat Parent Seeks Profits As It Raises $1B In Debt Securities

PYMNTS

Snap , the money-losing parent company of Snapchat, is issuing $1 billion in convertible debt for working capital and future acquisitions, CNBC reported Tuesday (Aug. The social media platform is also courting big pharma companies to advertise on Snapchat, reportedly pitching itself as a friendlier alternative to Twitter and Facebook.

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Software Co BigCommerce IPO Soars 183 Pct

PYMNTS

The offering was led by Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Jefferies Financial Group and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Bloomberg reported, with the company trending on the Nasdaq under the symbol BIGC. According to a PYMNTS report , Tiger Global Management plans to buy at least one-fifth of the shares in the IPO. 4) for $24 each.

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