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AUGUST 12, 2019

Among the ongoing trends in retail is the funding for online used car platforms, and the ongoing rise of eCommerce and digital payments in Latin America. Consumers who want to sell their cars via that platform reportedly seek an online price estimate. The latest evidence of that comes via Japan-based SoftBank. Used Vehicle Trends.

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JULY 23, 2020

Citi has launched a new mobile app for its Citi Supplier Finance platform in Latin America to help suppliers get more working capital, according to Finextra. The new Citi Supplier Finance app will add to the arsenal for the companies looking for electronic onboarding services, Finextra reported.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Monzo Bank Ltd, the London-based online bank, must now have a capital worth of 13.6 The Financial Times (FT) reported the new requirements are among the first signs the Bank of England ( BoE ), the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) FT reported a check of recent regulatory filings revealed the number was increased by more than half.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Real estate platform Opendoor is set to go public via a merger with blank-check company Social Capital Hedosophia II in a deal that will value the combined company at $4.8 million of founder shares in Opendoor, larger than the usual amount of what is usually called the “promote,” FT reported. Palihapitiya and U.K.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Amazon India has added an online pharmacy to its offerings in Bengaluru, one of the nation’s largest cities with a population of nearly 12 million. an Amazon spokesperson has said in published reports. Reuters reports this is the latest initiative by the eCommerce giant to broaden its reach in a key growth market.

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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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DECEMBER 15, 2020

In another sign of the strength of initial public offerings (IPOs) right now, eCommerce site Wish has sold shares to investors at the top of its price range, the Financial Times (FT) reported. billion and gave it an implied market capitalization of $14 billion. Investors have previously valued the company at $11 billion, FT reported.

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JULY 30, 2019

A former Amazon systems engineer working for Capital One is said to be the woman behind a breach that accessed the data of over 100 million people. Software engineer Paige Thompson, 33, allegedly boasted about the hack and left crumbs for investigators to follow, The New York Times reported. Online, she used the name “erratic.”.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

online wholesale retailer sometimes called “Costco for millennials,” is seeking a buyer, Reuters reported. The company is exploring options including a sale or going public via a merger with a blank-check acquisition company that could put its value at around $1 billion, the report stated. Boxed , the U.S.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. The news reveals CEO Anthony Noto 's aspirations to go public after he succeeded SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney in 2018. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The fundraising was headed up by Advent International via Advent Tech and Sunley House Capital, an Advent affiliate. India-based Arya , which offers post-harvest services throughout the agricultural value chain, said that it landed $21 million in a Series B financing round, according to a TechCrunch report. CloudTrucks.

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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. There was a nearly 20 percent drop in the number of deals solidified in the quarter, too.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

million in venture capital. As reported by The Business Times , in Singapore, Tin Men Capital, a venture capital firm focused on B2B tech startups, led a $5 million Series A funding round to invest in RateIt. Ratelt operates as a real-time customer experience management platform, according to reports.

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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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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Capital One has reportedly inked a deal to acquire Paribus, a price tracking service, as the credit card company makes another acquisition in the FinTech space. According to a report , Paribus aids online shoppers in getting automatic refunds when the price drops on items they purchased. Card at Capital One, said in the report.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Capital One has signed on to join Fiserv ’s surcharge-free MoneyPass ATM network. Under the deal , MoneyPass will be made available at over 1,500 Capital One ATMs at Capital One branches, Capital One Cafés and other select locations.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Online lenders in the U.S. Reuters , citing interviews with half a dozen online lenders, reported the companies are worried that a recession could hit the U.S. It would be a test for many of the online lenders that haven’t lived through an economic downturn. economy entering a recession. economy.

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JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. . The news service reports that the world’s most valuable tech “unicorn” had been looking to sell shares in Hong Kong and mainland China simultaneously, according to sources.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Many of these processes had begun to shift to digital channels within the past several years, however, and the health crisis has caused the online shift to pick up steam at an incredible pace. Brazil-based facial recognition and identification technologies provider Acesso Digital recently reported that more than 5.2

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JUNE 26, 2020

To provide retailers with the ability to attain working capital, India-based payment gateway and online shopping platform Instamojo rolled out InstaCash. Retailers can receive loans for as much as Rs 1 lakh ($1,322.26) for a time ranging from seven to 14 days with the offering, The Economic Times reported.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Handling accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), cash flows and other capital management tasks is an inescapable reality for almost every business that deals with inventory and sales, but these commonplace processes are fraught with obstacles. How Advanced Analytics Are Helping Businesses Handle Capital Management Changes.

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MAY 9, 2019

The banking regulator in Hong Kong has issued an additional four online-only banking licenses to Ping An, Alibaba, mobile phone maker Xiaomi and a joint venture (JV) consisting of Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital. Reuters is reporting that this totals eight total licenses handed out by the government.

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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.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Even online merchants who offer customers extended warranties at the time of sale traditionally see about a 4 percent or 5 percent conversion rate. Meritech Capital led the funding round, with participation from existing investors Great Point Ventures and Shah Capital Partners.

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MAY 6, 2020

Square reported earnings Wednesday (May 6) for the first quarter that showed slowing gross payment volumes, impacted by the pandemic and the shuttering of merchant locations, while the company also took reserves against potential losses. In terms of headline numbers, the company’s reported revenues of $1.4 billion were up 43.9

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JULY 25, 2018

When eBay announced that it would be accepting Apple Pay , it wasn’t the only new development for the online marketplace. Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 24) that eBay will begin offering merchants up to $100,000 in financing through Square Capital.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

29), according to a report by Reuters. . A federal grand jury indicted 33-year-old software engineer Paige Thompson, a former employee of Capital One, for the crime. Capital One stored its data with Amazon’s cloud division, called Amazon Web Services , and Thompson accessed the data from there.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Small businesses continue to flock to online platforms to find much-needed financing, with banks still failing to fill the demand for small to medium-sized business (SMB) loans despite economic growth in the U.S. But recent reports in the Wall Street Journal Monday (Dec. percent for its annual rates in the quarter that ended September.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

IAC , the New York-based global media and internet giant, is betting that an investment of $1 billion in MGM Resorts International will pay off in online gambling, according to a press release. IAC has always been opportunistic with its capital, and if ever there was a time, this moment is unique,” they wrote. “We

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JULY 12, 2018

and Tata Capital has rolled out a new lending platform in India. In Italy, UBI Banca and SIA are providing a service that allows visitors at the Milan Bergamo Airport to pay for parking at two parking lots with their smartphones, according to reports. Tata Capital’s platform is developed in partnership with U.S.

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JULY 31, 2019

One of Italy’s most well-known banks, UniCredit, said that it was going to start its own probe into the Capital One data breach, according to Reuters. . “On On July 30, UniCredit became aware that its name has been mentioned in relation to the Capital One issue,” the bank said in a statement on Wednesday (July 31). Reuters reported.

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JULY 31, 2019

Clearbanc, a company that provides a funding alternative to traditional venture capital outfits, has raised another $50 million in an equity investment, according to a report. The latest funding round was led by Highland Capital with additional investments from Arcadia, iNovia and Emergence Capital.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan. As reported late last year , a U.S. For Walmart, FinTechs are in sight — but where to from here?

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APRIL 18, 2019

The Federal Reserve has released new data on small businesses’ appetite for capital, and it appears that financing demand is on the rise. Compared to 2017 figures, small businesses have increased their demand for capital. Nearly one-third sought financing online in 2018, an increase from 24 percent in 2017.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

JPMorgan Chase plans to launch a digital bank in the United Kingdom early next year, Sky News reported Friday (Aug. The move “will enable it to capitalize on the accelerating transition of millions of bank customers from branch-based activity to digital services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the news outlet said.

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JULY 31, 2019

Krebs On Security is reporting that the alleged Capital One hacker may have also targeted and stolen data from other corporations. Infoblox is continuing to investigate the matter, but at this time there is no indication that Infoblox was in any way involved with the reported Capital One breach.

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