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MAY 6, 2020

It also works with smaller operations, including social media influencers. Other backers included Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group and Monk’s Hill Ventures. Ninja Van ’s clients include names like L’Oreal and Wing Tai’s G2000 label, which it has helped digitize and boost eCommerce sales.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Southeast Asian super-app operator Gojek is launching its new GoBiz Plus point-of-sale (POS) technology for all-in-one-purposes for micro in addition to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Indonesia. Combining with a blank-check company has become an increasingly popular way for closely held companies to raise capital for expansion.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

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. exchange for a company raising at least $100 million, according to Bloomberg’s data. 4) for $24 each.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 22, 2023

Here are seven key areas where bank executives need action plans to address burning challenges: Communication – Bankers have been working to calm their customers and community, but the quantity and quality haven’t yet met the standard in an always-on social media world where the public is sniffing for transparency and authenticity.

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MAY 26, 2020

The Chinese tech giant wants to capitalize on an initiative from Beijing, which announced it wanted to bolster the country’s technology infrastructure in the next few years. Tencent said the coronavirus pandemic had hit cloud-based companies hard, but the eventual outcome would likely be in the favor of digitization.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Binance Holdings has applied for an operating license in Singapore under the country’s new payments legislation, which aims to be a comprehensive regulatory agency for digital currencies. Blockchain-based social media platform Steemit has partnered with the Tron foundation to bring users to Tron.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

When an organization is bearing an ever-increasing burden of outstanding accounts receivables, there are multiple sources of capital to which it can turn. Another alternative, noted James, is to rely on predatory lenders to access quick cash to cover the costs of operating. "It's been a really rough adjustment for a lot of them.".

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JUNE 24, 2020

It also has all of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited’s (RJIL) outstanding and issued share capital. RJIL is a licensed operator of communications systems, which services customers throughout India.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Well-funded and organized fraud operations, meanwhile, continued to amass more capital, manpower and technology. That’s a recipe for negative reviews and frustrated feedback on social media. It’s time to fight back. Businesses across the U.S.

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JANUARY 17, 2021

The paper cited interviews and social media posts by customers who said the bikes they had been promised were weeks or even months behind schedule — often with no notice until the day they were scheduled to arrive or even later. The Times said the financing company, Affirm , declined to comment.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. The peg for the story is the fresh capital that DuckDuckGo has raised from a Canadian firm, funding that will go toward marketing and other activities. Social media platforms and other digital operators are scrambling to stay a step ahead of the wave.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Some have closed completely for the time being, while others have shifted all operations to takeout and delivery to keep business moving and guests fed, but even the most loyal guests can only eat so much takeout,” the post said. “So “It’s no secret that restaurants nationwide are hurting as we combat the spread of COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

12) said Sequoia Capital, Burda Principal Investments and Sofina participated in the Series D funding round, while existing backers also joined. The firm links fashion merchants with procurement and inventory management solutions, marketing and social media support, payment processing and financing, among other B2B products.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 23, 2022

Thus, where most banks would focus on a referral program, Nubank ranked the quality of the referee and allocated more capital into acquiring the customer they referred. Xpeers are customer support help reachable by phone, chat, social media, or email. Step 4: Reallocate Advertising Dollars into Customer Service.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

The growth path of the company in addition to the larger opportunity in social media helped it get acquired by AOL for approximately $850 million in 2008. The company was sold to Criterion Capital less than two years after, and the Birches purchased it for $1 million in 2013.

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JUNE 18, 2019

The new developments show, among other things, the importance of social media — and also prescriptions — when it comes to capturing the dollars of pet owners, who are always a steady source of both digital and physical commerce. More recently, news emerged that Pawscout has secured $3 million in seed funding from Leadout Capital.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Although local branches will be given autonomy to make lending decisions, bank officials will analyze data — including social media sentiment towards any borrower. Once its banking licence is approved, B-North plans to offer fixed-term bonds to private investors to raise capital to support its efforts. There are 5.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The idea is to capitalize on the trend toward food delivery thanks to the likes of Uber Eats, GrubHub and Deliveroo. He went as far as to prevent people he was recruiting from publicizing their new jobs on social media including LinkedIn. According to a report in The Financial Times, the new venture is called CloudKitchens.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

“Over the months of December and January, the mass destruction of our fleet has become the new entertainment of underaged individuals, encouraged by content broadly shared on social media,” the Hong Kong startup wrote in an email to its Parisian users, according to The Telegraph. It has ceased operations in all of these locations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

At least one thing is clear about Facebook ’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with the Joneses. According to Facebook observers this week, a natural place to test such payments would be the social media company’s Messenger and WhatsApp tools. “Could it be? Yes, longer term.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. In Southeast Asian markets, banks’ lack of adequate data on SMB loan applicants is perhaps the tallest barrier to connecting SMBs to capital in the region. In exchange, Grab gains greater visibility into SMB operations and performance. “By

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and others in the food service space are rapidly adjusting their operations during the pandemic, with many implementing new technologies online and in-store to ensure customers can seamlessly and safely place orders. For more on these stories and other headlines, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends.

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JULY 30, 2019

This new push for funding marks only the latest development in India’s retail game, which has led to growth for homegrown players and also attracted some of the biggest digital operators in the world. Meesho reportedly was founded in 2015 has raised some $65 million in capital so far. Amazon’s Moves. Take Amazon, for instance.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 5, 2016

Leverage social media to market business valuation services. Much like peanut butter and jelly, social media and content marketing are two things that go together in the world of forward-thinking marketers and business owners. So how does a firm get started using social media to build their valuation practice?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

Today, the brand is very different than the soap-making operation that was formerly run out of its founders’ kitchen. The brand’s popularity has not come from marketing – Herbivore spends very little on that – and instead has come from the word of mouth generated by their sizable and enthusiastic social media following.

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MAY 12, 2020

The Canadian quick-service coffee chain said on a social media account that it has notched funding from the Chinese technology company, but did not disclose the size of the investment known, according to a report. Luckin had 4,507 self-operated locations as of last year’s close.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood of SMBs. Yet many firms struggle to gain access to the capital that helps them launch or sustain operations. Initially we plan to operate in the Netherlands.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”. ” He noted that projects with distributed ledger technology (DLT) could unlock “billions of pounds in capital and liquidity.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In other news, the Marco Polo Network has announced that it has secured its first Russian-German import-export operations financing project. We expect Marco Polo to ensure seamless collaboration of several sides engaged in international trade operations (banks, suppliers, insurance companies, etc.)

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JANUARY 31, 2019

At the time, GAC said it wanted to access Tencent ‘s knowledge in digital payments, social media, Big Data and AI. Under the terms of the deal, which was inked Thursday, the venture will get one billion yuan, or $149 million, in capital.

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APRIL 6, 2020

The country’s fourth-largest bank said it anticipates that its loan capacity will be maxed out under the program since it is operating with the current asset cap limitations. Investigators are asking the social media giant’s competitors to fill out a 14-page survey focused on Facebook’s impact on rival classified ads businesses.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

The pandemic is continuing to throw typical business operations for many industries into flux, resulting in disastrous financial consequences. The hope is that these changes will offer SMBs the adaptability they need to keep their operations moving throughout the ongoing pandemic. Government entities in the U.S. SMBs across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Here’s the news: Beijing-based Babytree, which was founded in 2007 and “operates an online platform for parents to exchange know-how, shop for baby goods and purchase early education services,” recently launched its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Social, as one can imagine, is a big part of contextual commerce.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Treasury official Sigal Mandelker, who serves as undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said cryptocurrencies that operate anywhere in the United States will have to comply with regulations that target fraud. In remarks to reporters this past week in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. FINMA’S Take.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

It costs merchants nothing to join or remain on Sky.Garden; all they provide is their shop name, MPesa phone number and a few personal and business details (such as operating hours). They spent several months traveling and researching before raising their first capital from friends and family in early 2016.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Toys will be featured at the front of the shop, while the back will be an “experiential” area where visitors can take photos to share on social media. The company did generate operating profits — and without debt, its profitability would be easier to maintain,” Seth R.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In the mad dash for small firms to secure capital, many sought their PPP loans from banks other than their usual financial service providers, creating a logistical nightmare for financial institutions (FIs) that still rely on manual and outdated customer onboarding workflows. When the U.S.

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