PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. But relatively high stock prices and access to more capital remain prime temptations, and there is little doubt that 2019 will bring more than few exciting — and telling — IPOs.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Overstock Rises on GSR Capital Investment in New Blockchain Unit. Shares of Overstock rose sharply after announcing that Hong Kong-based private equity firm GSR Capital is investing more than $270 million into Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary tZERO.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

During the earnings call , the company touched on its plans for the WhatsApp payments service, which is being tested in India. Capital Analyst Alan Gould asked David Wehner, the chief financial officer at Facebook , about the company’s plan. You mentioned WhatsApp payments has been tested in India. When does that go live?

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Accenture

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Based on this survey of over 2,000 consumers, it’s clear that online retailers, tech firms and social-media players face an uphill battle to convince consumers to allow them access to their financial data. Trust in online platforms and social-media companies as providers of payments services is low. So why not?

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

Capital One announced that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. Fairbank, Capital One’s chairman and chief executive, said in a press release. “I Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud and abuse.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

At the start of Benoît’s ECB term, bitcoin’s market capitalization was small, and only a handful of cryptocurrencies existed. In the eight years since then, bitcoin’s market capitalization has grown rapidly and now exceeds 100 billion euros, and thousands of cryptocurrencies have been created,” Brainard said in her speech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In today’s top payments news, Amazon Alexa users can now receive medication reminders and make voice requests for refills. Facebook has reportedly been revealed as “Party A” in the attempt to acquire health tech company Fitbit, per a report citing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Real-time schemes represent significant changes to the world’s existing payments infrastructure. Businesses and merchants can use these systems to quickly access capital and gain better financial outlooks, while freelance and gig workers can use them for faster wage access. Understanding Real-Time Payments Changes. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

The social media giant has even spoken with crypto exchanges about selling the coin to consumers, telling them that it hopes to have a product out in the first half of the year. It’s pretty much the most fascinating thing happening in crypto right now,” said Eric Meltzer, co-founder of venture capital firm Primitive Ventures.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT , discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena. 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.

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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. And blockchain would also boost payments on Facebook, notably micropayments via digital currency that might encourage the development of more Facebook apps. “Could it be? Yes, longer term.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

There, online platforms match workers with employers as payments become quicker and more digital and quicker — after all, gig labor becomes a better experience when those workers don’t have to wait too long for their wages, and don’t have to pay high fees to access instant payments. Inevitable Problems.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

PYMNTS analyzed the latest megadeal in payments and trade war developments, and a Visa exec voiced skepticism about instant payments. Global Payments, TSYS Ink $21.5B Global Payments, TSYS Ink $21.5B Megadeals everywhere in payments? Global Payments has inked a deal to acquire Total Systems (TSYS) in a $21.5

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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. Alfa-Bank and Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK), along with Commerzbank, Germany, and Vesuvius GmbH, Germany, have launched a pilot project of cross-border payments via Marco Polo.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

By selling gift cards now, especially in large sums, restaurants can secure capital and liquidity to enable reopening when the worst of the pandemic is over. Gift cards are essentially interest-free loans from a consumer, the company said, and they’re a good way to get a consumer to come back when a restaurant reopens. “By

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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. One way to secure funding is to use invoice financing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”. Carney also wants BOE, which allows a few non-banks to use its payment services, to be the first to let non-banks deposit money in it overnight, rather than relying on banks.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate. Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The social media giant formed the Libra Association based in Geneva, Switzerland to oversee the coin. billion people around the world without access to a bank account to digital payments at low or no cost. Facebook announced plans for a blockchain-backed cryptocurrency in June, with a target launch of June 2020.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

As has been well-documented in this space, the damper on activity tied to cryptos has extended to social media. million in financing from a host of investors — including Maersk Growth, the venture capital (VC) arm of Maersk, the shipping firm. Yet, blockchain remains an area of interest.

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

With nearly $120 million raised for enterprise-serving startups, B2B venture capital saw one of its most successful weeks this year. Businesses across the globe operating in the blockchain, eCommerce-as-a-Service and alternative lending spaces (to name a few) all secured funding. In its latest funding round, Fluent secured $1.65

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JUNE 28, 2016

Beyond that, according to Citi’s head of FinTech Heather Cox, Citi is also working to form new partnerships with startups to integrate P2P payments, among other features, onto the mobile banking app. Capital One also offers bill payments options. But for Citi, the focus appears to be about more than just bill payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In all, the industry secured more than $324 million with B2B payments, logistics and artificial intelligence leading the way. B2B Payments. B2B payments company Bill.com secured $100 million from JPMorgan Chase and Temasek Holdings, reports said this week, in one of the most high-profile funding rounds for the industry.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2017

Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot at Bank Innovation 2017 for the lowest available rate, and join attendees from companies already registered, such as: BBVA Braintree Capital One JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Rabobank Concentrix Silicon Valley Bank TD Bank U.S.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

B2B FinTech enjoyed more time in the spotlight with investors this week as companies around the globe — ranging from eProcurement to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) accounting to supply chain management startups — secured fresh funding to support growth. Kinara Capital. B2B payments. Alternative Lending.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

The firm recently secured approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to operate as a licensed Regulation Crowdfunding Portal, a result of Regulation A+ under the JOBS Act, which allows virtually anyone to invest in a small business crowdfunding style, allowing that business to raise up to $50 million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

According to a recent study by Citibank , 31 percent of consumers use their mobile banking app more than any other — placing mobile banking behind only social media and weather for most frequented mobile destinations. Banks need to expose more of their security aspects to consumers so they can seem them in action.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

Investors are fueling growth for B2B FinTechs across Asia, with startups in Indonesia, Singapore and India securing most of the more than $125 million raised in recent days. Newid Capital and angel investors also participated, reports said. based company that secured $50 in Series A million for its cloud management solution.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

At its most basic level, the key ingredients that are pilfered and then used to construct synthetic identities – where individuals’ personal information is stitched together to fabricate new identities — are tied to data that is given to us at birth: Social Security numbers. Well, it can take years to discover.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Mastercard and TabaPay on Accelerating Instant Payments.

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FICO

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Financial Institutions, such as banks, have expended great effort to improve digital security, yet bad actors are multiplying and attacks have increased in scope and frequency. Yet along with digital adoption, FIs are also butting up against entrenched consumer thinking that creates security risks. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

In the latest PYMNTS Commanders in Chief series, Bruce Lowthers, executive vice president of FIS Global, a financial technology solutions provider , and president of the company’s Payments Division , didn’t set out to be an innovator. That said, the place where I get the most information is through social media — like LinkedIn.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

And last week in payments and commerce was particularly drizzly — between real money launderers making use of fake video game funds, regulatory fines and earning fumbles, all kinds of players were reaching for their umbrellas over the course of the week. Capital One’s Earnings Flub. Sometime it rains. billion expected by analysts.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 24, 2016

tweeted Eileen Burbidge, a partner at Passion Capital and FinTech Envoy of HM Read More. In a stunning vote, British citizens decided to leave the European Union, and the so-called Brexit has not just profound implications for fintech, but creates massive uncertainty for global financial services. How can we be so stupid?”

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

In many cases, the podcasts or hosts have sizable social media followings, and all release a new episode at least once per month so you can stay up to date with the latest trends in the finance world. Listen to the podcast episode, " How To Sleep Easier at Night About Capital and Risk Levels.". keep me informed. Whitepaper.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Whether it’s in the sales experience that comes from omnichannel or in the world of supply chain or even human capital management, there’s a need for integration comprehensive enough so executives don’t have to switch context between applications. No, that’s not secure’; or, ‘No, there’s no easy way to integrate these systems.’”

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