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JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. FICO’s Take on Debit Security. Kobe Bryant’s VC Firm Holds More Than $2B in Assets .

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JUNE 16, 2020

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. They spoke before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Tuesday. Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said, testifying before a U.S.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

GoCardless has landed $95 million in a Bain Capital Ventures-led Series F funding round. Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Openpay has officially rolled out in the United States. Openpay also works in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. UK FinTech GoCardless Raises $95 Million Led By Bain.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

As has historically been the case with commerce security upgrades that roll in by government mandate, the path to European Union adoption of 3D Secure 2.0 At the end of the day, it’s kind of a low-priced piece of technology to fight what can be a very expensive issue for merchants.”. also known as “3DS 2.0” But first, 3DS 2.0

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JUNE 7, 2019

Increasing access to capital, consumer awareness, and acceptance to new ways of managing finances and other ecosystem drivers have been attractive for entrepreneurs in 2018 as well. Figure is a financial technology company that offers consumer credit products by leveraging blockchain, AI, and.

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JULY 7, 2020

Palantir Technologies is the latest in a recent flurry of tech companies to signal plans for a potential IPO. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informing the agency of its plans. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informing the agency of its plans.

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JULY 16, 2019

FinTech Lendbuzz has announced Monday (July 15) that it has secured an additional $150 million in debt and equity financing led by 83North, with participation from existing investors. credit history to help them secure financing for auto loans. credit history to help them secure financing for auto loans.

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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. trillion.

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JUNE 26, 2018

According to a press release , CashShield said the Series B funding round was led by Temasek and GGV Capital. In the latest round, early investors Tony Fadell, principal at Future Shape , and GGV Capital are increasing their stake in the company. Other investors in the round include Tony Fadell, Wavemaker Partners and Tao Zhang.

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MARCH 4, 2019

The completion of the deal comes as talk abounds that the company wants to raise $250 million in fresh capital. “As a crowdfunding pioneer in the United States, SeedInvest helped to shape the JOBS Act. News of the deal comes after news broke over the weekend that Circle was seeking more capital.

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JULY 22, 2019

has announced the launch of a venture banking and lending business to provide debt capital financing and commercial banking solutions to growth companies and their investors. The business will target early stage startups through mature growth companies, with a focus on the technology, healthcare, and life sciences industries.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Central and Eastern Europe have a lot of entrepreneurial and technological talent, and we believe even more of its companies could be expanding globally,” says Felix Huber, head of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Stripe. 5) the launch of Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Business payments company Bill.com has secured unicorn status and launched a partnership with Mastercard to accelerate accounts payable for joint business customers. “With the partnership with Bill.com, we can bring the benefits of virtual cards to hundreds of thousands of smaller enterprises in the United States. .

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JANUARY 7, 2019

While Toys R Us has disappeared from the United States, it is going strong in Asia, which plans to open 60 new stores throughout the region this year. Freeman, senior managing director at GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, said at the time. It currently operates more than 550 stores in the region. “We

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JUNE 15, 2020

Such items keep essential workers as well as the public safe from contracting or spreading the virus, and countries around the world have been scrambling to secure enough of these products. Technology company IBM recently launched a procurement platform intended to ease this challenge by helping hospitals purchase from vetted suppliers. .

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

That far outpaces the 22 percent that came from the United States, the runner up last year. The concept and execution of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) has been one that President Xi Jinping stated can be part of “reshaping the global economic structure.”.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

This decade-long crisis touches banks’ products, technologies, people, processes and the political climate. Rising interest rates depress the value of low-rate securities and loans. Banks had more than $500 billion in unrealized losses on their securities at the end of March. In an article titled Is the Banking Crisis Over?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The Fold Kickbacks program, which supports bitcoin’s second layer Lightning Network, features big retailers including Amazon, Starbucks and Uber in select countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom. And the U.S.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

“Processing payments and managing transactions is an important part of the field service workflow,” Jonathan Eastgate, simPRO chief technology officer, said in the release. “By Founded in 2002, simPRO secured $31 million in growth capital in 2016 as part of an aggressive product innovation and expansion strategy.

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JULY 16, 2018

Banco Santander , the Spanish bank, has created a digital investment unit that will be headed by John Whelan, who is currently in charge of the bank’s blockchain unit. In April, Santander had said that, in Spain, users of the service could transfer funds to the United Kingdom and the United States.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition, Pakistan’s Telenor Microfinance Bank unveiled a cross-border remittance service based on Alipay’s blockchain technology, Indonesia’s KinerjaPay notched an investment of $200 million from a construction firm in the region and mobile payments are on the rise in China.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

billion tally is more than six times the amount that was brought in via online sales on Black Friday last year in the United States. As noted by Reuters, Citic Securities had put the pace at 20 percent to 25 percent, and Daiwa Capital Markets had pegged the growth rate at 23 percent. billion USD in sales.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In assessing the true cost of fraud, Gartner, the respected technological research and consulting firm, has coined three distinct pillars of fraud costs. The race against fraudsters involves a continuous outlay of cutting-edge technologies designed to safeguard against intrusion and theft.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The company, which is based in both Switzerland and Singapore, has been talking with regulators and petitioned for a capital markets services license, which will allow the firm to offer asset management as a first step into financial services, co-founders Mathias Imbach and Gerald Goh said, according to Deal Street Asia.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

This leads us to a bit of headscratching, as, in past coverage, we’ve noted that proponents of blockchain have stated that security and anonymity of data that flows between two parties is valuable because it cannot be touched, really, by anyone. In the United States, for a listing of as much as $400 million. million.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

With more than 700 now in operation across the United States, small business accelerators are becoming increasingly crucial engines of the U.S. Startups often need the resources — including the capital, equipment and expertise offered by these organizations — to stay afloat in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Clover Health , a tech-driven provider of Medicare Advantage insurance plans, plans to go public through a merger with a blank-check company called Social Capital Hedosophia, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday (Oct. billion of gross proceeds,” the filing states.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

In the United States, according to some sources such as Javelin , more than one million children were victimized by identity theft — and the fraud costs their families more than $540 million. Certain groups, such as the elderly, may lack familiarity with a certain process or technology, which leaves the door open for fraudsters.

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APRIL 10, 2018

In payments security, the key is the key. Think of it as management by “other duties as assigned,” which is hardly an effective endeavor, as the most important security asset in a firm used to protect information (arguably the most important asset overall) is handled by people who, in some cases, have volunteered to take on the task.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Vouch Insurance , which offers insurance to high-growth technology firms through an online platform, said last week that it has raised $45 million in a funding round, and has expanded its service into California. That includes insurance, which of course protects against the unexpected and unplanned events that occur while running a business.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

The move came about a month after Fair, which functions via an app, secured a $500 million revolving credit facility led by Mizuho Bank. Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well known on the capital markets side. His interim replacement will be Kirk Shryoc.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

The move comes about a month after Fair, which functions via an app, secured a $500 million revolving credit facility led by Mizuho Bank. Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well-known on the capital markets side. His interim replacement will be Kirk Shryoc.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Had AB 5 remained, it could have forced the company to provide healthcare and other job benefits to millions of drivers around California and the United States in general. He added that “the future of independent work [is now] more secure.”.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The company secured 8.6 Another $100 million will be used to invest in technology, with the rest funneled to “general corporate purposes” and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), according to reports. The IPO could see the company valued at up to $5.7 trillion in revenue last year. They mainly aim to list in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 10, 2020

For now, at least, tensions between the United States and Iran have been dialed down a bit, if only in terms of missiles and firepower. Wyze Labs , which makes Internet of Things (IoT)-connected security cameras, said the information of as many as 2.4 Wawa said its team stopped the breach on Dec. billion ($2.5

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JULY 27, 2018

The round also included the participation of existing Flywire investors Bain Capital Ventures and F-Prime Capital. Earlier this year, for instance, it teamed up with PayPal to make an investment in Pine Labs of India , which provides point-of-sale (POS) technology, in a funding round worth $125 million.

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