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SMBs Remain Hot Spot For Open Banking Business Models

PYMNTS

As the open banking business model permeates into the B2B financial services market, FinTechs and traditional financial institutions continue to find new use cases for API integrations and connectivity to elevate the business-user experience. Eika Group, EedenBull Team for Banks. Alliance Bank Taps Into Ephesoft Data Capture.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

The Pivot : We came up with a fresh take on the plethora of AR-style apps that create visual effects based on face detection and tracking… [Poor user experience] had a big impact on our retention metrics. Three notable excerpts: First Attempts : Blin.gy We needed 40% day-one returns and were closer to 25%. The clock kept ticking.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

In 2017, Delivery Hero has seen growth across all regions, with revenue in Europe growing 44% in Q1’17. You may have higher odds bringing together many smaller companies with tight, regional network effects. At the time, the American fiber optics market was made up of regional players. Zayo set out to buy and unite them.

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