Tag Heuer accepts crypto as payment
Payments Dive
MAY 24, 2022
CEO Frédéric Arnault suggested cryptocurrency fluctuations are a risk companies will need to take on if they allow this form of payment.
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What 3 retailers’ approach to crypto says about the market
Payments Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Pacsun, GameStop and Tag Heuer have all introduced crypto activations in recent years as the payment option grew in popularity.
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Bitcoin Daily: Turkey To Test Digital Currency In 2021; Japan Prepares To Issue CBDC; Bitcoin Crests $28,000
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 27, 2020
The new partnership will do well for the mass-adoption of crypto, the company anticipates. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez might want to make his city a hub for crypto at the government level, a report from CoinDesk says. He said he wanted the city to be the "vanguard" of innovation for crypto.
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Robinhood to buy crypto exchange Ziglu for 60% less
The Paypers
AUGUST 19, 2022
Robinhood has diminished its acquisition offer for UK-based crypto exchange Ziglu , slashing the price tag from USD 170 million to USD 72.5 million, 60% less than the original offer.
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Today In Payments: Biden Expected To Name Michael Barr To Head OCC; Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto
PYMNTS
JANUARY 21, 2021
In today’s top news, President Biden is expected to pick Michael Barr to head the OCC, and Janet Yellen, Biden’s pick for Treasury Secretary, is expected to take a hard stance toward crypto. Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto. COVID-19’s Price Tag Leaves Large Hospitals At Financial Risk.
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Bitcoin Daily: FCoin Shuts After $130M Shortfall; Scam Threatens Via Google Ads
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
FCoin has stopped all trading and withdrawal after it was revealed that the crypto exchange had a shortage of $130 million worth in crypto assets, CoinDesk reported Monday (Feb. FCoin is a new type of crypto exchange based around a controversial “trans-fee mining” model.
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NCR’s Cardtronics Bid – And The Rise Of Self-Service Banking At The ATMÂ
PYMNTS
JANUARY 11, 2021
Even cryptos – and post-pandemic, a quickening embrace of the ATM. As noted in this space over the weekend, there already exists a preliminary agreement between Cardtronics and the investment firms, but the higher price tag offered by NCR will likely spark a re-examination of a deal. In one example , last week, Intel Corp.
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Coinbase Eyeing Omni’s Crypto Engineering Team For Acquihire
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 6, 2019
Launched in San Francisco as an on-demand storage company that would pick up and tag items from your home, then store them in a warehouse, it eventually started to expand into other cities. Coinbase Earn enables users to earn crypto rewards when they finish online educational programs. The news comes as Omni has been struggling.
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Twitter Accounts Of Bezos, Buffett, Musk And Others Apparently Victims Of ATO Crypto Scam
PYMNTS
JULY 15, 2020
Gemini Co-Founder Cameron Winklevoss tweeted out an explanation: “ALL MAJOR CRYPTO TWITTER ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED,” CNBC reported. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) identified more than a dozen government-backed “hack-for-hire” firms attacking healthcare and finance firms in the past few months.
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Bitcoin Daily: Jet Token Seeks $10M For Crypto-Based Jet Leasing Marketplace; Tradewind Blockchain Platform Launches Stablecoin Tracking System
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Founded last year, the company competes with TurnKey Jet, which was the first crypto company that received a no-action letter from the U.S. For the first time ever, the miner that produces responsibly is going to be able to tag their metal to advertise it to downstream buyers.”.
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Why eBay’s Trials And Tribulations May Have Melted ICE’s Bid – For Now
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
The initial focus on Wall Street and beyond may have been, and may still be, the price tag: At a reputed $30 billion, the bid price was roughly 10 percent over eBay’s closing price coming into The Wall Street Journal report that shed some light on the offer. No, thanks. Bakkt focuses on digital assets such as bitcoin futures and options.
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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $530 Million Week Ending July 8
Fintech Labs Insights
AUGUST 5, 2016
Tags: SMB, ecommerce, merchants, crypto-currency, blockchain. Latest round: $449 million Series F. Total raised: $874 million. HQ: Beijing, China. Source: Crunchbase. Alt-lender to small businesses. Latest round: $35 million. Total raised: $36.6 HQ: Mumbai, India. Source: FT Partners. Coinbase. HQ: San Francisco, California.
Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July
Fintech Labs Insights
AUGUST 8, 2016
Tags: Consumer, insurance, renters, property & casualty, P&C. Total raised: $100 million. HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Source: Crunchbase. Platform for investing in early-stage startups. Latest round: $14.4 million Debt. Total raised previously: Unknown. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Total raised: $14.4
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Fintech Fundings: 24 Companies Raise $560 Million Week Ending Jan 8
Fintech Labs Insights
JANUARY 13, 2016
Tags: Consumer, payments, remittances. Total raised: $319.7 million ($44.7 million Equity, $275 million Debt). HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Dutch person-to-person SMB lender . Latest round: $100 million Debt. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Netherlands. Latest round: $52 million Series C. Total raised: $98.3 HQ: Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 19, 2016
Tags: Consumer, payments, blockchain, virtual currency, crypto-currency, remittances. HQ: Oakland, California. Source: Crunchbase. Digital banking company. Latest round: $56 million Debt (from Goldman Sachs). Total raised: $154.3 million ($98.3 million Equity, $56 million Debt). HQ: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Latest round: $38.5 million ($5.82
Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $100 Million Week Ending Dec 11
Fintech Labs Insights
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Tags: Advisors, investing, wealth management, Finovate Alum. Latest round: $37.6 million Series C. Total raised: $47.9 HQ: London, England, UK. Source: Crunchbase. Peer to peer insurance. Latest round: $13 million Seed. Total raised: $13 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Clip (PayClip). Latest round: $8 million Series A.
Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Tags: Small biz, SMB, financial management, billing, invoicing, accounting, bookeeping. Total raised: $45.5 HQ: Emeryville, California. Source: Crunchbase. Electronic trading marketplace for corporate bonds. Latest round: $25 million. Total raised: $25 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Digital insurance manager. million Seed.
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12 Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $390 Million Week Ending May 13
Fintech Labs Insights
JUNE 6, 2016
Tags: Enterprise, healthcare, payments, insurance. Total raised: $1.92 billion ($654 million Equity, $1.26 billion Debt). HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Source: Crunchbase. Bridge2Solutions. Incentive & rewards systems for financial institutions. Latest round: $35 million Series A. Total raised: $35 million. HQ: Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion
Fintech Labs Insights
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Tags: Enterprise, lending, insurance, risk management, underwriting. Latest round: $3.3 billion IPO. Total raised: Unknown (carved out of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2010). Source: NY Times , Finovate. First Data Corporation. Payment processing. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Latest round: $2.56 billion IPO. Total raised: Unknown. Source: TechCrunch.
Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raised $300 Million First Week of June
Fintech Labs Insights
JULY 12, 2016
Tags: Consumer, advisors, trading, wealth management, investing. Latest round: $134.5 Total raised: $134.5 HQ: Auckland, New Zealand. Source: Crunchbase. Vibes (owned by Syniverse). Mobile wallet analytics. Latest round: $45 million Series B. Total raised: $60 million. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Total raised: $36.3 Source: Crunchbase.
Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raised $150 Million Week Ending Nov 29
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Tags: Consumer, home equity, mortgage, lending, credit, investing. Latest round: $128 million ($230 million valuation). Total raised: $128 million. HQ: Durham, England, UK. Source: Crunchbase. Lighter Capital. Alt-lender focused on startups. Latest round: $9 million. Total raised: $15 million. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Latest round: $7.6
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How TikTok’s GenZ financial influencers are changing finance
Lex Sokolin
APRIL 28, 2021
But he can be roughly compared to a crypto influencer like BitBoy, a YouTuber with 850,000 subscribers and 150,000 views per video. Notably from the article, the #fintok tag on TikTok has 42.6 YouTube is not all about money and financial literacy, and Cramer still has a good grip on the financial imagination of Gen X and Baby Boomers.
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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $270 Million Second Week of August
Fintech Labs Insights
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Tags: Consumer, SMB, insurance. Latest round: $56 million. Total raised: $167 million. HQ: Franklin, Massachusetts. Source: Finovate. Finova Financial. Alt-title loans. Latest round: $52.5 million Private Equity. Total raised: $52.5 HQ: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Total raised: $60.9 HQ: Guangzhou, China. Source: Crunchbase. BPS Technology.
Fintech Fundings: 17 Companies Raise $235 Million Week Ending Sep 25
Fintech Labs Insights
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Tags: Consumer, loans, peer-to-peer, mobile. Latest round: $127 million (debt & equity). Total raised: $135 million. Source: P2P-Banking. CoverHound. Insurance portal. HQ: San Francisco, California. Latest round: $33.3 million at $100 million valuation. Total raised: $53 million. Source: Finovate. HQ: Austin, Texas. HQ: Bejing, China.
Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1
Fintech Labs Insights
APRIL 4, 2016
Tags: Consumer, lending, deposits, loans, payments, banking, underbanked, non-banked. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Source: Crunchbase. Betterment. Consumer online investment platform. Latest round: $100 million Series E ($700 million valuation). Total raised: $205 million. HQ: New York City. Total raised: $136.7
Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $810 Million Week Ending Nov 20
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
Tags: Consumer, SMB, prepaid cards, debit cards. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase. Financing online consumer purchases. Latest round: $101 million ($1 million equity, $100 million debt). Total raised: $101 million (includes $100 million debt). HQ: Sydney, Australia. Latest round: $83 million. Total raised: $119 million.
Fintech Fundings: 19 Companies Raise $1.3 Billion Week Ending Oct 1
Fintech Labs Insights
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Tags: Commercial lending, loans, secondary market, enterprise. Latest round: $675 million ($4 billion valuation). Total raised: $875 million. Source: Crunchbase , VentureBeat. Consumer alt-lender. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Latest round: $325 million ($1+ billion valuation). Total raised: $1.73 billion (includes $1.05 billion in debt).
Fintech Fundings: 11 Companies Raise $960 Million Week Ending May 7
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 7, 2015
Tags: Banking software. Total raised: $583.6 Source: Crunchbase. Alt-lending at the point-of-sale. HQ: San Francisco, California. Latest round: $275 million (including an undisclosed amount of debt, about $200 million according to TechCrunch). Total raised: $320 million (including debt). Total raised: $127.1 Source: Crunchbase.
Fintech Fundings: 17 Companies Raised $580 Million Week Ending July 31
Fintech Labs Insights
JULY 31, 2015
Tags: Bitcoin, crypto, blockchain, R&D. Latest round: $120 million Series E (of rumored $150 million at $875 million valuation). Total raised: $585 million ($357 million debt, $228 million equity). Source: Finovate. Cloud communications . HQ: San Francisco, California. Latest round: $130 million ($1.1 billion valuation).
What’s Next In Libra’s Serial Cliffhanger?
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Depending on how you view this movie — call it the saga of the crypto — Libra is either a hero or villain. Sounds a bit to us like tag teams: One partner switches out but tags in another teammate who is game to go — and Libra tokens, of course, stay in the pot. The members can leave for any reason. and Women’s World Banking.
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Signalling and SoftBank, SushiSwap’s vampire attack, and why we make Art
Lex Sokolin
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
tagging SoftBank as the NASDAQ whale that has been moving the options markets. Nothing But Memes Signalling is even more of an issue in the crypto markets, which has limited operating connectivity to the blood and flesh of the “real world”. You are not betting on the share price, just the growth in the share price.
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Bitcoin Daily: Square's Cash App Lets Consumers Earn Bitcoin On Purchases; Nigeria Trades Second-Highest Bitcoin Volume On Paxful's Platform
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 20, 2020
Other firms have made similar moves, with crypto lending firm BlockFi partnering with Visa to roll out a new bitcoin-backed credit card in 2021, CoinDesk reported. SUERC, which is tasked with finding ways to authenticate whiskeys, will now use Everledger's anti-tamper bottle tags and blockchain platform to track the whiskies.
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Is Cryptocurrency The Key To Shoppable Movie Content?
PYMNTS
JANUARY 22, 2018
And though that is the chart topper, the average “high-end” TV drama can cost anywhere from $5 million to $7 million per episode, with the least expensive shows all having a price tag north of $1 million. And, Reedeux is adamant that it intends to complete as a professional-level production firm.
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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August
Fintech Labs Insights
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Tags: Consumer, person-to-person, payments, funds transfer, remittances. Latest round: $220 million Private Equity. Total raised: $245 million. HQ: Oakland, California. Source: Crunchbase. Cloud cash and treasury management solutions. Latest round: $22.7 Total raised: $95.1 HQ: San Diego, California. Latest round: $15 million Series B.
Enough with the “Britcoin” already!
Tomorrow's Transactions
JULY 19, 2016
I suppose it’s an easy mistake to make, so let’s put it to bed once and for all. In fact, I think I’m coming round to Robert Sam’s thinking about the role of Bitcoin in the greater scheme of things with respect to the co-evolution of money and technology.
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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $270 Million Week Ending May 6
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 26, 2016
Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer loan marketplace, investing, P2P. Latest round: $55 million Series C. Total raised: $87.7 HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile wallet. Latest round: $50 million Series C. Total raised: $86.9 HQ: Gurgaon, India. Source: Crunchbase. Total raised: $125.8
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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $2.7 Billion Week Ending Jan 22
Fintech Labs Insights
JANUARY 22, 2016
Tags: Consumer, payments, tickets, B2G2C, merchants, acquiring, debit/credit cards. HQ: Shanghai, China. Source: Crunchbase , Crowdfund Insider. JD Finance. Financial subsidiary of JD.com (direct sales company). Latest round: $1 billion at $7.1 billion valuation. Total raised: $1 billion. HQ: Chaoyang, China. Total raised: $180 million.
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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June
Fintech Labs Insights
JULY 21, 2016
Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, loans, secured lending, lead gen. Latest round: $60 million Series D. Total raised: $136 million. HQ: Dublin, Ireland. Source: Crunchbase. Account aggregation APIs. Latest round: $44 million Series B. Total raised: $59.3 HQ: San Francisco, California. Latest round: $40 million Series B.
Fintech Fundings: 113 Companies Raised $1.7 Billion in May
Fintech Labs Insights
JUNE 27, 2016
Tags: SMB, commercial lending, construction loans, security, underwriting. Latest round: $238 million IPO. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Atlanta, Gerogia. Source: FT Partners. P2P lending platform. Latest round: $153 million Series C. Total raised: $177 million. HQ: Hangzhou, China. Total raised: $57.2 HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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17 Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 5
Fintech Labs Insights
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Tags: Consumer, traders, advisors, investing, stock trading. Here are the fintech deals by size from 30 Jan to 5 Feb 2016: Credibly . Small business alt-lender . Latest round: $70 million Debt. Total raised: $70 million. HQ: Troy, Michigan. Source: Crunchbase. Blockstream. Sidechain technology. Latest round: $55 million Series A. HQ: Israel.
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12 Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 12
Fintech Labs Insights
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
Tags: SMB, POS, payments, credit/debit cards, restaurant merchants, acquiring. Total raised: $102.2 HQ: Oakland, California. Source: Crunchbase. Maestro Health. Employee benefits and health insurance services. Latest round: $53 million. Total raised: $53 million. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Total raised: $147.7 HQ: London, England, UK.
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Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $345 Million Week Ending August 14
Fintech Labs Insights
AUGUST 14, 2015
Tags: Payments, underbanked, unbanked, mobile. Latest round: $100 million ($87.5 million Debt, $12.5 million Equity). Total raised: $100 million($87.5 million Debt, $12.5 million Equity). Source: Crunchbase. International money transfers. HQ: New York City. Latest round: $50 million. Total raised: $90 million. Source: Finovate.
Fintech Fundings: 24 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending May 21
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 21, 2015
It was a broad mix of sub-sectors, from crypto (Ripple) to lending. Tags: Insurance. This week, 24 companies raised $444 million ($359 million equity, $85 million debt). That’s the highest weekly number of companies funded since we began tracking last August. Latest round: $100 million Private Equity. Total raised: $100 million.
Fintech Fundings: 102 Companies Raise $2.0 Billion in July
Fintech Labs Insights
AUGUST 23, 2016
Tags: SMB, commercial credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing. Total raised: $615 million Debt (Unknown equity). HQ: Fort Worth, Texas. Source: Crunchbase. FINO PayTech. Marketplace lender. Latest round: $37.6 million ($200 million valuation). Total raised: $37.6 HQ: Mumbai, India. Total raised: $30 million.
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