PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Last week, Grab announced that its Grab Financial Group had raised $300 million in a Series A funding round led by Hanwha Asset Management and joined by K3 Ventures , GGV Capital , Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures. Founded in Malaysia in 2012, Grab is also known for its popular ridesharing and delivery services.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Founded in Singapore in 2012, the company’s solutions are used today by major digital retailers such as Rakuten and ASOS to simplify product searching for some 250 million daily active users. million Series B venture funding round led by Rakuten Ventures with participation from SPH Media Fund, Enspire Capital and WI Harper Group.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The new round of funding came from existing investors Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners. The company has raised more than $2 billion since it was founded in 2012 by Apoorva Mehta, Brandon Leonardo and Max Mullen. billion, the Silicon Valley startup announced on Thursday (Oct. and Canada.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

With the app, Affirm users can shop at almost any retailer by creating a onetime-use virtual card instead of being limited to shops that have Affirm integrated at checkout. . Holiday spending by Americans topped $700 million in 2018 and is expected to be higher in 2019, according to the National Retail Federation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

These days, retail merchants must reach customers, both in-store and online, securely and conveniently. According to Dasilva, the past decade-plus has brought three major payments revolutions, each of which shook the retail industry. There’s increasingly less middle ground between getting omnichannel right or fading into oblivion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

In many businesses, acquiring customers used to be a function of where the business was located — a high traffic intersection for a convenience store or a well-heeled mall for a clothing retailer. Other industries see lower conversion rates — 1 percent to 10 percent, according to a 2012 study. Technology, of course, changed all that.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

The sources added that the company is close to finalizing a deal with Gordon Brothers and Hilco Global for a 60-day loan that will give the luxury retailer time to find a buyer. That agreement, however, has not been sufficient to stem the losses, and it looks as though the retailer is running out of options.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Producers (or importers) sell to distributors, distributors sell to retailers and retailers sell to customers. Only retailers can sell to customers, and only distributors can buy from producers (except in the state of Washington). Drizly also faces an increasingly competitive marketplace than when it launched in 2012.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2016

P2P payments were realtime within Chase since 2012, but now they are realtime among Read More. Bank, Bank of America, and as of yesterday, JPMorgan Chase. Bank and Bank of America joined the realtime network in March.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

“This drives up cost to originate new loans, especially for the lower credit quality borrowers to whom many retail card portfolios skew.” To get a sense of some of the mechanics of how it all works: Capital One increased its allowance by $2.9 Peeking Under the CECL Hood. Yet the higher the reserves, the less credit is made available.

Cards 159

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

CircleUp entered the market in 2012 as a data driven variation on venture capital (VC) funding to solve for part of that problem in retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. Small manufacturers face a lot of pressure from retailers, so the credit works as a buffer,” Hochberg said. The first is focus.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2017

This week, the company announced its last part of its $120 million venture capital (VC) funding round. Founded in 2012, the AI startup specializes in data analytics for enterprises looking to quickly find data, similar to an online search engine.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Jumia , which was founded by two Frenchmen in 2012, operates in 11 African countries, from Morocco to Nigeria and Kenya, and has been referred to as Africa’s version of Amazon. The commission I earn as a Copia agent has been my working capital,” said Kihara, 48. All this has been possible due to money from the business.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

“This drives up cost to originate new loans, especially for the lower credit quality borrowers to whom many retail card portfolios skew.” To get a sense of some of the mechanics of how it all works: Capital One increased its allowance by $2.9 Peeking Under the CECL Hood. Yet the higher the reserves, the less credit is made available.

Cards 141

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Standard Chartered Private Equity was the main investor, and Affirma Capital also participated in the round. The amount of the raise wasn’t disclosed, but Dianrong was reportedly trying to raise $100 million so that it had enough to satisfy China’s capital requirement — $74.5 The company is known as the “lending club of China.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

Founded in 2012, Shiftgig built a mobile platform that allows temporary, gig and hourly workers to find and pick up shifts at local businesses — in food service, retail, hospitality and logistics to name a few — looking for staff to fill schedule gaps.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

Outfittery , the German styling service for men’s clothes, has raised $22 million in a funding round led by the venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, according to TechCrunch. Outfittery, founded by Anna Alex and Julia Boesch in 2012, says that it operates in eight countries and has about 400,000 clients.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

The venture capital world lit up last week with reports that B2B tech startups are now seeing increased funding, raising money at a faster pace than B2C startups. Unfortunately, for the world of B2B payments, those B2B startups seem to be serving more of the retail crowd. B2B ePayments. Transactis. Invoice Finance . Platform Black.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

The FinTech startup iKaaz, which was founded in 2012, has a cloud-based platform for online merchants, point-of-sale hardware for retailers and a mobile wallet for customers who want to make digital payments. Specific terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Payments 102

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

Amid brick-and-mortar retail struggles and stock price volatility, a go-private offer has emerged for Hudson’s Bay Co., billion buy of Lord & Taylor in 2006, the public debut of Hudson’s Bay as a public company in 2012, and the acquisition of Saks Fifth Avenue in 2013. which owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor.

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Accenture: Banking

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Cash usage will see a clear reduction across Europe—as an example, ATM cash withdrawals in the UK, which peaked at 2.9bn withdrawals in 2012, will fall from 2.7bn withdrawals in 2016 to somewhere between 2 – 2.5bn withdrawals in 2017. Retailing/Acceptance. Use of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc. Use of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc.

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Accenture: Banking

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Cash usage will see a clear reduction across Europe—as an example, ATM cash withdrawals in the UK, which peaked at 2.9bn withdrawals in 2012, will fall from 2.7bn withdrawals in 2016 to somewhere between 2 – 2.5bn withdrawals in 2017. Retailing/Acceptance. Use of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc. Use of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc.

Payments 150

Payments Bitcoin Samsung Fraud 150

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

“When you combine a strong economy, healthy retail demand and the willingness of small business owners to reinvest their savings from tax cuts, it creates a positive atmosphere for small business lending ,” said Rohit Arora, Biz2Credit CEO, in a statement. percent approval rating in March of 2012, Biz2Credit noted.

Lending 102

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The partnership is good news for DoorDash, as it has received more than $700 million in capital since its creation in 2012 by former Stanford students Andy Fang, Stanley Tang, Tony Xu and Evan Moore. The injection of funds brought the food delivery service’s valuation to $1.4 billion.

Capital 117

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Karner noted that Signify has been into IoT and connected products since its early days: 2012, two years before Amazon Alexa’s release. From there, it depends on which Interact platform they are using (Interact Retail, Interact Corporate, Interact City, etc.), and the use case for which they are specifically looking to solve.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

“This alliance is the latest initiative by Caesars to capitalize on our database, generate a new revenue stream in a growth market and raise our profile in sports, in part by creating new sports-themed guest experiences at our resorts across the country.” and Australia. .” and Australia.

Online 108

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

The Chicago-based population health services firm higi – which focuses on consumer-centric, data-driven engagement solutions for providers, payers, retailers and self-insured employers – has announced its latest big funding round. As of today (July 10), the firm has captured $21.3 population. higi is the new frontier.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2017

Momentum Machines introduced its fully autonomous burger bot in 2012, and now, with news of an $18 million venture capital funding round , it’s one step closer to opening its flagship San Francisco restaurant based around the prototype, which has been in the works since June of last year. “Our It’s meant to completely obviate them.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Launched in 2012, the firm delivers a subscription box targeted at “the modern man,” which features products in the style, travel and alcohol categories. Each box is listed at $45, but the retail value of the products inside is “north of $75,” Rishi Prabhu assured TechCrunch. As of August 2017, there were 5.7

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe often states that less than 8% of total commerce occurs online, suggesting roughly $26T in global, omnichannel retail sales.

Online 98

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

million in 2012. Other players in the market, including Avenue Capital Group and Euler Hermes Group, have also exited the space, causing an increase in the cost of these insurance contracts. In 2013, those investments hit $232 million, and in 2014, they hit $80 million, according to reports. billion from $4.7 billion a year ago.

Payments 100

Payments Groups Report Retail 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Even food products that cost several times more than Urban Remedy’s typical fare have made the cut — like caviar, for example, according to PYMNTS Unattended Retail tracker. Venture Capital Investment. Previous funding rounds in 2014 and 2012 have brought the company $5 million and $1 million respectively, according to Crunchbase.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 16, 2015

After Nashville, it’s been back-to-back trips to Las Vegas for the Amazon Web Services re:Invent developers conference followed by the Bankers Administration Institute’s Retail Delivery Conference. For a long time, BAI-RDC has been the premiere conference for retail banking. What’s The Hurry? .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Going forward, ABEJA and Google will collaborate on AI and ML solutions across various sectors, including retail and manufacturing, driving the application of AI solutions, along with further growth in the Japanese AI sector,” the company said in a statement. The deal is a strategic one, according to ABEJA.

Google 101

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

The financing was co-led by WI Harper Group and Idea Bulb Ventures and includes participation from Learn Capital, Charles River Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and TCL. Wonder Workshop has sold more than 7,000 toy robots to elementary schools around the world since its founding in 2012. A Dot and Dash combo pack retails for $294.99

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

million from Benchmark Capital and changed its name to eBay. And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. Speaking of online retailers, eBay went all out to court them. From the Living Room to the Basement.

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