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JANUARY 18, 2021

DN Capital was one of the early backers of Auto1, investing in the company in 2013, just a year after the company founded, Bloomberg noted. In a press release, Auto1 touted its "proven business model" and the market existing in Europe for used cars. Auto1 announced its plan to go public last week.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

The bond market, on the other hand, isn’t the most likely of places for an entrepreneur to seek financing. Typically seen as a low-risk, low-rewards instrument reserved for middle-market and large enterprises, corporate bonds offer the opportunity for businesses to remain private while raising money and diversifying debt.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Stalf would not divulge financials or share market demographics, but noted growth at N26 was strongest in Germany, France and Austria, with Italy and Spain poised to show similar expansion. Founded in 2013, N26 has raised a total of $683 million in financing. In 2019, N26 began operating in the United States.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

The decision to lay off employees comes days after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally approved Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo. startup was launched in 2013 and operates in 13 markets globally, with the biggest presence in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. . Delivery riders across the U.K.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. Less is more,” Dustin Netral, SVP of operations for Fabletics, said in a press release.

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MAY 18, 2020

Users of the digital trading platform Robinhood have taken to social media once again to express their outrage about outages locking them out of a stock market rally on Monday (May 18), according to a report. Based in Silicon Valley, Robinhood was founded in 2013 by Stanford University classmates Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The global insurance technology ( InsurTech ) market is slated to become a $1.1 billion industry by 2023, analysts have predicted, with growing analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) functionality accelerating innovation in the insurance market. In analyzing 470,000 corporate insurance claims across 206 countries, totaling $66.5

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JULY 22, 2019

Once the transaction closes, Reverb will continue to operate as a standalone business. Vibrant two-sided marketplaces are lightning in a bottle — there are only a handful of them operating at scale — and Reverb is one,” said Etsy CEO Josh Silverman in a press release. We’ve always found inspiration in Etsy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

N26 , a German FinTech, is looking to do at least one more funding round before going public in 2023 at the earliest, and eyeing breaking even on an operating level in 2021, Reuters reported. During the pandemic, N26 didn't see any major setbacks, although it put on hold its efforts to branch into new markets, Reuters reported.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

As reported by CNBC , the suit hinges on the contention that the crypto — the third largest as measured in terms of market value before a double-digit percentage slide in its value to 34 cents — is a security, not a currency, and thus is regulated by the SEC. “We billion to fund Ripple’s operations and enrich Larsen and Garlinghouse.”

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JULY 16, 2018

operations. While Juno only operates in New York, competing with Uber , Lyft and Via Transportation , there had been plans to expand into other U.S. Gett received more than $300 million from Volkswagen in 2016, but the German carmaker is now funding its own mobility unit and other operations. It’s also available in the U.K.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

A fact that people like Tim Gunn and Brian Beitler, chief marketing officer of Lane Bryant , says is true on paper, but overlooks the reality of plus-size women’s fashion. As of 2013, the suddenly struggling mall brand decided to cut ties to invest money into more profitable channels. But The Limited didn’t want it.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

We had our drop-off in April, and then come May we saw a very quick rebound, Bryan Petro , chief operating officer of boat rental and charter marketplace GetMyBoat , told PYMNTS. But] we’ve been around since 2013 … and we’ve been growing year over year. Owners will list with us. We bring them onto a mobile platform.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

On September 21, 2018, the Attorney General for the State of Washington filed a lawsuit (see complaint ) against several companies engaged in purchasing charged-off consumer debts, for operating as “collection agencies” without a license, in violation of the Washington Collection Agency Act (WCAA).

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This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

German bank N26 is partnering with financial software firm Eurobase International for its treasury management operations, BobsGuide reported on Monday (Nov. Headquartered in Berlin, N26 will use the Eurobase Siena platform to support its treasury management operations throughout most of the Eurozone, U.K., Switzerland and the U.S.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Algorand was selected after extensive market research among the leading protocol options,” SFB Technologies Co-Founder and CTO Jim Wagner said in the announcement. There are said to be 42 makers responsible for the machines, and the world was introduced to the concept of a bitcoin ATM in 2013. in the fall of 2019.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Grocery chain Fairway is in bankruptcy negotiations with Village Super Market Inc. Village Super Market Inc., Fairway “has been engaged in a strategic process and expects to soon announce a value-maximizing transaction that will provide for the ongoing operations of stores,” the company said in its statement.

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MARCH 2, 2020

The two main eCommerce players are Copia (which has faster delivery) and Jumia (which has more market share. Tim Steel, its CEO, points to Africa’s 750 million mid- and low-income consumers- who spend $680 billion a year – as its main target market. Both have been helped by the increase in logistics companies across the continent.

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MARCH 25, 2020

Dan is a highly regarded leader and accomplished executive with operational expertise and over two decades of deep experience in the FinTech space. He is also an innovator who has spearheaded, built and operated two publicly-traded payments companies,” said Jacobs. 31, 2019 showed an increase in total operating revenues of $249.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Cabela’s investor Elliott Management last year disclosed an 11 percent stake in Sidney, Nebraska-based Cabela’s and is reportedly urging a sale to pull value out of the hard-hit by recent trends retail operation. in late trading, giving Cabela’s a market capitalization of $3.7 Shares in Cabela’s rose as much as 4.5

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

billion illegally since 2013 by calling XRP a commodity when in reality it was more like a security, according to a press release. Sandoval's arguments closely track those contained in a civil suit the SEC filed Dec. 22 against Ripple Labs. The government alleged in the complaint that Ripple Labs and some executive raised $1.3

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This metric surged from 2 percent as of June 30, 2013, to 4.4 Operational Risk: Lastly, the OCC mentioned an increase in operational risk, and its intent to focus on: • Significant growth areas, new products, new or expanded services and changes in strategic direction. percent as measured on June 30 of this year.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

He is accused of setting up and operating Darkode, a black marketplace that operated between 2008 and 2013, as well as creating and deploying Mariposa, one of the largest botnets. Hard Fork reported that Matjaz Skorjanc, the co-founder of NiceHash, was reportedly taken into custody on Monday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Philadelphia-based goPuff, which bills itself as a kind of catch-all service for helping customers with various everyday shopping needs, is hoping to use the announcement to enter into the California market, the blog post stated. In October, goPuff came off a funding round with $380 million, PYMNTS reported.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Greg Greeley, president of homes at Airbnb, said in a statement to The WSJ that India and China are among Airbnb ’s fast-growing markets. It has grown at a rapid pace since launching in 2013, and is now the sixth largest hotel operator in the world. OYO has a presence in China, the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

A new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that trading in pirated and counterfeit goods has risen significantly, according to a report in the Financial Times. The value of fake and counterfeit products went from $461 billion in 2013 to $509 billion in 2016. percent in 2013.

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APRIL 14, 2020

True Religion was acquired for $824 million in 2013 by London-based capital investment firm TowerBrook Investment Partners, and ended up filing for bankruptcy in 2017. Data from S&P Global Market Intelligence listed department stores as the highest likely candidates to default on debt , with a 42 percent chance of doing so.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The report noted that there is no internationally agreed-upon definition of what that activity might be, but for the confines of the report, it includes “all credit activity facilitated by electronic [online] platforms that are not operated by commercial banks.” China was the largest market, yet volume has declined in recent periods.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

However, that is not the case with Farmhouse Market, a cashierless store in New Prague, Minnesota, population roughly 8,000. And as with Farmhouse Market, these new offerings often operate at intersection of tech and health. Fresh.Bowl , for example, stocks kiosks with locally sourced nutritionist-approved meals.

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

Germany is Amazon’s second-largest market after the U.S. . The union has been striking in Germany since 2013 over wages, but Amazon has said few workers participated and there was little impact on productivity. Amazon entered Germany in 2015. Germany is in a special position in the industry because most delivery firms subcontract.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Uber has come across strong resistance from taxi drivers after selecting Bogota as its inaugural South American operation in 2013. A taxi service sued Uber for going against competition norms, and a local market regulator ruled against the ride-hailing firm last month.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Lalamove has been operating since 2013 and has 22 markets in Asia, Latin America and North America. There is no revenue share model, so restaurants are able to boost their operations through adding delivery services for customers, avoiding paying commissions usually seen in specialized delivery programs, the release stated.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Mubble, which was founded in 2013, offered a usage-tracking app for consumers that used prepaid phones. Obopay’s CEO Shailendra Naidu told TechCircle , “The strategic acquisition of Mubble is a significant step in strengthening Obopay’s service offerings in Indian and international markets.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The company said the new funding will “provide capital, as well as access to KKR’s operational resources and global network.” RVshare said it aims to connect “travelers looking to experience RV travel with RV owners interested in turning their RV into a second source of income.”.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Established in 2013, the Independent Reserve claims it has more than 120,000 customers and 8,000 self-managed super funds (SMSFs), a private superannuation fund operated by its members and regulated by Australian law. Przelozny referenced “a number of positive moves by Singaporean regulators” as part of his reasoning.

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