PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

German food delivery platform Delivery Hero is launching its own early-stage venture capital (VC) firm — DX Ventures — that will be managed independently to focus on advancing founder-led startups. Delivery Hero operates in 50 countries in over 700 cities across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Bitcoin finished up its worst year yet, as the price of the popular cryptocurrency plummeted by over 80 percent over 2018, Coindesk reported. In addition, the digital currency’s total capitalization dropped by almost $700 billion. But the cryptocurrency ended 2018 with a price of just under $3,750.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Daniel Houseman, partner at KPMG, contributed the following piece as part of the PYMNTS 2018 year-end eBook. . Payments innovation in 2018 has leveled the playing field, with new entrants, the rise of the customer and cross-border connectivity all enabling real-time payments almost anywhere and at virtually any time. New Entrants.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

million for not completing accurate returns between 2014 and 2018, according to a report by Reuters. Banks have to regularly report financial data to make sure they’re operating within the law, and to make sure they have buffers against market shifts in terms of risk and capital.

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Accenture: Banking

AUGUST 20, 2019

According to Worldpay’s 2018 Global Payment Report, mobile payments usage globally will grow to 28 percent in 2022 ¹. Our analysis showed that monetizing payments at one global software provider, for example, could increase revenue from its current operations by 15 percent to 35 percent, net of any transaction-related expenses.

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Software Capital Payments Analysis 150

BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Operational risk is rapidly becoming one of the most important threats to the financial system but is also one of the least well understood. But they are only one part of operational risk, which includes losses from any kind of business disruption or human error, including power outages or natural disasters.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

African payments startup OPay has raised $50 million in funding after investors such as Sequoia China, IDG Capital and Source Code Capital joined in the latest round, according to a report. OPay was founded in 2018 and serves as a mobile platform for sending and receiving payments.

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Mobile Payments Capital Report 176

PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

A boom and crash just a few years ago showed that, as estimated by Bitcoinist.com , as many as 160 projects were on tap at as of January 2018, and by October of last year, that tally was zero. One firm, tZERO Group , is betting that blockchain can help disrupt capital markets themselves. Regis Aspen Resort based in Colorado.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

in January of 2018, and after that, an underground operation emerged, in which the yen were exchanged for other digital currencies on a dark website. The report says there were 58 billion yen in digital money stolen from Coincheck Inc. The suspects, according to the report, had been trading at said exchange.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. FinTech funding reached its highest level in five years in 2018, according to CB Insights data published last month, hitting $11.89 Further, GLI Finance revealed a $25.93

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

However, an awful lot is in fact different at the dusk of 2018 than it was at the dawn. The year 2018 saw massive changes in where consumers shop, how they pay, and what goods and services they want in their carts. Yet, as 2018 was coming to a close, Facebook was hit with just a bit more bad news. The Facebook Follies.

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Retail Online Cards United States 123

PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Jakarta-based Payfazz operates through agents — the company’s network consisted of more than a quarter million — who process payments to pay utility bills, buy telephone time and add to mobile wallets, Tech in Asia reported. according to a Crunchbase report , which noted the startup’s Series A round was in November 2018.

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Capital Groups Report Mobile 211

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Raisin , the pan-European FinTech that operates a marketplace for savings and investment products, announced Wednesday (February 6) that it raised $114 million in venture capital funding, bringing the total amount it has raised to $200 million. in 2018 and plans to add two or more markets to the platform in 2019.

Capital 176

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

The report, which was commissioned by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), found that in 2018, USPS’ retail facilities generated about $10.5 billion in revenue and cost $5 billion to operate. Those facilities accounted for about 15 percent of total fiscal year 2018 revenues and about 7 percent of its total costs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Payment operations software company Modern Treasury raised $38 million through an Altimeter Capital-led Series B funding round, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 12) announcement. The company says that over $18.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With more than $1 billion raised — and more to come — this week became the most lucrative for B2B FinTech venture capital funding. said the company saw BHL Holdings lead the second Series A funding round, while Nire Capital and existing backers Concentric, Seedcamp and Beazley also participated. Reports in Verdict.co.uk

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Fintech Capital Lending Report 175

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Virtual Kitchen , a startup founded by ex- Uber employees, has raised $20 million in fresh capital in a bid to capitalize on the need for food delivery amid the pandemic, according to CNBC. The company was founded in 2018 by Ken Chong and Matt Sawchuk , both of whom used to work for Uber. billion by 2026, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

The nCino Bank operating system is a single, multi-tenant cloud platform that digitizes client onboarding, loan origination and deposit account opening across commercial, small business and retail lines of business. percent of total revenues) in fiscal 2018, representing a 64.7 Sales are expected to start during the week of July 13.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Mastercard will harness supply chain information from N-Frnds, the virtual procure-to-pay platform of SGeBIZ, and other sources to team with Finastra and the firm’s Trade Bank clients with the goal of automating working capital finance access. trillion funding gap in 2018, long before to the pandemic. The ADB approximated a $1.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

AscendantFX Capital , which works in technology-based payment innovations, has joined the SWIFT Network for the benefits it offers, including better transparency and faster payments, the company announced in a Wednesday (Aug. AscendantFX Chief Operating Officer Shemina Jiwani said the company wanted to keep on the cutting edge of payments.

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Innovation Capital Payments Data 193

PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

In venture capital news, London startup TrueLayer has raised $3 million in Series A funding so that it can enable FinTech companies to access bank APIs. but there are plans to expand into other EU countries later in 2018. It is available in the U.K., And full PSD2 support is next on the road map.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

Our cloud-based platform empowered our customers to quickly and safely move their employees to work from home with no disruption to their operations,” nCino Co-founder and CEO Pierre Naudé wrote in a letter to investors announcing the IPO. “We percent of total revenues) in fiscal 2018, representing a 64.7 million, or 74.7 million (70.4

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North Carolina Capital Software Security 150

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Based in Hangzhou, China, the company operates Alipay, an online payment service that debuted in 2004 and has evolved into the world’s largest payment and lifestyle platform, the company said. The Chinese financial services company was valued at $150 billion in a 2018 fundraising round.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This acquisition reinforces ACI’s ‘any payment, every possibility’ vision and accelerates our ability to capitalize on the growing global payment transaction opportunity over the next five years. The combined ACI-Western Union business will service over 4,000 customers across the U.S. All in, the U.S.

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United States Strategy Resources Payments 198

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

. “We thoughtfully selected this diverse group with industry experts from across the full spectrum of the payments ecosystem including financial institutions, payment network operators, technology providers, and business end users,” said FPC Board Chair Michael Bilski in a statement. Visa Joins NACHA Pilot.

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Groups Payments Survey Data 252

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

billion in a new funding round led by the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. . What they’ve accomplished in achieving both rapid growth and strong unit economics is rare for a company this complex and so early on,” Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha said in an email to reporters.

Capital 146

Capital America Regulation Innovation 146

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Venture capital funding rounds this week showed some concentration on the continent, with several announcements tied to Europe. Additional participation came from ERA, 645 Ventures, Stage 2 Capital and Green Visor Capital. Additional participation came from ERA, 645 Ventures, Stage 2 Capital and Green Visor Capital.

Digital Banking 131

Digital Banking Capital Risk Management Operations 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

million for not completing accurate returns between 2014 and 2018, according to a report by Reuters. Banks have to regularly report financial data to make sure they’re operating within the law, and to make sure they have buffers against market shifts in terms of risk and capital.

Capital 136

Capital Regulation Meeting Resources 136

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Business confidence remains relatively high, but the latest analysis from CB Insights found that venture capital (VC) investment took a turn for the worse in Q1. Reports earlier this week in the Financial Times revealed that global venture capital funding dropped 13 percent to $6.3 Webware.io. Canada’s Webware.io

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Fintech Capital blockchain Management 160

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The gains come in stark contrast to the 12,000 positions cut within the manufacturing sector, indicating a shift from capital goods production to a service economy (the service being delivery, of course). packages grow at a 68 percent [compound annual growth rate from 2018 to 2022],” Morgan Stanley said at the time.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Albertsons’ IPO is the culmination of a saga that began in 2006 when private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management took a major position, with plans to grow the chain into one of North America’s gargantuan power grocers. in 2018 got the cold shoulder primarily for this reason. billion fundraise once anticipated.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Alipay’s latest expansion — this time, to Luxembourg — shows not only the increasing reach of the China-based mobile payments ecosystem, but also stands as the latest example of companies in payments and FinTech gaining licenses to operate in Europe. The company said its capital value has jumped from 280 million pounds in 2017.

Trends 185

Trends Payments Fintech Mobile 185

PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

small businesses (SMBs) — 57 percent — reported revenue growth in 2018, although profits remained the same as in 2017, according to Forbes , citing the Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS). According to the survey, while revenues grew for most, the percentage of firms operating at a profit remained unchanged from the previous year’s report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

That wasn’t perhaps the most surprising news, given how Amazon keeps taking control of more logistical and delivery operations — an effort that many observers expect will eventually include the eCommerce operator competing head-to-head with UPS and FedEx. billion in capital. That’s one take on the news Thursday (Dec. households.

Retail 197

Retail Millennials Capital Operations 197

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

billion in a 2018 funding round that included investment funds from Sequoia Capital China, Hillhouse Capital Group, China Merchants Group, Tencent Holdings, and China Life Insurance. 30, JD Logistics operated more than 650 warehouses, covering a total gross floor area of about 16 million square meters. As of Sept.

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Google New York Capital Groups 131

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Crowdz’s goal is to accelerate [SMB] profitability by enabling access to real-time working capital, so more businesses can flourish.”. In 2018, Crowdz announced an investment from Barclays , which had picked Crowdz for its Accelerator program.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

billion from its 2018 initial coin offering (ICO), Coindesk reported. . The so-called Depression — or crypto winter — experienced by the crypto market from November 2018 to February 2019 saw the total market value plunge over $100 billion. There were 150 active cryptocurrency-type firms in 2019 compared to 113 in 2018.

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blockchain Bitcoin cryptocurrency Operations 132