PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

USA Technologies CEO Stephen Herbert has stepped down against the backdrop of a proxy war ignited by the company’s biggest investor, New York-based hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital, Biz Journals reported on Friday (Oct. Herbert’s exit follows a plan by Hudson Executive Capital to take over the USAT board.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Indian tech startups had a huge year in 2018, but the way the money is being distributed has some experts concerned about the future of the country’s financial ecosystem, according to reports. Early startups were a part of 304 deals in 2018 and raised $916 million. billion in funding – the most ever. In 2017, Indian startups got $10.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

New data shows that venture capital funding of artificial intelligence (AI) companies jumped a whopping 72 percent last year, hitting a record $9.3 Those deals fell from 39 percent in 2017 to just 30 percent in 2018. The largest AI deal in the U.S. It’s gotten really easy with open-source products to start an AI company.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In other news, Chainalysis , a crypto transaction analysis startup, announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by venture capital (VC) firm Accel. According to Innovate Finance ’s “ 2018 FinTech VC Investment Landscape ” report, “2018 was a record year in FinTech, with $36.6

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Australian challenger bank Judo Capital has chosen VERMEG , a leading banking and insurance software solution company, to meet its Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting requirements as it pursues its full banking license. “Regulatory reporting is an essential function for Judo.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Visa Acquires Longtime Partner Fraedom.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 7, 2019

Increasing access to capital, consumer awareness, and acceptance to new ways of managing finances and other ecosystem drivers have been attractive for entrepreneurs in 2018 as well. Figure is a financial technology company that offers consumer credit products by leveraging blockchain, AI, and. FinTech is not an exception here.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. We see institutional capital come into the crypto space with the expectation of banking integrations to complement crypto credit offerings,” CEO Darshan Bathija said in a statement, according to CoinDesk.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Some providers are capitalizing on the concept by launching new services that offer access to premium content such as newspapers and magazines in exchange for a monthly fee. The share of Americans aged 14 to 21 who subscribed to internet-based video services in 2018 is 80 percent. in the fourth quarter of 2018 (although it added 7.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. Capital expenditures for 2018 are projected at $3 billion. Breaking It Down by the Numbers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Capital One reported a robust second-quarter performance as the bank had increased spending and lowered losses in its credit card business. Capital One delivered another quarter of strong financial performance as we continued to invest to grow and drive our digital transformation,” Fairbank said in a statement. billion or $3.71

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 25, 2019

Looking at the top five blog entries of 2018, we see that using technology to meet the ever-increasing scale and rate of regulatory change is top of mind for financial service organizations. As Marc Andrew’s notes in his blog, Demystifying AI for risk and compliance , in 2018, we saw AI tackle exhausting regulatory requirements.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

In short, while 2017 was the year of payments disruption, 2018 will be the year of the satisfied customer. As technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning permeate this market, the customer experience is changing. That doesn’t just mean consumers either. trillion: the current valuation of the U.S. . — $1.1

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

According to Worldpay’s 2018 Global Payment Report, mobile payments usage globally will grow to 28 percent in 2022 ¹. The added expense of moving from enabling payments to monetizing payments is minimal; it may include some additional processing expenses, technology updates and relationship management resources. 1 Worldpay.

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Capital is the lifeblood of economies, and of the companies (and yes, of course, individuals) that collectively make things and provide services … and in the age of FinTech, the capital comes digitally and across innovative channels. Within the FinTech space, there may be a resurgence of sorts for one firm. ”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Israel’s technology sector had a banner year in 2019, raising $8.3 billion in 522 deals, a 30 percent growth over 2018, ZAG law firm announced Tuesday (Jan. 2019 marked a record year, capping a decade of successive increases in capital invested in the Israeli high-tech industry,” said Shmulik Zysman, ZAG founding partner.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Matt Clark, president and COO of Corcentric , contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. This past year has seen an acceleration in the technology that provides a platform for companies to interact with suppliers and their customers. The main reason is visibility.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

Thirty-seven Chinese companies reached billion-dollar valuations in 2018, operating in areas as diverse as healthcare, transportation, and education, among others. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the China-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018. Bitmain Technologies. Valuation : $12B. Manbang Group.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The cross-border investment and asset management firm China Everbright Limited is leading a $283 million Series C1 funding round for Terminus Technologies, Deal Street Asia reported on Tuesday (Aug. Artificial intelligence provider Terminus Technologies will use the money for further development and additional staffing.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

CB Insights unveiled the second annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the most promising private companies applying a mix of software and technology to transform the financial services industry. This year’s cohort has already seen more mega-rounds in 2018 YTD than 2017’s Fintech 250 list in all of 2017, with 23 mega-rounds investments.

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CB Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

From e-commerce to software to payments, several companies with $1B+ valuations exited in 2018. Using CB Insights data, we identified the startups with a $1B+ valuation that exited in 2018. We’ve also covered 2018’s 14 European unicorns , 37 Chinese unicorns , and 55 US unicorns.). Meituan Dianping.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

Earlier this year, DoorDash received a $535 million investment from SoftBank , Sequoia Capital and Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund GIC , bringing the food delivery company a $1.4 The company currently serves around 1,200 cities in Canada and the United States, and plans to add as many as 600 cities in 2018. billion valuation.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, 14 European startups reached unicorn status, led by Roivant Sciences with its $7B valuation. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the Europe-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018. Select Investors: Founders Fund, SoftBank Group, NovaQuest Capital Management. Roivant Sciences. Valuation: $7B.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

Automakers that want in on ridesharing, self-driving cars or innovative car financing options aren’t always developing their own technologies or starting their own ventures. As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. The number of automaker-backed investments seems to have skyrocketed overnight.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

From gaming to healthcare to pizza delivery, US-based startups which reached unicorn status in 2018 represent a diverse range of industries. Silicon Valley produced plenty of $1B+ companies in 2018, but other parts of the country also had a strong showing. Check out our real-time Unicorn Tracker for a full list of $1B+ companies).

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2020

American technology giant Intel has acquired Israel’s public transit app Moovit for $1 billion. Founded in 2012, Moovit — based in the Israel town of Ness Ziona — has raised $133 million led by BRM Capital, Hanako, BMW iVentures, Sequoia Capital Israel and Vintage Investments Capital.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Since we founded the day of recognition in 2018, it’s become an opportunity for the nation to show gratitude for FinCrime fighters’ work in the financial industry. It’s about supporting the people who safeguard banks and credit unions from the growing threats of financial crime and who keep capital flowing to small businesses and families.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

Cedar, a provider of technology focused on fostering smooth financial interactions between healthcare providers and patients, announced $102 million in new venture capital funding and a new business relationship with a provider network on Monday (June 22). In addition to $77 million in venture capital from the Menlo Park, Calif.-based

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Global payments network Veem has closed a funding round with $31 million in new capital, a press release says. Truist Ventures, the corporate venture capital division of Truist Financial Corporation , the country's sixth largest commercial bank, led the round. and China, which had resulted in a 57 percent drop in payment size from U.S.-to-China

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

8) that Naspers invested $500 million of new capital into the company. The number of monthly listers on its marketplace has grown 65 percent since the beginning of 2018, letgo said. “We letgo , the app to buy and sell locally, announced Wednesday (Aug.

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The Paypers

JUNE 22, 2018

(The Paypers) Bottomline Technologies has announced the release of the 2018 B2B Payments and Working Capital Management Strategies Survey.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Amazon is in talks to buy self-driving car startup Zoox in a move that would advance the eCommerce giant’s reach in autonomous vehicle technology, according to a Tuesday (May 26) report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing sources familiar with the matter. In a 2018 funding round, Zoox was valued at $3.2 We believe $1.1

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018. It is not an exaggeration to say that 2018 has been the summer of movie subscription service MoviePass ’ discontent.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Venture capital funding is starting to bounce back in China after the coronavirus triggered a slowdown in what was already a stagnant climate for startups, according to a report in the Financial Times on Monday (April 13). Health and technology startups notched $1.1 billion from Qiming Ventures Partners.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

That’s Neo Technology’s specialty. The company created Neo4j — an open-source graph database technology that has become the world’s leading graph database — in 2007, and the technology now serves over 200 clients including eBay, Walmart, IBM, and NASA. PYMNTS: Why was the company founded? What was the grand idea that sparked it?

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

Coming up on the half mark in 2018, total fundraising on the continent has hit $168.6 Financial technology seems to be leading the startup charge, representing 40 percent of the largest 10 deals of the year so far, collectively worth $100 million. million — already ahead of 2017’s full-year take of $167.7 So why the boom?

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