Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. Third, read and enjoy the 2019 edition of the GonzoBanker Awards, our 18 th. The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. billion of assets under management. annual list.

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MAY 11, 2020

Mumbai-based Tata Capital , a division of Tata Group, is rolling out a mobile app to make it easier for its business loan customers to manage their accounts. Tata Capital is deeply invested in providing easy access of credit to merchants and dealers through its Channel Finance and Term Loan products.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

Numerous unicorns were among the hundreds of Chinese tech firms that toppled in 2019 as the economy soured and startups went through piles of cash, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Monday (Jan. The tech closures come as a funding shortage has investors wrestling with the end of a venture capital (VC) boom. . billion ($2.5

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Talk of a venture capital plummet continues to grow, particularly in Europe, where new data from Consultancy Europe revealed that the number of venture capital deals for startups across the continent has declined every quarter since Q1 2019. with total funding nearly reaching $391.25 million this week. Volante Technologies.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Chromo Capital co-led the deal. Also participating were Perry Capital, founded by Richard C. Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments.

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MAY 18, 2020

Tide Capital, now accredited as a lender , will have the authority to distribute loans between £2,000 and £50,000 during the coronavirus pandemic to struggling businesses. Companies interested in the loans will have to open up a Tide account in order to access the loans and manage repayments. Under the BBLS, the rate of interest is 2.5

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Leveraged has improved since 2019. Businesses' working capital cycles are longer. Despite borrowing more and tapping credit lines, they're managing leverage and meeting debt obligations, according to Abrigo's proprietary data. Companies need more working capital, but they’re still paying their suppliers as they should.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Alternative-asset manager Brookfield Asset Management said it raised a record $23 billion in Q2 and foresees speeding up the pace of investments in the wake of the pandemic’s disruption. Ron Bloom, who serves as the managing partner and vice chairman of the company’s private equity division, will manage the funds.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Some studies suggest that 68 percent of cross-border B2B payments were made via wire transfers as recently as 2019. . This can help cash-strapped companies operate, even with reduced capital in reserve. . The B2B payments space has been slow to adopt digital innovations in the past, and cross-border payments are no exception.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

GoExpedi , an eCommerce, supply chain and analytics startup, has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Top Tier Capital Partners. CSL Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Bowery Capital, Blue Bear Capital and other current investors also participated in the round. managing director at Top Tier Capital Partners. “In

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

He added that instant funds can help SMBs better manage cash flow . Square now manages $100 billion in annual payments and has an $83 billion market capitalization, the article said. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who mentioned Square during a February 2019 investor conference, per CNBC.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Digitally native mattress and home goods brand platform Resident landed a $130 million investment headed up by Nexus Capital Management and Ion Crossover Partners with participation from Baron Capital Group in Q4 of 2020, according to a Thursday (Jan. percent in contrast to Q3 2019. 7) announcement.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As returns from cash management offers are forecasted to drop 12 percent, trade finance revenues for banks are poised to fall by 8 percent in 2020. Banking revenue from international transaction services increased 2 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during the last 10 years to approximately $400 billion in 2019.

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JUNE 10, 2020

The BlackRock-led group is injecting capital into Trustly at a time when the company is building out its network, which enables merchants to accept bank transfers with the same ease as they now take credit card payments. Trustly had revenue of more than $147 million in 2019, according to Nordic Capital’s website.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

ALM | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Many financial institutions view asset/liability management as a "check-the-box" regulatory exercise. An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Libra Association, launched in June 2019, describes itself as an “independent member organization.” Levey added that he is confident that Emmett’s “leadership will help make Libra's vision a reality.". “I

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JULY 9, 2020

Banks have been facing a concerning rise in account takeover (ATO) attacks targeting their customers, with financial institutions (FIs) losses due to such schemes rising 72 percent from 2018 to 2019. percent of all fraud reported in 2019.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Female FinTech entrepreneurs are getting left out of funding even as record venture capital money is being pumped into startups. billion in the first three quarters of 2020, which is 20 percent more than the same period in 2019. Companies that did get funding received only 0.9 percent of total monies raised. .

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Abrigo

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2019, OFAC issued new guidance on the essential components of a strong OFAC compliance program. Management commitment As with any compliance program, one of the most important aspects of a strong SCP is a “culture of compliance,” from the top, to the middle, to the front line. Conclusion. Moving forward.

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JUNE 29, 2020

We are satisfied with the unprecedented business growth rates demonstrated by Ozon in 2019,” Alexey Katkov, managing partner, said at the time. In late March, PYMNTS reported Princeville Capital of San Francisco made a $50 million investment in Ozon.

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JUNE 29, 2020

IAC will change its name to Shift as the transaction proceeds and the Shift management team of CEO and Co-Founder George Arison and Co-CEO Toby Russell will stay in place. “We Arison said the move was about adding capital to scale the company. Securing that capital is even more complicated than the IAC merger.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Time is running out to apply for Bank Innovation’s DEMOvation Challenge, in which fintech startups demo before a crowd of conference attendees in hopes of earning their vote and walking away with prizes. The application deadline is Friday, February 8. Apply here.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We believe demand by small businesses seeking access to unsecured capital will be at unprecedented levels because most businesses have already accessed the government-backed business loan programs in the U.K. In 2019, Capify netted a $96 million credit facility from Goldman Sachs. and Australia market,” said Goldin in the release. “We

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JANUARY 8, 2021

All told, as estimated by SPACInsider.com , these investment vehicles, across 248 IPOs, raised more than $83 billion, far outpacing other years, where the initial public offering (IPO) size only reached double digits and where, for example, 2019 saw 59 IPOs and gross proceeds of $13.6 billion in gross proceeds. V to file an IPO.

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JUNE 7, 2020

percent in-store sales increase in 2019 after years of declining or flat sales. And while some of the chain’s locations started to reopen last month, the company has been burning cash with the majority still closed, and it has to now look into raising more capital. The company, before the pandemic, was growing, reporting a 2.7

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MARCH 10, 2020

Blockchain Co-Founder and CEO Peter Smith said per the report, “Institutional and retail investors have the same financial goals — grow wealth and manage risks — but the tools at their disposal are vastly different.”. In 2019, BlockFi announced that it had notched $18.3 million in a series A funding round led by Valar Ventures.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 5, 2019

The growth of capital in play in the private market is changing how private companies, particularly tech startups, find liquidity in the race to go public. Exits of firms like Uber, Lyft and Slack have made 2019 something of a banner year for initial public offerings. It's notable Slack chose the direct listing route, in […].

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MARCH 31, 2020

San Francisco-based Princeville Capital has announced a $50 million investment in Russian online retailer Ozon, which is partly owned by the Russian-based conglomerate Sistema. Ozon said Emmanuel DeSousa, managing partner at Princeville Capital, joined its board following the transaction. million, according to Reuters.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is turning to its financial services unit to extend over $2 billion in financing and programs to assist business customers with cash management issues amid the global pandemic. . HPE’s financial services unit and asset management division is part of its 2019 goal to offer everything-as-a-service (EaaS).

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MARCH 31, 2020

Tokyo, Japan’s digital banking startup Kyash has closed a $45 million Series C funding deal co-led by Greenspring Associates and Goodwater Capital, Kyash said in a statement on Sunday (March 30). Goodwater Capital also invested in Kyash’s Series B Round. growth equity investment firm Greyhound Capital; U.S.

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JUNE 29, 2020

But some analysis suggests supplier payment strategies are in flux to better support the working capital positions of corporates. Analysis of more than 1,400 companies in the region found a whopping 40 percent increase in the portion of businesses that are being paid late, compared to 2019 research. ” $1.3

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JANUARY 25, 2021

In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. billion, backed by Tencent and Allianz as well as by members of Zalando’s management. . The mobile digital-only bank now has over 5 million customers, more than twice the number of users than it had in early 2019.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Since COVID-19, non-bank lenders have been hurting as capital markets became less available and retail investors tried to withdraw their cash from the P2P sector, the Times reported. Capital One was one of the earlier disrupters,” Janardana said.

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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). Valuations are a lot more reasonable now,” said Zhao Chen, managing partner at startup accelerator Plug and Play China.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Bloomberg noted that although the private-label credit card market has grown to $191 billion, Wells Fargo still lags behind major players such as Synchrony Financial, Citigroup and Capital One Financial. percent in 2019 and its share of borrowings at 3.63 Wells Fargo has been mulling over whether to sell other units as well.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

SoftBank will add $1 billion this year to its $5 billion Latin America Fund introduced in 2019, adding to last year’s $1.6 SoftBank has so far earmarked $100 million to $150 million to fund 17 companies and two venture capital firms. . In addition, it will continue direct investments in venture capital firms.

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JULY 22, 2019

India’s PayMate announced it has raised a new round of growth capital to accelerate expansion within India and internationally to Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). . Investors in this Series D round include Visa, Recruit Strategic Partners, Brand Capital, and others, the Economic Times reports. .

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