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MARCH 19, 2019

Santander InnoVentures, Santander Group’s global corporate venture capital fund, announced Tuesday (March 19) its appointment of Chris Gottschalk as a senior adviser to lead the $200M fund’s strategic direction in the U.S. portfolio companies a stronger entrance into North America. It also gives the fund’s non-U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2020

Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The fund will set its sights on FinTechs and financial organizations in Africa, Latin America, India and Southeast Asia.

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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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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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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 Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Citi has been appointed by Victory Capital to provide fund administration, custody, ETF services and securities lending for its most recent acquisition. This new business further grows Citi’s existing relationship with Victory Capital. Asia and Latin America. With more than $21.7 With more than $21.7

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Case in point: as Minna Technologies has noted, the average European consumes has 11 subscriptions in place — and the average household has 21 subscriptions. Those advanced technologies offered by Minna look at consumers’ payments patterns and can see Netflix, Spotify and recurring insurance payments, for example.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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MARCH 29, 2019

New research from UBS points to the largest spenders on bank technology: JPMorgan and Bank of America. billion technology budget for the year ahead. percent increase from 2018 figures, with researchers finding nearly half of its technology budget last year was spent on disruptive technology to implement within the institution.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

One of the new realities of augmented reality is this: the technology is attracting more investment from China than from sources in North America. According Digi-Capital , which tracks AR investments, China-based funding for augmented reality and computer vision technologies hit $3.9

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As technology advances and consumer expectations shift, staying ahead of these trends is crucial for success. As these AI technologies evolve, they will transform consumer interactions with payment systems, fostering a more inclusive and sustainable financial ecosystem. Regulatory clarity will drive adoption, with the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Other investors included Sequoia Capital Global Equities and existing investors Insight Partners and Third Point Ventures, the release stated. Cloud, container and IoT technologies are empowering today’s distributed workforce,” Weingarten said in the release. “A Cyberattacks targeting corporate America increased in October.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Corporates that could quickly invest in new technology also benefited from the fast, unexpected pivot to living, working and learning online. Manyika added that there was a gaping digital divide between technologically-savvy firms and those less inclined to tap new tech.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

But a new solution from Bank of America Merrill Lynch is looking to make better use of the notoriously manual tool. 17) that it is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and API technology to integrate its solutions directly with Microsoft Excel. In corporate finance, “Excel spreadsheets” is nothing short of a taboo.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

The reasoning for the new technology is that slow decision-making can hold businesses back. Van der Walt said the long-term impact of the virus will come with lower payment volumes and vendors holding back trade capital to help shore up capital.

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APRIL 8, 2020

“Customers and partners are looking to preserve cash right now,” Brad Shapiro, managing director of HPE Financial Services Americas, told ZNet in a report on Wednesday (April 8). But while they are looking to preserve cash, they also have technology needs due to work from home and online business expansion.”. percent of the contract.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

India's BharatPe, which operates a B2B payments platform, is currently in the process of building credit solutions for its business users that will include short-term capital loans. million in debt funding raised from Innoven Capital, according to reports, which follows last year's $75 million Series C investment round.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Distributed ledger technologies, like blockchain, are now eyed with potential to overhaul not just payments, but transactions that require data to move along with money. Trade finance has become a central focus for some blockchain innovators, including Microsoft via its Azure platform. On Tuesday (Sept. On Tuesday (Sept.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Distributed ledger technology will be crucial to innovation in digital banking this year, according to a poll conducted by Bank Innovation. For the December poll, Bank Innovation asked readers to name a technology, aside from the obvious - artificial intelligence, that would be most prominent in 2019.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Investors in the latest financing included Prospect Avenue Capital, Guiotai Junan International, and Nan Fung Group. Lighthouse Capital served as the exclusive financial adviser. That round was led by Tencent Holdings and joined by Tiantu Capital, Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and Kuaishou.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. After all, online sales no longer rely as much on younger shoppers who are more comfortable with the technology. With the holiday shopping season set to kick into high gear with Amazon Prime Day on Oct.

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APRIL 21, 2017

It was a fairly quiet week for B2B startups on the venture capital front: Just three companies landed funding, all of which in the U.S., And investment plans are looking up, with two venture capital funds announcing their own latest raises headed toward the B2B FinTech space in the future. Nauta Capital. Notion Capital.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

AiFi, which was founded four years ago, said the investors include Qualcomm Ventures , existing investors Cervin Ventures and TransLink Capital, new investor Plum Alley and others. “As He added that Qualcomm is “very impressed” with AiFi's edge-computing solutions. AiFi is also partnering with top supermarkets in the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Despite wide-ranging economic uncertainties and a challenging investment environment, venture capital (VC) firms and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are actively raising or seeking fresh funds for investment in the payments space. It also plans to invest in companies where technology is a clear differentiator.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In recent decades, Latin America has emerged as a powerhouse for outsourcing software development. With Perficient’s recent acquisition of PSL , we’ve expanded our global delivery footprint into Latin America. In that regard, we conduct detailed work to identify technologies that make sense and add value.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Everyone in a modern society needs to know how to read, so America spends an awful lot of time, treasure and talent developing literacy curricula for kids. Lusardi said the problem is especially acute here in America. In fact, things actually turn out badly when people are technologically sophisticated but not financially literate.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

However, it was a B2B software procurement platform that raised the most money — $55 million — in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. The company targets the energy, defense and transportation industries with its technology. million Series A round led by Maersk Growth, Connor Capital SB and Chromo Invest.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Started in 2017 by the founders of Brazilian payments processor Pagar.me , Brex’s investors include Y Combinator Continuity, Ribbit Capital, Greenoaks, DST Global, Peter Thiel and Max Levchin. The San Francisco-based company also participated in the Y Combinator Winter 2017 batch. The card will be issued by Emigrant Savings Bank.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. million funding round over the weekend, with the corporate expense management company seeing funding from Sabadell Venture Capital, Venturecap, Bankinter, Telegraph Hill Capital and Kibo Ventures. Spain-based Captio revealed a $1.1

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Jess Turner, Mastercard’s executive vice president for North America Products and Innovation, tells PYMNTS the venture is just one part of the firm’s push to help gig workers get benefits. Mastercard will initially make the Stride platform available through two partners, Jobble and Mobility Capital Finance (or “MoCaFi”).

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APRIL 14, 2020

Derivative Path Co-founder and Co-CEO Pradeep Bhatia said in the announcement, “This joint effort will help us leverage our technology capabilities, global infrastructure, and subject matter expertise, to offer banks a platform to manage their FX and payments, a growing need in an underserved space.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

When it comes to B2B payments, plenty of pain points also mean plenty of opportunity for solution providers, although no single payment technology could possible combat every B2B payment challenge today. based B2B payment solution provider that expanded into North America this year with its prepaid commercial card tools. ”

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MARCH 3, 2020

To continue supporting technology in regions all over the world from North America to Southeast Asia, Leonid Boguslavsky-founded RTP Global unveiled a new $650 million fund to keep investing in early-stage tech companies. The venture capital firm’s last fund totaled $200 million and was rolled out in 2017, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The IPO is being backed by Morgan Stanley , JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America , according to Bloomberg, and the company's shares were expected to begin trading Wednesday (Dec. 9) under the symbol AI. Some of the big name backers for C3.ai If it succeeds, he said, C3.ai ai will be "one of the world's great software companies.".

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JULY 31, 2020

In a venture capital slowdown, any investment round is a win. The company’s Series B investment round was led by Viola Ventures and Rabo Frontier Ventures, while existing backers Lightspeed Venture Partners, Point Nine Capital, Speedinvest, 42CAP and others also participated. million in fresh investment for the industry.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

And in another announcement separate from iwoca’s, GoCardless , a direct debit technology company, said it grabbed 75 million pounds. noted, Augmentum Capital led the iwoca fundraising, where participation also came from NIBC, a Dutch Bank and a number of other investors. The funding will be used to expand into North America and Asia.

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