PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

That option is not always available with the traditional suspects for business travel booking, like travel agents or online travel agencies (OTAs). As a result, Avi Meir sought to build a better business travel booking experience when he helped found Travelperk. “We That process is often slow and time-consuming.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2019

Metro Bank Plc fell the most since going public after applying an incorrectly low-risk weighting to parts of its loan book, with the British lender’s chief saying he doesn’t know how long the mortgages in question had been wrongly classified. The shares plunged as much as 34 percent Wednesday and the bank’s bonds also fell […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2018

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings. dollars on its balance sheet after it raised $4 billion in new capital late last year. In addition, Didi customers can book hotels through Booking.com and its sister site Agoda.

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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. Energy Innovation Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures led the funding, while R/GA Ventures and Macquarie Capital also came on board as new investors.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

How do business travelers book business trips that meet their needs, while staying within corporate travel policies? Business travelers can, say, turn to the world of travel agents or consumer online travel agencies (OTAs), such as Expedia. Plus, these booking methods can be frustrating for travelers as well as administrators.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The card bridges companies in the eCommerce space, including online brands and eRetailers, to 60-day payment terms, interest-free financing and no foreign transaction fees. In October the firm closed a $125 million Series C funding round from Greenoaks Capital, DST Global and IVP, valuing the firm at $1.1

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

GM was the first company to let drivers use touchscreens to do things like order food, pay for gas or book hotels. Goldman has worked out a rough deal with Capital One Financial Group , with the purchase price included. WSJ reported sources said the deal is expected to be finalized in the next few weeks unless it falls apart.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 5, 2016

American Express is taking a page from Square’s book and launching an online platform for small business loans of up to $750,000 — but its main target may be banks. The news came today via Bloomberg, which reported funds could be available as soon as two days after loan approval. Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The travel and lifestyle platform has received investments from the likes of JD.com, Sequoia Capital and Hillhouse Capital, according to Deal Street Asia. percent) of online purchases. Both online and offline transactions will be supported under Visa ’s global network, and may also be managed through Traveloka’s mobile app.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

GoSite , a digital platform for small businesses, has landed $40 million in a Left Lane Capital-led Series B fundraising round. Cove Fund, Longley Capital, Ankona Capital, Stage 2 and Serra Ventures also took part in the round, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 1) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. Plus, the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report noted that the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

To provide consumers with less expensive and more flexible booking options, eCommerce innovators are taking new approaches to hotel reservations. With that scenario, a traveler could book the first night at a non-refundable rate and the others with a rate that allows free cancellation to, say, the day before check-in.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Fandom had always had a place online, but truly thrived at in-person events and local retailers that catered to collectors and enthusiasts’ interest in one-of-a-kind and holy grail items,” Logan Head, co-founder and chief technology officer of Whatnot, said in a press release on Friday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

Goldman Sachs has officially entered the world of online retail banking. The platform was reportedly inherited by Goldman Sachs after its recent acquisition of a $16 billion book of deposits from GE Capital. TechCrunch also noted that the bank’s interest rate will provide customers with an annual yield of 1.05 06 percent.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

LLC and BofA Securities are serving as joint lead book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the deal. Additional book-running managers for the IPO include Wells Fargo Securities, BMO Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. PYMNTS research shows that 22.7

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Consumers are buying anything (and seemingly everything) and conducting all manner of everyday business online because that is their only option. . One is the acceleration of online commerce — but it’s actually accelerating the decline of physical retail,” he said. . There are two trends taking shape, said Galit. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

That means upping mobile and online shopping experiences, offering a buy online pick up in-store model and launching services like curbside pickup and better shipping options. 165 million | Value of VC funding raised by luxury eTail brand Moda Operandi. . $70 19,000 | Highest value that a single bitcoin has hit.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2021

Online gaming and entertainment platform Roblox is holding off on a public listing after the U.S. Earlier this month, Roblox raised $520 million in a funding round led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) raised concerns, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. million in funding, Deal Street Asia reported , with the investment led by Global Founders Capital and Indus Valley Capital. TripActions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. billion worth of capital coming from the likes of SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Airbnb Inc.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

He needed a name for the company and liked the book. Four years and $35 million in venture capital funding later, Taylor’s company is expanding and simplifying the ability for eCommerce companies to build sophisticated yet simple web stores. A new Shogun was born.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Online lenders will need the green light from the central bank to roll out new offerings or hike lending rates if the legislation is put into law, Quartz Africa reported. Online lending has brought about a number of complications in Kenya, with digital loans reportedly leading rising personal debt for users in the country.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

India-based hotel and booking startup OYO has been on a tear lately, landing $1.5 Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. is a new program that has OYO partnering with Biz2Credit , a small business online lending platform.

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CB Insights

MARCH 11, 2019

On March 7th, Airbnb acquired HotelTonight , a last-minute hotel booking startup backed by Accel, Battery Ventures, Coatue Management, and First Round Capital, among others. HotelTonight started offering last-minute hotel bookings via its mobile app in 2011 and has raised over $117M. Become a CB Insights customer.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. Venture Partners, while existing backer Chicago Ventures and newcomer Soma Capital also participated, according to a press release. ”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In the past, Eko has taken in investments from the likes of Intel Capital and Sequoia Capital. In August, Walmart announced another partnership with the launch of its eBook service, Walmart eBooks by Rakuten Kobo, which provides customers with access to an all-new digital catalog of books in-store and online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

With artificial intelligence (AI), Fraugster has developed a software solution that prevents fraud for online retailers, analyzing data from multiple sources and cross-checking information to determine whether a transaction is fraudulent or not. SESAMi/Capital Match. Based in Germany, Fraugster raised more than $13.9

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

still manage their bookings with pen and paper,” Shedul co-founder and CEO William Zeqiri said in an interview. But Shedul is actively trying to solve that particular friction but offering a “totally subscription-free platform” that allows users from any device connected to the internet to find and book a salon or spa appointment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

As the second decade of the 21 st century is drawing to a close, it is almost unimaginable that booking a flight or finding the right hotel room would present as a challenge. They effectively created ways in which they booked tickets that effectively captured the consumer experience,” he said. Moreover, travel is full of risk.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As more financial service providers explore how to capitalize on corporates’ growing adoption of commercial cards, firms are looking at the card as a way to round out their products and services with a more holistic offering. Shell Combines Cards, Telematics for Indian Fleets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

With the small store concept, shoppers can access personal stylists and on-site tailoring, and customers can tap into omnichannel features such as buy online, pick up in-store. Of course, you can see online players such as Amazon and Flipkart growing,” Juvencio Maeztu, IKEA’s CFO, said earlier this year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

But revisiting management commentary and specific sub-segments of the reported data — specifically Square Capital and Cash App — shed additional light on where merchants see opportunity and challenge right now. Square itself started to offer curbside pickup and delivery options in its Square Online Store. The Great Pivot.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

Betting that its popularity with shoppers online will translate into brick-and-mortar customers in Washington, D.C., Amazon opens an Amazon Books location in the nation’s capital. For Prime members, Amazon will charge the same price for items in the store as it does online.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This means having processes and people in place for bringing in borrowers, identifying the right loans to book, pricing them correctly, and closing loans quickly and efficiently enough to meet customer needs and institutional goals. Book more loans with a faster turnaround. learn more. Survey: Repetitive data entry common.

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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 Canada’s Webware.io FreightHub.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

A banking veteran with stints at such traditional mainstays as Lloyds, RBS and Standard Chartered, Boden recently published a 300-page book offering an insider look at the launch of Starling in 2014, “Banking On It.”. digital bank public.

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