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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ant Bank, the virtual banking division of Hangzhou, China-based Ant Group , has launched banking services in Hong Kong, Fintech News reported. The launch comes a few weeks after Ant Group filed its initial public offering (IPO), which could be the biggest listing in the country’s history. China International Capital Corp.

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

Procurement Partners , which works on procure-to-pay (P2P) services for healthcare providers, has received an investment from Serent Capital , according to a press release.

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JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. . Ant Group was launched in 2014 to provide global financial services. At the time, Credit Suisse and China International Capital Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Ant Group , the online payment provider for China-based Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China International Capital Corp. , Citigroup , J.P.Morgan and Morgan Stanley are managing the Hong Kong sale. Ant Group declined to comment in an emailed statement. The news comes as Ant Group gained profits of $1.3

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ant Group has won the nod from China's top security regulators for its Shanghai offering, the last hurdle to clear for the $35 billion dual listing, Reuters reports. Ant, the FinTech backed by China's Alibaba Group, plans to list simultaneously in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Online sneaker marketplace Goat Group has raised $100 million in a Series E funding round, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which will go toward expanding its products and apparel categories. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners , and values the company at $1.75

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Southeast Asian FinTech Grab Financial Group announced in a press release that it has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round. Other investors in the round include K3 Ventures , GGV Capital , Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures , the release stated.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Porter Capital , which works with accounts receivable (AR) financing and asset-based lending solutions, will provide more funding for businesses in need of extra money from their current Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, according to a press release.

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JUNE 14, 2020

Coupa Software , which works in business spend management, announced that it has acquired treasury management software BELLIN Group , according to a press release. ” BELLIN Group CEO Martin Bellin said he created the company initially as a way to combat the inadequacies he saw as a corporate treasurer earlier in his career.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Singapore-based digital bank ANEXT Bank has secured USD 148 million in added capital from Ant Group , its parent company, as per regulatory filings tracking.

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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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AUGUST 4, 2020

Japanese eCommerce and payments platform hey announced a Series E investment led by Bain Capital , a press release says. The round was also supported by PayPal Ventures , Goldman Sachs, YJ Capital, Anatole, and existing investor World Innovation Group, according to the release.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Capital One has signed on to join Fiserv ’s surcharge-free MoneyPass ATM network. Under the deal , MoneyPass will be made available at over 1,500 Capital One ATMs at Capital One branches, Capital One Cafés and other select locations. While ATMs are highly popular with customers, ATM fees are not.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

While no figure has been suggested yet, SoftBank has reportedly offered to invest a maximum of $40 billion in a new capital city Indonesia intends to create on Borneo island. The country had pegged the cost of moving the capital in the past at $33 billion. and China. .

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American Banker

JANUARY 16, 2024

In official comments on bank regulators' Basel III endgame capital proposal, concerns are being raised by a wide array of stakeholders — including civil rights advocates and consumer advocacy groups — suggesting major amendments or re-proposal may be necessary for the rule to cross the finish line.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jack Ma has seen his net worth plunge by $3 billion after the Ant Group double initial public offering (IPO) was suspended on Tuesday (Nov. Ant Group was looking to raise around $35 billion in proceeds from the offering. percent of Alibaba, which has a market capitalization of $775.5 Ma also owns 4.2

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Add Simon Property Group to the list – the real estate investment trust formed a blank check firm known as Simon Property Group Acquisition in an IPO slated to raise up to $300 million. capital markets work hold a significant advantage.” Funds that have expertise in both companies operating in Asia and how U.S.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Papaya Global , which works in global payroll and B2B payments, has a new investor in Group 11 , a U.S. FinTech venture capital firm, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Germany-based Aareal Bank Group is rolling out its Aareal Exchange & Payment Platform (AEPP) offering. The technology has the impact of putting those services into one system and allows groups to focus on making rebate opportunities, reducing expenses, and more effectively supervising working capital. 1) announcement.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Mizuho Financial Group has teamed up with Golub Capital and announced its plans to invest in Rakuten Card, as Rakuten Group consolidates its subsidiary.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2021

Capchase , a company that provides access to non-dilutive capital, has raised $280M in a mix of debt and equity. 50M was raised in a Series B round from the i80 Group and $230M in a debt round from undisclosed Investors. Massachusetts-based Capchase helps firms acquire capital otherwise tied up in future predictable revenue payments.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Central Retail, which is part of the billionaire Chirativat family’s Central Group, will sell up to 22.1 With its listing plans, parent company Central Group will delist its Robinson Pcl retail subsidiary. percent of the firm’s stock or 1.69 Subscriptions for investors will start at the beginning of February.

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The Paypers

JANUARY 10, 2024

UK-based Finverity , a digital trade and supply chain provider, has partnered with Tesselate Group , a provider of adaptable and scalable business systems.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit that would allow it to continue making loans throughout the country while complying with new Chinese banking regulations. Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. China TransInfo Technology Corp.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The Walt Disney Company announced that it has sold its equity interest in the YES Network to a newly formed investor group that includes Yankee Global Enterprises, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and Amazon. The group acquired the 80 percent of the YES Network not already owned by the Yankees, at a value of $3.47

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JUNE 27, 2019

Amsterdam-based startup Creative Group announced it has raised €22 million in funding from Prime Ventures. Founded in 2010, Creative Group enables customers to digitally buy or send prepaid credit to spend with their favorite brands, as well as to send cross-border credit remittances. We are excited to have Prime Ventures on board.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm Equiteq announced that it advised The Shelby Group , an eProcurement transformation and optimization consulting firm, on a recent growth investment from Boston-based private equity firm WestView Capital Partners , according to a press release.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Coindesk pointed to Coil as one example. Its founder is the former chief technology officer at Ripple.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Alternative lending companies BlueVine , Fundbox and 6th Avenue Capital have joined the ILPA, an alternative small business (SMB) lending trade organization.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

General Electric ‘s divestiture of GE Capital assets continues as MUFG Union Bank announced plans to acquire GE Capital’s Trade Payable Services (TPS) operations. 16), MUFG Americas and GE Capital said MUFG Union Bank will acquire GE Capital’s supply chain finance platform for an undisclosed sum.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 1, 2019

Capital One is contemplating how it can use data management technology, the cloud, APIs and artificial intelligence to meet the needs of middle-market businesses that increasingly are turning away from paper checks toward digital payments.

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The Paypers

JULY 19, 2024

Global digital assets and crypto finance firm XBTO Group has introduced a new tokenization team within its capital markets division.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

Central Group, Thailand’s largest retailer, confirmed Thursday (January 31) that it is investing $200 million in a unit of Grab, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing startup. According to Reuters , citing a statement by Central Group, the retailer said it will “acquire a significant non-controlling stake” in the Thailand unit of Grab.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. Apica said it will use the funds to expand across the U.S. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending.

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BankInovation

AUGUST 26, 2021

Bank has ownership stake in two fintech-focused venture capital firms, the $558.9 The VC firms are Fin Venture Capital and Commerce Ventures, which both invest in startups that work alongside banks. David Ness, who leads the fintech engagement group, told Bank Automation News why U.S. Bank chose Fin Venture Capital […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

16) that merger talks with TCS Group Holding (Tinkoff) have fallen apart. . TCS Group Holding is the parent company of the Russian lender Tinkoff Bank. “We Russian search giant Yandex said in a statement on Friday (Oct. The merger deal was originally announced last month. Last month’s preliminary deal was set at $5.5

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Jack Ma’s Ant Group broke records on Wednesday (Oct. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and China International Capital Corp led the Hong Kong share sale. The billionaire founder of China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba, an Ant Group affiliate, Ma is poised to add some $27 billion to his fortune after the IPO, a Forbes report said.

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