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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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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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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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American Banker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The North Carolina bank agreed to offload Sterling Capital Management to Guardian Capital Group in Toronto. It's the latest step in the effort to simplify Truist.

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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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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Germany-based Aareal Bank Group is rolling out its Aareal Exchange & Payment Platform (AEPP) offering. There is an urgent need for solutions that support property management companies' efforts to conserve resources and structure processes more efficiently," Aareal Bank Managing Director Christian Fahrner said in the announcement. "We

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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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South State Correspondent

MARCH 13, 2023

Based on the bank’s own filing, and like many banks, SVB did not deploy hedging instruments to manage its securities duration risk. The graph below shows loan repricing buckets for three asset-sized groups of banks: under $1B, $1B to $3B, and over $25B in assets. That combination made their liabilities very sensitive to safety.

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PYMNTS

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. Papaya Global’s services provide an end-to-end process including onboarding and managing cross-border payments.

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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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Abrigo

AUGUST 1, 2022

Best practices for assessing models and managing risk Sound model development, implementation, use, and validation is especially important as CECL models debut. . What are model risk management and model validation? SR 11-7, issued by the Federal Reserve and OCC in 2011, is the supervisory guidance on model risk management.

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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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JANUARY 28, 2021

Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) is making investments in its supply chain, technology, merchandising and personnel, which it says will transform the shopper experience at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, according to an announcement. NMG is investing $85 million gross in its supply chain, particularly systems and fulfillment hubs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The companies range from product life cycle management solutions to those that help other SaaS firms retain clients. million , news reports this week said, from Grotech Ventures, Middleland Capital, the Center for Innovative Technology and Charlottesville Angel Network. Here are all the top B2B FinTech deals from the week.

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APRIL 18, 2019

Reports in Blockchain News this week said Panxora has introduced a treasury management service to help the company and project founders who turn to ICOs to secure the capital they have raised, and mitigate the risk of cryptocurrency volatility. ’ We think this is an important step forward in the maturation of the token industry.”

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Many Silos of Banking While your bank is likely familiar with cross-functional teams composed of stakeholders from various departments, chances are they are primarily associated with projects and not strategy or management. These working groups or formal committees meet weekly, monthly, quarterly, or as needed to collaborate.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. has entered into a definitive arrangement to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management. Riley Securities Inc.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

moneycorp, has acquired an Australian independent treasury advisory company called the Rochford Group for an undisclosed sum, according to reports. Rochford helps its clients manage how treasury risks affect their balance sheets, cash and profitability. A payments service provider based in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Fortino Capital Partners revealed that it has invested in Declaree , expanding its portfolio of travel and expense management companies. Founded in 2014 by Bas Janssen, Bart Jochems and Jasper Spoor, Declaree aims to simplify and facilitate paper-based expense management processes.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Yet, small business (SMB) banking wasn’t the only highlight of this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, with the two largest fundraises showcasing China’s rising B2B FinTech ecosystem in areas like expense management and invoicing. As part of its rebrand , blockchain payments firm BitPesa is now AZA Group.

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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 We were constantly making concessions to Oleg and were eager to keep his role in managing the bank and helping Yandex as well,” Khudaverdyan said.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

India expense management company Happay secured more funding after its Series B round, according to an unnamed source cited by VCCircle on Friday (Feb. Last month, investors placed funding in another corporate expense management company. VCCircle said Happay did not respond to requests for comment on the latest investment.

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Perficient

MARCH 22, 2023

Recent headlines have highlighted the failure of SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”). Short Capital? SVB Financial had Tier 1 risk-based capital of 15.40% as of December 31, 2022, over 80% higher than the 8.50% regulatory required ratio. Total risk-based capital 16.18 Tier 1 leverage 8.11

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JULY 25, 2018

Invoice factoring company Interstate Capital is focusing on speed with its latest enhancements. The firm said this week it is offering an expedited factoring process to accelerate the time it takes for businesses to access capital when they’re waiting for their invoices to be paid. But competition in the industry is growing.

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MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. Its last announcement for fundraising was in 2018 from the venture capital arm of Line. The platform, as of now, teams with “super apps” such as Home Credit and Line.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

There was such a demand for the classes that Emmanuel Babalola, Binance’s Nigerian business manager, said it’ll hold further classes. There are roughly 4,000 traders in Binance’s Nigerian Telegram group. Babalola said Binance intends to open up a fiat on-ramp on the mobile app, too.

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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. The group, based in Geneva, Switzerland, was founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency. On the heels of the U.S.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 19, 2024

Unfortunately, bank managers often give their lenders misguided loan compensation, resulting in suboptimal outcomes. In this current market, the average cost of capital for community banks is approximately 12.5%. Banks that earn over that amount can attract the required capital to continue to grow.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

Also, interest rates are not high by historical comparison (especially when eliminating the pandemic monetary response), and bank managers’ job is to manage uncertatiny (also called risk). However, Republic Bank’s loan portfolio mix is not dissimilar to its peer group, and there was no credit stress in that loan portfolio.

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JUNE 2, 2020

The forces closing in on retail have forced its various trade and advocacy groups to press their case in Washington. The program will be led by Ron Bloom, managing partner and vice chairman of Brookfield’s Private Equity Group, who was one of the forces behind the automobile industry bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

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CB Insights

MAY 12, 2022

SirionLabs, a provider of contract management technology, has raised $85M in a Series D. The round drew participation from Avatar Capital Partners, Partners Group, Sequoia Capital, and Tiger Global Management. the state of venture report. First name. Phone number. Want the full post? Become a CB Insights customer.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. Anil Ambani , group chairman of the non-bank financial company (NBFC), revealed the firm’s plans on Monday (Sept. Following Ambani’s announcement, shares in Reliance Capital dropped to their lowest level in two decades.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending company Breakout Capital is expanding its product line, according to company reports on Friday (Jan. Breakout Capital explained that the tool allows factoring firms to use its platform to reach borrowers.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Sequoia Capital has agreed to invest around 6 billion euros in Auto1 Group before the online car trading platform's initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported Monday (Sept. fund Lone Pine Capital reached a preliminary deal to buy around 50 million euros of Auto1 stock from DN Capital , an early investor.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Vndly and Pontoon have announced that they are teaming up on contingent workforce management solutions. Founded in 2017, Vndly provides businesses with a work management system designed to help them manage their contingency workforce using sophisticated algorithms, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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