Abrigo

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Businesses' working capital cycles are longer. businesses are privately held, and most are small, so the unique, aggregated view into how these private firms perform provides leadership teams with insight to make informed decisions about the large and growing small business market. Leveraged has improved since 2019. Nearly all U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Executives at MCI Capital , the biggest publicly traded private equity firm in Poland, are optimistic that a recent record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) in the eCommerce space bodes well for the industry, Bloomberg reported. Online retailer Allegro.eu Eyeing the success of that transaction for the owners who took Allegro.eu

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 26, 2015

Mishkin Last Friday, the CFPB announced the following additions to its senior leadership team: Leandra English will serve as the CFPB’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer. English helped to launch the CFPB, working in a number of senior leadership roles including deputy chief of staff. CFPB General CFPB leadership'

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. After a recent $55 million capital raise , Sezzle plans to focus more on that area of business.

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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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MAY 24, 2018

Despite another quarterly earnings miss announced Wednesday (May 23), Lowe’s shares got a 9 percent bump mid-week after poaching JCPenney CEO Marvin Ellison on Tuesday, a move that garnered support from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP. Zulily was one of those ventures, bought by QVC in 2015 for $2.9

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In the rideshare arena, InMotion , Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, invested $25 million in a $600 million funding round for Lyft in 2017. The automaker is also reportedly joining the Open Platform operated by Lyft for autonomous cars. Ridesharing.

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JULY 31, 2019

In a move that enhances its global technology position serving merchants, banks and capital markets, FIS closed its acquisition of global payments firm Worldpay, Inc. Several former Worldpay executives will take on key leadership roles at FIS.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Global identity verification provider Trulioo is appointing General Manager Zac Cohen as chief operating officer (COO), the company announced in a press release on Tuesday (Nov. As COO, Cohen will oversee Trulioo’s senior leadership team and spearhead the company’s continued global expansion. Trulioo has raised $96.6

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MAY 8, 2019

It hasn’t exactly been the best of times lately for FreightRover , at least not when it comes to legal drama and company leadership. PYMNTS readers might recall that late last year, FreightRover secured $500 million in financing to fuel its factoring operations, with the capital coming from Crayhill Capital Management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Singapore’s FinTech firm ADVANCE.AI , Hong Kong’s financial services company Sheng Ye Capital and Singapore’s firm Phillip Capital are the most recent in a series of contenders for critical business permits in Singapore. billion in capital on hand, and be governed by Singapore leadership.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Other investors include Greyhound Capital, which is joining as a new institutional investor, and existing investors Third Prime Capital, Rosecliff Ventures, Story Ventures, RiverPark Ventures and Afore Capital. As part of the capital raise, Petal also said it named two industry veterans to its senior leadership.

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Accenture

JULY 10, 2019

Does digital leadership and the ability to radically transform a traditional bank into a digital-first institution consistently create superior economic performance? Does digital leadership and the ability to radically transform a traditional bank into a digital-first institution consistently create superior economic performance?

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Davies’ exit comes just four days after the London-based operation announced $80 million in new funding. What a journey in the last year – leadership teams and operations in Ireland, the U.S., What a journey in the last year – leadership teams and operations in Ireland, the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

The firm operates a portal through which buyers, suppliers and financial institutions can connect to facilitate financial transactions, including eInvoicing, supplier payments and financing. EnKash said it also plans to bolster its leadership team with the new investment. The company raised $6.7 million raised by U.K.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2019

Before joining Udacity, Dalporto was at LendingTree , where he served in several leadership roles throughout his seven-year tenure, including chief marketing officer and chief financial officer. The Mountain View, California company currently has operations in China, Egypt, Germany, India and the United Arab Emirates.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Under Tidjane’s leadership, Credit Suisse simultaneously repurposed our strategy, restored our capital, reduced our costs, de-risked our business, promoted diversity and engendered an exceptional level of co-operation between various divisions,” he said. “It

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

But the world is full of unexpected costs — just ask the team at CAN Capital. CAN Capital, the small business online lender, has announced that its CEO is on a leave of absence. Ritesh Gupta, previously the chief customer operations officer, was promoted to chief operating officer.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Anthony Tan, the CEO of Grab, had recently cautioned that the coronavirus is making sizable challenges that will make “tough decisions” a necessity when it comes to handling capital and reducing costs. Grab operates in over 300 cities in eight countries in Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Cloud Elements , a platform offering application program interface (API) integration solutions, secured an investment from the venture capital (VC) arm of American Express (Amex), the company said in a press release issued Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

15), Lore said his dream pursuit is to create “a city of the future” built on a framework that envisions “a reformed version of capitalism.”. segment has been operating and continues to operate as an omnichannel business,” per filing. In an interview with Recode on Friday (Jan. He officially leaves his post on Jan.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

In a press release , Equifax said Begor will start on April 16 and is coming to Equifax from Warburg Pincus, where he was a managing director and focused on operational improvement across the portfolio of companies that fall in Warburg Pincus’ Industrial and Business Services unit.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership. Expense Management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. While every organization is different, many business leaders came to realize some common pitfalls in their legacy operations that came to light in the midst of the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Venture capital (VC) is far from the only funding source for B2B FinTechs. Despite a growing array of options, venture capital remains a solid funding source for B2B FinTechs, with this week’s roundup accumulating $104.4 The solution provides a short-term working capital solution by financing unpaid invoices at a discount.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As BlueVine continues to expand and grow, it’s mission-critical that we have the commercial leadership in place to take the business to even greater heights,” said CEO and Founder Eyal Lifshitz. In April, BlueVine partnered with government procurement solutions portal GovQuote to connect vendors with working capital solutions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

It anticipates that its loan capacity will be maxed out under the program since it is operating with the current asset cap limitations. Today, the company continues to operate in compliance with an asset cap imposed by its regulator due to actions of past leadership.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Community Banks as Venture Capitalists In fact, not all providers of venture capital are venture capitalists. billion in capital into fintech startups in 2023. 3) Establish operational responsibilities Where will deals come from? Not all venture capitalists (or VCs) are cutting back on investing, however. billion in 2021.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The proceeds of the fundraising are expected to be used to expand the business beyond the 40 cities in Europe and Africa where it currently operates, reported the Financial Times. The goal is to launch in “tens of cities” during the course of the next few years and also scale the locations it is already operating in.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A summer lull in B2B venture capital appears to have given way to an impressive start to the fall season. BankiFi operates APIs to enable banking clients access to a range of business banking infrastructure to augment their own small business and corporate banking operations. said this week.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Sachin Mehra, Mastercard’s current chief financial operations officer, will succeed Hund-Mejean as CFO on April 1, reporting to Mastercard President and Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga. He has a keen understanding of the opportunities ahead of us and how best to capitalize on them.”.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 10, 2023

As bank executives navigate rising rates, margin compression and recession risk in 2023, a striking reality has seeped into leadership meetings: the hybrid workplace is here to stay, and there’s a ton of strategic ramifications to this new aspect of the business. Pretty soon the shareholders will begin forcing this blunt question.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Proceeds from the capital raise will be used to build technology to help restaurants market, recruit and improve efficiencies in operations. Seventy percent of our employees have worked at restaurants, including those in our product leadership, and that helps us understand the problem.”. billion. “I

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Waddell will provide support and guidance to financial services compliance leaders across all of the company’s operating markets, including Walmart U.S., The executive comes to the retailer from Capital One , where he most recently served as vice president of compliance. eCommerce and the compliance teams in its international markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, announced late last week that it has appointed Asiff Hirji as its president and chief operating officer. He has also held senior leadership and governance roles at TPG Capital, Saxo Bank, Hewlett Packard and Bain Capital.

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