PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 percent stake in Starbucks. The Wall Street Journal noted Ackman said he thinks same-store sales have been positive on a consistent basis and that the market in the U.S.,

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APRIL 26, 2019

EnKash said it also plans to bolster its leadership team with the new investment. Existing backers, Nauta Capital and Seedrocket 4Founders Capital, also participated. Spain-based Holded provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution designed to help SMBs manage their back offices. The company raised $6.7

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2017

Careem, a transportation startup that is in 80 cities across the Middle East, has reportedly raised $150 million, closing a Series E venture capital funding round with $500 million raised. Daimler, the German car maker, DCM Ventures and Coatue Management also participated in the round of venture capital investing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

“Google is one of those critical, important leaders in multiple areas,” Michael Lippert, manager of Baron Capital Opportunity Fund, told the Wall Street Journal. You almost can’t live your life without Googling things.”. Facebook could be the next trillion-dollar tech giant.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. The company said it will use the funding to focus on growth. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity. Back-Office.

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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. What’s next for automaker-backed venture capital firms? Ridesharing. What’s New.

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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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Bobsguide

APRIL 21, 2022

Company welcomes Isabel to the Finastra leadership team, as EVP, Lending Business Unit. Isabel will be part of Finastra’s recently expanded leadership team as the company pivots to a ‘Business Unit’ led model. Other roles include President & CEO Global Bank Loans at GE Capital Americas and Head of Enterprise Clients.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Pan Gongsheng as saying that officials criticized Ant for poor corporate governance, defiance of regulatory demands, illegal regulatory arbitrage, the use of its market advantage to squeeze out competitors and harming consumers’ legal interests.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

NEW YORK, September 20, 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announced three executive leadership hires to support the firm’s rapid growth. Spencer Lee joins as Chief Markets Officer , where he will develop and grow TS Imagine’s global fixed income offering.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Getting everyone together helped us respond to issues more efficiently. It’s also allowed us to have fewer meetings, which has been a welcome change. The experience has made us better, more efficient communicators. Getting everyone together helped us respond to issues more efficiently.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

My wife and I trust Greenlight to give us the modern tools to teach our children how to manage money,” said Gardiner Garrard, founding partner at TTV Capital, a prior investor that co-led the latest round. We’re super excited to back this amazing leadership team who is introducing financial services to an entirely new demographic.”.

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Perficient

AUGUST 15, 2024

Governance factors focus on the organization’s leadership, transparency, accountability, and adherence to ethical business practices.” All and all, ESG and Climate Risk is going to impact all of us, one way or the other.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Human resources (HR) and benefits software platform Namely has found a new CEO — and $60 million in venture capital (VC). In addition, the company recently raised a $60 million investment, which will be used to expand its reach. GGV Capital , a Menlo Park, California-based firm, led the round alongside Tenaya Capital.

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BankBazaar

MAY 7, 2024

Adhil Shetty, Co-founder and CEO of BankBazaar, commented on the company’s growth, stating: “BankBazaar’s strong foundation has enabled us to continue our growth trajectory, achieving 36% growth in FY24 on the back of 54% and 63% year-on-year growth in FY22 and FY23 respectively. The company has raised around USD 116 million in equity so far.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Based at Finastra’s HQ in Paddington, Helen is a key member of the Finastra Executive Leadership Team, reporting to CEO, Simon Paris. Her expertise and experience will help us further accelerate Finastra’s people programs that afford opportunities to our employees to expand their horizons.”. Global Head of PR. T +44 (0)7917 613586.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Describe a typical day in the life. Perficient, though not new to insurance, is consistently realigning to capitalize on the industry’s digital transformation potential. Explore why leading insurance carriers count on us to drive results. We’re always seeking the best and brightest to work with us.

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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

While we already do both, the cPayPlus acquisition will strengthen our AP automation offering, further enabling us to deliver best-in-class solutions that address all of our clients’ AR and AP automation and payment needs.”. “The competition typically focuses on either accounts receivable or (accounts payable).

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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

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. Starting in 2010, CAN Capital began offering term loans that required borrowers to make payments daily, irrespective of whether they made sales that day.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Payroll and human capital management company Paychex is growing through the acquisition of industry peer Lessor Group. This acquisition gives us significant client and revenue growth opportunities, and it will deliver value for business owners that helps make it easier for them to be efficient and compliant.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The round was led by American VC firms Kleiner Perkins and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Altos Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, KTB Network, Novel, PayPal and Qualcomm Ventures. Launched in 2015 by former dentist SG Lee, Toss has over 10 million registered users and carries out over US$1.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

I am confident that Emma and Joe’s extensive backgrounds and expertise in financial services will allow us to best support the business in this area.”. 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

AUGUST 9, 2017

The financing — from firms such as Synchrony Financial, Work-Bench, Flint Capital and Two Sigma Ventures — will be geared toward building scale, increasing infrastructure and seeking what it termed as “new untapped markets.”. Socure said in a news release that the financing raised to date (which includes the latest round) comes to $27.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

A press release issued Monday (May 14) said Edison sold its stake in Billtrust to private equity firm W Capital Partners. Edison’s capital helped to finance our growth, while the investments from the Edison team, Director Network and the Edison Edge value-add platform helped us scale our growth,” said Lane in another statement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of Toyota, has announced the launch of Fund II, a $100 million fund that will invest in early-stage startups that are developing disruptive technology and business models in autonomous mobility and robotics. The unit was founded in July of 2017 and has since invested in 19 startups.

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Filene

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

It helped pull us back into a different mindset and pace of life if only for a moment. I thought about how we all came to be here together and it caused me to remember the values that matter most to us. The 10 characteristics of effective, caring leaders, through the lens of servant leadership have been described as: Listening.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

Operating as an incubator, the Singapore eXellerator lab will aim to strengthen the bank’s financial services innovation efforts within China , with the bank pointing to the market’s leadership in cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, mobile payments and biometrics.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Other investors included BDC IT Venture Fund, Relay Ventures and Kensington Capital Partners, all of which previously invested in the company. The funding will be used to expand the feature set in the TouchBistro iPad mobile restaurant point-of-sale (mPOS) solution and to facilitate the company’s expansion into global markets. “We

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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.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Founded in 2002, simPRO secured $31 million in growth capital in 2016 as part of an aggressive product innovation and expansion strategy. We are excited to partner with simPRO, who can help us better support businesses across this industry. simPRO currently has more than 5,500 clients and 150,000 active users worldwide.

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Bobsguide

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The research takes in views from 758 professionals at financial institutions and banks across France, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UAE, the UK and the US, and finds: • 85% of professionals agree that open finance is already making the industry more collaborative and is having a positive impact. •

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Martina maintained the highest standard of leadership, strategic thinking, and financial stewardship in her years as CFO ,” said Banga in the press release. He has a keen understanding of the opportunities ahead of us and how best to capitalize on them.”.

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Bussman Advisory

JULY 1, 2023

This week’s must-know stories: Visa snaps up core banking platform Pismo for $1bn Mastercard launches DLT network for settlement of tokenized bank deposits Generative AI frenzy pushes Nvidia market capitalization past US$1T mark Plus, 9 more exclusive stories to help you stay ahead of the curve!

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2017

In an interview with The Financial Times , Zimmer stated that the joint leadership role that exists between himself and co-founder Logan Green is one that allows for synergy and efficiency. As the executive noted, “we have twice as much time than if there [were] just one of us” in the leadership berth or at meetings.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2019

. “Stepping into the unknown can help us accomplish great things.”. Our theme this year was all about being bold, in innovation, leadership and life. Our theme this year was all about being bold, in innovation, leadership and life. Stepping into the unknown can help us accomplish great things. It helps us to flourish.

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