PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In the next 10 years, as robots and other tech bring about the “greatest transfer from labour to capital” the industry has witnessed, per a report by Wells Fargo analysts, U.S. Mayo said, according to the outlet, “It’s been a rocky 25-year marriage for banking and technology, but it’s finally getting on course.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Businesses of all sizes struggle with capital management, regardless of whether they employ staff or seek out third parties to handle their cash flows, accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes and other related tasks. Factors Affecting Working Capital Needs. Automating Capital Management.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

By comparison, the first 3-D Secure (3DS) technology provides consumers with a user experience marked by lengthy times for processing and verification. The company reports that retailers selling through eCommerce are experiencing record sales numbers, but fraud rates are also on the uptick. seconds on average through EMV 3DS.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The fundraising was headed up by Advent International via Advent Tech and Sunley House Capital, an Advent affiliate. India-based Arya , which offers post-harvest services throughout the agricultural value chain, said that it landed $21 million in a Series B financing round, according to a TechCrunch report. CloudTrucks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nonetheless, Many FIs are looking to simplify and secure their onboarding procedures while also enabling customers to stay safe during the pandemic, leading them to seek out innovative technologies to do so. Brazil-based facial recognition and identification technologies provider Acesso Digital recently reported that more than 5.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ) reported. Four years ago, the eCommerce giant’s venture capital fund invested in the Seattle-based company and gained access to the technology startup’s finances and other confidential information. Daniela Braga , founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd Corp., They are a wolf in wolf’s clothing.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Rho Technologies , the FinTech behind Rho Business Banking, has raised $15 million in a Series A round, according to a press release. PYMNTS reported that many businesses, even lone mom-and-pop organizations, are becoming parts of ecosystems, which offer support via a number of integrated services like the ability to accept payments.

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Abrigo

JULY 5, 2020

Key Takeaways Credit unions participating in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) found that the right technology helped them serve business members when they needed help and also gain new members. Technology can facilitate delivery on credit unions' brand promise of relationship-based services. billion in loans had been approved.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Small business lending emerged as a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, and it’s no surprise, considering the role small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) play in supporting their local economies. Current investors from A91 Partners, MAJ Inevst, LGT Lightstone and Falcon Edge Capital also participated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Other companies are leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to boost their onboarding solutions. Technology giant IBM and Dublin-based client lifecycle management solutions company Fenergo recently partnered to use AI and analytics on the IBM Cloud to help FIs more easily onboard customers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

JPMorgan Chase plans to launch a digital bank in the United Kingdom early next year, Sky News reported Friday (Aug. The move “will enable it to capitalize on the accelerating transition of millions of bank customers from branch-based activity to digital services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the news outlet said.

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Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Takeaway 1 Regtech uses new technologies such as AI and machine learning to streamline processes that keep organizations compliant. Regulatory technology, or regtech, can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of functions in many workplaces, and banks and credit unions are no exception.

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Technology Fraud Compliance Regulation 195

Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Takeaway 1 Regtech uses new technologies such as AI and machine learning to streamline processes that keep organizations compliant. Regulatory technology, or regtech, can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of functions in many workplaces, and banks and credit unions are no exception.

Technology 195

Technology Fraud Compliance Regulation 195

PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Capital One reported on Tuesday (July 21) that its credit card business shrank during the second quarter, but that delinquencies fell despite the pandemic. Capital One said its domestic cards’ average loans fell 11 percent to $101 billion as of the quarter’s end. billion, the bank reported in its supplemental earnings materials.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Venture capital cash has been flowing this year to companies that plan to buy up sellers on Amazon and help them grow. The latest such deal has Berlin-based SellerX landing 100 million euros ($118 million) of financing, reported Tech.eu. The firm will use the funds to acquire Amazon sellers and then build up their businesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

Alcanza Capital and Bontu. As SoftBank’s Latin America fund is one of the leading technology investors in the world, the equity infusion will give AlphaCredit the opportunity to “consolidate its place as one of the leading financial technology platforms” in the region, a press release says.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. This week saw an impressive $324 million in combined funding for a range of B2B FinTechs and other solution providers, including alternative lenders looking to support small businesses as they manage working capital instability. eFileCabinet.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld raised $2 million to expand into full banking services, including issuing credit and debit cards and providing fiat and crypto order books, CoinDesk reported. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. In other news, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

A new report provided by Buy Shares found global FinTech funding was less than $4 billion during Q2, compared to about $5.8 Local reports in Naija247News noted the company aims to digitize retail supply chains and address the industry’s fragmentation as it looks to expand into new markets on the continent. TradeDepot.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

reported Friday (Dec. Darden CEO Gene Lee said that the company, which owns the Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, the Capital Grille and other sit-down chains hit hard by the pandemic, focused on four priorities during the quarter. Darden Restaurants, Inc. 18) as part of its fiscal Q2 2021 earnings that total sales dropped 19.4

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Perficient

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Specializing in cloud-based business transformation, Perficient’s new Treasury Technology practice will improve client’s global banking footprints through bank connectivity and address concerns for payment fraud. Bank connectivity is one of the most complicated aspects of an ERP project. Payment fraud is now a high-priority concern.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 9, 2017

Traditional venture capital is so passé. Blockchain investors are more interested in ICOs, or initial coin offerings, than traditional investment models, according to data from the Coindesk first quarter 2017 State of the Blockchain Report released this week.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Talk of a venture capital plummet continues to grow, particularly in Europe, where new data from Consultancy Europe revealed that the number of venture capital deals for startups across the continent has declined every quarter since Q1 2019. Volante Technologies. with total funding nearly reaching $391.25 million this week.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

According to Blue Star Capital , its investee company SatoshiPay has launched a new B2B payments platform to speed up cross-border payments, Proactive reported. Mexico, Nigeria and Tanzania, and it is in the midst of trying to expand to other such bank networks in Europe, Asia and Africa, according to Blue Star, per the report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Venture capital firm Greycroft , based in New York and Los Angeles, has raised $680 million to fund new startups, according to Bloomberg , looking for "the next Bumble or Venmo.". The firm plans to invest $310 million in early-stage startups and $370 million in growth-stage startups, the report stated.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2020

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing, sources told Bloomberg. The amount of the fund being $2 billion would make it one of the largest in the field, Bloomberg reported. It could help Goldman Sachs court bigger investors and investments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Another 62 percent of businesses and 78 percent of individual sellers in the study (which included more than 1,000 businesses and individuals generating up to $10 million in sales) reported that they use marketplaces to reach more customers. Roughly 27 percent of surveyed firms report waits of between three to five days.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 6, 2017

As the buzz around blockchain fades, so does the venture capital investment in the sector. Blockchain VC investment plateaued last year, nearing $500 million at yearend 2016 — only a 1% improvement, compared to 2015, according to State of Blockchain 2017 report published by Coindesk today.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Investors at IAN led the round, while TCA and several angel investors also participated, according to reports. also participated, reports said. According to reports, the company's most recent investors include a follow-on investment from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. million funding round for the firm.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

The financial institution (FI) revealed last week that it is working with Volante Technologies to accelerate its ISO 20022 adoption, leaving Citi to become Volante’s first banking customer to take a unified approach to its global migration to the messaging standard. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave , which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The acquisition follows Apple’s pattern of buying startups to assimilate new technology into its own products. The deal went down for $100 million, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

A 24-year veteran of the restaurant technology scene, Kabakoff is charged with leading Lunchbox’s efforts to expand the company’s presence and the adoption of its digital ordering platform by the industry. The hiring comes on the heels Lunchbox’s most recent capital campaign, which raised $2 million in seed funding.

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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. Flutterwave.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments. To cap off a year in which business travel plummeted, travel and expense management software company Navisteps raised $1 million in pre-seed funding , reports said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The company announced its launch this week and revealed the new funding from Crane Venture Partners, with Seedcamp, Techstars and angel investors also participating, according to EU-Startups reports. The company secured the funding from an unnamed angel investor, reports said.

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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. and India, alternative small business lending technology company CreditEnable has revealed a $2 million seed round, according to Inc42 reports.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Birkenstock is said to be in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, while Cognira has released its AI Promotion Solution. Birkenstock Discusses Potential Sale With CVC Capital Partners. Birkenstock is reportedly in talks for a sale to CVC Capital Partners.

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