Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?

Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?
Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?
December 17, 2019  |  Loans

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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
December 17, 2019  |  Investments

Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6...

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Millennials Make Big Push For B2B Personalization
Millennials Make Big Push For B2B Personalization
December 17, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Thanks to better data analysis — including via machine learning and artificial intelligence, among other emerging technologies — personalization is becoming a bigger part of the overall...

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Top News In Payments: Amazon Nixes FedEx Ground For Prime; Paris Strikes Drive 30 Pct Drop In Retail Sales
Top News In Payments: Amazon Nixes FedEx Ground For Prime; Paris Strikes Drive 30 Pct...
December 17, 2019  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Amazon tells sellers they can no longer use FedEx Ground for Prime shipments, and Paris retailers suffer massive sales dips...

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Pepper Gets $5.6M To Help DTC Firms With Spend Analysis
Pepper Gets $5.6M To Help DTC Firms With Spend Analysis
December 17, 2019  |  Investments

Los Angeles-based Pepper has raised $5.6 million in seed funding from Upfront Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and Manta Ray Ventures, as reported on Tuesday (Dec. 17)....

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PSCU’s Annual Dividend To Aid Owner Credit Unions Announced
PSCU’s Annual Dividend To Aid Owner Credit Unions Announced
December 17, 2019  |  Credit Unions

PSCU, a payments credit union service organization (CUSO), has announced a patronage dividend for fiscal year 2019 of $25.9 million, and one fourth of it...

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IASB Proposes Corporate Accounting Changes
IASB Proposes Corporate Accounting Changes
December 17, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Corporate accounting standards are headed for more changes after the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) proposed changes to how businesses report operating profit, the Financial...

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Japan Passes Bill To Increase Big Tech Oversight
Japan Passes Bill To Increase Big Tech Oversight
December 17, 2019  |  International

In a move to prevent technology giants from having an unfair advantage, Japan is planning to increase regulations and demand transparency, Reuters reported on Tuesday...

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Diamond Firm Pilots Blockchain Tracking For WeChat Retailers
Diamond Firm Pilots Blockchain Tracking For WeChat Retailers
December 17, 2019  |  Retail

Russia-based diamond producer ALROSA is partnering with technology firm Everledger and Tencent’s social platform WeChat to sell diamonds to Chinese retailers using a blockchain platform,...

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