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Clothing Reseller ThredUp Files For IPO
October 21, 2020

Online clothing retailer ThredUP has filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., Bloomberg reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal
October 21, 2020

Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending startup Lendify has secured $115 million in funding from Insight Investment, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday (Oct. 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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RVshare Nets $100M In Funding, Seeks To Rev Up RV Rentals
October 21, 2020

Akron, Ohio-based RVshare has landed more than $100 million in a fundraising round led by global investment firm KKR, with participation by existing investor Tritium Partners. RVshare’s goal is to rapidly build up the RV rental industry, noted a press release. Get the Full Story...

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Paya CEO On Going Public And The Middle Market’s Business Payments Opportunity
October 21, 2020

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Anti-Bias Lending Software Developer Zest AI Lands $15M
October 20, 2020

Zest AI, which is developing software that it claims will help wring the bias out of lending, just got a multimillion-dollar vote of confidence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Autonomous Retail Startup AiFi Secures $30M Total Funding
October 19, 2020

Silicon Valley checkout-free, autonomous retail startup AiFi has secured a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $30 million, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Paya Debuts On Nasdaq, Shares Close Up 10 Pct
October 19, 2020

Paya, the latest FinTech to the join the ranks of publicly traded companies, made its market debut Monday (Oct. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Unit21 Nets $13M For Business Risk And Compliance Tool
October 19, 2020

San Francisco-based Unit21, which offers products for fighting financial crime, has landed $13 million in a funding round led by A.Capital Ventures. Unit21 has experienced “growth of 400 percent by helping risk and compliance teams identify, investigate and report suspicious activity,” the company said in...

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Billtrust To Go Public Via SPAC At $1.3B Valuation
October 19, 2020

B2B order-to-cash solutions provider Billtrust and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) South Mountain Merger Corporation announced on Monday (Oct. 19) that they have entered into a “definitive business combination agreement.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...