A Chinese firm, Shanghai Paipaidai Financial Information Service Co., or Ppdai.com, has been aiming to list on public markets in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Oct. 18). That debut could come as early as the second half of 2017. The company...
Heal, the Santa Monica, CA startup that enables doctor house calls, has reportedly raised close to $27 million in additional funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Zipwhip, the Seattle startup that enables companies to text customers from the internet, announced Monday (Oct. 17) it raised $9 million in Series B investment led by Voyager Capital. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Fintech companies in Europe are retreating from IPOs in the post-Brexit aftermath. Many are wondering whether it is worth turning to public markets when interest rates are so low. Misys has cut its valuation by £1 billion.
Affirm, the company started by PayPal Cofounder Max Levchin to deliver financial products to consumers, announced last week it has obtained a $100 million lending facility from Morgan Stanley. On pace to more than triple its year-over-year loan volume, Affirm will leverage the facility to...
First Data went public — for the second time — on October 15, 2016. Karen Webster thought it would be fun to catch up with Frank Bisignano, First Data’s CEO, to get his perspective on the first year in the glare of the public market...
There are many ways to quantify the costs of an error — with the massive failure of the Galaxy Note this week, Samsung will likely be learning about several of them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Subscription-based drink startup Hooch is clinking glasses after raising $1.5 million from investors that included celebrities like Chris Burch, Russell Simmons and Shaun White. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Cybric, a provider of the only Continuous Security-as-a-Service platform, announced on Thursday (Oct. 6) it has closed $6.3 million in seed funding with Capstone Ventures and Petrillo Capital. Cybric will use this funding to launch its fully developed SaaS platform solution to the global marketplace....
