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Stocks, Viewed From A Lofty Perch
January 26, 2017

The Dow has crossed a 20,000 point threshold. What might that mean for consumers feeling flush?

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Skype Founder Backs FinTech Chatbot Cleo
January 26, 2017

Cleo, the London-based FinTech startup, got a recent boost in its angel investing round from Skype Founder Niklas Zennström. 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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Tech Startup Button In $20M Series B
January 26, 2017

New York-based technology startup Button, founded in 2014, connects the mobile economy via its marketplace, allowing mobile apps to find and integrate with one another. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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FinTech Startup BillGO Scores Bank Investor
January 25, 2017

Investment activity picked up the pace into the third week of the month, expanding off of already accelerating levels. The $634 million logged in the latest week shows that the initial low volume of deals marking the start of 2017 may, in fact, yield to...

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Koubei Raises $1.1B In First Round With Outside Investors
January 25, 2017

Koubei, an affiliate of Alibaba that enables local commerce, raised $1.1 billion in a round of financing in January. 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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Roller Coaster For Stocks As Trump Era Dawns
January 24, 2017

 Up, down and now up again. Big-league. The stock market, the dollar. 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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Choppy Stock Trading Marks Dawn Of Trump Era
January 23, 2017

As we enter the very beginning phase of a new government — with Congress and the presidency, obviously, in the Republican corner — the stock market appears a bit indecisive. By the end of the day Friday (Jan. 20), stocks were up modestly, and as of...

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Some Deal-Making In Unicornland
January 20, 2017

Amid the earnings reports that are just getting started among publicly traded companies, in privately held Unicornland, activity is stirring, too, most notably on the deal-making front. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Amex Earnings: Spend Gains But Profits Lag
January 20, 2017

American Express Co. said on Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income in 2016 was off 8 percent, weighed down in part by marketing expenses, and, as Bloomberg noted, reserves were taken to cover bad loans, which were up nine percent. Get the Full Story Complete...