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1.5KB2B PaymentsVCs Back Startups’ Solutions For Siloed Enterprise Data
Though B2B FinTech firms looking to disrupt small business (SMB) banking and expense management made some noise this week, the real focus...
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1.4KInternationalChina’s Economy Has Slowest Pace Of Growth Since Early 2009
Faced with growth that is slowing, increasing debt and a trade war with the U.S., the economy in China is starting to...
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2.5KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Gates Foundation Teams With Coil On Blockchain; SEC Opens For ICO Startups
A British man who reportedly threatened to sell the personal details of 319 million iCloud users has been charged in a London...
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1.9KRidesharingUber And Lyft Race To Get Ahead In IPO Game
The world being created by ridesharing services is one of aggressive corporate expansion, political action, payments development, socio-economic uncertainty and gig economy...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsRussia’s Sberbank Develops Instant B2B Payments Service
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, is collaborating on a faster B2B payments solution with the financial services unit of Russian search engine Yandex....
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2.3KB2B PaymentsStandard Chartered, Huawei Turn To IoT For Smarter Trade Finance
Standard Chartered is collaborating with Huawei on enhancing trade finance through Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Reports in Global Trade Review on Wednesday...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsESI ThoughtLab On The Economics Of Cybersecurity
ESI ThoughtLab released new data on corporate cybersecurity this week, with a conclusion that may not be new, but is no less...
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2.7KReal EstateDivvy Founders On Building A Millennial Bridge Between Renting And Homeownership
For much of the early 2010s, there was an emerging piece of conventional wisdom that millennials were on the verge of radically...
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1.9KRetailWalmart Pushes Digital Innovation During Investor Day
Doug McMillon started his presentation for Walmart’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas by saying he wanted to “challenge your thinking about...
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1.7KInvestmentsInstacart Raises $600M At $7.6B Valuation
Instacart, the retailers’ delivery service, raised $600 million in a fresh round of funding, giving it a valuation of $7.6 billion. According...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsTrade Disputes Create Supply Chain Risks — And Opportunity
Global vendors in the supply chain are seeing pressure from multiple sides as a result of ongoing trade disputes and renegotiations. While...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSoftware Procurement Plays Favorites With B2B Investors
Cybersecurity is likely to remain a favorite among B2B investors into the foreseeable future, so it’s no surprise that the industry landed...
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2.1KInvestmentsBrex’s Plan For Its New $125M In Funding
When Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras first started out as an entrepreneur, his first destination wasn’t finance — it was virtual reality (VR)...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsFunding Circle Links Data To Analytics Platform dv01
Alternative small business finance firm Funding Circle has signed on to provide data to dv01, a reporting and analytics platform focused on...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsBanco Santander Settles On Ripple For Settlement
Banco Santander will use Ripple's ledger through OnePay FX, expanding XRP's presence. In Singapore, cross-border efforts gain traction as Wallex gets funding.
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3.3KPersonnelSquare CFO Departs, Shares Sink
Square announced that its CFO is stepping down, which caused the company’s shares to fall in after-hours trading. Square’s CEO Jack Dorsey...
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3.6KPartnerships / AcquisitionsThoma Bravo Acquires Cybersecurity Co Imperva
Cybersecurity company Imperva announced that it has agreed to be acquired by private equity technology investment firm Thoma Bravo. After the close of...
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2.8KMobile CommerceWill Snapchat Get Snapped Up Or Snap Back?
Snapchat, according to recent reports, is having cash flow troubles. The app that got famous for its disappearing messages is looking like it...
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1.4KInvestmentsSoftBank, Flush with Hard Cash, Eyes WeWork Stake
SoftBank is looking to put its money to work in WeWork. Possibly. Bloomberg reported Wednesday (October 10) that the Japanese firm –...
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1.9KInvestmentsSiemens Invests In VR Startup Backed By Volkswagon, Audi
German company Varjo Technologies has announced a $31 million Series B investment, led by Atomico and Seimens-backed Next47, that will help it launch...
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1.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsTencent Invests $180M In Brazilian FinTech Nubank
China’s Tencent Holdings paid $180 million for an undisclosed minority stake in Brazilian FinTech Nu Pagamentos SA (known as Nubank). As a...
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2.6KEarningsWill Square’s Stock Drop Shift Attention To Credit Risk?
Shares of Square dropped more than 8 percent on Monday (Oct. 8), as a bear on the Street said the firm is...
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3.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Yale Mulls $400M Investment In Crypto; Fortnite Targeted With Bitcoin Wallet Malware
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s second largest financial institution (FI) — along with 13 other banks — has completed the first phase of an...
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2.2KInvestmentsSiilo Notches €4.5 Million For Medical Messaging App
To help get its messaging service before more doctors, a messaging app geared toward medical professionals has notched €4.5 million in funding....
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1.8KRidesharingSoftBank Near Deal To Invest $500M In Grab
SoftBank Group is close to reaching a deal with Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing company, in which it will invest $500 million....
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1.6KRetailWalgreens Teams With Birchbox For Beauty Products
To attract millennials and increase its focus on beauty products, Walgreens is partnering with subscription service Birchbox. Walgreens will also take a minority...
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2.2KInvestmentsGM’s Autonomous Car Unit Gets A $2.75B Boost From Honda
Honda Motor Co. and General Motors have struck a deal in which Honda will invest $750 million in GM’s self-driving car unit...
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4.3KBlockchainBlockchain Patent Filings Spike
The race for blockchain patents is on, with firms in China and the US making headlines. We get some insight about the...
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3.6KInvestmentsCoinbase Valued At $8B With Potential Tiger Global Investment
Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, is nearing a deal that would give it a valuation of around $8 billion, reported Recode. The...
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3.4KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: VCs Plow $3.9B In Crypto Ventures; Coinbase Taps Charles Schwab Advisor For Board
Crypto research site Diar claims that startups in the digital currency and blockchain space have notched roughly $3.9 billion in funding via...
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7.6KBitcoinBitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
The end of this month, Oct. 31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper,...
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3.0KBlockchainGold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
Can blockchain help improve transparency of — and even the ethics surrounding — the gold supply chain? Emergent Technology Holdings helps track...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsVCs Eye Business Banking With Latest Crypto, FinTech Investments
Cryptocurrencies are gaining more attention for a less expected reason: industry players’ interest in working with regulators to smooth out uncertainty in...
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2.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: AT&T Unveils Blockchain Suite; Ripple Expands Social Giving By $25M
Ripple is expanding its social impact program, dubbed Ripple for Good, and will focus its efforts on education and financial inclusion, the...
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2.2KInvestmentsUber’s In-Car Convenience Store Cargo Raises $22M
Cargo, the startup that provides in-car commerce for the rideshare economy, announced on Thursday (Sept. 27) that it has raised $22 million...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsGoogle, Goldman Back X-Border Payments Firm Veem
The venture capital (VC) arms of Google and Goldman Sachs participated in the latest investment round for cross-border payments company Veem, Forbes said...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsFreightRover Lands $500M For Faster Freight Payments
FreightRover, a company working to accelerate B2B payments to truck operators, has secured $500 million in financing to fuel its factoring operations....
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977InvestmentsGrab In Talks To Sell Stake In Thai Unit
Grab, the Singapore ride-hailing startup, is reportedly in talks to sell a stake in its Thai business to Central Group, the largest retailer...
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2.7KFinancial InclusionPayPal And Village Capital On Financial Inclusion’s Data-Driven Future
These days, it is fair to say that data makes the world go ’round. Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of raw data are...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsBIS Sees Boons, Risks As Alt Credit Gains Traction
Lending from FinTech firms — driven by tech, data and all sorts of innovations — has grown by leaps and bounds. However,...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsBiz Card Startup Brex Pursues Unicorn Status
Commercial card startup Brex is seeking unicorn status with its next funding round, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Sept. 21). Unnamed...
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2.6KInvestmentsConvoy Secures $185M In Series C Financing
To accelerate product innovation, trucking network Convoy has secured $185 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Alphabet’s growth...
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1.9KReal EstateThe Digital Evolution Of Apartment Hunting
Twelve years ago, when New York Magazine profiled Craigslist and its founder Craig Newmark, they managed to call him “schlumpy” and “gnomish”...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsBank Of America’s Corporate Banking Lead To Depart
A top corporate banking executive at Bank of America (BoA) is slated to depart the institution, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports...
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2.4KDeliveryFood Delivery Firms Battle To Stand Apart As Business Grows
Food delivery is moving into a higher realm, one that is about much more than ordering up a meal via a mobile...
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2.3KInvestmentsPostmates Raises $300M On $1.2B Valuation
Postmates, the on-demand delivery company, announced on Tuesday (Sept. 18) that it has raised $300 million in venture funding. In a press release,...
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2.9KRidesharingTaxify Beats Uber In Africa
Taxify, the African ride-hailing app company, is ahead of Uber Technologies, moving from an Estonian startup to a tech unicorn within five...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsB2B Venture Capitalists Have Their Heads In The Cloud
The cloud is nowhere near a “new” technology, but it did take the enterprise a few years to trust the tool —...
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2.0KBankingChase Adds Rich, VIP Rewards To Sapphire DDA Accts
JPMorgan Chase is pulling out all the stops to get wealthy, young customers to open a new Sapphire bank account. The bank...
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3.3KGoogleDuckDuckGo Takes On Google Search
Think of online privacy as a race. With consumers increasingly focused on how their data and web personas are used by eCommerce...
