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Investing can provide you with another source of income, here are investment options that will return a percentage of the vested value.
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746InvestmentsUK’s Currencycloud Gets $80M From Visa, Others For X-Border Payments
Currencycloud, a U.K.-based FinTech focused on cross-border payments, said Monday (Jan. 27) it had received the equivalent of $80 million from a...
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1.6KInvestmentsMonzo Courts SoftBank As Part Of £100M Capital Raise
British banking unicorn Monzo is in talks with Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank for financial assistance in its growth plans into the U.S....
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2.1KMastercardMastercard Invests In Asia’s Pine Labs For Electronic Payment Options
In order to accelerate the use of electronic payment options in Asia, Mastercard has invested in merchant commerce platform Pine Labs, according...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsB2B FinTechs Start 2020 Strong With More Than $1B In VC Funding
While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts...
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2.3KInvestmentsCanapi VC Firm Commits $545M To Boost FinTech Startups
Venture capital firm Canapi Ventures announced $545 million in funding that will serve as its inaugural venture capital funds, gleaned from a sizable...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsSMB Lender Liberis Raises £32M
Liberis, a London-based FinTech that lends to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) for future credit and debit card sales, has raised £32...
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2.1KIPOStudy: Tech Unicorns Overvalued By Nearly 50 Percent
Price is what you pay, value is what you get. And when it comes to investing, the two may not always converge....
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1.4KB2B PaymentsHow Diversified Funding Readies India’s Startups For The Future
India’s technology startup community is enjoying its moment in venture capitalists’ spotlight. Analysts at Tracxn recently calculated that tech startups in the...
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1.6KInternationalSpanish Food Delivery Startup Glovo Shutters In Four Markets
Glovo, a Spanish food delivery startup, has exited several Middle Eastern countries in what it has said is a strategic move to...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsB2B Neobank Qonto Gets $115M In Series C Round
Qonto, a French startup Neobank that caters to B2B clients, has raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by...
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1.7KInvestmentsNewly Funded Flutterwave Becomes WorldPay’s First African Partner
Silicon Valley and African FinTech startup Flutterwave closed a $35 million fundraising round and announced partnerships with WorldPay and Visa as it...
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2.6KInternationalJP Morgan Creates $100B Funding Arm To Help UN
JPMorgan has created a $100 billion funding arm — the JPMorgan Development Finance Institution (DFI) — to expand investments in emerging markets and...
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1.1KInvestmentsSupplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
Supplier discovery platform scoutbee has raised $60 million in a series B funding round led by Atomico, with Lakestar, Next47, HV Holtzbrinck...
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3.6KInternationalGoldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and...
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1.4KRetailTencent To Bolster Smart Retail, International Investments
After investing in over 800 firms, Chinese tech company Tencent Holdings said it would bolster its international investments and in industries like “smart retail.”...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsCannabis Startup Eaze Struggles To Pay Vendors
Once calling itself the “Uber of pot,” Silicon Valley cannabis startup Eaze is struggling to pay vendors as it searches for a...
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3.0KInvestmentsAvidXchange Gets $260M In Financing Round
Accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solution company AvidXchange has raised $260 million in equity capital in a financing round, according to...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsSupply Chain Payments Lead Week’s B2B VC Roundup
With Tradeshift securing a nine-figured fundraise, the supply chain payments company was the undoubted leader of this week’s B2B venture capital fundraise....
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2.7KCredit UnionsCredit Unions Place Big Bet On AI And Biometrics
A new decade — and for credit unions (CUs), might this be the decade of data as a conduit of trust, a...
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1.9KInvestmentsTencent Leads $45M Funding Round For France P2P App Lydia
French payments startup Lydia closed a $45 million (40 million euro) series B round led by Tencent, with participation from existing investors...
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1.5KInvestmentsSubscription Tech Firm Grover Closes €250M In Debt Equity
Berlin-based “pay as you go” tech subscription startup Grover has closed an asset-backed financing deal that adds to its existing debt facility...
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3.4KPayments InnovationThe Coming ‘Stair Step’ In Merchant Services Provider Spend
In payments, change happens at the speed of consumer behavior. As consumer preferences evolve (across channels, online conduits and mobile devices), merchants...
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1.5KInvestmentsNo-Password Login Platform Trusona Secures $20M
Capitalizing on a major ideological shift within technology firms, online privacy and security company Trusona has raised $20 million, with contributions from...
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2.5KAmazonAmazon Bails Out Cash-Strapped Deliveroo
Amazon is lending a helping hand to Deliveroo amid the food delivery startup’s troubles with the U.K. government. The U.K. is investigating...
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1.7KInnovationPinterest Enters Top Three Social Platforms; Shares Spike 13 Pct.
After a report indicated Pinterest came out ahead of Snap Inc.’s Snapchat to take the spot as the third-largest social media platform...
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4.1KPersonnelFundbox Picks New CFO
B2B credit and payments company Fundbox announced that it has named Marten Abrahamsen as its new CFO, according to a press release....
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1.7KInvestmentsJolt Notches $14.1M To Expand Pay-As-You-Go MBA Program
Education startup Jolt has notched $14.1M in a Series A funding round to provide an alternative to traditional MBA courses, TechCrunch reported...
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1.5KB2B PaymentsIAN Eyes Startup Funding With Caspian Debt
The Indian Angel Network (IAN) has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Caspian Debt, a provider of debt and equity capital,...
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3.7KInvestmentsCasper Warns Social Media Celebs Could Pose Investment Risk
U.S. mattress-in-a-box company Casper has underscored the increasing power of social media influencers to propel or hinder brands. The firm, moreover, cited...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsStandard Chartered Backs China’s Linklogis
British bank Standard Chartered is investing an undisclosed amount in China’s supply chain platform Linklogis, earning an equity stake, and further enhancing...
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3.9KInvestmentsForty Percent Of US-Listed Companies Report Losses
The share of listed companies in the U.S. that are losing money is nearing 40 percent, which is the highest level since...
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2.3KInvestmentsSoftBank’s Vision Fund Startups See Spate Of Layoffs
As far as investments go, SoftBank’s Vision Fund’s recent bumps and bruises, and the state of many of its once high-flying holdings,...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsA New B2B FinTech Unicorn, And More Funding Ahead
B2B technology startups continue to gain valuable attention among venture capitalists. In a recent report, seed investors explored why their focus has...
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2.1KInvestmentsEquinox Seeks Cash Infusion To Build Out Digital Platform
Luxury fitness company Equinox seeks additional financial support as it maneuvers to expand its online platform. The SoulCycle majority owner is currently...
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1.9KInvestmentsChina VCs Challenged By Increased Competition, Cautious Investors
Foreign venture capital (VC) is not doing well in China, according to reports, amid the pulling out of Silicon Valley accelerator Y...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsThe Shelby Group, Equiteq Team Up On Investment
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm Equiteq announced that it advised The Shelby Group, an eProcurement transformation and optimization consulting firm, on...
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2.2KInternationalChina Likely To See More P2P Shutdowns This Year
China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is headed for more turbulence in 2020 as more of its popular platforms face potentially being shut...
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5.2KInternationalHundreds Of FinTechs Move From UK To EU Ahead Of Brexit
No one knows just what Brexit will mean for commerce, for international trade, for currencies across the Continent. The only certainty is...
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1.6KReal EstateReal Estate Tech Firm Perch Gets New Name, Raises $36M
Real estate technology firm Perch has rebranded as Orchard while raising $36 million in new equity funding led by Navitas, with participation...
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3.1KStartupsUS Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups
Despite headline-grabbing startup debacles, U.S. investors are still hot to bankroll up-and-coming companies like challenger bank Chime, The Financial Times (FT) reported...
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2.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsInsight Partners To Buy Cybersecurity Firm Armis For $1.1B
Insight Partners, a U.S.-based firm, has purchased Israeli cybersecurity firm Armis for around $1 billion, according to reports on Monday. Armis specializes...
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2.6KInvestmentsAlphabet Shares Soar Despite Regulator Scrutiny
Google parent company Alphabet and Facebook, despite a number of looming competition and antitrust investigations for both companies from U.S. government agencies,...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsOneConnect Wields Government Data For SMB Lending
Chinese firm OneConnect, a blockchain-based small business (SMB) lending platform owned by insurance giant Ping An, has launched a new portal to...
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2.6KInvestmentsOlo Rumored To Go Public In 2020 With Possible $1B Valuation
Food software startup Olo, named after the phrase “online ordering,” might have plans to file an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020,...
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5.1KIPOAlphabet-Backed Healthcare Startup, One Medical, To IPO
One Medical, a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet, has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsBookkeeping Platform Receipt Bank Raises $73M
Digital bookkeeping platform Receipt Bank notched approximately $73 million in equity and debt in a Series C funding round, according to an...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsAPIs Ready Manufacturers For The B2B eCommerce Of Tomorrow
Application program interface (API) technology had a standout year in 2019 as a critical component to enabling the open banking business model,...
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3.0KInvestmentsGroupon Gets New Activist Investor
Richard Merage, the man who created Hot Pockets, disclosed stake that he bought in Groupon on Monday (Dec. 30). Merage and his...
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6.0KeCommercePayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With MercadoLibre Integration
Today (Dec. 30), PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman announces a tie-up with Latin American eCommerce conglomerate Mercado Libre, which sees PayPal...
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3.6KInvestmentsClassPass Seeks $285M In Funding, Will Hit Unicorn Status
With a new funding round that could bring its valuation to more than $1 billion, ClassPass, backed by Alphabet Inc. and Temasek, is aiming to...
