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1.6KB2B PaymentsFed Sees Jump In SMB Capital Demand
The Federal Reserve has released new data on small businesses’ appetite for capital, and it appears that financing demand is on the...
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5.8KB2B PaymentsFinTech Brex Raises $100M Debt Capital
A company that provides credit cards for startups has raised $100 million in debt capital to continue its growth, according to a...
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2.1KRetailMoving Startups Think Outside The (Cardboard) Box
Some entrepreneurs are inspired to create businesses stemming from their jobs. Wesley Rankin founded HiveBoxx, which rents out durable plastic boxes, based...
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2.3KToday In DataHow Startups Compete With Legacy Firms In Digital Banking
Legacy banks and FinTech firms are looking to create digital-only banking services to capture consumer interest in using smartphones for their banking needs. In...
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3.3KInvestmentsFacebook Co-Founder’s VC Firm B Capital Raises $406M
Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin has closed out $406 million for B Capital, his venture capital fund, according to a report. This is...
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5.7KB2B PaymentsPayPal’s Blockchain First; Mastercard’s B2B FinTech Unicorn
This week’s B2B venture capital funding rounds were particularly focused on the enterprise cybersecurity space, though B2B payments caught the attention of...
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5.7KMatchmakersOne-Stop Digital Procure-To-Pay For One-Person Shops
While there any number of specific reasons to start a business, for most of the founders we talk to it always comes...
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3.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: UnionBank Launches Bitcoin ATM; Coinbase Invests In Disappearing Blockchain Startup
People who want to use UnionBank of the Philippines‘s (UBP’s) new bitcoin ATM will need to have an account with the bank....
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4.6KRetailTravel Startups Take A Personalized Approach To Airport Pickups
Travel companies often tackle the odyssey from home to destination and back, but Welcome Pickups is taking a different approach. The Greece-based...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsSoftBank Leads $413M Round For Delhivery’s Logistics Tech
India-based logistics startup Delhivery has secured $413 million in new funding, reports in The Times of India said on Monday (March 25),...
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4.2KEcosystemsAs Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
Here’s some advice for your next, or first, trip to New Orleans (home of the PYMNTS Bureau of Crawfish): If you happen...
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2.7KIPOPinterest Files For IPO, Sets Stage For Mid-April Debut
Pinterest, the image-search company gearing up to go public via an initial public offering, filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange...
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2.4KInvestmentsAbu Dhabi To Invest $272M In Tech Startups
Abu Dhabi said Sunday (March 24) that it will invest as much as $272 million to go toward technology startups, reported Reuters....
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2.4KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Overstock To Launch Bitcoin Trading App; Mt. Gox Warns Legal Against Mass Crypto Sale
Overstock’s tZERO is set to launch a mobile trading app in June. CEO Saum Noursalehi told CoinDesk that the app for IOS...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsVC FinTech Funding Sets Sights On ‘Alternative’ Data
If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’...
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3.1KInvestmentsStarbucks Invests $100M In New Valor Fund Focused On Food Startups
Starbucks announced Wednesday (March 20) it is investing $100 million in the new Valor Siren Ventures fund, which aims to invest in...
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3.2KIPOLyft IPO Oversubscribed, Could Reap $1B In CA Taxes
Lyft’s initial public offering (IPO) is reportedly oversubscribed, with the company on its way to getting or maybe even exceeding its sought-after...
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4.3KInternationalNaspers Earmarks $1B For Indian FinTech Investments
Naspers, Africa’s largest company based on market value, is gearing up to spend $1 billion in India in the form of investments...
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3.0KIPOeCommerce Co Jumia Files US IPO
Pan-African eCommerce company Jumia filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Tuesday (March 12)....
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6.0KStartupsStartups May Need An Export License To Hire Foreign Nationals
New rules coming out of Washington D.C. could require startups to get government approval before hiring foreign nationals to do work, according...
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3.3KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Last Year’s Crypto Startup Failure Rate; Deutsche Börsem Swisscom To Create DLT Ecosystem
Deutsche Börse, IT services provider Swisscom and FinTech firm Sygnum announced they are partnering to create a digital asset infrastructure on blockchain....
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6.5KBankingJPMorgan To Combine Middle-Market Tech, Emerging Growth Banking Units
JPMorgan Chase & Co is melding its middle-market technology and emerging growth commercial banking units to better deal with startups that become...
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5.7KLatin AmericaSoftBank Launches $2B Fund For LatAm Tech Investments
SoftBank, the Japan-based technology company, is rolling out a $2 billion fund that will target Latin American technology companies. According to a...
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6.1KVISAVisa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs
On Friday (March 8), the world will recognize International Women’s Day — celebrated globally since 1975, when it was adopted as a holiday by the United...
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3.1KSouth East AsiaChinese Tech Companies Reining In Perks, Laying Off As Economy Slows
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing startup, ByteDance, the mobile app maker in China, and other Chinese tech firms are reining in perks...
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5.0KB2B PaymentsEnterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain
Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half...
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4.6KStartup Check-InA New Approach To Bank-FinTech Collaborations
Banks have historically developed their own solutions for the marketplace, using sophisticated information technology (IT) and development resources. “If they wanted something...
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5.0KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWalmart Buys Israeli Startup Focused On Natural Language Processing
Walmart announced Tuesday (Feb. 26) it has acquired Aspectiva, the Israel-based startup that is focused on natural language processing capabilities. In a...
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4.6KAlexaAmazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
Amazon’s Alexa Fund has announced the launch of the third year of the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Up to ten companies from...
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5.5KStartup Check-InCan FinTechs And Banks Actually Have A Perfect Marriage?
The relationship between FinTechs and banks has been complicated, with relatively young upstarts competing with established financial institutions in a new and...
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6.1KB2B PaymentsLogistics, Alt Lending Lead B2B Startup Funding
The more than $1.593 billion raised by B2B startups this week showcases investors’ interest in business finance and payments. FinTechs that landed...
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2.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsSafe-Driving AI Startup Newton Joins Team At Nauto
Safe-driving AI startup Newton Technologies has announced that it is joining Nauto, a transportation company working to make human drivers and autonomous...
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2.8KRetailReinventing On-Demand Wheels In The Rideshare Era
To stand out from the ubiquitous ridesharing giants of the world, on-demand startups are putting a new spin on transportation services with...
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4.2KDeliveryUber Co-Founder Kalanick Prepares Global Network Of Food Delivery Kitchens
Travis Kalanick, the Uber co-founder, is busy with his next venture, reportedly working behind the scenes to create a network of food...
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2.5KRetail2ndKitchen And Platforms As A Satellite Kitchen Service
Bars, breweries and bowling alleys may serve up drinks and experiences, but they don’t always have kitchens to prepare meals or bar...
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3.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Ripple Mulls XRP Recruiting Bonuses; Facebook Hires Talent From Blockchain Startups
Ripple reportedly offered bonuses via its digital currency during its recruiting process, according to CoinDesk. One unnamed source was said to have...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsB2B FinTech Firms Brace For Growth With New VC
Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services,...
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3.5KInvestmentsTim Armstrong’s New Venture To Eliminate Retail Middleman
Tim Armstrong, the veteran tech CEO, is launching a new company on Thursday (Feb. 7) dubbed dtx, which will focus on direct-to-consumer...
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4.1KStartupsChinese Firms Look Beyond Borders As China’s Economy Slows
To keep revenues growing, tap new markets. To that end, a number of tech startups in China, eyeing a slowing economy at...
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3.3KInvestmentsVCs Urge Tech Startups To Spend Less
Venture capitalists are reportedly urging startup companies to curb their spending and hold on to more capital as concerns about the volatility...
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6.1KB2B PaymentsB2B FinTech Firms Address Risk To Land Investor Support
Payments company Stripe stole the B2B FinTech investment show this week with its funding that propelled its valuation to $22.5 billion, just...
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4.8KDeliveryOn-Demand Delivery Service Munchery Ceases Operations
Munchery, the on-demand delivery startup that raised $125 million in venture funding, has shut down the service effective immediately. Reports citing an email...
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4.3KRidesharingLime, Bird Raise Money At Lower Valuations
Lime and Bird, the two electric scooter startups that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in 2018, are aiming to...
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5.5KB2B PaymentsB2B eCommerce A Favorite Among Investors
With more than $65 million placed with B2B FinTech firms this week, it wasn’t the most lucrative roundup for the industry. Yet,...
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6.6KGoogleAmazon, Google’s Expansion In NYC To Spark Talent War
A talent war in New York is heating up with Amazon opening up its second headquarters in the city and Google expanding...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsB2B Startups Ink $2.4B Despite Talk Of A Bubble
PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released startling data on Thursday (Jan. 10) about the growth of venture capital (VC): Investors...
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3.8KArtificial IntelligenceChinese AI Startup Prepares For $2B In Funding
SenseTime, the most valuable artificial intelligence (AI) startup in the world, is getting ready for a financing round that could amount to...
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4.9KBankingKPMG On Technology Enabled Cash Management As Borders Blur
Cash management is both opportunity and challenge for banks as cross-border payments gain traction. Troy Hagey, strategy principal with KPMG, tells PYMNTS how...
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5.9KStartup Check-InHow FinTech Startups Scale Servers On Demand
Payments can be very cyclical for clients of FinTech startups – they can be flooded Monday morning after a quiet Sunday. With...
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2.9KInvestmentsUS Startups Raised A Record $130B In 2018
U.S. startups had a great 2018 in terms of funding, with new data showing that venture capitalists deployed $130.9 billion, marking a...
