PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Blend , the home loan tech startup, isn’t done growing. Shelter in place and social distancing mandates have forced banks and other lenders to accelerate digital transformation plans from years to months.”. The San Francisco-based digital mortgage and loan platform on Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Silicon Valley startup Social Finance (SoFi) is closing a merger deal with blank-check firm Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. SoFi’s technology platform Galileo , which it acquired in April, has helped position the startup at the nexus of the digital transformation in banking and financial services. billion in cash proceeds.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

The January Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker examines how table-service restaurants and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) alike are leveraging mobile ordering to better serve customers, as well as introducing new upgrades to keep their apps compelling. Around The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Fluree, a database management startup based in North Carolina, has raised $4.7 It has the ability to make the data immensely collaborative by allowing multiple parties to actually interact with it and improve security, and it really allows you, especially with how we’ve organized our database, to get better leverage out of the data.”.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What's unique about Ben, though, is that he spent 13 years successfully working his way up the career track at a growing advisory firm, starting as an intern and eventually making partner… only to realize within 18 months that it wasn't a good culture fit for him and that he'd need to leave, but then figured out how to take on passive equity (..)

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

In today’s top news, 2019 is on track to be the second-best year after 2011 for startups worth over $500 million, Toyota unveiled plans for a smart city in Japan, and ExxonMobil and Fiserv have teamed up to let people pay with Alexa at the gas pump. US Backers Rain Money on Savvy Startups.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Anytime a startup like Scalefast can take $22 million off the venture capital table in the middle of a pandemic, things are changing. More about them after some scenario planning. The direct-to-consumer category continues to grow with startups and early-stage companies looking to capitalize on the digital shift.

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CFO Plans

MAY 30, 2024

Consider the case of a growing tech startup that utilized fractional CFO services to develop a robust financial plan, which helped secure additional funding and scale operations efficiently. This service is particularly beneficial for startups and growing businesses that need expert guidance without the overhead costs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Delivery — particularly delivery on demand — is often an expensive logistical challenge for online retailers, but it is one that Israeli-based artificial intelligence (FI) startup CommonSense Robotics thinks it can help to solve, VentureBeat reported. CommonSense Robotics will own and “man” the hubs, with retailers paying a fee per order.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In South Korea, Woori Bank said this past week that it has debuted an online platform geared toward FinTech startup entrepreneurs and engineers who develop digital services, according to The Korea Times. Financial applications have been making inroads in banking services — as far-flung as Asia and the U.S., Visa Via Installments.

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CFO Plans

MAY 16, 2024

Learn How to Leverage Real-Time Data Cost-Effective Accounting Solutions for Businesses Traditional accounting software often requires significant upfront investments in hardware and licenses, along with ongoing maintenance costs. For more insights and solutions tailored to your financial management needs, visit CFO Plans.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

Next, came a new solution, Datarails Connect , which leverages Excel's success to transform it into a kind of self-service BI solution, enabling finance professionals to become truly independent by connecting their entire data stack to Excel in a simple and self-service manner. The Winners!

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Startup founders typically face a fundamental tradeoff: They can grow the company, increasing its value and the value of their shares, but to do so they must give up some control. Co-founders and employees who join the startup want to know that it is well managed. Or, they can keep control, at the expense of growth.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With CVS ’ planned acquisition of Aetna expected to close prior to Thanksgiving, the combined company plans to tackle health outcomes and services while reducing health costs. At the same time, CVS plans to leverage its stores with clinical programs from Aetna to help patients after discharge.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

Innit, the Silicon Valley food platform startup, announced Tuesday (Jan. The startup said the Innit Action on Google is available as of today (Jan. Innit helps consumers through every stage of the food journey, from planning and shopping to preparing and cooking.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Combined, more than $337 million in funding will fuel growth for an array of B2B startups that revealed their latest funding rounds this week. based startups dominated, with investors focusing on cybersecurity solutions and on startups that aim to streamline back-office functions. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

This month, startups such as Tipalti have brought on three partners to extend value to its clients, while startups such as AvidXchange are deepening their existing relationships. Here is the latest news from startup-land in July. It’s hard to go it alone: Tipalti’s mission is to automate the entire payables process.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Residential real estate startup Bungalow announced it has secured $64 million in funding: a $14 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures, Atomic, Founders Fund, Cherubic Ventures and Wing Ventures, as well as a $50 million debt facility. There are also plans for global expansion in 2019. putting it on track to be in 12 major U.S.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Collaborations allow corporations to leverage nonprofits’ capabilities and reputation when launching new products and services. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Clinic Ventures arm has launched more than 80 startup companies that have provided economic returns while furthering the nonprofit’s ambitions. While Tomorrow.io

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jiobit, a technology startup based out of Chicago, makes something that seems like every parent, from those expecting to empty nesters, will want or wish they’d had. The startup has developed a location-tracking smart tag and accompanying mobile app that sends alerts to parents when their child has gone outside a preset range.

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CFO Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2017

According to a report, the startup , which blasted on the scene a little more than two years ago, was acquired by Deliveroo, a London company, for an undisclosed sum. Deliveroo plans to use Maple’s technology to expand its platform. Maple, the food delivery company in New York, has shuttered its doors as of Monday (May 8).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Cloud banking startup Mambu has raised €110 million (nearly $135 million) in a new funding round aimed at financing the company’s global expansion. Mambu said it is also embarking on a hiring spree, with plans to double its payroll to over 1,000 by 2022. billion ($2 billion), the company said in a press release.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

They play a crucial role in strategic planning, risk management, and driving innovation, extending their influence far beyond the finance department. Leveraging Technology: In today’s data-driven environment, tasks that involve implementing or improving technological solutions should be high on the CFO’s priority list.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 13, 2023

Danika is the President and Founder for Xena Financial Planning, a virtual advisory firm that advises 40 client households of women in tech and supports more than $275K of ongoing revenue. Welcome back to the 337th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Danika Waddell.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A Toolbox report said Citi has already signed data access agreements to several startups and data aggregators that, through approval of joint customers, can access data of Citi accounts. Financier plans to strengthen its presence in Singapore and Indonesia, with an eye on expansion into Vietnam and the Philippines.

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Fpanda Club

MARCH 28, 2021

This article describes the FP&A maturity assessment model focused on major tasks of the function (strategic planning and budgeting, forecasting, analytics, management reporting, performance management and decision support) and built around 3 key areas – processes, tools/systems and people.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Grocers are using autonomous vehicles to help bring fresh food to the doorsteps of consumers, and news came this week that another retailer plans to use the technology: Approximately one month after Kroger announced that it had started to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona, Stop & Shop is intending to use them in the Bay State.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

FinTech startup Marqeta has been tapped by Goldman Sachs to power digital checking accounts for Marcus. Marqeta said that Goldman Sachs “will leverage our modern card issuing platform” to introduce digital checking accounts to Marcus customers, according to a Marqeta blog post on Thursday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) banking platform FISPAN announced in a press release Thursday (Nov. Participation in this program will allow us to leverage Mastercard’s expertise, technology and channels.”. 12) that it has joined Mastercard ’s Start Path accelerator program. “We

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CFO Network

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Unlocking Financial Success: How Fractional CFOs Transform Businesses In the current landscape, businesses increasingly opt for lean and agile operations, fostering a burgeoning market for expert support in non-full-time equivalent roles within startups and small to medium enterprises.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bicoastal venture-capital firm Greycroft raised $680 million that it plans to split between early stage startups ($310 million) and growth-stage startups ($370 million). Greycroft’s current portfolio includes investments in Axios Media, mobile-games publisher Scopely and Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle startup Goop.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Grab, a Southeast Asian app, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have teamed up to run an accelerator meant to jumpstart Singapore startups and help them to expand to other countries, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. Grab already has a program called Grab Ventures Velocity which supports 15 regional startups.

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Planful

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On the fourth episode of Being Planful, I was joined by Chris Ortega, Director of Finance, Americas, for Emarsys , a provider of omnichannel customer engagement software. The biggest way to get there is by leveraging technology.”. Chris ends the podcast by describing what “being Planful” means to him. Subscribe to Being Planful.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In today’s top retail news: an Israeli startup has launched an interactive kiosk that leverages voice technology, the 10.10 Case in point: Israeli startup Touchless.ai recently introduced a new intuitive voice management solution that turns any interactive kiosk into a touch-free, easy-to-use interface. 13 and Oct.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

We analyzed the speech patterns of entrepreneurs pitching their startups to investors, and again found that male founders tended to speak more abstractly, using more big-picture language, while female founders described specific actions and plans for how they would build their businesses.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

But off the trading floors, the news cycle carried its own pace as Walmart made cash cheaper to send, bitcoin and the blockchain got a series of thumbs down from bankers around the world and startups started feeling the burn. The firm had initially planned to raise $200 million from members and give them a 90 percent stake in a new company.

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