PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Southeast Asia led the way thanks to ridesharing firm Grab, which continues to expand its B2B financial services offering with its fundraising windfall — and it wasn’t the only small business lender to secure investment. Digital Risks. InsurTech company Digital Risks announced $10.4 Reports in Verdict.co.uk

B2B 70

B2B B2C Concentration Startups 70

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In terms of the total amount invested to date in FinTechs, as tracked by PYMNTS via the India FinTech Tracker, the year to date tally stands at just under $3.7 percent, eCommerce at 23.8 Groww focuses on investment products and services marketed to millennials. Three months to go, more or less. Groww has said that it has 2.5

Finance 57

Finance Concentration Startups Investments 57

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

” According to analysts, Amazon will cite Wish as a competitor to help protect it against claims of having a monopoly in the eCommerce sphere. The company, anticipating this, said it will use the new capital to grow its “merchant footprint in Europe and North America.” In 2014, the company was worth $400 million.

Valuation 46

Valuation Concentration eCommerce Retail 46

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

But at this point, it seems unlikely that major changes are in store for the eCommerce operator. Here’s the scoop, in case you missed it: Nike announced that it is parting ways with Amazon and will no longer sell its products on the eCommerce marketplace, ending a pilot program that began in 2017.

Concentration 44

Concentration eCommerce Retail Investments 44

PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

What we’re seeing is the retailers that have invested materially and brought a concentrated effort to their digital presence have had the ability to shift online materially [more quickly] and pick up a share of wallet that is actually increasing given that spend in hospitality and travel has nearly disappeared.”.

Concentration 82

Concentration Retail Forecasting Investments 82

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

8) released its third quarter financials, and though the company’s performance in the Americas — a 3 percent year-over-year revenue decline — reportedly disappointed investors, eCommerce increased 21 percent for the global business. wholesale by continuing to reduce our concentration in that channel.”. Levi’s late Tuesday (Oct.

Concentration 55

Concentration eCommerce Sales Leverage 55

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Bitcoin’s processing operation is highly concentrated within a handful of miners in China — which is getting more concentrated now, since the price of bitcoin has crashed and fewer players can afford to keep the lights on (literally, since bitcoin processing requires a massive amount of electricity). Call me underwhelmed.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Klarna — a Swedish payments provider for eCommerce businesses — is making the jump from the digital to the physical world. Anxiety is a strong word, but it’s definitely on the lips,” said Kristina Söderberg, investment manager at SEB AB, one of Sweden’s largest banks. Later this month, Klarna will roll out its first in-store solution.

Concentration 40

Concentration eCommerce Banking Retail 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2016

billion vehicle, its sixth, and will be concentrating efforts across a plethora of tech platforms. That’s on the investment side. GDP growth above estimates in the fourth quarter, find it prudent to tighten the purse strings, eCommerce will suffer. Among the marquee names bringing money in: Founders Fund just closed a $1.3

Valuation 40

Valuation Concentration Startups eCommerce 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

According to a report in Business Insider , Verdon said he was leaving Currencycloud because the business is going well and shareholders of RailsBank want him to concentrate on that FinTech more fully. Currencycloud founder Nigel Verdon is reportedly leaving the company to focus on a new FinTech startup, RailsBank.

Concentration 40

Concentration Startups Banking eCommerce 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Until then, they can become a lock on that business’s access to the working capital it needs to grow and invest in itself, particularly as payments terms extend beyond 30 or 60 days — or worse, are never repaid at all in the event that a buyer goes bust. alone, B2B eCommerce transactions will reach $1.2 In the U.S., focused B2B sales.

B2C 63

B2C B2B Concentration Credit Risk 63

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Disappointed because of his strong suspicion that the vast majority of eCommerce pop-up ads were wholly ineffective and inspired because it occurred to him that this might be a problem he was able to fix. Early in my career, I was a mathematician who got into investing because I love numbers,” Cherki explained to PYMNTS.

Advertising 40

Advertising Concentration eCommerce Retail 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

And, on the fourth floor, the company said it has the “largest concentration of seasonally current Nike footwear anywhere in the globe.”. In other news, Giant Food is getting ready to open the doors to an eCommerce hub in Pennsylvania next month. That store is located only 45 minutes away from one of its Boston-area locations.

Retail 50

Retail Planning Concentration eCommerce 50

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

But the companies would have to invest in third-party software to integrate their existing inventory control software with the Walmart and Jet platforms. The eCommerce giant allows merchants to bulk ship their goods to the company’s warehouses, where they can be stocked and distributed by Amazon itself. Weiner’s Ltd. Maybe, maybe not.

Concentration 40

Concentration eCommerce Sales Retail 40

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

The Silicon Docks is a nickname for the area in Dublin where there is a concentration of high-tech companies. As investments have slowed in London, startup growth is picking up in both Dublin and Berlin. Just last week, London-based eCommerce company Ve Interactive announced an expansion to Ireland with the opening of a Dublin office.

Startups 42

Startups Concentration Economics eCommerce 42

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

Retail is the classic example, he said: eCommerce completely depends on integrated payments. What’s the deal with all these big enterprises acquiring or investing in small software startups? Commerce is no longer just about purchasing something from IKEA.com or any other eCommerce site. All Aboard the Bandwagon.

Invoicing 46

Invoicing Concentration eCommerce Startups 46

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Among the new wave of direct-to-consumer and subscription-based eCommerce taking hold of the industry, none was considered more promising over the past year than the direct-to-consumer meal kit business. We believe the retail channel will continue to grow, and we will concentrate our efforts on that portion of the Chef’d business,” Robert T.

Retail 40

Retail eCommerce Concentration Startups 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

What he finds alarming is the spike in eCommerce fraud among apparel retailers, where account takeover fraud is growing rapidly at the same time as stolen financials fraud. In the past, Kothari said, fraud was always concentrated in higher-value markets, because those products could be sold for the most immediate cash.

Concentration 42

Concentration Retail Accounting eCommerce 42

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Banks have invested time and money into creating their own virtual assistants to give consumers access to their bank account information via their mobile phones. That firm, GSR, previously invested $160 million in tZERO tokens during its ICO in June. On the heels of that news, Overstock’s shares spiked 20 percent. Why wouldn’t he?

Banking 44

Banking Transportation Investments Currencies 44

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. While, on average, the eCommerce sector overall has seen a gain of 46.4 Facebook has had eCommerce ambitions from the get-go. percent in eBay’s Q2 2017 earnings call.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Startups eCommerce 51

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

Amazon’s invested in logistics, including deals with post offices around the world, to get those products to consumers quickly and in many markets the same day. Walmart and eCommerce site Jet.com are making a run for it, but it remains to be seen whether Marc Lore, with Walmart behind him now, can pull it off. This is why.

Retail 49

Retail Profit and Loss Sales Manufacturing 49

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

And it’s why, when I read last week that General Mills was rumored to have an interest in investing in and/or acquiring Boxed , I wondered whether the motivation might be distribution and controlling more of it. And who will influence how innovation happens. Without the membership fee, using mobile and with door-to-door delivery.

Sales 54

Sales Concentration Marketing Manufacturing 54