PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, has raised a fresh round of funding that gives it a valuation of more than $8 billion.

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CFO Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In a world where currencies are volatile and their movements hard to predict, profits can be wiped out in the blink of an eye. Price disclosure is less thorough than for exchange-traded assets, and liquidity in many currencies can fluctuate significantly, exacerbating the already high levels of volatility in the market.

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Creative CFP

AUGUST 31, 2022

We recently performed a valuation exercise for a client who intends to swap shares in a successful South African application software company for those of a similar company in the Netherlands. While these companies operate in the same industry, we found the comparative valuations to be vastly different.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 21, 2023

By the end of 2021, it was clear that this bout of inflation was not as transient a phenomenon as some had made it out to be, and the big question leading in 2022, for investors and markets, is how inflation will play out during the year, and beyond, and the consequences for stocks, bonds and currencies.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Country Risk: Currency and Cost of Capital. That increase in interest rates is not restricted to the US dollar, as local currency government bond rates have risen around the world. As a final part to this post, to see the shifts in country risk that we have seen in 2022, let’s start with an assessment of risk free rates.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

After all, we get our restaurant choices from Yelp reviews, our movie recommendations from Rotten Tomatoes, and we have even built crypto currencies around the notion of crowd-checking transactions. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 27, 2022

In this post, I will begin with a quick review of my 2021 valuation, then move on to the price action in 2021 and 2022 and then update my valuation to reflect the company's current numbers. My IPO Valuation I valued Zomato, soon after it filed its prospectus for its initial public offering, in July 2021. 76 per share.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Cross-border payments company Transpay is expanding with new global currencies supported by its platform. The company announced Wednesday (May 3) that it supports 11 settlement currencies that can be used to fund companies’ Transpay accounts, negating the need to convert funds before a transaction is initiated.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2017

Coinbase has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, giving the digital currency startup a post-money valuation of $1.6 With the bitcoin market surging, Coinbase has facilitated almost $15 billion in digital currency exchange in just the first half of 2017, which is five times more than was exchanged in all of 2016.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Business Valuation - Determining the value of assets or entire companies. Next, use an appropriate valuation method for each division to estimate their individual worth. The DCF model is flexible, but small changes in assumptions—like the discount rate or expected cash flows—can significantly impact the final valuation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

The series uses quantitative and historical data on valuations of several major currencies, corporate and governmental case studies and technological developments that have impacted the global FX market, to provide a comprehensive guide explaining what businesses need to do to navigate a volatile FX market. USD/£1 to $0.96

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The news service, citing a source, said the IPO is expected to push that valuation to more than $3 billion. But if Nuvei goes public, a source told Bloomberg the IPO would boost that valuation. Nuvei Corp. Canada’s largest private non-bank payment processor, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Canada Tuesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Cloud-based finance software Bill.com can now facilitate international payments in 106 currencies and 137 countries, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday, Sept. But businesses need a partner that can help them manage the complexities that come with processing multi-currency invoices and making payments in local currencies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The round saw the company's valuation hit over $215 million. While it initially focused on currency in online checkouts, the company has branched out to work on checkout and fraud detection, integrating with companies like Shopify , Magento , BigCommerce , WooCommerce and Salesforce Commerce Cloud , according to the the report.

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Creative CFP

AUGUST 31, 2022

We recently performed a valuation exercise for a client who intends to swap shares in a successful South African application software company for those of a similar company in the Netherlands. While these companies operate in the same industry, we found the comparative valuations to be vastly different.

Valuation 40

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Macro news : While macroeconomic news (about the economy, inflation or currency exchange rates) cuts across the market, in terms of impact, some companies are more exposed to macroeconomic factors than others, and analysts will have to revisit earnings estimates in light of new information. I am going to count that as a win and move on!

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

That year, I computed these industry-level statistics for five variables that I found myself using repeatedly in my valuations, and once I had them, I could not think of a good reason to keep them secret. Valuation Pricing Growth & Reinvestment Profitability Risk Multiple s 1. Historical Growth in Revenues & Earnings 1.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

If your views on investing and valuation were formed by reading Ben Graham, and nurtured by listening to Warren Buffett, it is worth remembering the time and the setting for their sage advice. Valuing a company in Turkish Lira should give you the same value as valuing the same company in Euros, differences in riskfree rates notwithstanding.)

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

At the same time that bitcoin’s market cap was falling, rival digital currencies Ripple XRP and Ether were battling it out for the second-place spot in terms of digital currencies. New data shows a projected 14 percent increase in fraud attempts during the upcoming 2018 holiday season, with fraud likely to peak on Thanksgiving Day.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 13, 2022

Country Risk: Currency and Cost of Capital As a final part to this post, to see the shifts in country risk that we have seen in 2022, let’s start with an assessment of risk free rates. That increase in interest rates is not restricted to the US dollar, as local currency government bond rates have risen around the world.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

By the end of 2021, it was clear that this bout of inflation was not as transient a phenomenon as some had made it out to be, and the big question leading in 2022, for investors and markets, is how inflation will play out during the year, and beyond, and the consequences for stocks, bonds and currencies.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

I was reminded of that paper a few weeks ago, when Fitch downgraded the US, from AAA to AA+, a relatively minor shift, but one with significant psychological consequences for investors in the largest economy in the world, whose currency still dominates global transactions.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

After all, we get our restaurant choices from Yelp reviews, our movie recommendations from Rotten Tomatoes, and we have even built crypto currencies around the notion of crowd-checking transactions. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Today, he’s talking about it transforming the world of currency and he holds more Bitcoin than almost anyone else. And we’ve had a number of them when for a year or two crypto currencies can be down, you know, 50 percent or worse. Bitcoin’s valuation technique is different from other crypto assets like Ethereum.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Treasurers are advised to assess counterparty risk differently and explore strategies for managing currency risk, given the geopolitical uncertainties. While technology has been instrumental in counterparty risk assessment and currency exposure management, the focus in 2024 is shifting towards generative AI.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

The other first order effect from inflation, and the Fed’s reaction to it, has also been in the currency market, where the US dollar has soared against almost every currency, with the Euro and the British pound trading at or close to historic lows. . Second Order Effects: Risk Capital and Risk Premia. YouTube Video. Spreadsheets.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Visa partnership offers users secure, cross-border payments in multiple currencies while taking advantage of Airwallex’s competitive foreign exchange rates. Starting now, Australian Airwallex users can distribute virtual payment cards in multiple currencies to pay suppliers instantly. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Weeks after Facebook took aim at its core business, Seattle-based Remitly notched $135 million in funding at a valuation of almost $1 billion. While the company did not make its valuation known, an unnamed source said it is now worth almost $1 billion. The project has remittances as a “core focus,” stated the FT report.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Currency transfer and finding ways for consumers to avoid the inevitable fees is a hot spot for FinTech startups. With Revolut, the money can be spent in over 90 currencies around the world at the cheapest exchange rate available, the interbank rate, with no fees, at least for now. Revolut, a U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2021

A funding round earlier this month put Roblox’s valuation at $29.5 The SEC’s issue is over how Roblox recognizes revenue from the sale of its currency, Robux, according to the memo seen by Reuters. Roblox was planning to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter of 2020 but in an SEC filing on Jan.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Neither index is particularly representative, and currency effects contaminate both, but they tell the story of devastation in the two markets. I revisited my valuation of the index, with the updated values: Spreadsheet to value the S&P 500. There are two things to note in this valuation. Flight to Safety and Collectibles.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The number would be a drop from the company’s previous valuation, due to worldwide conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the first such drop in valuation since 2016, according to Bloomberg.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

The top five IPOs by valuation in 2024 were Lineage on the Nasdaq ($5.1 Notable transactions included a $284 million dual-currency commodity-murabaha and Shariah-compliant syndicated facility for DenizBank to finance and refinance general trade. IPOs, however, are enjoying a surge. In Europe, IPOs are down 19%.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The unit provides small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with cross-border supplier payment services , enabling those companies to pay vendors in their local currencies to mitigate against foreign exchange risk and fees. Western Union said via a spokesperson that it does not comment on M&A speculation.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

In US dollar terms, Latin America was flat in the first half of 2023, though there were a couple of Latin American markets that delivered stellar returns in local currency terms, albeit with high inflation eating away at these returns. US Equities in 2023: Into the Weeds!

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

In my last point on inflation, I noted that a currency with higher inflation can be expected to depreciate over time against a currency with lower inflation. That expected devaluation in the high-inflation currency is not risk, though, since it can and should be incorporated into your forecasts.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The other first order effect from inflation, and the Fed's reaction to it, has also been in the currency market, where the US dollar has soared against almost every currency, with the Euro and the British pound trading at or close to historic lows.

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