CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Many stores, which came to rely on software-connected systems during the Covid-19 pandemic, are now leveraging these capabilities to eke out efficiencies that can help keep prices down amid stubbornly high inflation and rising interest rates, industry analysts said. Over the same period, investment dollars in IoT startups fell 57.2%

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments. Loadsmart said it has instead focused on what its online shipping platform can do for companies in the transportation business on a value-added basis, “coupled with API integrations.”.

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Transportation Leverage Startups Investments 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This time around, an Alexa integration, a new partnership leveraging telematic capabilities and a major manufacturing investment by BMW are all working to connect and evolve the automotive space. Insurance agencies are looking to leverage technology to improve driver safety (and save policyholders some cash). and $79.99

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Where the Investment Tracker logged anemic activity barely above the triple-digit level two weeks ago, in this past week PYMNTS saw a relatively staggering volume of fund flows. billion, was tied to a single deal, as SoftBank spent that amount to acquire Fortress Investment Group. What a difference a week makes. billion in total.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Leveraging the power of data. Moreover, it allows Vytal to optimize transportation planning. At the same time, it struck a partnership deal with the largest food delivery chain in Germany, which further propelled adoption by consumers and provided additional leverage in convincing further partner restaurants to join forces with Vytal.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Additionally, according to Dougherty, a vibrant private sector, fueled by significant capital investment, is effectively commercializing and refining AI applications. Despite this, China continues to invest heavily in government-funded research and development (R&D). Yet, this lead isn’t necessarily secure.

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Future CFO

JULY 23, 2023

Improving demand from a low base in 2022 and continued debt control will underpin growing profit and steady leverage for most rated Chinese corporates, but some sectors will continue to have muted growth, the credit rating agency noted. And steady EBITDA will mitigate investment risks for chemical and construction companies, the firm added.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Cross-pollination in financial services — leveraging payments across digital and physical channels — is an emerging trend, especially when it comes to cross-border transactions, and especially with remittances. The investment was disclosed in Brink’s conference call held Thursday (Feb. 6) to discuss earnings results.

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Bramasol

JANUARY 13, 2023

DSE in Transportation. The lines between content delivery and content creation have been blurred by telecom companies, such as AT&T, investing in studios or building internal creative divisions, followed by subsequent divestitures and retrenching to focus primarily on content delivery via telecom services. DSE in the Energy Sector.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Other capital expenditures went to fulfillment, transportation and investments in Amazon Web Services. Despite the strong operating leverage in Q2, as we move toward peak in the second half of the year, we will ramp up our space needs even further, and we’ll be adding significant fulfillment center and transportation capacity.”.

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Future CFO

JUNE 28, 2021

Leverage trends, however, will vary by sector, the credit rating agency pointed out. Strong demand growth in certain sectors has increased investment requirements, which could slow some companies' deleveraging efforts, Moody’s noted. Leverage will remain flat because of additional debt for projects, the firm added.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2019

Uber announced late last week that it landed a $1 billion investment from Toyota, DENSO and the SoftBank Vision Fund. On Twitter , Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi announced the investment, saying the companies are jointly working toward “the future of mobility.” The investment gives Uber ATG a valuation of $7.25

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Bramasol

JUNE 30, 2023

This insight aligns with what Bramasol has seen regarding impacts of DSE in telecom , media , electronics , software/SaaS , semiconductors , medical devices , transportation , energy , and utilities. Cost Efficiency : Cloud-based solutions eliminate the need for large upfront investments in hardware and software infrastructure.

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Bramasol

MARCH 10, 2023

This can help them plan and invest for the long term, rather than relying on variable sales of individual products. Also, the ability to leverage comprehensive agnostic analytics tools such as SAP Analytics Cloud will be key to enabling agile decision-making that takes into account timely data from all parts of the end-to-end process.

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Bramasol

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Previous episodes in this series include DSE in the Medical Device industry , DSE in Utilities industry , DSE in the Energy Sector , and DSE in Transportation. Long capital investment cycles for creating new chip foundries. Geo-political concerns over where semiconductor manufacturing is located.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Lyft is a self-described peer-to-peer marketplace focused on “revolutionizing transportation” and reducing traffic congestion in cities. For Uber, transportation is a platform feature that is central to its business, but is not its end game. Uber considers its competitors to be Amazon and Alphabet.

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Transportation Healthcare Economics Leverage 73

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

With $68 million in combined venture capital funding, this week’s B2B FinTech investments are certainly not the highest they’ve been, but considering the current market, the latest rounds remain impressive nonetheless. Additional investors included One Way Ventures, Maya Capital, Magma Partners and others. and Mexico. and Mexico.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Millions of users across Southeast Asia use the Gojek platform for payments, food delivery, transportation and logistics. Gojek and Telkomsel have worked together for more than two years and plan to leverage their combined scale to reach millions of people across Indonesia. .

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CFO Share

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While most businesses bemoan the impact of high inflation, savvy Entrepreneurs can leverage the environment to reduce risk and seize the opportunities, boosting long-term profits and gaining market share. Invest in automation. Inflationary periods are great times to take out loans and invest in automation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The company said in a statement that investments in new firms would be in the range of $500,000, with follow-up funds between $1-2 million. We’ve co-invested and served on boards with them and [Foundry Group Managing Director] Seth Levine has been an official advisor to Matchstick since inception.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing and help it court bigger investors and investments. Goldman Sachs Eyes Creating $2B Tech Fund. The $2 billion amount would make it one of the largest in the field, excepting Softbank’s Vision Fund.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

U-shaped: Transport and online travel sectors are expecting strong recovery, 43% and 115% YoY growth respectively, as mobility exceeds post-pandemic levels and international travel resumes. DFS overtakes e-commerce as the top investment sector, with record funding of $4B in H1 2022.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

“Transportation agencies across the world are grappling with the burden of improving traffic safety and congestion that affects their city’s residents, while, at the same time, meeting the demands of rapid changes in the mobility sector,” said Noam Maital, CEO of Waycare, in a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Satyan Merchant, senior vice president and automotive business leader at TransUnion, said that “while the overall percentage of auto accounts leveraging financial accommodation programs has been declining, there were approximately 3.8 More consumers have sought to buy cars as a result of urban flight or to avoid public transportation.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This acceleration-and-investment program is part of the bank’s early-stage venture capital (VC) strategy. The lab, which had previously nurtured 76 startups, invested 500,000 Brazilian reais (approximately $91,000) in each of the six startups accelerated last year. In exchange, BTG Pactual received 3% equity.

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Bramasol

APRIL 26, 2023

In this ongoing series about the Digital Solutions Economy™ (DSE) previous episodes have focused on DSE for specific industry segments such as DSE in telecom , media , electronics , medical devices , software/SaaS , semiconductors , transportation , energy , and utilities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

The idea is to help developers integrate their services within the company’s app and to leverage Grab’s user base along with its distribution channels, the company said in an announcement. As noted in this space in past months, Grab is in growth mode, having snagged $1 billion in a fundraising round last year.

Transportation 40

Transportation Leverage Startups Investments 40

Future CFO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With growth also high on the agenda of Boards and CEOs, finance leaders must balance cost-control efforts against investments. They also had to learn how to leverage the new opportunities from payments to go beyond just the handling of transactions, and how to derive new revenue streams and build new products and services around payments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

The company is expanding the service at an impressive rate after acquiring Sidecar in January and is stealthily gaining traction in the transportation market. 500 million | The amount that GM is investing in its driverless ridesharing car service in conjunction with Lyft. Here are the data. 5 | The number of U.S.

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Transportation Manufacturing Leverage Numbers 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2018

The shipping and logistics firm announced its acquisition of P2P Mailing Limited — a global provider of eCommerce transportation solutions for around $102 million (£92 million). “Our investment in these trucks is part of our commitment to improving road safety while also reducing our environmental impact.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Target has invested in technology and acquisitions to keep its digital assets in-house. Walmart has relied on its massive ground and air transportation network to feed its eCommerce effort, most of which is fed through its distribution centers instead of stores. Target is leveraging its new relationship with FAO for the holiday season.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2017

14) that it has inked a deal to acquire Grand Junction, a transportation technology company in an effort to expand and improve its delivery abilities. In a press release Target said the acquisition is also aimed at speeding up its investments and ongoing efforts to overhaul the supply chain at the retailer.

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Transportation Retail Leverage Technology 46

Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While home sales and consumer spending have slowed since pandemic-related restrictions ended in early 2023, banks have been busy brainstorming, designing, and introducing clever business strategies, investment paths, and customer services to support and reinvigorate their sector.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Cathy Marcus is co CEO and global COO of p GM Real Estate, a $208 billion investor in real estate, part of the giant real estate investment firm, PIM. There are few people in the world better situated to discuss commercial real estate investing from every perspective. But in those days, there were very tax driven investment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

Whether it's wardrobe, diet, transportation, communications, office space, work hours or more, it’s widely acknowledged that work is going to a mix of the old and the new. It’s a trend — and investment — that’s expected to grow in 2021 and beyond. Reworking The Concept Of Work.

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Transportation Retail Communication Planning 113

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

The most recent support came from Temasek, a global-investment powerhouse backed by the Singaporean government, and Sailing Capital, a state-owned Chinese investment fund. Reshaping The Meat Industry.

Transportation 40

Transportation Manufacturing CFO Leverage 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

To borrow an old investment maxim, when it comes to pricing any holding, there’s a difference between those who vote and those who weigh. Well, merchants and all manner of enterprises need to be willing to accept bitcoin as both a store of value and a fluid mechanism of transporting that value between parties in a transaction.

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