Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 29, 2024

So, whether you're interested in learning about developing a profitable client niche, how to effectively raise fees to match the planning value being provided, or marketing strategies that can be used to rapidly gain clients within a niche, then we hope you enjoy this episode of the Financial Advisor Success podcast, with Travis Hornsby.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

For example, commerce operators like Timberland and Macy’s are demonstrating how to leverage VR-equipped smart mirrors for tasks like checkout and product testing. Moreover, the number of VR users globally increased to 171 million in 2018.

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Startups Concentration Leverage Retail 77

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2017

The last five days have seen numbers bouncing around between $790 and $800. While not quite back up to last October’s highs, these numbers are nothing to scoff at. Another number was on Amazon’s mind of late as well: $20 million. Just a few days ago, Amazon quietly acquired AI security startup harvest.ai The number 11.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The original 10-person team settled on leveraging augmented reality (AR) into an app that could help would-be creators to create. Katav also noted that the startup is in the process of finalizing deals with two of the country’s biggest arts and crafts retailers, though their identities remain unknown.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Zooz pulls data from all of a merchant’s financial solutions and third-party integrations into one central, easily visible portal, which has a number of benefits. PYMNTS: Can you give me some personnel growth numbers? First, it can help detect and avert fraud by making trends easier to spot. PYMNTS: What’s the company culture like?

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CFO Plans

JUNE 14, 2024

In today’s AI-powered business environment, accounting is no longer just about crunching numbers. It’s about leveraging financial insights to drive strategic decisions and elevate your business to new heights. The startup was able to scale effectively while maintaining financial stability.

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Accounting Manufacturing CFO Tax Planning 52

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

In the life of a startup, there’s no better news than growth, be it across new verticals, devices or geographies. As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. AvidXchange.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

has invested in artificial intelligence startup CognitiveScale for an undisclosed sum, bizjournals.com reported. CognitiveScale traces its roots to a number of IBM engineers who had in turn worked on Watson, the supercomputer project that works with A.I. The USAA (United Services Automobile Assn.) and data analytics.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Moreover, significant “insurers” of these wagers were highly leveraged, systemically important financial institutions. The collapse of the cryptos has triggered the collapse and bankruptcy of a number of crypto exchanges, crypto lenders, crypto hedge funds, crypto miners, etc. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

A number of officials have spoken out against SWIFT’s lack of action in addressing these flaws and broader security concerns. At the time, the central bank was not using two-factor authentication measures. The controversy over SWIFT’s security flaws, especially those tied to its messaging terminals, has been growing since 2016.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

Carvana, the Phoenix-based online buying and selling platform for used cars and creator of the used car vending machine, has acquired computer vision startup Car360, which leverages 360-degree imaging technology to help sellers show off their vehicles from every angle.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

A biometric security startup with a fast growing membership-based secure identification program just recently scored a considerable amount of additional funding. The company will soon add LAX to its list of airports leveraging its service. “We just recently received $15 million in private equity funding from asset management firm T.

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Startups Securities Leverage Numbers 40

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. And separating the wheat from the chaff isn’t easy, says Samantha Ghiotti, partner at Anthemis Group – particularly because there is a lot more chaff than wheat when it comes to early-phase startups.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we head back to Europe to explore Germany’s “startup capital” and learn about the thriving ecosystem where a new startup is born every 20 minutes. . In 2015, Deutsche Startup Monitor found that a third of startups in Germany reside in Berlin.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In 2023, the lab honed its focus to concentrate on startups between seed and Series A funding stages. 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. Thus far, 64 startups have graduated from the lab.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

FS must leverage the FinTech ecosystem.”. The R3 effort aims to explore how these financial institutions can work with the R3 startup group. The bank compared early venture capital investments in blockchain to the funding patterns seen in Internet startups in the 1990s. The free lunch is over,” PwC concluded. “FS

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Startups Banking Compliance Leverage 50

CFO Share

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hiring a full-time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is seldom viable for small businesses and startups. Average Fractional CFO Fees The clients of fractional CFOs pay anywhere from 10% to 50% of that salary, depending on the number of clients the CFO serves.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

Product Management Software Startup Akeneo In $13M Series B. Frédéric de Gombert, CEO of software startup Akeneo , first noticed the problematic methods by which brands managed product information while working at an IT company helping clients manage or maintain their transitions to eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

MOBI is a nonprofit alliance that includes automakers, startups and smart city leaders, among others, working on standards in blockchain, distributed ledgers and adjacent innovations, per the announcement. The VID has other use cases, such as electric auto charging and vehicle financing, among other purposes, according to the announcement.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

Surprisingly, Excel was the number one solution, despite being the nemesis of IT professionals. Another interesting finding is that IT managers are not afraid to adopt solutions from startups with good track records on review sites like G2 and Capterra. This question was tricky, and we were eager to see the results. The Winners!

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Finance Leverage Cash Management 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Many FIs and businesses are relying on 2FA measures that leverage SMS — or text message-based — verification to cater to a growing number of consumers who are using mobile channels to transact. This month’s Deep Dive examines organizations’ efforts to leverage SMS-based verification for onboarding, checkout and every step in between.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

A number of websites have been posting a story saying this show, Breakfast, had a young bitcoin investor on for a chat, and during the chat, he helped me invest money, which I made a huge profit on straight away … Well, that’s a lie. But Faitaua said that has never owned any bitcoin, and any claims to the contrary are simply false. “I

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Startups Pharmaceutical Healthcare Leverage 46

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 13, 2023

We also talk about how Danika’s former career in corporate finance at a number of tech startups inspired her to work with women in tech, as she realized that she understood the financial issues they faced and by being specifically niche-focused, she could create more repeatable processes and it would be easier to scale the business over time, (..)

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Auditing Corporate Finance Leverage Startups 98

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

Say hello to the payments industry’s 83-year-old startup. In fact, President, CEO & Chairman of UATP Ralph Kaiser told Karen Webster in this week’s edition of Monday Conversations that all UATP cards start with the number “1” because they were the first cards issued 83 years ago. “We

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Startups B2B Marketing Sales 42

CFO Talks

AUGUST 15, 2024

Leverage Big Data Analytics : Implement systems that can analyze large sets of data to uncover patterns, predict trends, and provide actionable insights. This means beyond the numbers; they must consider the broader business context, including market trends, competitor behavior, and regulatory changes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Poland’s startup ecosystem may be considered still in its infancy compared to larger European tech hubs, like London and Berlin, but that doesn’t mean it should be overlooked by entrepreneurs or investors. About 30 percent of all Polish startups surveyed in Startup Poland ’s annual report are based in Warsaw.

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Startups Nonprofit Banking Communication 81

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

“Enterprises are increasingly leveraging cloud-based services though API connections to help them run their operations,” Fitzgerald stated. “Cloud Elements helps companies simplify the process of managing their growing number of API connections with its unique ‘one-to-many’ approach to integration.”

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Investments Startups B2B Leadership 54

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In developing the lending venture, the Chinese electronics company partnered with a few different FinTech startups, including ZestMoney, which is based in Bangalore. Because of the number of firms Xiaomi has partnered with, the company said that it’s highly likely a person will get credit. Xiaomi said it offers a “low” interest rate.

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Startups Leverage Finance Numbers 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

29) announced a deal for the AML platform of Beam Solutions , a San Francisco-based startup that focuses on transaction monitoring and helping financial companies comply with KYC regulations. The Palo Alto-based firm on Tuesday (Sept. The financial terms of Jumio ’s acquisition of Beam’s AML platform were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Recode noted Maris is one of a number of executives to leave Google parent Alphabet. The Financial Times also said the number of companies GV backed decreased from 57 last year to 34 in 2015. The report noted Maris has already put together a group of limited partners for the fund, which is dubbed Section 32, a reference to Star Trek.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Though LendingClub is still reporting losses this quarter and missed its revenue estimates, the market mostly liked what it saw out of the financial services startup when it reported its Q2 earnings. By the numbers, net loss came in at $10.66 million or $0.12 million or $0.72 Adjusted loss per share narrowed to $0.01 from $0.08

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Leverage Startups Forecasting Communication 51

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

Amid the slew of real estate startups coming to market, with any number of approaches in changing the way real estate transactions are made, there are also new initiatives to change the way homes function. For Amazon, the move represents a deeper push into real estate.

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Leverage eCommerce Startups Sales 49

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When leveraged correctly, a forecast is useful for implementing innovative decisions and changing strategies. When you understand the role financial forecasting plays in your business operations, you can successfully leverage financial forecasting methods. This method is critical for startups without historical data.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Forecasting Profit and Loss 98

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

With a managed accounting service (MAS) created for startup founders and chief financial officers (CFOs), AcctTwo has rolled out service called MAS for SaaS. By decreasing the number of tasks IT departments need to complete and removing manual processing tasks, the process is accelerated. It is years in the making.

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Accounting Reconciliations Leverage Startups 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Also, Uber ’s Q3 results beat analyst estimates in terms of headline numbers. And Singapore FinTech startup Nium is dropping its pursuit to compete for a digital wholesale banking license in the city-state. Uber ’s Q3 results beat analyst estimates when it comes to headline numbers.

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Profit and Loss Leverage Startups Compliance 40

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As a startup founder, it’s got to feel exhilarating to see new customers streaming in and paying for your product or service. Considering how many startups fail, watching customers put money down can make you feel like you’ve slayed a dragon. CURT NICKISCH: So what is the scale-up phase and how do startups know when they’re in it?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The lending service could be a boon for Patreon, leveraging its existing customer base. Patreon keeps records on startups that seem to be delivering, a luxury with which Facebook and YouTube likely don’t want to bother, with a number of influencers attempting to make it big on those latter two platforms.

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