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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Should banks and financial institutions (FIs) focus more on giving consumers the convenience and simplicity they expect — and even demand — or instead focus more on implementing stringent security measures, potentially at the expense of user experience? It’s a question that banks increasingly must work to answer in today’s day and age.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The Indian and American startup ecosystems are tremendously different, but there still may be many similarities. Some elements are universal — like the startup’s starting-up lifecycle — but others, like certain cultural norms, depart from each other. His company, Roomi, is a peer-to-peer platform helping people secure shared housing.

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APRIL 8, 2019

An Israeli startup that creates anti-fraud services that deal with online transactions wants to raise $200 million for expansion, according to a report in Bloomberg. Many Israeli tech startups have attracted investor interest lately, and investment has increased in the past three years to the tune of 37 percent – a total of $856 in 2018.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Safety may come first, but the security guard industry hasn’t really been updated in decades. As an “Uber of X” company, San Francisco–based Bannerman pairs security guards with businesses in high-rise buildings seeking protection. Security guards today rely very much on pen and paper and phone tag. Absolutely.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

The FinTech group is reportedly mulling setting aside a significant number of shares for users if it goes public, but it has yet to make any final decisions, according to Bloomberg, who cited unnamed sources. CNBC reported that the Silicon Valley startup has raised more than $1 billion in funding this year.

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CSC Advisors

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Securing funding to grow your business can be challenging, but Small Business Administration (SBA) loans are an excellent option for established businesses seeking favorable terms and support. Your industry determines the exact size standard based on revenue, the number of employees, or both. million to $38.5 million to $38.5

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APRIL 23, 2019

Financial management is mission-critical to the health and vitality of small business (SMB), but it’s also one of the most difficult tasks for entrepreneurs and business owners that may have the skills to launch new products or services, but lack the accounting expertise to handle the numbers. The firm secured $1.8

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MAY 24, 2016

Barclays recently announced the companies picked for its Tel Aviv accelerator program, according to reports, and while officials at the banks touted a focus on payments security, the bank has also targeted corporate payments in its startup batch.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In the whirlwind world of tech startups and fast-growing businesses, navigating rapid expansion can feel like sailing through a storm. Ready to secure your financial future? Financial planning for expansion is not just about numbers; it’s about preparing your business for the future.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

The average security deposit in the U.S. Their savings might cover the security deposit — barely, in some cases — but will more or less be consumed. At the end of the term, the startup then takes responsibility for any damages or claims against the lease for the tenant.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Talk of a venture capital plummet continues to grow, particularly in Europe, where new data from Consultancy Europe revealed that the number of venture capital deals for startups across the continent has declined every quarter since Q1 2019. based small business lending platform iwoca, which secured $131.45 million this week.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Visa has inked an agreement to acquire YellowPepper , which works with startups in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to an emailed press release. The acquisition builds on a strategic partnership and investment made in 2018, where Visa invested in the company back then.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

To that end, as estimated by the research company Tracxn, India-based tech startups attracted a record amount of funding from investors – $14.5 And drilling down into the numbers, there were a total of 1,185 financing rounds, 459 of which were Series A rounds, funded by 817 investors. billion last year, better than the $10.6

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JANUARY 18, 2017

New York City-based subscription model and B2C eCommerce enabler startup OrderGroove recently raised $20 million in a Series C venture funding round led by National Securities Corporation. Founded in 2010, OrderGroove’s claim to startup fame is a SaaS-based subscription and membership commerce platform and network.

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MARCH 10, 2017

In order to keep payments innovation moving quickly and safely, Mark Turnage, CEO of OWL Cybersecurity , said it’s important to ensure information security remains at the forefront of the new products and services being introduced into the market. We are innovating how organizations safely and securely interact with the darknet.

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JULY 12, 2020

Delivery startup Dunzo , India’s food and grocery delivery service backed Google , has suffered a data breach, The News Minute reported. While it said users’ credit card numbers were not accessed, the company has not provided how many customers could have been impacted.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Hackers, he explained, can insert malware into mobile apps and intercept user information such as credit card numbers and login credentials, just as invisibly as these payments are made in the first place. That’s the problem that startup Arxan aims to solve. The call is coming from inside the house, so to speak.

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APRIL 8, 2019

A startup called Landed that helps teachers buy houses has raised $7.5 Our mission is to help these people build financial security and help them remain committed to their communities,” Landed co-founder Alex Lofton said. million in a Series A funding round, according to reports.

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MARCH 27, 2020

The new fee structure, which had been in planning for some time, would raise some credit card transactions for a number of merchants and lower it for others. Earlier this month , Visa announced that it was teaming up with Paga, a Nigerian-based startup, to help bring new payments technology to Africa and beyond.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The Social Security number (SSN) was never meant to get this much attention. Yet those nine numbers have become a standard bearer for identity verification, a gold mine for fraudsters – maybe rendered moot by the huge breaches at Equifax and other companies. Let’s not pick solely on the SSN.

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CFO Share

MAY 6, 2022

Giving away company equity in a startup . How to value startup equity. You still own the same number of shares, but the total number of shares has increased. A startup CFO, like those at CFOshare, will be able to guide you toward the best decision for your business. This can range from 0.1% Three years? Five years?

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal. Morgan Stanley and J.P.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

As T-Mobile races ahead with its rollout of 5G, the wireless giant is now on the hunt for startups to develop the additional bells and whistles that will make its new, high-powered network stand out from its competitors. To that end, T-Mobile on Wednesday (Oct.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that WiserAdvisor, one of the longest-running lead generation services in the industry, has acquired IndyFin, a startup advisor rating platform that had aspired to be the 'Yelp for Advisors' – which on the one hand provides WiserAdvisor with an opportunity to jump into the business of client reviews (..)

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In today’s top payments news, India’s mobile payments startup Paytm said on Monday (Nov. 25) that it secured $1 billion in new funds from Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Alibaba affiliate Ant. The exposed information, however, reportedly did not include password data, Social Security numbers or any financial information.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

January is a month of New Year’s resolutions for the masses, and it was no different for these startups, many of which have launched or announced new ventures and expansions in the new year. First, it’s a global variable (whereas identifiers like the Social Security number are more localized). Chargehound. Jewel Paymentech.

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MARCH 17, 2020

To stay competitive, especially with digital startups unencumbered by legacy systems, traditional financial institutions (FIs) need to deliver seamless customer services to individual consumers and enterprise customers alike. 1: Security. FIs, he said, have been consistently underestimating the end user’s expectation of security.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A convenient, yet secure solution could be just a few taps away, however.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Singapore-based FinTech startup InstaReM , which enables banks and consumers to send money across borders , announced a partnership with First Data to assist businesses that issue corporate credit cards. Ripple participated as well, and has partnered with InstaReM to enable the startup to send payments around the world. million.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Data suggests the trend is global: North America VC investments for the quarter were fairly flat compared to Q2, and while Europe saw an increase in the number of deals for VC funding, there was a decline in the value of that collective funding. There is evidence, however, that B2B startups endure with a strong pulse around the world. .

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Very Good Security (VGS), a startup working to protect data, told TechCrunch on Tuesday (August 28) that it raised $8.5 Andreessen Horowitz partner Alex Rampell is joining the Very Good Security board as a result of the investment. Real card numbers are only swapped back in when a payment is being sent to the processor.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

It wasn’t until late 2015 that the number of small businesses opened in the U.S. topped the number of ones that closed. headlines about the almost decade long “ startup slump ” brought on by lack of access to capital first began making the rounds in headlines — and by last year the problem had made very little progress.

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CFO Thought Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As OneStreams CFO, he was juggling the details of going public when a small AI startup called DataSense caught his attention. Read More Still, the numbers looked promising, and so did the technology. As OneStreams CFO, he was juggling the details of going public when a small AI startup called DataSense caught his attention.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Silicon Valley-based delivery unicorn DoorDash has filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company announced on Thursday (Feb. DoorDash could go public as early as the spring, but the IPO price range and the number of shares being offered are still yet to be determined.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They included provisions doing away with a regulatory system for how farmers sell their crops, expansions to the social security program, raised numbers of companies that can fire employees, higher requirements for unions and fewer rules about women working night shifts.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Aussie financial institutions started sending breach notifications after an undisclosed number of PayID records were exposed in the country’s real-time NPP on Friday (Aug. The hack originated from one of the NPP banks that were secured by payments provider Cuscal Limited.

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