Category : Fintech Funding

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Sallie Mae Awards $100,000 to Help High School and College Graduates Fund Their Futures

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Sallie Mae surprised four high school and college graduates with $25,000 through the company’s “Funded Futures” Contest. The company launched the competition during the Her Campus #ImStillGraduating Class of 2020 virtual graduation last month. Read More: GlobalFintechSeries Interview with Christian Spaltenstein, Managing Director – Americas at AFEX “Without financial worries......
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US Private Equity Activity Slows in Q2 2020 As Global Economies Struggle Through COVID-19 Pandemic

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PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today released its 2Q 2020 US Private Equity Breakdown, which found the velocity of US PE investment activity further diminished in Q2 2020 as dealmakers felt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, many GPs sought to pull......
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Wells Fargo Launches $400 Million Small Business Recovery Effort

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Following an April 2020 industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, Wells Fargo unveiled the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors open, retain employees, and rebuild. Through Wells Fargo’s new Open for Business......
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Insurtech Company, Foxquilt, Receives $3.5M Seed Round to Continue Supporting Small Businesses With Smarter Insurance Through COVID-19

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Foxquilt, a leading Insurance Technology company, announced it has raised $3.5M in seed funding. The COVID-19 crisis has illuminated the value of community and accelerated the need for businesses to adopt digital solutions, transcend innovative offerings and empower their customers. Foxquilt is using their recent $3.5M seed round to continue innovating technology and data science......
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Taulia Secures Strategic Investments from Ping An, J.P. Morgan and Prosperity7 Ventures

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San Francisco-based fintech raises $60 million in new strategic funding round Taulia, the leader in working capital technology solutions, announced a new strategic funding round of $60 million led by the Ping An Global Voyager Fund with additional participation from J.P. Morgan, Prosperity7 Ventures and existing investors including Zouk Capital.......
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TECHFunder Changes Crowdfunding’s Status Quo

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TECHFunder is bringing a safe and secure fundraising ecosystem to market with the launch of their new platform on July 28, 2020. TECHFunder is a blockchain-focused crowdfunding platform and can be used by anyone with an active need for funding. Read More: GlobalFintechSeries Interview with Patrick Turiano, Director of Marketing at Paysafe......
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Sayari Announces Series B Extension with In-Q-Tel, MissionOG, and TFX Capital

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Sayari Labs, a global leader in financial intelligence and supply chain risk solutions, announced a $2.5M extension to its $9M Series B funding round, with investments from In-Q-Tel, MissionOG, and TFX Capital . They join current investors Arsenal Growth, Lavrock Ventures, and SAP’s NS2 Ventures. Read More: smartTrade’s Solution Awarded Best Multi-Asset EMS System by Markets Media “Access to trustworthy......
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PitchBook Releases Custom Benchmarks Feature to Help Clients Better Evaluate Fund Performance

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PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, released a new product feature, PitchBook Custom Benchmarks, which provides limited partners (LPs), general partners (GPs) and service providers (SPs) with a solution to compare funds and understand larger trends in fund performance. Now available in the PitchBook Platform,......
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Recorded Future Invests in Gemini Advisory to Fuel Fraud Analytics Development

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Recorded Future, the largest global security intelligence provider, with the support of its lead investor, Insight Partners, has invested in leading fraud analytics provider, Gemini Advisory, for a minority stake in the company. Gemini Advisory’s practical intelligence disrupts fraud schemes through dedicated resourcing and superior expertise, enabling clients to prevent......
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Arca Offers The First SEC-Registered Fund Issuing Digital Securities

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Arca, an innovative, digital asset investment firm that blends traditional finance with cutting edge blockchain technology, announced that the Arca U.S. Treasury Fund (the “Fund”), an SEC-registered closed-end fund, is available for investment.  The Fund is the first product registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“’40 Act”) to......
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