TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Allison Xu is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, where she focuses on investments in the fintech and property tech sectors. As one of the least-digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. A construction tech boom. Technology startups are emerging to help solve these problems.

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MARCH 23, 2025

The banking sector in the UK is facing an alarming surge in IT outages, disrupting essential financial services and eroding customer trust. A recent parliamentary report highlights that major banks have collectively experienced at least 158 significant IT failures over the past two years, causing over 800 hours of service downtime.

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CIO

JANUARY 5, 2025

Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1] AI in action The benefits of this approach are clear to see.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that aims to build “DeFi for traditional finance,” has raised $16 million in a Series A round of funding led by CM Ventures. From a product architecture standpoint, Productfy has been built “from the ground up,” he said, to operate with multiple banking partners. Productfy Inc. ,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Over just the last year or so, we’ve seen: In February 2020, LendingClub announced plans to acquire Radius Bank in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $185 million. million in a deal that was designed to accelerate its acquisition of a national bank charter.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

One, a startup that aims to bring “all-in-one banking” to the middle class, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding. Over the past few years, he said, there have been a number of different fintech and bank products that people use to run their life “and they’re all starting to converge.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

and leader of the firm’s National Security Team, counsels clients in the technology/software industry on the full range of issues arising under economic sanctions and export control regulations. technology in support of Russia’s war effort, an initiative with implications for the tech industry. technology or software.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Imagine navigating a rapidly changing landscape, where technology seems to evolve at the speed of light and the pressure to keep up is relentless — this is the reality for today’s CIO. Future proofing technology investments has become a critical imperative for organizations seeking to maintain their competitive edge.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If you recall, we released a year in review in January 2020 before we released the fiscal year of 2019 report,” he told TechCrunch. The company’s year on review, on the other hand, highlights payments processed, customer base, loans disbursed, and investments made on the platform. . billion (~$241.35 Image Credits: Carbon.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Like Tink, Klarna offers an open banking application programming interface (API) with Klarna Kosma. There are other open banking API companies, such as TrueLayer and Plaid. If you’re building a financial product and need to interact with bank accounts, you have one more option. Open banking APIs do the heavy-lifting for you.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

The year 2021 saw more and bigger deals closed in Africa, as tech startups across the continent raised close to $5 billion. It is also poised for greater growth as the adoption of lending, digital payments, banking and insurance services grows. . Deals by stage in Africa over the years. Image Credits: Briter Bridges.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This was traditionally thought to be a shipping problem, but it is really a technology problem.”. Even if someone chooses not to purchase the item due to the fees being too high, MacLean believes the purchasing experience will be different because the pricing and shipping information was provided up front.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. Telecoms and banks lead the majority of online financial transactions carried out in the region via mobile money wallets and bank accounts. It doesn’t aim to replace mobile money or banks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

It’s Kyle again, Greg’s stand-in for Week in Review. (He’ll If you’re a WiR newbie, it’s the newsletter where we recap the past five days in tech news. most read Silicon Valley Bank implodes: Silicon Valley Bank Financial, the publicly traded holding firm of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is in crisis.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Terraa , a Moroccan B2B tech-enabled food distribution platform, has raised $1.5 Morocco is our priority at the moment, and we are building the playbook in terms of operations, building our tech and expanding in cities. They work out of habits, and don’t use any best practices in terms of operations or technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Banking infrastructure providers are mainly responsible for the proliferation of such solutions. They allow businesses such as mobile operators, e-commerce platforms, and logistics companies to embed and enable banking products for their customers. Banking-as-a-service startup Unit closes on $100M at a $1.2B million seed round.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

JP Morgan Chase president Daniel Pinto says the bank expects to see up to $2 billion in value from its AI use cases, up from a $1.5 Sometimes it actually creates more work than it saves due to legal and compliance issues, hallucinations, and other issues. But adopting the technology is helping the company move forward, she says.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

But most of these companies and developers find it difficult to access real-time banking data. Okra likes to describe itself as an API “super-connector” that creates a secure portal and process to exchange real-time financial information between customers, applications and banks. Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For banks, data-driven decisions based on rich customer insight can drive personalized and engaging experiences and provide opportunities to find efficiencies and reduce costs. Organizations must ensure their technology stack can handle immense data flow. In today’s business landscape, data volumes can explode rapidly.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

99 Twitter problems, and Apple might have one : It’s no secret that Elon Musk thinks Apple’s 30% IAP (“inventor assistance program” to those of us not up on tech lingo) transaction charge to developers is “a lot.” OTI raises $55 million for technology to remove screen obstructions. Big Tech Inc. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Allegis plugged the gaps by integrating 12 third-party technologies and building custom solutions to give the company the ability to perform tasks such as replenishment and demand planning. Think surgical vs. brute force, and ground decisions as much on growth and strategy as on tech stack considerations,” he says.

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CIO

APRIL 7, 2023

Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. between 2021 and 2022, reaching an average tech salary of $111,348 per year, according to the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. But you don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to earn a high-tech salary. Salaries increased 2.3% Tampa, Fla.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority. More than 60% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa are unbanked, according to World Bank estimates for 2021. million in 2016. million in 2020.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

NTT DATA’s landmark Global GenAI Report underscores how the technology is gaining momentum. Furthermore, nearly two-thirds of C-suite respondents, specifically, expect GenAI to be a game changer over the next two years and plan to invest significantly in the technology. There is no going back.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

If this fintech play reminds you of Silicon Valley Bank, think again. Another example is Market Finance, a tech-enabled SME lender in the U.K., These are tech companies backed by VCs but they also need financial partners due to their capital-intensive businesses in order to do this.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

These include legal obligations, for example Germany recently passed a new supply chain due diligence law that makes it the responsibility of large companies to track human rights violations and environmental risks through their supply chain. A similar directive is currently being proposed for the broader European Union (EU) too.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Then Yang joined Kaji at First Republic Bank to work together and continue the conversation. Due to the access issue between fund managers and potential investors, there are trillions of dollars sitting on the sidelines, he told TechCrunch. Jordan Nof, co-founder and managing partner at Tusk Ventures, agrees.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

He considers Flippa to be “the investment bank for the 99%,” of small businesses, providing an end-to end platform that includes a proprietary valuation product for businesses — processing over 4,000 valuations each month — and a matching algorithm to connect with qualified buyers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. Would you say you are conducting more due diligence? This helps us with diligence, as we work to understand the market before we make any investments.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

GV (formerly Google Ventures) led the round, with participation from existing investors Index Ventures (led by partner Jan Hammer), Credo Ventures (led by Ondrej Bartos and Vladislav Jez) and Seedcamp, plus several unnamed angel investors specializing in financial technology and security.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

As of late Thursday night and Friday morning, the fallout from the shutdown of Silicon Valley Bank in the US had reached the shores of the UK and Europe. Yesterday afternoon, the Bank of England sought a court order to place Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited — the UK arm of the US institution — into an insolvency procedure.

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

NTT DATAs landmark Global GenAI Report underscores how the technology is gaining momentum. Furthermore, nearly two-thirds of C-suite respondents, specifically, expect GenAI to be a game changer over the next two years and plan to invest significantly in the technology. There is no going back.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Generation Z is stereotyped as being materialistic, mistrustful and extremely reliant on personal technology. Tech investors born after 1996 “have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality,” says Andrew Chan, a senior associate at Builders VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

In fact, the firm believes that Texas is going to be the second-largest tech ecosystem in the U.S. We’re constantly meeting entrepreneurs that are at the frontier of things because they’re running into technology issues that others don’t have,” Engineer added. Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While adoption is still in its early stages, mainly due to regulatory uncertainties, 90% of Europes financial leaders remain optimistic, expecting broader adoption ahead. She has held senior roles, including deputy CEO of a corporate fintech startup and SVP at top 10 market banks. Illustration: Dom Guzman

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are some 40 million Mexicans who are excluded from certain financial products due to banks not thinking it is a segment worth going after, but Filiberto Castro does. The former banking executive worked at banks including Citi and Scotiabank for nearly a decade before moving into the fintech space to be chief of growth at Konfio.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Enterprise tech and AI Cerebras Systems : Yes, this one is kind of cheating. national security review on UAE-based G42 ‘s minority investment in the AI chipmaker. SymphonyAI also has already been talking to banks about a public offering. based mobile banking services company increased revenue in 2023 to $2.2

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