Новости за 19.03.2021

In today’s top retail news, Hims & Hers Health, Inc. reported its fourth quarter revenue jumped by 67 percent, while Peloton is collaborating with Adidas on a new sports clothing line. Plus, Walmart is relaxing requirements that made its marketplace merchants be registered in the U.S. Hims & Hers Health, Inc Revenue Jumps 67 Pct […]

In today’s top payments news around the world, Zomato is reportedly mulling a $650 million initial public offering (IPO), while Ant Group-backed BangNiTou has reached 1 million users. Plus, Volocopter is looking to bring in new funding as it considers the possibility of going public through a blank-check company. India’s Zomato Eyes April $650 Million […]

While the week’s biggest story in restaurant technology investment news was Olo’s IPO and its valuation north of $4.6 billion, this week also saw significant investments in smaller ResTech companies. Restaurant equipment maintenance solutions provider 86 Repairs closed its latest round with $2 million in seed funding to develop more advanced maintenance and repair management […]

Want to own a piece of virtual reality real estate? You may need to get in line. As Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 19), property deals in virtual reality “are surging and attracting millions of real-life dollars. It was inevitable, then, that someone would start a fund.” That fund is an invite-only opportunity created by […]

Zomato, India’s popular food delivery platform, is eying an approximate $650 million initial public offering (IPO) in Mumbai on a valuation that last month was estimated at $5.4 billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 19), citing sources. Launched in 2008 and backed by Jack Ma’s Ant Group, Zomato anticipates filing a draft prospectus sometime in […]

Didi Chuxing Technology Co. is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 19), citing people familiar with the plans. An IPO for the Chinese ride-hailing giant could raise as much as $9 billion, making it one of the largest tech IPOs in the world for 2021, and boosting the company's […]

Have you eaten in a restaurant recently? Booked a hotel room? Treated yourself to a spa day? If so, you’re helping to jump-start the U.S. economy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (March 19). “The U.S. economic recovery is picking up steam as Americans increase their spending, particularly on in-person services that were battered […]

Today in B2B payments, more trouble for the trade finance space is brewing, plus Higo secures funding for its "Venmo for B2B payments" technology. Plus, AdvicePay launches mobile check deposit support for corporate clients, Project44 debuts a supplier visibility tool, and Firstmark Credit Union digitizes through FinTech collaboration. Auditors Look Into Concerns Raised About Trade […]

In this week’s news, we saw Revolut disclosing that it would suspend its Canadian operations, in addition to new insights on the digital consumer and loyalty programs. The Weekender is here to catch you up. News FinTech Startup Revolut Says Goodbye To Canada Revolut, the U.K. financial technology firm, said this week that it would […]

Vaccine progress is rolling along in the United States, as since early March more than 2 million shots a day have been issued to American citizens. That means, as of March 13 (the most recent update) roughly 12 percent of the U.S. adult population had been fully vaccinated again COVID-19, with a larger share about […]

The insurance company Chubb Ltd. has offered a $23.2 billion cash and stock deal to acquire its rival Hartford Financial Services Group Ltd., Reuters reported on Thursday (March 18). Hartford has said the company received a takeover bid from Chubb — which provides property and casualty insurance — but did not disclose the terms of […]

At the end of 2020, as the then-new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus spread throughout the United Kingdom, the country went into another round of severe lockdowns, and many of these measures remained in place through the beginning of 2021. In this time, sales for U.K.-based online grocer Ocado, which develops tech solutions for […]

The nonprofit Nacha, which enables Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, announced that the WEB Debit Account Validation Rule took effect on Friday (March 19), according to a press release. However, Nacha said it would not enforce the rule until March 19, 2022 for “covered entities that are working in good faith toward compliance, but that require […]

Everyone has heard of the CIA, and even the U.K.'s MI6. But what about IC3? Or the RAT team? No, they're not organizations that will be featured in an upcoming Marvel movie, they're the very real divisions of the FBI, known as the Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Recovery Asset Team. Since May 2000, […]

According to a Thursday (March 18) press release, supply chain technology startup project44 has launched Supplier Visibility, which will give shippers a new way to see prepaid freight from suppliers. The release said the real-time information about the prepaid shipments from suppliers will let the shippers manage inventory levels and carry costs while also looking more at […]

Digital ticketing marketplace Vivid Seats has been in advanced talks to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Bloomberg reported. The company plans to go public with Horizon Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm run by Todd Boehly, the ex-Guggenheim executive who co-owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg. […]

Fee-payment processing platform AdvicePay, created just for financial advisors, rolled out a new mobile check deposit feature for large businesses. Enterprises can now let their branch workforce simply and expediently deposit financial planning checks into home office systems, according to a Thursday (March 18) announcement. The move lets them steer clear of the risk of […]

Actress Lindsay Lohan is teaming with Tron to begin releasing non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a CoinDesk reported. The star is planning to release her digital collectibles on Saturday (March 20). That sale will be happening via a new NFT clearinghouse hosted on Tron, which also works to promote the involvement of Swae Lee, Tyga, Ne-Yo, Soulja […]

The President Joe Biden administration might relax restrictions on travel across Mexican and Canadian borders as well as inbound travel from Brazil and Europe, including the U.K., by mid-May, CNBC reported. There hasn’t been any official policy as such, but the discussion has been focused on limiting the spread of COVID-19 variants on U.S. shores, […]

Cross-border payments represent a big opportunity for firms worldwide — more than $120 trillion in payments volume flows each year between business trading partners globally, and $10 trillion of that volume is cross-border trade. But along with that $10 trillion opportunity comes a series of challenges. Paper-based workflows, delays in receiving payments, matching payments to […]

The grocery industry wastes 43 billion pounds of food every year. But with statistical data and machine learning, Shelf Engine hopes to change that, according to a Thursday (March 18) press release. The company announced in the release that it has raised $41 million in a Series B funding round to expand its grocery supply […]

Startup Clubmarket has devised a method to monetize social audio meetings on the Clubhouse social media platform, Venture Beat reported, pointing out that Clubmarket is an “independent startup.” Co-Founder Tomer Dean told the news outlet via email that the startup is creating a sponsorship marketplace for those who create sessions on Clubhouse. Each creator will […]

After a year of dire economic news and gloomy predictions, the March 2021 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has provided a break in the clouds. The report surveyed industry leaders in the Northeast manufacturing sector between March 8-15 and found positivity abounding. Most notably, the survey found that the […]

In the newest potential move from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to extend farther into consumer finance, the bank is in discussions with JetBlue Airways Corp. in regard to taking charge of the air carrier’s credit card program, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. Goldman Sachs is vying with JetBlue’s present credit card issuer, […]

In today’s top payments news around the world, Pollinate has notched $50 million to bring its software business to North America and develop its platform technology, while The Rise Fund will invest $200 million in the mobile money business of Airtel Africa. Plus, Alibaba Group will reportedly host its Taobao Deals app on Tencent WeChat’s […]