Investment

To invest is to allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future. In finance, the benefit from an investment is called a return.

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LatAm eCommerce Platform Nuvemshop Raises $500M In Series E Funding
LatAm eCommerce Platform Nuvemshop Raises $500M In Series E Funding
August 17, 2021  |  Investments

Latin American eCommerce platform Nuvemshop, known as Tiendanube in Spanish-speaking countries, announced Tuesday (August 17) that it raised $500 million in its latest round of...

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Revolut Raises $800M At $33B Valuation Led by SoftBank
Revolut Raises $800M At $33B Valuation Led by SoftBank
July 15, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

British FinTech Revolut hit a $33 billion valuation following an $800 million funding round led by SoftBank and Tiger Global, Reuters reported on Thursday (July...

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Andreessen Horowitz Considers $1 Billion Crypto Investment Fund
Andreessen Horowitz Considers $1 Billion Crypto Investment Fund
May 02, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Andreessen Horowitz, one of the highest-profile Silicon Valley venture capital firms, will be looking at a new investment fund for investing in cryptocurrency, which could...

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Swedish Payments Firm Trustly Plans $9 Billion Nasdaq Stockholm IPO
Swedish Payments Firm Trustly Plans $9 Billion Nasdaq Stockholm IPO
April 12, 2021  |  IPO

The Swedish payments startup Trustly announced plans to file an initial public offering (IPO) at a valuation of $9 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday...

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Today In Digital-First Banking: TrueLayer Lands $70 Million In Series D; Envestnet Acquires Harvest Savings
Today In Digital-First Banking: TrueLayer Lands $70 Million In Series D; Envestnet Acquires Harvest Savings
April 08, 2021  |  Digital Banking

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, TrueLayer landed $70 million in a funding round headed up by Addition, while Envestnet had acquired Harvest Savings...

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Airtel Africa Gets $100 Million Boost From Mastercard
Airtel Africa Gets $100 Million Boost From Mastercard
April 01, 2021  |  Mastercard

Payments platform Airtel Africa closed a $100 million deal that gives Mastercard a 3.75 stake percent in its business, now valued at $2.65 billion. Raghunath...

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Quevos, Loyalty Programs, Digital Payments Top This Week’s News
Quevos, Loyalty Programs, Digital Payments Top This Week’s News
January 29, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, we saw Quevos secure funding, new data on loyalty and rewards programs, and research on how nonprofits are using digital payments....

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Jack Ma Tells Chinese Regulators Ant Group Not A Bank
Jack Ma Tells Chinese Regulators Ant Group Not A Bank
November 03, 2020  |  IPO

As China’s Ant Group readies for its IPO — the biggest ever — founder Jack Ma wanted to clarify that the company is a tech...

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Deep Dive: How Payments Orchestration Can Drive ROI And Reduce Payments Processing Costs
Deep Dive: How Payments Orchestration Can Drive ROI And Reduce Payments Processing Costs
October 30, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Covering the cost of payments processing is an unavoidable expense, but many businesses can find themselves paying more than necessary. It is not uncommon for firms...

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