CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The online bookseller didn’t turn a profit for six years — today, it’s the second publicly traded company ever to hit a $1T market cap. 2011: Self-service platforms unlock innovation. Place your bets where your downside is capped but your upside is unlimited. It has the potential of very strong returns.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. Only 4 percent of consumers who liked a brand as a result of a campaign ever returned to that brand’s page again. With a market cap of $37.2 But so what, you say, since 99.5

PayPal 51

PayPal Push-to-Card Consumer Acquirers 51

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Simple, an early contender founded in 2009, floundered following its 2011 launch before ultimately being bought by Spanish banking giant BBVA in 2014. Fundrise also lets users invest in real estate portfolios, touting historical returns of between 8.7% The strength of the neobank value proposition rests on its digital-first focus.

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Finance Online and Mobile Banking Advisors Micro-Entry 77

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: October 2011. With Apotheker fired in 2011 for a slew of missteps that had contributed to the company’s massive losses, nothing ever came of the acquisition. Date: August 15, 2011. Credit Suisse paid nearly three times the book value for DLJ, and got little in return. HP and Autonomy. Price: $11.1B.

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Acquirers Online and Mobile Banking Non-Bank Innovation 76

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

2 returned after dropping off last year (GreenSky, Sezzle). _. The startups is expecting to go public in early 2021 via a SPAC with an estimated market cap of $1.3B. The total value is now $1.42 trillion up from $1.25 trillion last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Jan 1) = 125. + Total (Jan 31) = 134. Total valuation = $1.42

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FinTech NOV PayPal Caps 15

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

2 returned after dropping off last year (GreenSky, Sezzle). _. The startups is expecting to go public in early 2021 via a SPAC with an estimated market cap of $1.3B. The total value is now $1.42 trillion up from $1.25 trillion last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Jan 1) = 125. + Total (Jan 31) = 134. Total valuation = $1.42

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FinTech NOV Caps Credit Cards 15

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In venture capital, returns follow the power law — 80% of the wins come from 20% of the deals. Those wins often make up for all the losses and then some — they “return the fund.” return by helping the company through a difficult financial time. “ Exit is the important word.

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Returns Online and Mobile Banking Acquirers On-Demand 78

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

What tipped the week from good to sizzling was what happened on the stock market — when Apple’s market cap tipped over the $1 trillion mark, making it the first U.S.-listed history to both hit and close the day with a 13-digit market cap. Before yesterday (Aug. a share mark, making it the first firm in U.S.

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CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

in market cap. Both companies can afford to spend aggressively on expansion as their stocks have soared — market caps sit at $720B for Amazon and $483B for Alibaba. In return for exclusivity, Alibaba will support the pharmacy during major marketing campaigns to better reach Chinese consumers.

On-Demand 68

On-Demand Acquirers Product Continuity 68

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Between 2011 and last year, the CFPB has received more than 1.2 million complaints about financial services and products, returning $12 billion in restitution to individuals. A decade past the crisis, the appetite for debt has clearly returned – perhaps giving us pause to ponder what we’ve learned.

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Posting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) CFPB Regulations 43

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Between 2011 and last year, the CFPB has received more than 1.2 million complaints about financial services and products, returning $12 billion in restitution to individuals. A decade past the crisis, the appetite for debt has clearly returned – perhaps giving us pause to ponder what we’ve learned.

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) CFPB Regulations Returns 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Or was set up to do — a point we return to below. 2011 that mandates this sort of smart regulation. An economically sound consumer financial protection regulator would design rules that, on net, make consumers better off. It would weigh the benefits of rules to consumers against the cost. That’s not what the CFPB does. Credit Is Good.

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