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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

CB Insights

For example, in 2015, automotive manufacturer Ford reduced its production line injury rate by 70% using virtual reality training. The pandemic has forced retailers and brands to go all in on their online operations, and the momentum virtual commerce is gaining seems likely to carry over to a post-virus world. Cloud call centers.

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HSBC Supports Funding Societies With Third Credit Facility to Support APAC Businesses

The Fintech Times

Southeast Asian digital finance platform for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Funding Societies , has signed its third credit facility with HSBC under its ASEAN Growth Fund. The post HSBC Supports Funding Societies With Third Credit Facility to Support APAC Businesses appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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11 Most Promising Singapore Fintech Startups in NextGen Tech 30

Fintech News

Funding Societies Funding Societies illustration, Source: Funding Societies Established in 2015, Funding Societies is a regional fintech company that specializes in providing financing to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Since its inception in 2015, Funding Societies says it has disbursed over S$5 billion (US$3.9

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry. Originally launched in 2015, Qapital has raised $51M in funding to date and gained roughly 420,000 users, who have reportedly saved nearly $500M. Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry. Passive investing.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. In total, Stripe spans 14 global offices employing over 2,000 people around the world — 8.5x more than it employed in 2015. Will Gaybrick, who joined Stripe in 2015.

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Capriza Chosen by Flextronics, Marvell, NTT, Symantec to Boost Workflow Efficiency

Fintech Labs Insights

Workflows for timesheet entries and approvals are among the main areas of focus. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Capriza will make its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2015 in New York in September. Capriza calls its approach “zero coding, zero APIs, zero upgrades.” Yuval Scarlet is CEO.

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BankSeeds: HomeSlice is an Expense & Chore Management App for Roommates

Fintech Labs Insights

The San Luis Obispo, California company has created a “micro social network” for a single household where roommates can track chores, supplies, bills due, and payments made. The first investor is MatchFire ( 23 April, 2015 press release ), a data supplier to the app. Finally, remember this is a seed stage opportunity.