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

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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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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

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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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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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But in October 2015, the company announced it would be shut down. In mid-2015, the company added Amazon Allowance, which is now under the Amazon Cash umbrella. According to Morgan Stanley Research, Amazon’s long-term top line is 2-3X more exposed to emerging markets than rival Alibaba’s.

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13 Southeast Asian Fintechs Among CNBC’s Global Top 250 List

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The list, produced by CNBC in collaboration with market research firm Statista, highlights the world’s top 250 fintech companies across eight market categories: payments, wealthtech, business process solutions, neobanking, alternative finance, financial planning, digital assets and banking solutions.

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How Blockchain Tech Could Disrupt Real Estate

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US losses associated with title fraud reportedly averaged around $103,000 per case in 2015, compelling many property buyers to purchase title insurance. Additionally, real estate investing often involves expensive intermediaries such as fund managers, further raising the barrier to entry.

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

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As NYU Stern School of Business professor and digital transformation researcher Arun Sundararajan notes: “Crisis can be… a catalyst or can speed up changes that are on the way — it almost can serve as an accelerant.”. These entry points give cyberoffenders more room to find susceptible targets. Source: Google.

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