CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, 14 European startups reached unicorn status, led by Roivant Sciences with its $7B valuation. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the Europe-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018. stake in the company in February 2018. The hardware startup released its first GC2 chip in 2018.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. percent between 7 p.m.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

million in 2018, according to a press release from the company. Also troubling is the fact that the number of unique malware files has decreased, which has researchers worried that the quality of malware continues to increase, becoming more precise and impactful. million in 2017 to 116.5 This type of malware went from 8.6

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In a reported leak of billions of user records in a smart home data breach, researchers have found that a database that belongs to Chinese firm Orvibo has been left open without a password for protection. The research found that shoppers worldwide bought 663 million smart home devices in 2017 and that number is said to rise in 2023 to 1.94

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

billion in the first half of 2018, an increase of 23 percent year over year. We’re really looking at that as advertisers catching up to consumer behavior,” said Sue Hogan, the IAB’s senior vice president of research and measurement, according to reports. percent CAGR from 2012 to 2018.

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FICO

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Taking both ends of the spectrum into account, my cybersecurity predictions for 2018 involve cyber scores, 2FA and bio hacks. In 2018, I predict that the awareness and usage of enterprise cyber scores will skyrocket. We’ll See Our First Biometrics Hack in 2018. And users don’t yet seem too annoyed by the extra step.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Indian tech startups had a huge year in 2018, but the way the money is being distributed has some experts concerned about the future of the country’s financial ecosystem, according to reports. Jayanth Kolla, founder of research firm Convergence Catalyst, said all of the money going to big players is tipping the scales only in one direction.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The 2018 Fintech 250 have raised approximately $53B in aggregate funding across 947 deals since 2013, and includes startups at different investment stages of development, from early-stage (seed/Series A) companies to well-funded unicorns. Outside the US: 44% of the 2018 Fintech 250 are based outside the US. Please click to enlarge.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

Those deals fell from 39 percent in 2017 to just 30 percent in 2018. Toby Cosgrove, an executive advisor to the Google Cloud healthcare team, noted that doctors and researchers will be able to use the technology to discover trends and decide on treatments while protecting patient privacy. billion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

With innovations in wearable technology, researchers in Singapore have created “smart” clothing. He oversaw a team of 10 researchers that created the technology during the period of a year. percent increase from 2018, per the International Data Corporation (IDC). million units during the first quarter of this year, a 55.2

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In 2018, 53 new companies hit a $1B+ unicorn valuation, up 83% from 2017 figures and 26% higher than the previous record in 2015. 2018 VC REPORT: A NEW UNICORN RECORD. The cumulative valuations of those unicorns hit $526B in 2018, up 43% year-over-year after remaining stagnant in the 2 years prior. years — down from 7.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

According to the report, The Evolution of New Account Fraud , produced by Javelin Strategy & Research , NAF tactics have shifted with the growing popularity of online accounts and payments. million consumers in 2018. A new report from GIACT Systems has revealed that $3.4 billion was lost due to New Account Fraud (NAF) last year.

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FICO

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Companies that are achieving outstanding results using analytics and decision management solutions from FICO are invited to submit nominations for the 2018 FICO® Decisions Awards. This year’s judges are: Sid Dash , research director at Chartis for risk management analytics. Tanya Andreasyan , editor at Banking Technology.

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CB Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

From e-commerce to software to payments, several companies with $1B+ valuations exited in 2018. Using CB Insights data, we identified the startups with a $1B+ valuation that exited in 2018. We’ve also covered 2018’s 14 European unicorns , 37 Chinese unicorns , and 55 US unicorns.). Meituan Dianping.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

increased in 2018, marking the only country to see an uptick in the number of U.S. As one example, the report pointed to Huawei, which has beefed up its internal research and development as it aims to expand around the globe. In comparison, IBM was granted 9,100 patents in 2018. patents granted. to 308,853.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

billion in 2018. According to Threatpost, Ronnie Tokazowski, senior threat researcher at Agari , said, “For trends that we’re seeing, actors have been asking for gift cards instead of wire fraud, but still engage with wire fraud as well. Recently announced statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) bear out this trend.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

percent in Q2 2018 to as much as 41.2 percent in Q3 2018. In the Q3 2018 edition of the Financial Invisibles Report , PYMNTS surveyed more than 2,000 American consumers to get to the bottom of what was driving their financial confidence — even in the face of delinquency. So, what’s behind this feel-good factor? percent to 61.8

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

The rate of credit card delinquencies jumped 52 basis points (BPS) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, and will likely continue to increase over the next 12 months as consumers take on more debt. percent in Q1 of 2018, “down slightly from a year ago,” Moody’s said. Performance by banks was mixed again in Q1 2018. percent and 4.9

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The Fintech Times

MAY 14, 2024

Ripple , the global payments and financial solutions provider, is accelerating blockchain education in the US as its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) renews its $1.05million partnership with Morgan State University to support blockchain innovators across America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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FICO

JANUARY 8, 2019

FICO Score hitting a new high in 2018 or the use of machine learning to challenge the score - dominated reader interest on the Risk & Compliance blog in 2018. Banking Innovation: Why 2018 is the Year it Puts on its Overalls - FICO. Topics around the FICO® Score - whether it's about the average U.S. Average U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

One proxy was spotlighted as the 17 largest crypto merchant processing services took in as much as $411 million in September 2017, but only $6o million in May of 2018. It’s not actually usable,” Bloomberg quoted Nicholas Weaver, a senior researcher at the International Computer Science Institute, as stating in an email.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing cyber security specialists, the breach in which the personal information of as many as 500 million customers was exposed began in 2014, going undetected until September of 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Chainalysis will use some of this latest funding to open a new office and research-and-development (R&D) lab in London. While European blockchain technology companies saw a record year in VC investment in 2018, new data shows that they still didn’t receive as much funding as FinTech companies. times increase over five years.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2020

Two law researchers say regulators should take the cryptomarket into serious consideration, according to an Oxford Law blog post. The researchers noted that digital currencies have a “salient advantage” in their decentralization. In 2018, it inked a deal with the China Development Bank to offer 100 billion yuan ($14.1

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CB Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

2018 was a huge year for the cannabis industry. Here’s What It Accomplished In 2018. appeared first on CB Insights Research. In fact, global funding to cannabis companies reached nearly $2.2B and saw over 300 deals, setting a new record high for this emerging industry. get The Cannabis revolution report.

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FICO

JUNE 5, 2018

In 2017 we commissioned independent research company Ovum to carry out a cybersecurity survey among senior executives, with some surprising results. The post What Did We Learn in 2018’s Cybersecurity Survey? We and Ovum have just completed an even bigger cybersecurity survey, covering 500 senior executives in 11 countries.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

As part of Ripple ’s $50 million pledge for blockchain research, the crypto firm has said it will give $2 million over five years to the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin. For example, the medical school expressed interest in blockchain research.”.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 7, 2019

Today, we’re taking a look at kingmaker rounds in 2018, mega-deals, warehouse automation, and more, including: 11 mega-deals to round out the year. All the $1B+ kingmaker fundings in 2018. The post Client Note: The $1B Rounds of 2018, Cannabis Funding, Record Tech Exits, And More appeared first on CB Insights Research.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 16, 2018

(The Paypers) The number of digital records stolen by cybercriminals is expected to increase by 175% from 12 billion in 2018 to 33 billion in 2023, according to a report from Juniper Research.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a decent chance that the 2018 holiday season will be remembered as a time when it became much more clear that survival in the cutthroat pursuit of commerce depends on the stories one can tell about a product or brand. But that’s not all. Stuff vs. Experience.

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FICO

AUGUST 15, 2018

Also, building off our millennial research, we quantified how mortgage 90+ day delinquency rates over 2 years vary by borrower’s age. In addition to researching trends in mortgage underwriting, FICO explored the credit behavior of people with new mortgages to determine which behaviors are driving FICO® Score increases and decreases.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Xiaomi’s Mi Band 3 accounted for over 30 percent of all wrist bands shipped during Q4 2018. “The market for ear-worn wearables has grown substantially this past year, and we expect this to continue in the years to come,” said Jitesh Ubrani, senior research analyst of IDC Mobile Device Trackers. percent of the market.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Our projections show that in 2018, Apple will come close to matching worldwide sales of Swiss-made watches, which sold 24 million units in 2017,” CCS Insight reported in a press release highlighting the results. The research firm noted that not only traditional watchmakers are feeling the pain from Apple.

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FICO

JANUARY 31, 2019

FICO's research team explored this topic in a new paper, “Developing Transparent Credit Risk Scorecards More Effectively: An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach”. We presented this at the Data Analytics 2018 event organized by IARIA/Think Mind, where it won the Best Paper Award. To learn more, see these recent blog posts.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 29, 2017

I then started to research on (Industrial) Knowledge Graphs for the initial depth of understanding I was seeking. What a thought as we enter 2018…….an These few insights set me off on a new train of thought and I scribbled down some hasty notes while listening to this concept. This really excites me in its potential.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Marshals Service auction since the end of 2018 , a release said. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have co-developed technology intended to sidestep overcrowding on off-chain cryptocurrency payment networks, CoinDesk reported on Monday. The auction of 4,040 confiscated bitcoin — worth $37.7 This is the first U.S.

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The Paypers

MAY 7, 2019

billion in 2018, twice as much as in 2014, according to a report by Research and Markets. (The Paypers) Ecommerce in the Czech Republic was worth EUR 5.25

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