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| 09.04.2025 | PayPal's Xoom partners with Tenpay Global to offer cross-border remittances to Weixin | New collaboration enables convenient and secure remittances to Weixin Pay users in China
SINGAPORE, April 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Weixin Pay users can now receive cross-border transfers from Xoom, a PayPal service and a pion... |
| 01.03.2025 | The Venture Capital Landscape: New Funds Amidst Uncertainty | The venture capital scene is a wild jungle. New funds sprout like mushrooms after rain, yet the ground is shaky. Recent announcements from Perplexity AI and Obvious Ventures illustrate this dynamic landscape. Both firms are seeking to raise... |
| 26.02.2025 | Obvious Ventures, co-founded by Twitter’s Evan Williams, plans to raise $400 million fund | Obvious Ventures, which launched a little more than a decade ago, has filed paperwork with the SEC to raise $400 million for its fifth fund.
The firm, co-founded by Twitter’s Evan Williams, raised its last fund in 2022, when it brought in a... |
| 29.07.2024 | Rillet: Modern Accounting Platform Company Raises $13.5 Million | Rillet announced that it raised $13.5 million, led by First Round Capital, Creandum, and Susa Ventures with participation from incredible individual investors including Kevin Hartz (founder of Eventbrite, Xoom and investor in SpaceX, Airbnb... |
| 29.07.2024 | Rillet raises $13.5M to build the modern accounting platform that makes zero day close a reality | NEW YORK, July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- We're thrilled to announce that we have raised $13.5M, led by First Round Capital (Uber, Square, Notion, Looker) and Creandum (Spotify, Klarna), Susa Ventures (Robinhood) with participation from incre... |
| 29.07.2024 | Rillet's AI-powered accounting platform attracts $13.5M investment | Spanish-US fintech Rillet today announces $13.5 million funding to build the next generation of accounting platform.
High-growth companies face a catch-22 when it comes to accounting: use 25-year-old software built for small businesses that... |
| 06.06.2024 | Navigating Remittances: The Best Channel for Sending Money to South Sudan | Share
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In today’s interconnected global economy, remittances are crucial for connecting families and supporting livelihoods across borders. However, sending money to countries like South Sudan involves numerous challe... |
| 23.04.2024 | Pomelo's Financial Growth Sparks Investor Interest | Pomelo, a San Francisco-based fintech startup, recently secured $35 million in Series A funding from Vy Capital, Founders Fund, and A* Capital. This investment, along with a $75 million expansion of its warehouse facility, brings Pomelo's t... |
| 23.04.2024 | Outward remittances hit new high at $29 billion in April 2023-February 2024 | - |
| 22.04.2024 | ‘Send now, pay later’ startup Pomelo lands $35M Series A from secretive Vy Capital, Founders Fund | Pomelo, a startup that combines international money transfer with credit, has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Dubai venture firm Vy Capital, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Additionally, the company is announcing a $75 mil... |
| 11.04.2024 | Here’s how investigators allege Ippei Mizuhara stole from Shohei Ohtani | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ippei Mizuhara stands next to Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani and translates during an interview at Dodger Stadium on Feb. 3.
LOS ANGELES >> Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpre... |
| 08.04.2024 | Xoom Users Can Now Use PayPal’s Stablecoin for Cross-Border Transfers | - |
| 04.04.2024 | New analysis reveals which money transfer companies have the best customer ratings | New analysis reveals which money transfer companies have the best customer ratings
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New analysis from FXC Intelligence reveals the money transfer companies with the best customer ratings in the... |
| 14.03.2024 | New data suggests Xoom PYUSD-based transfers could cut transfer costs by 25% | New data suggests Xoom PYUSD-based transfers could cut transfer costs by 25%
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Paypal has announced that it will be pairing its stablecoin PYUSD with its remittance arm, Xoom, to offer customers... |
| 25.10.2021 | Thunes Integrates with PayPal's Xoom Service for Transfers to Mobile Wallets and Expanded Global Reach | SINGAPORE, Oct. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global cross-border payments network Thunes today announced a collaboration with Xoom, PayPal's digital remittance service, that will enable Xoom customers in the United States, Canada, the U.K. and ... |
| 10.12.2020 | The BackEnd: MFS Africa is building Africa’s largest money transfer network | The BackEnd explores the product development process in African tech. We take you into the minds of those who conceived, designed and built the product; highlighting product uniqueness, user behaviour assumptions and challenges during the p... |
| 13.08.2020 | Why It's Time to Pay Attention to Mexico's Booming Crypto Market | Luis Sosa, 39, the creative director at a startup in Mexico City, watched with skepticism as his friends invested in bitcoin a decade ago. Even after they made good on their investments, Sosa kept his distance.
Now, his attitude toward cryp... |
| 28.08.2018 | PayPal’s International Money Transfer Service Xoom Forms Partnership With Ria Money Transfer to Accelerate Expansion Into 86 Countries | Xoom, an international money transfer service created by PayPal, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Ria, a Euronet Worldwide subsidiary and global money remittances firm, to offer Xoom customers cash pick-up service at mo... |
| 18.12.2017 | Online Banking and Payments: Innovative Solutions on the Horizon | In the near future, online banking and payments will go through some fascinating changes beyond what has already happened over the past several years. Although some people feel more comfortable going to a brick-and-mortar bank, others recog... |
| 14.03.2017 | How Fintech Can Be The Key Driver of Financial Inclusion | Fintech companies use software and digital platforms to deliver financial services to consumers and businesses. These digital tools and solutions often disrupt established business models by creating new and more efficient means of providin... |
| 20.10.2016 | PayPal integrates with money transfer service Xoom, 15 months after buying it | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
International money transfer service Xoom has ann... |
| 16.12.2015 | Fintech Money Transfer Startups Eye Vietnamese Remittance Market | Vietnam currently stands as one of the top ten remittance recipient countries in the world. In 2014, more than US$12 billion have been remitted to the country, making it the 9th largest remittance recipient, according to a World Bank report... |
| 04.07.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 7/4/15 | PayPal buys Xoom; Vivendi purchased 80% of Dailymotion; Uber shores up maps with Bing tech and team
Adding to the the growing list of payment startups that are exiting this year, PayPal acquired digital money transfer provider Xoom.
The dea... |
| 02.07.2015 | PayPal to Acquire Xoom for $890M | PayPal, Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ:XOOM), a digital money transfer provider.
PayPal will acquire Xoom for $25 per share in cash or an approximate $890 million enterprise value. The transaction rep... |
| 02.07.2015 | PayPal buys digital money transfer provider Xoom | The price of the acquisition was $25 a share, or $890 million
You can add another notch to the growing list of payment startups that are exiting this year.
PayPal announced on Wednesday that it has agree to acquire digital money transfer pr... |
| 01.07.2015 | PayPal acquires international money transfer service Xoom for $890M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
PayPal announced today that it has acquired Xoom,... |
| 01.07.2015 | PayPal acquires international money transfer service Xoom for $890M | PayPal announced today that it has acquired Xoom, an international money transfer service, for $890 million.
Upon acquisition, Xoom will become a separate business within PayPal. With this acquisition PayPal is hoping to expand the breadth ... |
| 01.07.2015 | PayPal Agrees to Buy Xoom for $890 Million | Xoom, a San Francisco-based online money transfer technology and services company that went public in 2013, is being acquired by PayPal for $25 per share in cash or $890 million.
The price represents a 32 percent premium over Xoom’s three-m... |
| 19.09.2014 | Sf.citi Tries To Recruit Tech Companies To “Adopt” SF’s Public Schools | One of the issues with leaning on a high-tech economic growth strategy in a region where there is incredibly constricted space and housing stock like in San Francisco and Silicon Valley is making sure that the benefits of a boom spread to e... |
| 17.08.2014 | How Bitcoin might transform international payments — a lifeline for millions | It’s September, 13th, 2008. One of the most powerful men in America is about to foresee an earthquake in the financial system, something that will change the world.
Jamie Dimon, the head of JP Morgan Chase, has seen it all—but even he has t... |
| 23.11.2013 | Let’s Kill The Aid Industry | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| 26.02.2013 | Former Square COO Keith Rabois Joins Square Investor Khosla Ventures As Partner | Keith Rabois is going to be a full-time investor after more than a decade in operating roles. And fittingly, he’ll be doing that as a partner at Khosla Ventures — a high-powered firm as feisty, contrarian, and entrepreneur-focused as he is.... |
| 15.02.2013 | Xoom Closes Its First Day On The NASDAQ At $25.49 Per Share, Up 59 Percent From IPO Price | A number of Silicon Valley investors are starting the long weekend with a smile. That’s thanks to Xoom Corporation, the online money transfer technology and services company, which made a very successful debut today on the NASDAQ stock mark... |
| 22.11.2011 | Updated: Xoom, the money transfer company, gets a little money of its own: $25M from Sequoia | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
[Editor’s note: Updated with quotes from Xoom’s c... |
| 24.01.2011 | Nine Startup Scaling Secrets from Eventbrite | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
On anyone’s list of the fastest-growing and most interesting social-commerce startups in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Eventbrite has to rank near the top. Since collecting $6... |
| 23.02.2010 | Eventbrite launches discounted service for non-profits | Event management site Eventbrite launched a new service today for non-profits. Eventbrite for Causes is open to all US-based non-profits with 501(c)(3) status. It will charge non-profits 2% of the event ticket price plus 99 cents per ticket... |
| 02.02.2010 | Eventbrite's Hartz: Create options, be frugal | CEO of event-ticketing site shares lessons on how to build and manage a startup
Kevin Hartz has learned that falling on your face is inevitable, if you’re too focused on the competition. Being capital efficient and giving yourself options a... |
| 14.12.2009 | Eventbrite gives event planners new tools to track ticket data | Event management service Eventbrite has released new reporting, analytics and insight tools for its event organizers. The tools let event organizers track ticket (in real time) purchasing trend, such as where and when tickets are being boug... |
| 28.04.2009 | NEA breaks $2B for its latest venture capital fund | New Enterprise Associates, Silicon Valley’s largest venture capital firm, has raised another $1 billion for its newest fund — its 13th — bumping the fund’s total size so far to $2.15 billion. That’s an impressive feat in today’s economic cl... |
| 29.09.2007 | Xoom Raises $20.29 Million In Series E Funding | Xoom is one of the biggest online money transfer companies today. The $20.29 million Series E funding was sent to Xoom from Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Fidelity Ventures, and DAG Ventures. |
| 28.09.2007 | Xoom, money transfer site, raises $20M more | Xoom, a company that lets you go online to transfer money internationally, has raised $20.29 million in a fifth round of funding.
It’s just the latest in a wave of companies using the Web to shake up the payment-lending industry.
This six-y... |
| 28.09.2007 | Xoom Raises $20 Million Series E | International payments processor Xoom has raised $20.29 million Series E in a round led by DAG Ventures and joined by previous investors Fidelity Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Sequoia Capital.
Xoom’s international payments platfor... |
| - | Говорят, PayPal запустил переводы в Украину — это не так. Отправлять деньги будет другой сервис — Xoom | Говорят, PayPal запустил переводы в Украину — это не так. Отправлять деньги будет другой сервис — Xoom
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