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Fence, a Spanish startup that automates debt operations with blockchain

Fence, a Spanish fintech firm, has raised €1.8 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Semantic.vc.

Paypal acquires Japanese payment service Paidy for $2.7 billion

In an astonishing deal worth 300 billion Yen (US$2.7 billion), Paypal has now assimulated the Japanese ‘buy now, pay later’ provider Paidy. This comes at a time where Payal is seeking to increase it’s market share in Japan with a focus on cross-border transactions.

Livelia, the furniture and decoration marketplace, opens with a pre-seed round of 115,000 euros

Livelia, a marketplace co-created by WedidVentures and Grupo Caballero that will break into the home category at the beginning of June, closes a pre-seed round of 115,000 euros for product development.

Wise, a fintech startup that partners with other companies so that they can offer business bank accounts to their own customers

Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A spherical. the corporate provides business bank accounts with a noteworthy go-to-market strategy. Wise partners with alternative firms so they will offer bank accounts to their own customers.

Big Data Is All About You

Big data — a set of technologies that apply complex algorithms to large sets of data in an attempt to extract meaningful results — is currently all about targeted marketing. For years, companies have been trying to figure out how to use the customer data they collect to create more targeted advertising. The retail world has a whole lotta data on you just sitting there waiting to be used to get you to buy more stuff.