Alphabet (GOOGL, $1,119.63) and Salesforce (CRM, $159.05) back $75 million investment in UK fintech firm GoCardless
Venture capital arms of tech conglomerate Alphabet and cloud company Salesforce are leading a $75 million investment in British online payments start-up GoCardless.
In addition to Google Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, Adams Street Partners also contributed to the Series E funding along with existing backers Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, Notion Capital and Passion Capital.
GoCardless promises to make recurring payments simpler and effective for businesses through its global network. The fintech start-up processes debit payments on behalf of businesses, and sees substantial opportunity in B2B and subscription-based services among other recurring payment markets. Set up in 2011, it currently processes payments for more than 40,000 merchants, and more than $10 billion worth of transactions each year, according to the firm.
CEO and co-founder Hiroki Takeuchi hopes to use the proceeds from the latest round of funding towards expanding operations in the U.S. The company already has offices in Europe and Australia, and envisions to grow its network to cover 70 percent of recurring payment volume globally.
GoCardless is reportedly looking to develop newer product features, including those related to foreign exchange/currency conversion and faster cash settlement processes.
GOOGL sees its Stochastic Oscillator climbs out of oversold territory
On October 14, 2024, the Stochastic Oscillator for GOOGL moved out of oversold territory and this could be a bullish sign for the stock. Traders may want to buy the stock or buy call options. Tickeron's A.I.dvisor looked at 54 instances where the indicator left the oversold zone. In of the 54 cases the stock moved higher in the following days. This puts the odds of a move higher at over .
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Bullish Trend Analysis
The Momentum Indicator moved above the 0 level on October 21, 2024. You may want to consider a long position or call options on GOOGL as a result. In of 89 past instances where the momentum indicator moved above 0, the stock continued to climb. The odds of a continued upward trend are .
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) for GOOGL just turned positive on October 28, 2024. Looking at past instances where GOOGL's MACD turned positive, the stock continued to rise in of 49 cases over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are .
GOOGL moved above its 50-day moving average on September 27, 2024 date and that indicates a change from a downward trend to an upward trend.
The 10-day moving average for GOOGL crossed bullishly above the 50-day moving average on October 01, 2024. This indicates that the trend has shifted higher and could be considered a buy signal. In of 17 past instances when the 10-day crossed above the 50-day, the stock continued to move higher over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are .
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The Aroon Indicator entered an Uptrend today. In of 321 cases where GOOGL Aroon's Indicator entered an Uptrend, the price rose further within the following month. The odds of a continued Uptrend are .
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The Tickeron Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating low risk on high returns. The average Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for the industry is 90, placing this stock better than average.
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The Tickeron PE Growth Rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), pointing to worse than average earnings growth. The PE Growth rating is based on a comparative analysis of stock PE ratio increase over the last 12 months compared against S&P 500 index constituents.
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