PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Human resources (HR) and benefits software platform Namely has found a new CEO — and $60 million in venture capital (VC). GGV Capital , a Menlo Park, California-based firm, led the round alongside Tenaya Capital. In addition, the company recently raised a $60 million investment, which will be used to expand its reach.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS, there was a clear theme in investment rounds: high-tech data analytics. The company said it will use the backing to focus on its go-to-market strategy and expand existing leadership. Expense Management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As BlueVine continues to expand and grow, it’s mission-critical that we have the commercial leadership in place to take the business to even greater heights,” said CEO and Founder Eyal Lifshitz. Brodigan holds a BA in Economics and Business from the Virginia Military Institute and lives in Danville, California.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

What a journey in the last year – leadership teams and operations in Ireland, the U.S., What a journey in the last year – leadership teams and operations in Ireland, the U.S., The investor was TSG Capital Partners, according to TechCrunch. In February, Menlo, California-based TCV led a $500 million round.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

A press release issued Friday (March 23) said Candex secured the funding from Edenred Capital Partners, Partech Ventures, Advisors.fund, Camp One Ventures, NFX, Tekton Ventures, Big Sur Ventures and angel investor Mark Goines. Last week, another industry startup, Paymerang, announced $26 million in funding from Aldrich Capital Partners.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. California’s Kenna Security announced $25 million in Series C funding this week for its predictive cyber-risk solution. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

POS platform company Appetize recently announced that it had closed a $20 million investment round led by Shamrock Capital Advisors and Oak View Group, among others. Appetize, a Playa Vista, California-based POS company, delivers modern ordering and payments technology for enterprise businesses.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Separately, at the state level, in California , a number of certified public accountants (CPAs) are calling for an industry watchdog to clarify the standards in place for cryptocurrency-related accounting.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

California -based digital bank Mercury has announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding that will be used to build a bank for startups.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. As both an MDI and CDFI, it applied for and received $80 million from the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) distributed by the U.S. Well done and best of luck leveraging the ECIP capital for good! #2. The Bancorp, Inc. NasdaqGS: FCNC.A)

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Under the leadership of CEO Randell Leach, Beneficial State Bank is pursuing an ambitious mission of financial activism and strong corporate values. Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. Roshan McArthur is a writer in California.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The news agency said that while Pan stopped short of calling for Ant’s breakup, officials want the firm to set up a separate holding company to ensure its capital adequacy and regulatory compliance. Chinese officials last month also issued draft rules aimed at preventing monopolistic behavior by internet firms.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Khosrowshahi said on the call that, in terms of the Eats business, in general, other firms “have been trying to use cheap capital to buy their way to growth. We’ve seen the capital is getting more expensive and can run dry, whereas platform leadership is both far cheaper and more permanent.”.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. Our leadership consistently articulates and demonstrates a commitment to being a great place to work.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

In addition, the rollout of a new and improved rewards program has been accelerated to capitalize on the most effective elements of the 365 Rewards and pilot programs, which have been driving bigger baskets as core customers realize a more personalized and relevant experience. Albertsons merged with California-based Safeway in 2015.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Holzapfel was previously CMO at Addepar, and served on the leadership team at SAP. “From incubating SAP’s supplier relationship management business to driving significant growth through innovation strategies, she has time and again proven her leadership and marketing savvy,” Bru said.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2015

Virginia Attorney General, Mark Herring gave opening remarks, during which he asserted that Virginia is perceived as the “predatory lending capital of the East Coast,” suggesting that payday and auto title lenders were a large part of the problem. Michael Calhoun, President, Center for Responsible Lending.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

However, it was a B2B software procurement platform that raised the most money — $55 million — in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. Energy Innovation Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures led the funding, while R/GA Ventures and Macquarie Capital also came on board as new investors.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Summary: California-based denim retailer True Religion was another company who sought bankruptcy in efforts to revive itself from huge debts and decreasing sales. Summary: Another victim to financial woes and a leveraged buyout (by Bain Capital in 2010), Gymboree filed for Chapter 11 protection in June 2017. True Religion Apparel Inc.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

finds talk of raising capital thresholds concerning. Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a writer in California. “So, to now have an additional layer of reporting activities by the government would be detrimental to all of our efforts to further increase banking in these communities.”. David Fura, SVP, head of card payments, FIS.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. It’s time to toast the conquerors and skewer the laggards, GonzoBankers. Rick” Callicutt II, BNC’s CEO.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

He praised both the company’s leadership and its track record, saying Juvo was in a strong position to help mobile operators transition to digital technology as well as response to “the wider socio-economic issues around financial inclusion for all.”

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Capitalizing on the opportunity in shared mobility. Capitalizing on the opportunity in shared mobility. After some leadership changes, the team’s focus has shifted away from full vehicles to self-driving software — an area where it can add more value and more feasibly reach commercial scale within the next several years.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

times tangible book for the attractive geographic footprint of BBVA weeks before the COVID vaccine starts to ship should spell accretion and strong future strategic positioning for PNC, especially in Texas where a brain drain from California led by Elon Musk will continue. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

There is currently more than $1 billion in venture capital investments into blockchain/bitcoin technology. Real-life story: an owner of an ice cream parlor in California who discovered that she sold more ice cream on days that it rained (go figure). Here’s the type of vision and leadership we’ve been talking about.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Technology Stack: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Bootstrap, ForeignKeys, Jinja | APIs Used: Used data from “California regulations of possibly harmful products”, which was a CSV file. After receiving her MBA in Business from Dartmouth, Gabriella began a career focused on banking and venture capital.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Under California state law, insurance brokers must complete a mandatory 52-hour pre-certification course to legally sell insurance in the state. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Total Funding: $490M.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris!

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. It was given an initial capital investment from Pfizer of $600M and primarily focuses on investing in early-stage therapeutics companies.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Roshan McArthur is a writer in California. I think the most compelling part of the story is that we opened our front-end PPP portal to serve every borrower who needed capital,” says Phil Goldfeder, the bank’s senior vice president of global public affairs. “It Emerging Service Program Award. Cross River Bank. Asset size: $13 billion.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

Theranos built itself in stealth mode while raising hundreds of millions of dollars and inking deals to put its wellness centers in Walgreens stores in California and Arizona. To some, Silicon Valley startup culture was as much to blame for Theranos’ failure as the company’s leadership. Takeaways & lessons. Total funding : $161M.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued. First Capital Bank. TriState Capital Bank. So that’s where the capital to start New Haven Bank came from.”. California International Bank, N.A. Lee’s Summit, Mo.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Anyone who follows the industry knows this focused institution led by Findlay is all about executing the timeless principles of capital management, credit quality, efficiency and customer service. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Solyndra intended to use the funding to dramatically expand its manufacturing facilities in Fremont, California, in a move that the company said would create approximately 3,000 new jobs. Coda’s unsold vehicles were later acquired by Mullen Technologies, an electric vehicle company based in California.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As of November 2015, there is over $1 billion in venture capital invested into Bitcoin/Blockchain firms, and big name firms exploring the possibilities of the technology include American Express, Bain Capital, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Capital One, Citi, MasterCard, Visa, New York Life, NYSE, NASDAQ, Fiserv, DocuSign and Microsoft.

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CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

Under his leadership, the company’s AI research group launched several projects, including its autonomous driving and conversational AI platforms. USD) in 2016 to RMB12.9B ($2B USD) in 2017, going mostly towards salaries across its research institutes in China and California, which are primarily focused on AI.

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