PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported. The new funding will assist the startup in speeding up team building, supply chain optimizations and market growth. Bigbasket competes against Amazon and Flipkart in the Indian eCommerce market.

Los Angeles 143

Los Angeles San Francisco Sacramento Seattle 143

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B

Fintech 214

Fintech Los Angeles Lending Analytics 214

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. In May Munchery said it was planning to focus on its largest market, which was San Francisco, in an effort to become profitable. That never happened, prompting its action earlier this week.

Operations 154

Operations Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle 154

PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Bloomberg reported that stock in the Seattle-based global eCommerce company has soared by nearly 20 percent since January. This makes Amazon one of the 10 biggest percentage gainers among its S&P rivals and puts the company back above the $1 trillion market capitalization threshold, the news service said.

Seattle 132

Seattle Retail Marketing Capital 132

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle. INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite.

Innovation 150

Innovation Seattle Fintech US 150

BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

SEATTLE — Financial institutions are looking beyond so-called tech cities in the hunt for cloud engineers amid a surging demand for top talent. The market for cloud engineers is so hot, in fact, that $532 billion Truist Bank is scouting for talent in lesser-known areas of the U.S.,

Seattle 52

Seattle Marketing Capital Retail 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. Munchery had said it was planning to focus on its largest market, San Francisco, in an effort to become profitable, but that never happened. The company ceased operations in late January after laying off 30 percent of its workforce in May 2018.

San Francisco 117

San Francisco Los Angeles Capital Seattle 117

PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

.” It has applied as common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Other investors include Benchmark Capital Partners, which owns 13 percent, and Oak Investment Partners, with 11.4 Other investors include Benchmark Capital Partners, which owns 13 percent, and Oak Investment Partners, with 11.4

San Francisco 132

San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles Phoenix 132

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv. Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty.

blockchain 199

blockchain Seattle Strategy Innovation 199

PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

Landed said it has helped 200 teachers so far in areas like San Francisco Bay, Seattle and Denver. Lofton said he imagines the real estate market, especially in the Bay area with a number of tech company IPOs on the horizon, will become even more difficult to navigate. “We try to stay flexible to people’s realities.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Denver Metro Seattle 128

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

York Capital Management and Mike Archer, a former president of Applebee’s and TGI Fridays, bought Houlihan’s in 2015 and now blames the chapter 11 filing on a number of factors, including expensive leases, a tight labor market and “the rapid growth in costly third-party delivery.”. Documents filed in U.S.

Metro 108

Metro Seattle Operations Marketing 108

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2017

may raise more than $1 billion investment from strategic investors in a venture capital funding round including Alibaba and SoftBank. billion in venture capital in Grab through his eCommerce company or Ant Financial, the financial arm of the company. The company already has R&D centers in Seattle, Beijing, Jakarta and Singapore.

Capital 109

Capital Seattle Regional Report 109

Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

Seattle 150

Seattle Fintech Capital Lending 150

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Backed by Airbnb , Comcast, Bowery and Initialized Capital, Zeus has raised $90 million in funding. The company is based in San Francisco and operates in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle and Washington, D.C. They obviously have a lot of data and understand the market and how it’s evolving.

Los Angeles 139

Los Angeles San Francisco New York City Trends 139

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

However, the company hasn’t been immune from the same market conditions that sent Sears and Kmart into bankruptcy. The company said it received $75 million in new capital from Hilco Global and the Gordon Brothers Group to keep the lights on during the bankruptcy protection proceedings.

New York 108

New York Branding Las Vegas Seattle 108

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Although the investigation came around at the same time a Seattle woman hacked a database of credit-card issuer Capital One Financial that was stored on the eCommerce giant’s cloud server, examiners were reportedly not aware of the breach when they visited Amazon’s Virginia facility.

Regulation 108

Regulation Washington Virginia Seattle 108

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

In a press release , Starbucks said the new fund, which is being managed by Valor Equity Partners, will identify and invest in companies developing technologies, products and solutions geared toward the food and/or retail markets. The company launched its first store in Seattle in the 1970s.

Seattle 122

Seattle Retail Innovation Capital 122

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

The startup’s fast-paced growth comes against intensifying competition among FinTech startups, like PayPal’s Xoom, TransferWise and WorldRemit, which are striving to cut themselves a bigger share of the global remittance market that saw $582 billion in transfers last year. per transaction for expedited transfers.

Seattle 100

Seattle Capital Groups Mobile 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Zipwhip, the Seattle startup that enables companies to text customers from the internet, announced Monday (Oct. 17) it raised $9 million in Series B investment led by Voyager Capital. According to a report , Voyager Capital was joined by Microsoft Ventures, Microsoft’s new formal venture fund.

Seattle 100

Seattle Capital Report Technology 100

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

Innovation 150

Innovation Seattle Fintech Company 150

Filene

APRIL 14, 2016

This Impact Roadshow offers you and your team a convenient and fun way to find out how Filene takes the best ideas, rooted in research and proven in the market, and makes them scalable and sustainable to drive change in your credit union. We'll walk through some of Filene's latest programs, and the research and innovation behind them.

Seattle 28

Seattle social media Innovation Digital Strategies 28

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

million in a seed funding round led by VC firm PivotNorth Capital. With the latest seed funding round, Darkstore has reportedly set a new goal to hit $110 million in product fulfillment and is expanding into three new markets: Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago. Just recently, the company scored $1.4

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Los Angeles New York City Phoenix 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Founded in 2017, Bungalow aims to solve many of the issues that early career professionals face when looking to rent in urban markets. Since its launch, the company has operated in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego and Seattle. markets by the end of 2018. putting it on track to be in 12 major U.S.

San Diego 100

San Diego Los Angeles Security Portland 100

Bobsguide

JULY 7, 2022

” Josh Williams, EVP, Chief Banking Officer at Seattle Bank said , “Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a vital component of our growth strategy and embedding loans at the consumer point-of-sale opens a new channel to provide financing to customers we couldn’t have reached before.

Lending 68

Lending Seattle Regulation US 68

PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years. If it launches in the U.K.’s

San Diego 100

San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco Baltimore 100

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The company, which demoed at FinovateSpring 2013 as BBC Easy, will use the fresh capital for both product development as well as increasing its market reach in North America. The post Seattle-Based Finagraph Completes $5 Million Financing appeared first on Finovate.

Seattle 12

Seattle Analytics Data America 12

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2016

“As people get numb to social and email, messaging is still the unpolluted medium,” Matt Mazzeo, a managing director at Lowercase Capital (one of the companies that has invested in ReplyYes), told the outlet. “It hasn’t yet been diluted by massive spammy marketing channels.”

Seattle 100

Seattle Retail Capital Mobile 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First Data has rolled out a commerce technology solution at CenturyLink Field and CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, home to the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, designed to “take the fan experience to the next level” for those at the stadium. Payments Take The Field. Last year, it rolled out facial recognition technology for Alipay.

Seattle 100

Seattle Mobile Apple Google 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Furthermore, the device is still not available in Brazil, France, Italy, Spain or Australia, along with many other markets. Amazon told the Seattle Times that these two developments were unrelated and that the hiring lag was due to seasonal fluctuations. It is not yet clear whether Google will actually bring such a product to market.

Apple 128

Apple Google Seattle San Francisco 128

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. Most organizations … are like, ‘Where is the most profitable market segment?’” What we do is we take that ethos and apply it to all of our decision-making in our product development or marketing.

Oakland 153

Oakland Community Community Bank Leadership 153

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

Kroger is seeking to bring new customer experiences to market faster, drive personalization with insights and help store associates become more productive. The Grocery Market. The retailer plans to pilot technology products using Microsoft’s Azure platform at two stores, one in Ohio and one in Washington.

Arizona 109

Arizona Technology Ohio Customer Experience 109

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. banks by market value.”.

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

And Starbucks has a new investor : Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 Prime Now Grocery pickup, which came to market in August, is now available in eight cities, and Amazon said it has plans for continued expansion. percent stake in Starbucks.

Retail 116

Retail New York City San Francisco New York 116

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

non-profit grocer Daily Table, which stocks healthy and convenient foods at an affordable price by sourcing them from a large network of growers, markets and manufacturers. Instacart started in San Francisco but announced that it plans to launch in more than 100 new markets by the end of 2017.

South Carolina 121

South Carolina San Francisco Connecticut Utah 121

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

The news that on-demand delivery startup Munchery has closed its doors — even after raising $125 million in venture capital funding — serves as reminder of how difficult it can be to gain a profitable foothold (much less a dominant position) in the on-demand food delivery space. Future Moves. So, what’s next in these delivery wars?

Los Angeles 180

Los Angeles San Francisco Analysis Seattle 180

PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Seattle-based Jargon spent a lot of time in advance of its recent $1.8 Amazon’s Alexa Fund was one of the investors in Jargon’s seed round, joined by Ubiquity Ventures and Crosslink Capital. million seed round trying to explain to investors what it wasn’t.

Management 115

Management Google Tools Seattle 115

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Dripkit markets its filters in two different ways — as a subscription service or a one-off purchase. Cohen and Kruger offered the one-time purchase option to expand their market to those who don’t want to make the commitment. “We New Markets. Subscription Service.

New York City 100

New York City Seattle New York Training 100