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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

San Francisco-based Salesforce is gearing up for expected COVID-19 vaccination campaigns by setting up Work.com for Vaccines, which will “help governments and healthcare organizations more safely and efficiently manage vaccine programs,” the company said in a press release.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The San Francisco-based division of Square Inc., In mere weeks, we were able to create an application that made it simple for business owners to complete the PPP application, knowing many Square sellers handle all elements of their business, including financial operations, themselves.”. “In

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MARCH 30, 2020

Weee, which was started in 2015, began as a community buying platform that received Asian spices and fresh produce, among other items. The company provides its offering in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Seattle. It has reportedly notched funding in a March 2019 Series A+ round.

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JUNE 27, 2019

s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit (SW RCCU), in a joint operation with the Dutch police (Politie), Europol, Eurojust and the U.K.’s Over the last 10 years we’ve built one of the largest, most positive online communities, based on our core value to ‘give more than we take,’” Alan Schaaf, founder and CEO of Imgur, said in a press release.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company to debut on the stock market. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks. Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC. The company, which was valued at $4.8

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JUNE 24, 2020

Visa has launched an online resource for small businesses (SMBs) designed to assist entrepreneurs expand their businesses and build stronger customer relationships, the San Francisco-based company announced Wednesday (June 24). It is active in more than 20 countries and designed to meet each region’s unique SMB needs.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

The next round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has kicked off with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), and other community financial institutions submitting applications for local businesses. See how Community Bank of the Bay partnered with Abrigo to help borrowers.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Group 8 operators were using this domain to receive stolen credit card information, and its takedown prevented there being new victims,” RiskIQ said. The San Francisco-based startup said it detects multiple Magecart breaches every 60 minutes.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Authorize.net offer extends Visa’s commitment to digitally enable businesses and helps alleviate burdens by minimizing some recurring operational costs. Those efforts include helping the Tampa SMB community get ready for the big game.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

The San Francisco–based company’s announcement marks its next step in global expansion, specifically focusing on the “gig economy,” as well as new digital marketplaces and on-demand companies. The company has offices in the aforementioned San Francisco, as well as Austin and Vancouver.

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MARCH 5, 2019

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

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MARCH 17, 2020

The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. The law opens up much more territory to these operations, which had only been permitted in areas zoned for industry. and San Francisco.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community. Coconut Software in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one fintech solving this problem for community banks.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Its founders, three sisters from San Francisco, turned down Mark Cuban’s $30 million offer to buy the startup in 2015. Coffee Meets Bagel is listed as one of the alumni members of WeWork Labs , which “provides the community, education, connections and mentorship to help anyone take the startup path and grow with us,” WeWork said.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

San Francisco-based Layer1 announced that it has raised $50 million from investors including Peter Thiel, Shasta Ventures, and various crypto industry leaders. The company will use the funding to build a bitcoin mining operation, which it claims to be the first bitcoin mining company in the U.S. “at

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

As we’ve gotten to know Natty and Ryan, we’ve also seen the ecosystems in which they operate — the North and the Rockies — begin to really thrive and gain momentum,” Foundry Group said in a press release. “We Matchstick Ventures led funding with Royal Street Ventures to help fund San Francisco Bay Area startup Onward in July.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And before Visa, he’d been at JPMorgan Chase’s consumer banking operations. The company, she said, had looked for someone with experience with firms operating at significant scale. During a call Friday to discuss the announcement , Chairwoman Betsy Duke said the vote for Scharf was unanimous across board members.

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JULY 29, 2020

The San Francisco company just raised $60 million in venture funding that the firm plans to use to boost production to meet surging demand as consumer fitness relocates from gyms to people’s living rooms. She said working out had been about community, and her firm believed a physical space was the best place to build that.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Bunnell; and Doug, Genelle and Jagger Jones.

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JUNE 12, 2019

More than 100 Goodwill store locations ranging from New York to San Francisco are uploading products like collectibles, clothing and furniture to the platform to drive in-store and online sales. They find unique pieces; their purchases create jobs locally, which result in positive environmental outcomes for the global community.”.

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JUNE 17, 2016

The company’s operations in North America, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa are now returning profits, Financial Times reported. “We According to Kalanick, Uber’s China operation is currently funded thorough profits, investment money and direct investment from backers.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Postmates Takes San Francisco . Postmates is on the verge of snagging San Francisco’s first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations, per reports. Both were denied: In 2018, the San Francisco City Council voted to ban autonomous robotics testing without an official permit issued by the city.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The firm, based in South Africa, said it will use the funding to scale operations across Southern Africa, the U.S. In a rarity for B2B FinTech funding, B2B payments startup Flutterwave announced a $35 million fundraise, turning the spotlight to Nigeria’s FinTech community. Flutterwave. Berkshire Grey.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

More importantly, how does one use such a thing — or even a bike — and operate it in an urban environment without falling off, getting hit and suffering injury? Bird , a company focused on e-scooters , provided more than 10 million rides in its first 12 months of operation. It’s hardly an academic concern. Scooter Accident.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

On the panel, John Spottiswood , chief operating and data officer at Jerry , recommended that businesses favor escalating the issue to humans early, then in time, expanding the bot’s ability to respond to consumers with concerns. Scaling through community banks and credit unions is, of course, another move plenty of fintech companies seek.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

communities. That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Last week, the CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its advisory committees: Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and Academic Research Council (ARC). Leigh Phillips, President and CEO, EARN DBA SaverLife (San Francisco, CA).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms. Kathleen C.

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JUNE 4, 2019

The startup is fully compliant in all 13 cities it operates in, he said. “We and San Francisco, where local city councils and even state legislatures that have entertained “anti-Airbnb bills” that seek to limit how often they can rent out properties through the platform, and for how long. Washington D.C.

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JULY 2, 2019

For instance, Chinese bikesharing company Mobike , which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. That deal came after Lyft rival Uber bought bikesharing operator JUMP. But that doesn’t mean everything is coming up roses.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The above chart is from a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter: Slow Business Start-ups and the Job Recovery published in July. But in strategic planning retreats that I moderate, community financial institutions insist that they lend to small businesses. Some took offense.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

More recently, the eCommerce operator said, “Our approximation is that less than 1 percent of reviews are inauthentic” — at least, according to Sharon Chiarella, vice president of community shopping at Amazon. The power of online reviews go beyond large, distantly located eCommerce operations, too. Power of Reviews.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Bots help increase productivity, so it makes sense that a company focused on increasing workplace productivity would invest in the bot developer community,” said Rob Guilfoyle, cofounder and CEO of Abe , which builds AI-powered banking chatbot software for progressive banks and credit unions. As for new bots this week, Digit launched one.

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MAY 22, 2018

So, what made Benchmark Capital confident enough to put $50 million behind Good Eggs, a San Francisco-based, curated, on-demand grocery store specializing in “absurdly fresh” local meats and produce? It’s not easy to stand out in any one of these subcategories, let alone in grocery as a whole.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Tuohy pointed out in a San Francisco Chronicle article that college campuses are conducive to the deployment of robots due to a few reasons. In those locations, their batteries can be automatically swapped out “so they can continue to operate independently, with no human involvement,” according to the company.

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JUNE 14, 2019

We are thrilled to expand Rebag’s retail footprint to the Miami community. Brookfield Properties operates some of the most exciting and visited malls in the country, and we are thrilled to introduce our CBD shops to their centers,” Green Growth Brands CEO Peter Horvath said in a press release. Operating hours span from 6 a.m.

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