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Capital One Launches Savor Card For Foodies

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17) Capital One announced news of its Savor Card , a cash back credit card that gives foodies cash back rewards on dining, groceries and general retail purchases. Card at Capital One. Since 2007, restaurant spending has increased by 59 percent. . In response to growing consumer food and dining spending, on Tuesday (Oct.

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Disruptive technology will not kill banks

Jeff For Banks

But wait, ING Direct grew to $92 billion in assets until ING Group divested it to Capital One. Lending Club funded $5 billion in loans since its founding in 2007. Banks remain centers of communities and the number one source for capital for small business. Do you think your bank customers had an Orange account?

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Issufy Scoops HSBC’s John Crompton For Chairman

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He then ran Merrill Lynch’s EMEA ECM business for a year from 2007 and spent two years as head of market investments at UK Financial Investments before spending six years with HSBC. Crompton’s time there included stints as head of equity capital markets and, more recently, head of corporate finance.

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SMS Texting Startup Zipwhip Lands $9 Million In Funding

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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. Zipwhip’s technology enables companies to text their customers from the internet, desktop computers and smartphones.

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Morningstar Inks Deal To Buy PitchBook Data For $180 Million

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PitchBook, founded in 2007, delivers data, research and technology covering the breadth of the private capital markets, including venture capital, private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, announced Friday (Oct.

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Chinese Officials Join US Politicians In Suddenly Falling Out Of Love With Big Tech 

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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. subprime mortgage industry’s collapse and the 2007-08 Great Recession.

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Bidco Agrees To Acquire Paysafe In All-Cash Deal

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The buyout value of the combined issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital is approximately £2.96 The Paysafe Independent Directors believe that Paysafe will continue to play a key role in payments innovation, leveraging the state-of-the-art technology it has built over a number of years.”.

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