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Carsharing Startup Getaround Raises $140M In Series E

PYMNTS

Additional new and existing investors include Reinvent Capital, Menlo Ventures, SoftBank, Braemar Energy Ventures and others. Founded in 2009 by Elliot Kroo, Jessica Scorpio and Sam Zaid, the company gives users the ability to rent their personal vehicles to others for set periods of time. .

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Are you a bull or a bear, and how will it impact your planning for 2020 and beyond?

Gonzobanker

Regardless of their viewpoints on capital recovery, now is the time for banking leaders to reevaluate their planning strategies. In a recent Fortune survey, 55% of corporate executives said they expect to return to 2019 capital spending levels sometime in 2021. What businesses need capital in the interim? Capital will be king!

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2018 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. This is clearly a turnaround situation, as the bank lost over $12 million in 2010, over 20% of its capital (ouch). And they were recently named as one of Forbe's top in-state banks, which uses customer experience metrics rather than straight financials.

Oregon 101
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InContext And The New (Virtual) Reality Of Retail

PYMNTS

According to reports, 7 4 percent of retailers say they’ll lean on VR in the coming years to improve customer experience and gather data. InContext was early to this market and ready to build ways to provide the data in 2009. InContext provides for the right need at the right time, and the $15.2-million

Retail 101
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The Tale of the Digital Banks

Gonzobanker

Here’s the bottom line: In the past six years (March 2009 to March 2015), the top 10 Internet banks have grown an impressive $175 billion in new deposits. Here’s the breakdown of these 10 banks in order of deposit growth: Deposits ($000): March 2009 Deposits ($000): March 2015 6-Year Growth. ($000). Think about this. billion in 2010.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

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. Its Baldrige-winning tenacity on customer experience is legendary and consistent.

Idaho 148
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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

The lab aims to improve banking through better uses of technology and has a serious focus on customer participation as the best way to find solutions. It is also looking at integrating banking solutions into wearables and how the internet of things (IoT) could improve the customer experience. Capital One — Capital One Labs.