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Even with Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward

PYMNTS

Founded in 2009, the San Francisco-based company has already received more than $400 million in total venture capital funding from investors including GV, Madrona Venture Group and actor Ashton Kutcher. Even with the recent news from Fair, companies are still driving toward the goal of more online and mobile car subscriptions.

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Even With Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward

PYMNTS

Founded in 2009, the San Francisco-based company has already received more than $400 million in total venture capital funding from investors including GV, Madrona Venture Group and actor Ashton Kutcher. The funding round brings the company’s total amount raised to $450 million since its inception in 2009, when it was called Relay Rides.

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Whatever Happened To…Kabbage

PYMNTS

The year was 2009, and it was rough for some, but a fertile ground for others. “I Our focus has always been on user experience and for them to get capital in less than ten minutes. Petralia remembers back to 2009 when the team was looking for a bank partnership. million to date, after five rounds and 17 investors.

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Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution

PYMNTS

Success is now defined by the ability to reach a critical mass of users – consumers or businesses – efficiently and effectively … where time is an important currency, as is the ability to influence and/or control that end user experience. For General Mills, the shift to online, even if tiny, has been a boon for their sales.

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Alkami Technology Inks Digital Banking Deal with Desert Schools FCU

Fintech Labs Insights

Alkami Technology , which demoed at FinovateStartup 2009 as iThryv and transitioned to its current incarnation a year later , announced this week that Desert Schools Federal Credit Union will use its ORB (Online Relationship Builder) digital banking platform.

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MX Recruits Former Intel & Fiserv CMO, Don MacDonald

Fintech Labs Insights

MacDonald has roots in the fintech industry; he served as the first CMO of Fiserv ( FinovateFall 2015 demo ) and has held executive positions at Checkpoint ( FinovateFall 2008 demo ) and Qualcomm ( FinovateFall 2009 demo ). Additionally, MacDonald worked at Intel for more than 20 years, 4 of which he served as the company’s CMO.

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The Only Thing to Hate About Personal Finance Management Is the Term ‘PFM’

Javelin Strategy & Research

I said that in first PFM report for Javelin in 2009, and I’ve repeated it in the seven reports since, most recently in “Managing Money in the ‘Mobile-First’ Era: A Blueprint for On-the-Go Personal Finance Management.”. You must open your account online – there’s no mobile app. Americans care about their money – a lot.