Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

capital appreciation and dividends. The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. If their platitudes about scale and all that goes with it are correct, then the largest FIs should logically demonstrate better shareholder returns. BofI Holding, Inc.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Florida’s ShipMonk, started in 2014, offers eCommerce fulfillment services and technology solutions. Small and medium-sized brands are working at an incredible pace to keep up with both increased demand and consumers’ service-level expectations,” said Jan Bednar , ShipMonk's founder and CEO.

Boston 167

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’ funds coming into the coffers of corporates that scrape the web for information. USD in series A funding from a consortium of investors, including Green Visor Capital. An Acquisition in Africa.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A lot of direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands are being funded these days, as the digital-first economy continues to gain traction. Founded in 2014, SA Company has evolved with the pandemic and is on its way to getting a capital investment and operational expertise from one of its venture capital and marketing partners, TZP Group.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The pre-seed funding was from Peak Venture Capital , which also led the new seed round, along with Album VC and strategic partner Pattern. . The startup has offices in Silicon Slopes, Utah and Santa Monica, California and was co-founded in 2014 by Evan Walker, who serves as the company’s chief executive officer.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. Matt Taylor, co-founder and CEO of running apparel brand Tracksmith has found himself and his company a little slice of Boston’s running history. Taylor said marketing activities reflect his current scale as a small D2C brand.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

But realistically, she sells adventure with every one of her aviator watches, which actually got their start back in 2014 when she appeared on Shark Tank. Any brand that isn’t using it is making a big mistake. We need to create an experience where they feel loved and valued, and a lot of D2C brands still need to figure that out.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having a standout year with two months of 2019 left. India’s unlisted tech startups have notched $11.3 billion in funding this year, marking a considerable rise from $10.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Launched in 2012 by Payal Kadakia under the name Classtivity, ClassPass closed $2 million in seed funding in March 2014 after rebranding. The new funding will be used to scale its branded model worldwide. Six months later, the startup raised $12 million in a Series A round by entrepreneur Fritz Lanman, who now serves as CEO.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

A number of major retail studies have shown that millennial consumers value the sustainability of brands and products when making purchases. In short, HowGood literally answers the question, “How good is blank [insert product, brand, or store location here]?” in two rounds, including a seed round back in 2014.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Rent-A-Center ‘s decision to sell itself to Vintage Capital comes amid a continuing expansion of so-called “alt lending” options for consumers, which could make it more difficult for the chain to reinvent itself as it becomes a private company under its new ownership. percent between 2013 and 2018, according to research from IBIS World.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2016

Sycamore Partners and some liquidator partners entered their bids for the retailer last week, while Versa Capital Management appears to have backed out of its plan to try and save about 500 Aéropostale locations. Kohan, VP of retail consulting at store analytics firm RetailNext, told Retail Dive.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Enova said it plans to bring the OnDeck brand and offerings into its current lineup. The deal comes some three months after activist investor Voce Capital urged shareholders to dump three members of the company’s board. Voce’s move came amid a big first-quarter loss and a 96 percent drop in the stock’s value since 2014.

Online 165

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Moka was founded in 2014 and was one of the first FinTechs in Indonesia. It’s raised about $40 million from investors like Sequoia Capital. A Moka acquisition would be on brand for GOJEK, which has a pattern of acquiring companies to expand its payment capabilities. . Moka has terminals peppered all over the country. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Called by some the Warby Parker of hair color, Madison Reed has announced $13 million in new venture capital funding and a newly hired CMO. While the Madison Reed brand may be a new name to some, the company has actually been around since 2014, quietly collecting data to help perfect their hair coloring product line.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

number one grocery delivery brand. Shipt has raised $40 million in venture capital on top of last year’s funding as initial investors doubled down on their contributions. With an average cart size of $110, Shipt is booking sales that are about 40 percent of Instacart’s, its largest competitor, with just one-tenth the capital.

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MARCH 11, 2019

And Phillips, on the eve of founding his dessert delivery on-demand business SugarMoo in 2014, had two problems to solve. But we thought it was growing, and we saw a hole so, we sought to capitalize on that market by delivering freshly baked desserts,” Phillips said. The first was cupcakes, which were everywhere five years ago.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In 2014, Celent recognized mBank’s digital platform redesign and in 2015, Celent recognized mBank’s Bancassurance initiative. For those unfamiliar, mBank is a Polish direct bank brand established by BRE Bank in 2000 as one of the first of its kind in the country. Through 2014, mBank has grown to more than 4.7 Before It’s Time.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below). I will update with milestones from 2014 to today and publish next month. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago. I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The corporate venture capital ecosystem is expanding far beyond the likes of Google Ventures and Intel Capital. According to our 2017 CB Insights Corporate Venture Capital Report , the number of new corporate venture capital firms making first-time investments reached record levels in 2017. Intel Capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The capital investment by Highland Europe will support ContentSquare’s global expansion and attract new talent to advance the company’s vision. ContentSquare empowers brands to measure content performance, understand visitor intentions and explain consumer decisions when they do or do not purchase.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Launched in Thailand in 2014, Pomelo has always had a bigger vision for its fast fashion eCommerce shop as a global brand bringing value to fashion forward consumers, wherever they may happen to be buying. They want international branded fashion, [and] with Instagram and Snapchat, trends are no longer local.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Founded in 2014, Zoox has been working to develop electric-powered robot taxis in a difficult multipronged effort, simultaneously creating driverless technology, a ride-hailing network and a bespoke autonomous vehicle at scale. So the eCommerce giant certainly has both the scale and the capital required to push Zoox’s ambitious goals.

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

The SBA offers the “three Cs” to help aspiring entrepreneurs start up and scale up by making counseling available, providing more choices and chances to secure capital, and by helping them seize market opportunities to commercialize their ideas. Every business starts small.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

He noted that the firm renewed its issuing agreements with Capital One and with DKB, its largest issuing bank in Germany; has grown in Latin America; and made traction in Africa as mobile money wallets have gained ground. He also noted that the company had been selected for the Venmo co-branded credit card. Tap To Pay. “In

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

A round of layoffs went through Nasty Gal in 2014 and again earlier this year. I’m a brand-builder. Physical retail locations, financed with $65 million in venture capital. “It’s crazy to think that after a decade of building the business, we’re finding our footing,” she said.”We’re I’m a creative. I’m a rainmaker.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Mycoskie is no longer CEO — after selling much of his share in the firm to Bain Capital in 2014, he has since moved to the official role of Chief Shoe Giver and has focused his attention on what’s next for TOMS Shoes. TOMS’ social message — and commitment to donating as much as it sells — has put a spotlight on the brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

It was hard to pick up any article about retail and not end up reading an obituary for a mall in 2014. Hunt said, “You really want to experience a moment of time with the brand and their story. Rethinking Conventional Retail Wisdom . It should feel [like] you are just in their moment.”. Catching Counterfeits With Layers Of Technology.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker. The service allows for the company’s vehicles to be delivered and picked up on demand for customers via a smartphone app.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The most transformative innovations in payments and commerce over the last decade are mostly the result of innovators making what was once visible, invisible: payments, stores, merchants, brands, issuers, even card networks. But in 2014, Starbucks piloted something that would change the in-store payments experience altogether.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Reinsch traced the 2014 genesis of the firm to his own experience as a freelancer , when a significant client did not pay an invoice on time. “As There is the opportunity to seize on growth capital, where earlier payments and steadier cash flow mean entrepreneurs can build their firms and brands. The Client Base.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

This includes a wide range of investors, including venture capital funds, private equity firms, corporations, and angel investors. It recently, for example, led a $1M seed round into MA-based jerky startup Kalahari Brands. Major international food incubator program Food-X also launched in 2014, and has since backed over 600 startups.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

The funding will help with upfront capital provided to those farmers. Within banking, SolarisBank garnered $28 million, with venture capital provided by Arvato Financial Solutions, among others, which will be taken to expand the European technology platform, furthering geographic reach.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

trillion in market capitalization by 2024. Not only that, but Alexa is getting more powerful, and the Echo ecosystem now has some 50,000 skills embedded in thousands of devices – some that are Amazon-branded, but many that are not. percent share in 2014 to the 6.4 percent a little more than a year from now. Alexa Growth.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Urban Remedy has 30 branded refrigerated kiosks in Whole Foods stores across California. Venture Capital Investment. Previous funding rounds in 2014 and 2012 have brought the company $5 million and $1 million respectively, according to Crunchbase. Where might Urban Remedy put some of that venture capital cash? The Future.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

A number of major retail studies have shown that millennial consumers value the sustainability, health value and organic nature of brands and products when making purchases. In short, HowGood literally answers the question, “How good is [insert product, brand or store location here]?” At the time of writing, WFM was down 2.38

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

But even as companies witness more accessible working capital and financing solutions, that doesn’t guarantee success. 10,000 businesses have accessed financing via Swift Capital , the company said in its most recent financial report. Analysts added that they don’t predict that slump to continue into this year, however.

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