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Existing investors American Express Ventures, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, and Goldman Sachs also participated. B2B2C FinTech company Even Financial announced that it has raised a $25 million strategic round of investment led by Citi Ventures. This latest round has brought Even’s total raise to date to $50 million.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It partners with well-known brands like Starbucks, Airbnb and Whole Foods Markets to provide discounts to banking customers. The company raised close to $200 million in financing from a list of venture capital (VC) firms, including Discovery Capital, Canaan Partners and Polaris Venture Capital, among others, with support dating back to 2009.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

The brand they created was called Herbivore Botanicals. Today, the brand is very different than the soap-making operation that was formerly run out of its founders’ kitchen. Herbivore identifies as a prestige skincare brand that sells a lot more than just soap. And as Herbivore is growing up, it is changing.

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APRIL 13, 2017

A young logistics startup that gives eCommerce brands same-day delivery capabilities just scored a major chunk of venture funding. million in a seed funding round led by VC firm PivotNorth Capital. Brands without local inventory can use Darkstore’s storage space to ship same-day. Just recently, the company scored $1.4

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report.

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APRIL 12, 2016

PacSun will transfer 65 percent of its debt into equity, and private equity group Golden Gate Capital has agreed to provide $20 million as a result of the firm taking extant PacSun operations private. The New York Times noted that the retailer lost $10 million in Q4 2015 alone, with a 2.6

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

28, the Limited brand filed a WARN notice with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which included a statement that “a mass layoff” — up to 248 employees — will occur and that its headquarters may be closing in New Albany, Ohio. Back in February, the business said it grew more than 15 percent in 2015 (to around $130 million).

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MARCH 29, 2018

Like all businesses operating in China, Airbnb China must comply with local laws and regulations,” a company spokesperson told BuzzFeed. Calling the move the “next level” for Airbnb in 2015, he had said the company was reviewing “how can we invest and be much more aggressive about the opportunity we have to grow in China,” CNET reported.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

With 100+ public banks reporting, we have more than a representative sample to see 2Q 2022 bank earnings trends and derive some operational insights on bank performance. Fees at banks dropped, primarily driven by mortgage operations, and net interest margin increased by approximately 25 basis points to 3.12%.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Klarna, as Reuters reported, traces its genesis back 12 years, and has been backed by a number of investors, including Sequoia Capital. The latest valuation was at the end of 2015, when that number came in at $2.5 The company’s operations extend across 18 countries. billion, according to the newswire.

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APRIL 1, 2019

There are no immediate plans to change the brand’s name, he said. “For the time being, we will retain the FastFox brand,” Agarwala said, adding that FastFox’s 120 staff members would become part of Elara. In January of 2017, the company acquired Housing.com, a classified platform for brokers and developers.

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MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. Just under 40 percent – or 39.1

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

We have enough capital to take us to profitability.”. Moda Operandi does have enough capital: The eCommerce business grew by leaps and bounds in 2016; according to Nicodemus, the firm’s year-over-year sales growth has been “exponential,” as customers have flocked to its somewhat unique offering.

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MAY 11, 2016

The brand has always managed to have at least one of its three stores doing well. As this week’s Q1 earnings indicate, that is just not the case anymore — as all three of its brands reported anemic sales. Results for Gap Inc. have been a mixed bag for the last several years. Recently it’s been Old Navy.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Capital One made the headlines then – a genius move, many called it at that time, for an issuer that lacked demand in deposit accounts and had no other way to provide a debit-like offering that would make their brand sticky to consumers. And each time, the headlines were all about how great these merchant-branded initiatives would be.

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MARCH 14, 2016

But even as companies witness more accessible working capital and financing solutions, that doesn’t guarantee success. Researchers at KPMG International and CB Insights counted 653 deals in 2015, the majority of which came from venture capitalists and private equity firms, reports said.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. The List (2017).

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Last year, data showed that Kroger’s private label brands were vastly outselling name-brand competitors in the pasta category, so the grocer revamped the pasta aisle to give its own brands a more prominent shelf presence. Capital expenditures for 2018 are projected at $3 billion. The Plan in Action.

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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. Imagine BBVA adopting Simple as its global brand.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

According to the report , the deal comes as Carro raised some $30 million in fresh capital. Carro, which operates in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, said more than $500 million worth of vehicles were sold last year on its platform, up from $250 million in 2017 and $120 million the year before.”. But the opportunities are real.

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JULY 13, 2016

According to a consultant hired by Total Hockey to help it right the ship, comparable same-store sales for the brand, which runs about 27 locations spread across the Midwest, were positive for every quarter up until Q4 2015, when they took an 8 percent dive. Not every brand that closes its doors did so last week in infamy, though.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

While India-based Blume Ventures takes the lead for most active venture capital investor in the country, corporate and CVC deals to the tech sector have risen every year since 2012. Deals with corporate participation more than doubled between 2014 and 2015 and hit a peak last year of 190 deals. TOP TEN CORPORATE INVESTORS IN INDIA.

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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. stores in 2015. But it’s only just begun. The Invisible Innovators .

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APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. billion on 500 remodels in 2018 — more than a fifth of the retailer’s total capital expenditure of $10.3 In 2019 Walmart plans to employ $11 billion in capital expenditures.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Canada’s Intact Financial and China Pacific Insurance, New Enterprise Associates, First Round Capital, Mitsui and SV Angel. Metromile is ready to rev up, having acquired licenses to operate in all of Uncle Sam’s 50 states, despite currently underwriting policies in only four right now: New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

2015, Slack launched its $80 million Slack Fund, and then, the company made three rounds of investments. Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark Growth and Social+Capital are all involved in the fund. In case you’re keeping count, Slack has now invested in 25 bots in 13 months.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Combined, these 31 European startups have raised more than $21B in total funding, and operate across industries including fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Company Description: This UK-based company operates data centers in Europe and Asia. Auto1 Group now has operations in more than 30 countries. Global Switch.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

The news that on-demand delivery startup Munchery has closed its doors — even after raising $125 million in venture capital funding — serves as reminder of how difficult it can be to gain a profitable foothold (much less a dominant position) in the on-demand food delivery space. The coffee chain said this week (Jan.

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APRIL 24, 2017

While BJ’s doesn’t have quite the scale, scope or name recognition of its rivals Costco and Sam’s Club, among the wholesale shoppers of the northeastern United States, the brand maintains a fairly devout following. Some of the names floated so far in the context of the sale: Amazon, Walmart, KKR, Bain Capital, TPB and Blackstone.

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MAY 24, 2018

Despite another quarterly earnings miss announced Wednesday (May 23), Lowe’s shares got a 9 percent bump mid-week after poaching JCPenney CEO Marvin Ellison on Tuesday, a move that garnered support from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP. Zulily was one of those ventures, bought by QVC in 2015 for $2.9

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JUNE 10, 2016

Those are the findings of a brand new study from Visa which projects that international travel by households globally will increase dramatically over the next decade. The study combined current travel patterns of Visa-branded cardholders across the globe with industry estimates and forecasts for international travel. Percent Increase.

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MARCH 20, 2017

On top of that, off-price chains are able to operate without many of the same headache that face traditional retailers, The Economist reported. Dealing with deal-hungry shoppers works for them because they are always able to offer the brands consumers want at a discount. percent in 2015. Making Room For Growth.

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JULY 11, 2017

Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness. ” Brian Tate, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA), had a similar reaction. The referenced studies and research harken back to 2015 when the CFPB initially proposed its rules.

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JULY 6, 2018

toy market and its sudden disappearance left toy brands — large and small — quaking, as they now find themselves competing for shelf space that is vastly diminished. “A Strategic Marks, a firm that buys and repurposes defunct brands, owns the KB name and plans to open 1,000 pop-up KB Toys stores this holiday season. Pop-Up Toy Stores.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Years in the making, the regulation was born from the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in 2012, with Title IV of the act — also known as Regulation A+ — enabling average joes to invest in companies seeking capital. It’s complex to set up a portal and get it certified and create a seamless operating model.”.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

“Large global firms such as RBS and BNY Mellon already call Manchester home, and the city also holds the IT centers for other global financial services brands, such as Lloyds and Barclays,” Manchester’s Inward Investment Agency recently announced.

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MAY 20, 2016

The data show that operating earnings from sales have declined by up to 25 percent as a result of a shift from in-store to online. Branded as CVS Express, the service is running in targeted markets now and is expected to expand to all of CVS’ 9,600 stores by the end of the year. The Curb Factor . The firm surveyed more than 1,000 U.S.

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