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Perficient to Present at Fintech Generations 2021

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Perficient is excited to announce that Fintech Generations 2021 , a global fintech thought leadership event that takes place June 7-11, will feature Scott Albahary, chief strategist, financial services. RevTech Labs alumni have raised over $2 billion in venture capital and have had more than $230 million in company exits.

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Lowe’s, PetSmart And Others Take On New Leadership

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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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SME Optimism Waning In Election Season, Says Capital One

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The latest findings from Capital One’s Spark Business Barometer found a significant decline in small business optimism this year compared to their sentiments this time last year, reports said on Monday (May 2). In 2015, 50 percent of small businesses said current business conditions are “excellent or good.” aren’t really feeling it.

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Automakers Rev Up Venture Capital Engine With 38 Investments in 2017

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As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In 2017, there were 38 disclosed venture and seed rounds by automakers , up from 26 in 2016 — and astronomically higher than only six in 2015. What’s next for automaker-backed venture capital firms? Ridesharing. What’s New.

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Trulioo Taps GM Zac Cohen As New COO 

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As COO, Cohen will oversee Trulioo’s senior leadership team and spearhead the company’s continued global expansion. Stephen Ufford, chief executive officer of Trulioo, said that under Cohen’s leadership revenue has grown 150 percent year over year. Trulioo has raised $96.6

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Credit Suisse CEO Resigns After Spying Fiasco

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Under Tidjane’s leadership, Credit Suisse simultaneously repurposed our strategy, restored our capital, reduced our costs, de-risked our business, promoted diversity and engendered an exceptional level of co-operation between various divisions,” he said. Thiam, who is French-Ivorian, moved to Credit Suisse from Prudential in 2015.

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B2B Financing Firm FreightRover Reportedly Impacted By Celadon Fraud Scam

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It hasn’t exactly been the best of times lately for FreightRover , at least not when it comes to legal drama and company leadership. PYMNTS readers might recall that late last year, FreightRover secured $500 million in financing to fuel its factoring operations, with the capital coming from Crayhill Capital Management.

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