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CAN Capital Announces Another Leadership Change With New CEO

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Alternative small business (SMB) lending platform CAN Capital announced on Wednesday (Jan. CAN Capital added Siciliano from commercial financing company Marlin Business Services , where he served in a variety of roles, including CEO and chief operating officer. 9) that Edward J.

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UK BaaS Railsbank Closes $37M Funding Deal To Support US Growth

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banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. Also participating in the round were Anthos Capital, Global Brain, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr. “We and European strategies.”.

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Visa Taps Chris Newkirk To Serve As Chief Strategy Officer

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“Chris will be a great addition to the executive team, not only because of the deep payments expertise he brings, but also for his passion for people and excellent leadership,” Kelly said in the announcement. “I I look forward to welcoming Chris into our Visa family. and New York.

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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). Capital One did uncover good news, however. The economy may be in recovery, but small businesses in the U.S.

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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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A $200M Mélange Of B2B Venture Capital

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B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. million funding round over the weekend, with the corporate expense management company seeing funding from Sabadell Venture Capital, Venturecap, Bankinter, Telegraph Hill Capital and Kibo Ventures. Spain-based Captio revealed a $1.1

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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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