Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Restaurant disruptor sweetgreen raised $150 million in a new funding round co-led by Lone Pine Capital and D1 Capital Partners, sweetgreen said in a press release on Monday (Sept. The company is also expanding into more cities and in 2020 will launch in Miami, Denver and Austin.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week. OfBusiness.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

The face-off in Chicago follows about a month after a similar showdown in Austin after voters rejected a proposal by the two firms to self-regulate drivers. Drivers in Austin would have had to under go a fingerprint background check and have emblems on their cars. Both companies ultimately suspended service in Austin.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

The Austin-based company claims that its displays have proven to drive customer engagement and help increase in-store sales by as much as 38 percent. “This investment will also help us to more quickly add new retailers and brands who want to use eyeQ to reinvent the in-store shopping experience.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

John Cronin, an analyst at Goodbody’s, told the Financial Times that by using banking partnerships, Amazon could “significantly extend” its SMB lending platform, “without any associated credit risk of regulatory obligations (in the context of capital and liquidity and so forth).”.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

A technology that tracks lost scooters people rent could play a role in the coming years in digital retail and payments, at least going by recent reports. Now the company has recently raised $15 million in capital, bringing its total to some $51 million. Helium Hotspots. Telco Alternative.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Even food products that cost several times more than Urban Remedy’s typical fare have made the cut — like caviar, for example, according to PYMNTS Unattended Retail tracker. Venture Capital Investment. Where might Urban Remedy put some of that venture capital cash? The Future.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Ontario (L.A.),

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

With DineVite, consumers and restaurants get a better deal, since the restaurants can offer a deal to customers that they are comfortable with and consumers capitalize on it. As the year rolls on he expects to launch in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Miami.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

million in Series A funding from investors Rumford, HW Capital and Speedinvest. headquarters in Austin, Texas. Payworks provides solutions to acquirers and payment providers but not directly to retailers. The company just announced $4.5 Payworks was founded in 2012 by Deger, David Bellem, Johannes Lechner and Simon Eumes.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Geneva-based Temenos’ announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based digital application provider Kony in a deal totaling $580 million. For Kony clients, the Temenos deal eliminates the distraction that could have been associated with an IPO and provides a strong, well-capitalized parent. And these employees have lots of options.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. Capitalizing on an area’s growing popularity.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Get Outta Dodge (and Focus) Award – Goes to Capital One for exiting a significant mortgage business to focus on cards and direct banking. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. Malls, retail stores and even some bank branch closings proliferated in 2017.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

B2B startups continue to steal the venture capital spotlight. Supply chain management startup Shipwell secured $35 million in Series B funding this week, the company announced in a press release , with investors at Georgian Partners, Fifth Wall, Global Founders Capital, Box Group and Aspect Ventures providing the funding.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

Toast enables our team to streamline operations in a way that wouldn’t be possible with legacy technology,” Austin Brinson, VP of analytics at B.GOOD, said in the announcement. The news comes after Toast raised $101 million in a venture capital (VC) funding round. Other investors include previous backer Bessemer Venture Partners.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The company is also reportedly starting its Series A capital raise of an undisclosed amount according to Richmond Biz Sense. It has become popular in Austin, Texas, and San Francisco, California. Its focus is in the food service, hotel, retail, logistics, warehouse and experimental marketing spaces, TechCrunch reported.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

Financing solutions for retailers & manufacturers. HQ: Austin, Texas. Kikka Capital. HQ: Austin, Texas. Retail finance gateway. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Bejing, China. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $13 million Series B. Total raised: Unknown. Source: Crunchbase. Total raised: $8.17 million ($5.92

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2018

The retailer reported earnings per share of $0.64 Digital sales continue to grow for the company and make up more of the retailer’s sales, with digital sales rising by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter. Boosted by strong digital sales growth, Kohl’s posted a strong first quarter and beat both top-line and bottom-line estimates.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

LiftForward, which provides small business financing with a focus on manufacturers, retailers, and distributors, garnered $100 million from Monroe Capital. The firm said that the capital would be earmarked for growth within existing verticals. The company, headquartered in Austin, Tex.,

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

HQ: Austin, Texas. Point-of-sale financing for retailers. Connects marketplace lenders to institutional capital. Tags: Investors, big data, business intelligence, investing, capital markets. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. Latest round: $40 million. Source: Crunchbase.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

And as of last week, the list got a bit longer, as California made a few great leaps toward becoming the autonomous delivery capital of the country, with two big pilots by brand-name firms scheduled for the cities and suburbs. They are not alone in their focus – though perhaps unique in their specialization.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 9, 2017

From Marriott opening its first modular hotel, to tech giants like Alphabet investing in modular housing, to Japanese retailer Muji launching prefab micro-homes, offsite construction methods are gaining traction. Select Investors : Brightpath Capital Partners, Skagen Group, Vision Ridge Partners. Headquarters: Austin, Texas.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 11, 2018

While commercial lending and treasury management remains the money maker for more than 75% of my clients, most of those clients have a retail-heavy, if any, digital strategy. In a far too-retail focused conference, I thought the best demo was Avoka ’ s commercial account opening solution. More competition is welcome.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

iHealth’s no-contact thermometers retail for less than $45, and Salesforce’s Workplace Command Center, which centralizes key real-time reopening metrics, starts at $5 per user per month as an add-on to existing Salesforce products. The company has raised $75M in funding from investors including Accel and ICONIQ Capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The result was Domio, a site that allows travelers to use apartments in cities such as Austin, New Orleans, Nashville and San Diego. That round was led by Tribeca Venture Partners, with Loric Ventures and SoftBank Capital NY also participating. Earlier this month, the company announced that it notched $12 million in Series A funding.

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