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. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski. Deepening roots.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Through intelligent automation, our platform provides operational efficiency, improved customer experience, and faster payments, representing a $21 billion opportunity for lenders and borrowers.”. The funding will also go to support its effort to expand its software engineering and sales teams located in Austin, Texas. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Investors also took a liking to accounting technology, alternative small business finance and eProcurement, with B2B FinTech startups raising more than $107 million in all. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week. Consero Global.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2017

Amazon is partnering with Galvanize — a 21st-century school for entrepreneurs, engineers, and data scientists — to offer Alexa Skills development workshops that will teach small developers and startups how to build skills for Amazon Alexa, the operating system for smart speaker Echo.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2017

Drako had founded several companies, including Barracuda Networks, and was frustrated with the lack of real-time information about his manufacturing operations. Cece and Drako met while running companies in Silicon Valley and later reconnected in Austin, Texas, to author a solution that could kill both birds with one stone.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. The location, which stocks products ranging from craft beers to handmade tortillas – has technology that lets shoppers use their phones for payments. The company already had operated an innovation facility in Japan.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

The logistics IT center is slated for downtown Minneapolis and will reportedly create 100 new technology focused full-time positions. Amazon is always looking for the best and brightest software engineers to join our team,” said Dave Glick, VP of operations technology for Amazon.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

That’s thanks in large part to mobile technology and the interest of other parts of the transportation ecosystem, including from ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft , both of which are on their ways to becoming public companies. That deal came after Lyft rival Uber bought bike-sharing operator JUMP.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. Consumers now expect a certain basic level of technological capabilities driven by their experiences across other industries. Even labor saving technology (e.g.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

The facility, which has been in operation since March, serves more than 100 Walmart locations in Guangxi and Guangdong. Beyond the distribution center, Walmart China is enhancing its logistics efforts in the country with the help of technology. The feature is on offer in Phoenix, Dallas, Austin and San Diego.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

They were to be available in some Chicago, Nashville, Austin and New York stores beginning on Oct. In other news, Outback Steakhouse is testing machine learning (ML) technology from Presto at multiple restaurants operated by one of its franchisees. 14, according to the report, and in California at the start of November.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend. The company operates a working capital and trade finance solution for companies to secure financing to power global trade.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Anxiety from outsiders promoting newfangled technologies that must be adapted in order for their bank to be relevant. Anxiety from insiders chiding them to innovate because this customer or that customer asked about some piece of technology their other bank has. Among bankers, there is anxiety. Two were acquired, and two shuttered.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA.

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PopularBank

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Popular Bank Associate Trainee Program is a select, 10-month rotational program for top-tier recent college graduates that exposes trainees to the diverse lines of the bank’s businesses, operations, policies and practices. Meet Austin. She later earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

The Bank also offers wealth management and trust services. We serve the dental and other health professional industries through a centralized loan and deposit platform that operates out of our main office in Dallas, Texas and serves clients in 30 states. We anticipate that these loans will also be originated nationwide.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 8, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 15 notable, early-stage startups developing technologies related to unmanned aerial, marine, and/or land vehicles designed for unstructured environments. Select Investors: Environmental Technologies Fund. Fortem Technologies. Starship Technologies. Hangar Technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But for prepaid debit card firm Netspend — which spent much of the past year making just such a transition — the challenge wasn’t as much a matter of changing technology as it was of changing the company’s mindset. At the same time, he said Netspend can reliably do all of that with its built-to-scale technology platform.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The bold-yellow-lettering-on-blue-background-adorned movie rental stores that dotted the American landscape throughout the 1990s — Gothamist notes that, as late as 2004, there were around 9,000 Blockbuster locations in business across the country — now number a scant 51 independently operated franchises.

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Vitalik Buterin

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Another surprising result to me was Austin Griffith getting second place. After seeing Austin's impressive performance in this Gitcoin round, I asked a few people what was going on. Score one for new-age fancy quadratic market democracy. Another desirable property of pairwise-bounded QF is that it privileges cross-tribal projects.

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CB Insights

MARCH 19, 2019

Move over, 4G — the next generation of wireless technology is here. 5G technology will enable wider network coverage, more stable internet connections, and faster data transfer speeds (from 4G’s 1Gbps to 10Gbps). 5G technology could integrate many unconnected, energy-consuming devices through low-cost connections.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Zebra , an Austin-based home and auto insurance comparison site, announced its $38.6M Laka , a London-based community-driven insurance technology company, raised $4.7M The company offers a commercial real estate management platform and offers a commercial P&C insurance program for portfolios between $500K and $10B in AUM. .

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. These ventures show credit unions are not standing still when it comes to technological disruption, and we hope much is learned from these early risk-taking efforts. THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS. This year brought us: Mergers out the yin-yang.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

values the restaurant management platform company at $1.4 The way restaurants serve their customers is going through a fundamental change, and the technology that enables restaurant operations must respond to these new demands. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund Portfolio Manager Henry Ellenbogen said in the press release. “Our

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It’s a departure from years past, but according to Unicorn India Ventures managing partner Anil Joshi, it’s perhaps unsurprising that B2B FinTech has pulled ahead of its B2C counterpart. and Canada, TechCrunch said, operating in verticals with locksmiths, repair service providers and cleaning businesses. has raised $13 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Over 800 locations use Klever Logic’s technology in the U.S. The company, headquartered in Austin, Tex., We’re a complete solution — from taking credit card payments as you exit the garage to mobile payments for valets to managing all of the revenue control and systems for parking operators,” he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Today, uShip operates in 19 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Austin Texas and Amsterdam. For uShip, the path to optimization and driving value can be found in how companies are leveraging technology. The platform enables some 30,000 Schenker transport providers to optimize management of 5,000 loads per day.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. The key focus areas are big data analytics and multi-channel customer outreach strategies; projects such as on-can printing, wearable technology, and Bluetooth beacons are noted on the Coca-Cola website. Founded: 2015 .

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

In this report, we dive into some of the technologies that will help address these concerns and influence the future of the office space, from autonomous cleaning solutions to people-counting sensors. Here are some of the new considerations and technologies that may impact each part of Rachel’s working day. Source: Wellable.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Today, the top four retail pharmacies by number of stores — Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid — operate more than 25,000 stores. A newsletter examining how startups and corporations are approaching the intersection of healthcare and technology. Get Our Digital Health Newsletter. Key takeaways.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 9, 2017

Startups working in construction tech have the potential to upend approaches to design, procurement, and operations. Select Investors : DFJ Growth Fund, Foxconn Technology Company, Khosla Ventures. The company uses precision manufacturing technology, including robotics and laser cutting systems, to deliver their buildings.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Company: AOptix Technologies. Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project. Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Artis Capital Management. via TechCrunch. Company: KiOR.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

Q2 , a developer of online and digital banking solutions based in Austin, recently launched its own data analytics platform specifically geared toward community banks. These changes are enabling community banks to take innovative approaches to data to improve business operations.

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CB Insights

JULY 28, 2017

Startups in the digital health sector vary widely, from heart rate tracking wearables to chronic care monitoring technology to specialist referral platforms. Here are the digital health categories in our map: Care Management: Companies creating tools to aid in the development of, and compliance with, treatment plans.

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