Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

So why do FIs opt for the sideline in participating more fully in innovation? I recently wrote on these pages that FIs should develop Shark Tank like processes to get early stage equity capital into the hands of nearby entrepreneurs to fuel growth in local markets. Take Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, California.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. Blockchain.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Chipotle Mexican Grill is capitalizing on the surge in online demand and opening its first digital-only restaurant in Highland Falls, New York, just outside the gates of West Point military academy. Chipotle Digital Kitchen will start taking online orders for pickup or delivery on Saturday (Nov.

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APRIL 5, 2020

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, a biotech group based in San Diego, California, raised about $165 million. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the stock market, causing 20 firms to postpone IPOs, according to Renaissance Capital. The stock market hasn’t been this shaky since the 2008-09 financial crisis.

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JUNE 18, 2020

as well as Durable Capital Partners LP in addition to current investors, accounts and funds that T. Ellenbogen continued, “More important than ever, DoorDash is innovating on products and services that power local commerce and enhance their larger community including Dashers, customers, and merchants. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Lloyd’s Head of Innovation Trevor Maynard said per the report that the British insurance company is the “natural home for insurance innovation because of the unique ability of syndicates to collaborate to insure new things.”. JVCEA said Tokyo Hash and Digital Asset Markets Inc. And the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Emerging markets-focused money transfer app WorldRemit has raised another round of funding, bringing the total amount to $220 million. The new Series C funding of $40 million was led by LeapFrog Investments, a PE firm that focuses on Asian and African markets.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

million in combined funding, B2B FinTechs remain resilient in today’s current market. Investments ranged across geographies and industries, but the biggest highlights landed on trade financing and early wage access innovators, as startups bolster their value by supporting small businesses’ and employees’ financial recovery.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The round was led by Innovation Endeavors, with Dynamo Venture Capital, AngelPad, Fontinalis Partners and Trucks Venture Capital also participating. The company has been testing the vans on public roads in California since early 2018. Gatik said it would soon announce more commercial partnerships. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

More than $874 million in fresh funding landed at B2B startups this week across a range of market segments and geographies. An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

During his career at Citi, Khaliq has served in management positions in banking, markets and securities services, country management (CCO) and treasury services. Before taking that role, Khaliq had served as global head of Direct Custody & Clearing inside of Markets and Securities Services since 2017. 13) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Bork will spearhead Sezzle’s enterprise business development efforts, as the company focuses on client acquisition following its recent capital raise. As PYMNTS recently reported , the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm raised $55 million in its latest capital round. The company offers U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital. This holding company offers a suite of INDUS-branded services targeting the legal cannabis market with tools like sales, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and more. The Credit Junction.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 Analysts said the industry has seen its highest venture capital activity since Q1 of 2016, fueled by focus on late-stage investment rounds. This week’s B2B venture capital roundup is quite indicative of these trends. According to KPMG’s U.S.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Finch Capital recently invested an undisclosed sum into Indonesia’s Jojonomic, a company that provides expense management and business management technology. India’s M1Xchange has secured an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Mayfield India and SIDBI Venture Capital, reports in Inc42 said this week.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

But on the second day of Innovation Project 2017, eyes were beyond Beantown and cast toward the world at large. I’ve been around this industry now deploying capital for, let’s say, 18 years, and I’ve never seen a product or invested in a product that has higher customer approval rates than the traditional deferred deposit advance loans.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. The Series C investment will help the California company focus on growth and product innovation to fuel development of its enterprise data warehousing solution.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Last year, Lendbuzz’s loan origination grew 320 percent, and the company increased its dealership network across the United States to include key markets, including California and Florida. Lendbuzz’s technology allows the company to tap into this market. “This is a significant step forward for Lendbuzz.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Business intelligence is a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital (VC) roundup, with many startups deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated data analytics technologies for their business customers. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts. Investors placed more than $136.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Funderbeam operates a blockchain-powered funding and trading platform for the private sector in an effort to address the small business venture and capital gap. Reports said the firm is currently expanding its team, though exact details on how Edgewise plans to use the capital were not revealed.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Weak iPhone Sales Cost Apple Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in Market Cap . Trackers and Reports.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Our goal is to build a global payment ecosystem across many emerging markets.”. People sit in California and listen to Spotify that was developed in Sweden, and Uber started somewhere before going to different countries and figuring out local markets,” he said. Why not us?” Oviosu asked.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

In May, Impossible Foods Chief Financial Officer David Lee told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster, “I’m quite optimistic about how capitalism can fuel innovation on a level playing field to serve the customer better. Hold on to that enthusiasm, because with proof of concept comes the gold rush.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Kenna said it plans to use the funds to expand its team, focus on sales and continue innovation efforts. Cybersecurity. Back-Office.

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MAY 11, 2018

With more than $175 million raised for B2B startups this week, the undoubted winner was a California-based artificial intelligence data analytics company – a sign, the firm noted, of the enterprise’s increasing reliance on AI. Operating in the trade finance market, CCRManager announced $6.5 Alternative Lending. CCRManager.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Credit Union) – Spire Credit Union and Hiway Credit Union put 2+2 together to make a $4 billion institution in the Minnesota market. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Pan Gongsheng as saying that officials criticized Ant for poor corporate governance, defiance of regulatory demands, illegal regulatory arbitrage, the use of its market advantage to squeeze out competitors and harming consumers’ legal interests. Will Chinese Authorities Force Ant To Restructure? . A Growing Crackdown .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup shows FIs are placing funding with their FinTech partners, too, including Nationwide and HSBC U.K., For traditional financial institutions (FIs), working with a would-be competitor means integrating technologies for customers without having to build solutions from scratch. Betterworks.

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JUNE 17, 2019

We will continue to look for ways to release innovative financial education tools and partner with public and private sector entities engaged in consumer financial education to maximize the reach of these tools.”.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The move comes amid growth in the larger maternity market, however, with sales of that apparel expected to reach $7.7 The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., Larger Trends.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

million in new venture capital (VC) funding. The company currently operates in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, with expansion plans to enter other new markets in the first quarter of 2018. The company has deployed innovative robotic technology in its operations as well, improving its operations and overall speed. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

POS platform company Appetize recently announced that it had closed a $20 million investment round led by Shamrock Capital Advisors and Oak View Group, among others. Appetize, a Playa Vista, California-based POS company, delivers modern ordering and payments technology for enterprise businesses.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

What also sets Locality Bank apart from existing financial institutions in its market is that its board and management have a “first principles mindset, one where we set out to create the bank from the start to serve the needs of the local business community,” says Keith Costello, president, CEO and one of Locality Bank’s cofounders.

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