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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

24) that it has launched in California. s fasted growing startup, WorldRemit said it has set its sights on California, as the state is home to one in four migrants in the U.S. California will also stand as the company’s second largest market to date. Mobile money transfer service WorldRemit announced Wednesday (Feb.

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MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. Asia Capital & Advisors led the round, reports said, while Global eTrade Services and Curzon Investments also participated. Apollo Agriculture.

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JUNE 10, 2020

trillion market capitalization, 9to5Mac reported. . Last week, Apple inched closer to the all-time high market cap when its stock sold at $326 a share. Market capitalization is the share price multiplied by the number of outstanding shares of the company’s stock, which yields the company’s overall stock market value.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Card network Mastercard and California-based AI and speech recognition company SoundHound have partnered to establish a voice-based, drive-thru solution for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). Boston Market On The Fraud-Fighting, Customer Service-Enhancing Power Of AI.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California dominated the headlines, as it certainly appears that the so-called “First Wave” of the virus has not ended yet. COVID-19 has pounced on some of our largest population centers that began relatively aggressive economic re-opening campaigns in mid to late May.

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MARCH 23, 2020

One market expert says that the COVID-19 outbreak will probably bring the housing market to a stop. said in an announcement that it will halt home buying in all 24 markets where Zillow Offers is currently in operation.

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American Banker

JUNE 13, 2023

The Roseville, California institution is expanding into the Bay Area in hopes that it can land new clients and lenders in the wake of two large regional failures there this year.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

19) that it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to California-based private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management, according to a statement. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said on Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

Venture capital activity in the B2B space found software and data management firms securing funding. Separately, Valimail , a California-based email authentication firm, stated that it raised $25 million through Series B financing. million open source packages. Funding will be used for growth across Canada and Latin America.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

help students create lasting memories and friendships through shared experiences, and look toward international markets.” . “This new funding will allow us to. The college calendars are monitored and updated by what IRL calls “student ambassadors,” to assist students with tracking activities and organizing events. "IRL

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Amid the race to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization, analysts are predicting that Amazon will win over Apple. But, while Apple is getting a lot of accolades from analysts on Wall Street and investors, it won’t hold the top spot for market capitalization for long. Even so, Apple could potentially pull off an upset.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The combined company, to be led by Metromile CEO Dan Preston , will have a pro forma market capitalization of approximately $1.3 Investors Social Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Miller Value, Clearbridge and Mark Cuban have committed to investing $160 million through a private placement of INSU II Class A common shares.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

It’s probably a good thing, too, considering there has been one high-profile cyberattack after another shaking up the market, including Equifax, SAP, Yahoo, Deloitte and Instagram, just to name a few — and all within just the last few weeks. This California-based startup has a particular cybersecurity focus: payments fraud.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We previously wrote about California Governor Newsom’s 2020-2021 Budget and an accompanying trailer bill that would rename the Department of Business Oversight (“DBO”) and significantly increase its ability to oversee financial services providers in the state. California Consumer Financial Protection Law. Register here. the “CFPA”).

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APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised.

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JULY 18, 2018

eBay is gearing up to slash close to 300 jobs in California, with the cuts slated to be completed by July 20. RBC Capital Markets estimates Amazon made between $1.5 In the notice to the EDD, Amir Vonsover, an eBay employment counsel, wrote, “eBay will conduct a mass layoff.” billion.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In the rideshare arena, InMotion , Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, invested $25 million in a $600 million funding round for Lyft in 2017. Beyond rideshares, InMotion Ventures also entered the self-driving taxi market with a $3 million infusion in U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

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. vc and Techstars Ventures.

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JULY 13, 2020

Nationwide, daily COVID cases rose to 60,000 per day with Texas, Florida, Arizona, and California leading the way. If this looks familiar to last week’s market summary… it is! We just replaced “holiday-shortened week” and instead of 50,000 COVID cases a day, we are now at 60,000.

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JULY 13, 2020

” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) charged California’s Abra for failing to register before offering and selling securities-based swaps. And, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In PYMNTS’ latest B2B venture capital roundup, which yielded $75 million in new funding, startups embraced distributed ledger technology for B2B payments and supply chain management, with 80 percent of total funding landing at blockchain companies. ClearMetal.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

After one of the busiest weeks of the year for B2B startup venture capital funding, this week revealed a bit of a lull in the market. It was an SMB InsurTech startup, however, that led this week’s roundup, and brought the market its newest unicorn. Fleet management startup Avrios , based in Germany, raised $14.2

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Raised capital in late 2019. Agreed to sell 2 branches in weak markets - 12/2020 5/25 Look how much $CFBK accomplished in just over 4 years. (2/2) Entered Indianapolis on 5/2021, a top 2 Midwest market with Columbus, another market $CFBK is in. 14/25 Capital priorities for banks: 1. shareholder value.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Poshmark, which started in 2011 and is based in California, enables shoppers to try to sell unwanted belongings or to purchase products from other users. Union Grove Venture Partners, GGV Capital and Menlo Ventures, among others, are investors in the company. millio, valuing the company at almost $600 million.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

executive Tom Siebel , is pricing its initial public offering (IPO) above the marketed range, aiming to make $651 million, Bloomberg reported , quoting unnamed sources familiar with the goings-on of the company. The company, based in Redwood City, California, sold 15.5 The company, based in Redwood City, California, sold 15.5

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JUNE 17, 2016

Uber has turned profitable in all of its developed markets. The company now also seems to be profiting in China — a market where it has long faced intense competition from Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, which stands atop the space with the largest market share. its most profitable market.

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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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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The firm recently closed a $100 million investment round that will partly back physical growth in international markets and bolster the size of its labor force, the Financial Times reported. In October, the firm will open its 22 nd retail location in its home state of California.

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MARCH 27, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. In a recent report, CrunchBase looked back at how VC investors reacted to the market downturn over a decade ago.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

With Tradeshift securing a nine-figured fundraise, the supply chain payments company was the undoubted leader of this week’s B2B venture capital fundraise. The series A round also saw participation from access ventures, Agaeti Venture Capital, Ahabe Group and Central Capital Ventura. Below, PYMNTS looks at how more than $292.5

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AUGUST 17, 2020

COVID-19 continued to dominate the news as new cases slowed a bit in the Southwest and California, but picked up speed in the Midwest. What Happened: Last week was what a typical slow August trading week once looked like, at least for stocks. The biggest battle now comes from the reopening of schools across the country.

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JULY 6, 2020

Nationwide, daily COVID cases rose to 50,000 per day with Texas, Florida, Arizona, and California leading the way. What Happened: Despite worsening COVID-19 news, stocks managed to explode higher for the holiday-shortened week with the NASDAQ hitting another all-time high on Thursday.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. Bed Bath & Beyond Strikes Deal To Sell Cost Plus World Market. In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Riley Securities Inc.

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JULY 14, 2017

million Series A round of venture capital (VC) funding led by Bullpen Capital. With 25 full-time employees and 2,300 couriers, Saucey is making its way into various California cities and has plans to move into Texas and Florida down the road. Los Angeles-based, alcohol delivery startup Saucey just announced news of its $5.4

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MAY 26, 2020

The owner/operator of 85 shopping centers in California, Colorado and Illinois said shoppers are returning to recently reopened malls, but they’re not lingering, according to a CNBC report. But you can access equity markets [and] public debt markets.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Based in Redwood City, California, C3.ai ai’s market capitalization could be around $3.66 The company is among the numerous Silicon Valley startups that are out to capitalize on investors’ big appetite for new tech stocks. ai Founder and CEO Thomas M. Siebel said. ai into one of the world’s great software companies.".

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AUGUST 14, 2020

million in combined funding, B2B FinTechs remain resilient in today’s current market. Vitesse plans to deploy the investment to fuel growth and focus on sales and marketing initiatives, while also broadening its presence in the U.S. Accounting automation startup CANDIS secured about $14.2

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