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AUGUST 27, 2020

CriticalPoint Capital, a Los Angeles merger and acquisition advisory and investment bank, will acquire the shoe website while the lingerie platform will be purchased by Delta Galil Industries, an Israeli manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label apparel products for men, women and children. operation in Culver City, California.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Published reports indicate that China’s central bank and banking, securities and foreign-exchange regulators summoned Ant Group executives this past weekend to discuss official concerns about the firm. Reuters quoted central bank Vice Gov. Any FinTech disruptor, when it becomes so big, represents systemic risk,” he told Webster.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. This bill of “personal financial data rights” is similar to the California Privacy Protection Act that is already in force for banks doing business in CA.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. Katie Kuehner-Heber t is a writer in California. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The latest to secure venture capital is WAYV , a procurement platform designed for the legal cannabis industry. “As California moves to a regulated and licensed system, there is a long tail of retailers and brands in the industry that need to be connected,” said Craft Ventures Co-founder David Sacks in a statement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

million in the largest investment round ever for a FinTech that operates exclusively in the continent. Find out who raised the money, and other winners of this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, below. Endeavour Catalyst and Satya Capital also participated. Small Business Banking. The company raised $47.5 InsightSquared.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

The announcement comes as news surfaced that Coinbase was acquiring securities dealer Keystone Capital , a California-based FINRA-registered broker-dealer, which will allow the firm to run an alternative trading system. Currently, Coinbase lets crypto enthusiasts trade in the larger and better-known crypto forms.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The backlash goes beyond rooms, apartments and houses to include instruments of transportation, which is among the latest areas of the digital economy to come under the scrutiny of politicians and regulators. And investors are still pouring capital into companies operating in the sector. Sharing Backlashes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

The company operates primarily in the food and groceries, digital services and electronics space. Australia’s financial services industry is at a crossroads as regulators crack down on unfair practices, particularly against small businesses. million in debt and equity financing. This week, the company revealed $6.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

In just one of the latest, a suit filed earlier this month in California has said the token was born to fund Ripple operations, and the token sales have had “all the traditional hallmarks” of securities – all except the registration as such. Ripple calls it an “independent digital asset.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2017

Amazon said many of the jobs will be in the company’s new fulfillment centers that are currently under construction in Texas, California, Florida, New Jersey and other states around the country. Japan Gives Bitcoin a Big Thumbs Up. After some setback in the U.S. at the hands of the SEC, bitcoin world was looking for some good news.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. 4 First BanCorp (NYSE: FBP) First BanCorp is a full service financial institution with operations in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Florida.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Not only is Facebook still trying to get ahead of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal , but new laws in Europe and California are designed to give consumers much more control over their digital information and personas. The big tech firms are trying to make sure they have a major say in whatever comes next for privacy and data regulation.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Select Investors: Data Collective, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Tencent Holdings, 500 Startups. Select Investors: Accel Partners, Credo Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital . Select Investors: AirTree Ventures, Insurance Australia Group, Reinventure, Sequoia Capital China. Headquarters: Berkeley, California.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

When thinking about Orlando’s tech industry, some say the city’s access to capital, accelerator programs and tech clusters are what sets it apart. Is there anything people may find surprising about operating a business there? ND: People always ask me why I don’t move Crunch to California/Silicon Valley.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Regulators haven’t yet broached the subject with them. Badger Bank is having trouble finding staff “across the board,” from operations to tellers and trust officers. “We finds talk of raising capital thresholds concerning. Addressing ESG is one thing,” she says. Click to enlarge. We don’t even get applications,” Dehnert says.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Not only is Facebook still trying to get ahead of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal , but new laws in Europe and California are designed to give consumers much more control over their digital information and personas. The big tech firms are trying to make sure they have a major say in whatever comes next for data privacy and regulation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

California has passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a sweeping law that forces companies to tell customers about the data they gather about them, and to allow customers to opt out of those practices. Even the attorney general is still figuring out specifics and probably won’t start enforcing the law until July.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. We don’t operate from a position of fear.”. Tom Swenson, Bank of Montana. Reasons to stay. We’re not scared of that.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

It started with an announcement that a California Kroger subsidiary — Foods Co — would stop accepting Visa credit cards (but not debit cards) at 21 of its grocery stores and five of its gas stations, effective Aug. Authorities have reportedly taken notice — regulators in-nation have been moving to limit the markets Ant can pursue.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2016

In June 2015 Lending Club announced a partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Opportunity Fund to provide access to roughly $10 million in capital to small businesses in California. Access to capital for entrepreneurs is key to restoring real economic mobility, job creation and the economic health of the middle class.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Commercial operation of offshore fish farms has been limited to date due to regulations, as well as the challenges of efficiently operating a large farming operation far from land. Offshore farming regulations are loosening. Even still, the fish farming sector faces pressure to be “greener.”

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Enough said?

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

In February, Revolut raised $500 million in a round led by Menlo Park, California-based TCV, one of the largest growth equity firms. Revolut is also backed by Index Ventures, the global venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, and a half dozen others. the New York-based settlement platform.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Heavy-handed regulators. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

There is currently more than $1 billion in venture capital investments into blockchain/bitcoin technology. The consensus is that the next phase of blockchain will be laying the foundation and identifying its two biggest hurdles: cost and regulation. And, to the oft-mentioned issue of them not being regulated like banks?

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

In many ways, Apollo resembles Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Google’s open software platform for a mobile operating system (OS) that launched in 2007. In recent months, the Chinese government has increasingly eased regulations on autonomous vehicles in a number of cities to accelerate the path to commercialization.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris!

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

A chief financial officer and his or her team can not only spend hours managing B2B payment operations, but employees can also introduce risk into every step along the way. It is quite clear that it’s time for the payables operation to take advantage of automation,” said Oren Zeev, founding partner of ?Zeev Sub-Brands. Early Payments.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Under California state law, insurance brokers must complete a mandatory 52-hour pre-certification course to legally sell insurance in the state. Table of contents.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

In her first semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, she majored in Computer Science and learned quite a lot about terminals, using Jedit, and also learned about gates and machine languages operating off binary numbers. Christina is always finding new ways of using her creativity to inspire others.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. Total funding : $161M.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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. Top initiatives: Building employee transportation network; currently have 66 self-driving minivans on the road in California. Apple starting to catch up.

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MyBankTracker

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The company went public in 2019, and now has a market capitalization of almost $90 billion. Regulation. One unique risk that Uber faces is regulation from the government. Uber operates using a model where it does not directly employ the drivers that provide its services. Research and Analysis.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Solyndra intended to use the funding to dramatically expand its manufacturing facilities in Fremont, California, in a move that the company said would create approximately 3,000 new jobs. Coda’s unsold vehicles were later acquired by Mullen Technologies, an electric vehicle company based in California.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

In 2013, Nike invested in California-based industrial robotics startup Grabit , which is currently deployed in some of Nike’s manufacturing facilities. Risk of automation is highest in predictable work environments in industries with lower regulations. California-based Zume Pizza , for instance, has raised $22.7M

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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. Anyone who follows the industry knows this focused institution led by Findlay is all about executing the timeless principles of capital management, credit quality, efficiency and customer service. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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