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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A tech publication , citing the company, reported that the funding round was led by GV, the venture capital arm of Google and Foundation Capital. Proceeds from the round of fundraising are slated to improve the company’s technology and expand its service in more cities. The startup faces a formidable competitor in Airbnb.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

One Medical , a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet , has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.”

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JULY 16, 2019

Built In , a platform connecting professionals with technology companies across the country, has announced it raised $22 million in Series C funding. Founded in 2011, Built In helps more than 1,800 customers connect with over 1 million technology professionals each month.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

ParkWhiz announced it has received an additional $5 million in equity to its recently-announced Series D financing, bringing the total funding round led by NewSpring Capital to $25 million. The money will be used to expand the company’s parking network, Arrive, which provides friction-free access to parking lots in select markets.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Many financial institutions implemented or upgraded technology to help them offer PPP loans during the pandemic. In the secondary market, guaranteed loans are liquid and command a premium.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Many financial institutions implemented or upgraded technology to help them offer PPP loans during the pandemic. In the secondary market, guaranteed loans are liquid and command a premium.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 6, 2016

A few weeks ago we focused on invest tech, and brought up three startups working to help the market-savvy turn a small advantage into a major lead over other investors. This week’s startups to watch are investing in under-leveraged niches of the fintech world, from P2P networks to lower insurance premiums, Read More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

A second office is slated for Chicago and by the end of 2020, the company expects to more than double its staff. Chime’s rapid growth is happening as competition in the digital banking market widens. Britt co-founded Chime in 2014 with Ryan King, who serves as chief technology officer. Chime’s account base is 6.5

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Abrigo

AUGUST 6, 2015

As noted by a University of Chicago Booth School research paper and Harvard Business Review , the debate centers on the use of fair value accounting and its impact on the economic crash of 2008, as well as its appropriateness in accounting for companies going forward. For example, is the company intending to be sold or held?

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years. If it launches in the U.K.’s

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Before Tuesday’s announcement on the two new headquarter locations, candidate cities Cincinnati, Ohio and Sacramento, California were reportedly changing workforce development programs to grow talent in the technology realm. Citi Reaction. Apparently, the Amazon effect can work in the opposite direction as well, according to a CNBC report.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

New Orleans is the site of one of the most significant and ongoing backlashes against the sharing economy, a global trend that probably won’t kill off Airbnb and other major players, but could create more hassles and pressures for some companies struggling to make it in this big, crowded market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

This report purports that technology is the game changer when it comes to bridging the gap between the startup-heavy places, like Silicon Valley and Boston, and the rest of the world. The technology industry currently sits at 4.5 percent, this means the technology industry is growing twice as fast as the worldwide economy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

For most firms, referring to products as “Space Age” is a marketing strategy. They’ve been using the same technology for hundreds of years, and we saw the opportunity to differentiate ourselves from a product perspective. How we talk about the brand and technology all come to life through this website.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jiobit, a technology startup based out of Chicago, makes something that seems like every parent, from those expecting to empty nesters, will want or wish they’d had. Jiobit hopes to change that with its flagship tracker by leveraging wireless technology and machine learning that adapts to a child’s daily behavior.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Folks can buy Amazon products directly at Kohl’s, including smart home offerings — cementing, perhaps, Kohl’s as purveyors of cutting-edge technology. Can you spell coopetition?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market. We’re also a pure-play technology company, designed to support banks [that] want to offer lending products, but … either can’t or won’t dedicate hundreds of millions to building the capacity,” he said. A Better Option For Banks.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

After much of Chicago burned to the ground in 1871, rebuilding the city involved various fundraising and restorative strategies. to help build a new, free and public library in the capital of the Midwest – a gesture that can still make the city’s locals smile with awe and gratitude.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It's hard to believe that an entire month has gone by since Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco — but baseball fans will have noticed that things have been a bit hectic here in Chicago of late. Most banks, however, are not Capital One. Banks can roll their own code, spool up a VM, and off they go.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

million in B2B venture capital was divided among alt-finance, supplier payments and Big Data services startups this past week. MCI Capital, based in Poland, led the financing via its MCI.TechVentures Fund, according to reports. Chicago’s LQD Business Finance announced a Series A funding round on Thursday (July 21).

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

Carrick Capital Partners led the investment, which will be used to help Bay Dynamics expand globally and continue to innovate in the cyberrisk management space. The funding was led by Hoxton Ventures and Promus Ventures, based in London and Chicago, respectively. Cybersecurity. Bay Dynamics. and Singapore. B2B eCommerce.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This is a classic bank deal – one acronym buys another at a good price and plans to cut the hell out of cost while adding markets. During a busy year we saw Jill supporting her local community, blogging with Mark Cuban, spinning up new PPP technology and innovating with things like curbside banking. Market cap in January: $19B.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For the past four-plus years, Chesler has guided Glacier through continued growth and successful acquisitions across the West, all while staying true to Glacier’s local market culture. Brandon Dewitt, MX co-founder and chief technology officer. Tom Sargent, CEO, First Technology Credit Union. RIP, Brandon Dewitt.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Christiansburg was chosen as the test market because Wing has been working with Virginia Tech in nearby Blacksburg to pilot the drone deliveries. The company said it is “in a unique position to capitalize on the convenience of drone delivery if and when it should expand.” That effort is part of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2017

And those are just the new technologies getting the most press. Financial services firm Cornerstone Capital Group projected that robots will capture between 6 million and 7.5 The prevailing narrative predicts swaths of low-skilled service-sector workers overwhelming a job market that has fewer options for them than ever before.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

It was only four months ago that Chef’d CEO Kyle Ransford predicted that big changes were coming to the meal kit market in a conversation with Karen Webster , and that meal kit providers were going to need to seriously update their business models to navigate a changing landscape. “I Meal kits are a changing market.

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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. 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.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2018

In recent years, its core trading business has slowed, and its capital market and merger businesses have been fairly flat. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal in early April, the bank has hired away a senior engineer at JPMorgan to develop cash management tools as it eyes an entrance into the commercial banking market.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

Amid the influx of capital to both auto tech and supply chain & logistics tech , it’s no surprise that trucking tech startups — which sit at the juncture of these two trends — are drawing investor interest. We used the CB Insights database to create a market map of private technology companies in the trucking space.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2016

In an industry where the top five institutions control more than half the market share, it amazes me how few of the 6,000 other banks are taking advantage of shared insights and resources to compete. GonzoBanker Credit Union CIO Roundtable Chicago May 1-3. They share insights as to what works and what failed miserably.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. ‘PayFac’ technology simplifies underwriting and onboarding. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. Market strategy outside the US. FIS is also one of the biggest providers of core banking processing and has integrations with Q2 technologies.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Chicago-based anti-fraud, transaction monitoring specialist Rippleshot has raised an additional $2.6 The investment, led by the venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group, CMFG Ventures, takes the company’s total funding to $4.6 million in seed funding.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 24, 2016

The Series B round was led by MK Capital, and featured participation from Grotech Ventures and Relevance Capital. Passport CEO Bob Youakim said that the capital infusion would help speed the company’s growth and expansion both in the U.S. The new investment takes Passport’s total funding to $17 million.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Laka , a London-based community-driven insurance technology company, raised $4.7M Obie , a Chicago-based proptech startup, announced it raised $2.8M Goodcover , a San Francisco-based insurtech, raised a $2M seed round led by Fuel Capital. Covered below, The Zebra also provided a peek into its performance numbers. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

Headway Capital , which provides online flexible credit lines of up to $50,000 for­­ U.S. The Chicago-based provider uses predictive analytics and digital decisioning to understand customers and make optimal decisions, mitigating fraud and risk.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

B2B startups continue to steal the venture capital spotlight. The trend is seen in other markets, too, with reports at Pitchbook on Thursday (Oct. The company said it would use the investment to hire new employees and open a new office in Chicago next year. Greensill Capital. ElasticRun.

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