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Philadelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own

PYMNTS

The entire process, cradle to grave, has failed to evolve and innovate with the customer in mind.”. Just this week, investors in Starwood Capital Group started to show signs of strain after the pandemic shuttered stores and wiped out emergency cash reserves, leading to default on a $700 million loan.

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23 VC-Backed Brick & Mortar Startups Changing The Face Of Main Street

CB Insights

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Social Capital.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2013 Edition

Jeff For Banks

capital appreciation and dividends. Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiary BofI Federal Bank aspire to be the most innovative branchless bank in the United States providing products and services superior to their competitors, branch-based or otherwise. Not so over the three years I have been keeping track.

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Transportation-As-A-Service: The Future Of Smart Commuting

CB Insights

The following is a guest post by Paul Asel, managing partner at NGP capital. Innovations in urban mobility must address three key consumer interests: commute times, transportation costs and convenience. Sources: NGP Capital analysis based on Moovit, AllTransit, Inrix, Nexar, city government data. Smart commuting: A better model.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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AI Will Put 10 Million Jobs At High Risk — More Than Were Eliminated By The Great Recession

CB Insights

Innovation in microprocessors — particularly Nvidia’s graphic processing units (GPUs) — have played a large role. Early-stage food-preparation startups using robotics and AI are proliferating, and operating in both B2B and B2C models. Robot-run warehouses are already in operation. How did we get here? in funding.