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Barclays US Taps Ex-Capital One Exec To Lead Cards And Payments Business

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Holdaway, who has an MBA from Harvard Business School, joins Barclays after 15 years at Capital One , where he held a variety of senior leadership roles in new business initiatives, internet acquisitions and partnership finance. Holdaway will be based in Wilmington, Delaware, and will start his new position in July.

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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

CB Insights

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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Bird Scoots Closer To $1B Valuation With $200M Funding

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In late May, it was reported that the company was trying to raise $150 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Citing a certificate of incorporation filed in Delaware, TechCrunch reported that Bird has authorized the sale of 31.5 million new shares in its financing round at a value of $6.15

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Peapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience

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Launching ‘Ask Peapod’ on Alexa was a natural innovation for Peapod as we continue to create real meal solutions that fit into normal at-home behaviors,” said de Merode. “We The eCommerce giant reportedly plans to invest $500 million in the food segment as it capitalizes on increasing Internet penetration in the country.

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Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02

Lex Sokolin

Goldman Sachs entered and dominated personal digital lending, runs a neobank and roboadvisor, bought a large digital wealth footprint in United Capital, launched a credit card in partnership with Apple, and is now looking into cryptocurrency stablecoins ?—?something Do you think we will see another moment like this in our careers?

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Finovate Alums Populate RegTech Top 100 Power List

Fintech Labs Insights

It is also worth noting that their definition of RegTech is broad enough to include not just ID verification/authentications specialists, but biometric security innovators, as well. Market capitalization of $5.63 Market capitalization of $218 million. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. 1) Temenos ( FE15 , FD15 ).

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. These innovative concepts have even spurred the growth of manufacturers — like Chowbotics — that focus exclusively on robots for restaurants. Tesla charging locations.