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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Banking veteran Keith Costello cofounded Locality Bank, where he serves as president and CEO, to champion for south Florida small businesses financially affected by the pandemic. After looking at the consolidation in our market, we concluded that the lack of community banks was the reason.”. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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Market Commentary: Week of July 13, 2020

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What Happened: Despite worsening COVID news, stocks—particularly tech stocks—managed to explode higher for the week with the NASDAQ hitting another all-time high on Friday. Nationwide, daily COVID cases rose to 60,000 per day with Texas, Florida, Arizona, and California leading the way.

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Market Commentary: Week of July 6, 2020

SWBC's LenderHub

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. Nationwide, daily COVID cases rose to 50,000 per day with Texas, Florida, Arizona, and California leading the way.

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On-Demand Home Services Startup Homee Raises $15M

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Tampa, Florida-based startup Homee raised $15 million in series B funding led by Forté Ventures, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Aug. Funds also came from Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Active Capital Partners, Florida Funders, Deepwork Capital and Engage. Providers regardless of size receive payment within 72 hours.

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B2B Startups Land Funding For Risk Mitigation Tech

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This week's B2B Venture Capital roundup saw more than $76 million in new funding. The startup, which raised the funding from angel investors including Southern Water Managing Director Rob Barnett, EV Cargo CEO Craig Sears-Black and Lyre's Spirit Co. CEO Carl Hartmann, was founded amid the pandemic as supply chain risks skyrocketed.

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FIS Partners With Liberis For SMB Alt Lending

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Florida FinTech Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is partnering with London FinTech Liberis , to offer small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an alternative funding source, FIS announced in a press release Wednesday (Jan. With the introduction of Working Capital, U.S. The round was led by investment firm FTV Capital.

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 SMB Lending, Automation In B2B VC Focus

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The money, which came via Series D round led by Sequoia Capital India and The Three Sisters Institutional Office, brings the total tally raised to date to $81 million. In Singapore, Aspire , a startup geared toward helping smaller firms access working capital, raised $32.5 The company also offers B2B payment acceptance tools.

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