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A digital-first bank for south Florida

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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. In partnership with Nymbus, the bank’s custom digital platform is built on a secure cloud-native core banking system with an open API architecture.

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VCs, Execs Meet To Discuss State Of IPO Landscape

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I’m pro-algorithm,” said Bill Gurley, a general partner at venture capital titan Benchmark. . Gurley, along with Sequoia Capital’s Mike Moritz, have been talking up the benefits of a direct listing instead of traditional IPOs, where banks purchase giant blocks of stock, then make them available to clients at one price the night before.

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VCs And Execs Meet To Discuss Future Of IPOs

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I’m pro-algorithm,” said Bill Gurley, a general partner at venture capital titan Benchmark. . Gurley, along with Sequoia Capital’s Mike Moritz, have been talking up the benefits of a direct listing instead of traditional IPOs, where banks purchase giant blocks of stock, then make them available to clients at one price the night before.

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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. The Series C round was led by CDC Group, which in turn operates as a UK government owned VC fund. Additional investors include CRV, Spark Capital and Lockheed Martin.

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Why Voice Authentication’s Doing Prison Time

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What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Authorities and prison technology companies say this mass biometric surveillance supports prison security and fraud prevention efforts.”. New technology often starts out at the U.S. Voice-Print Efforts.

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Popular Bank’s Commitment to Our Customers and Communities

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A Message from Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea. We are well capitalized and institutionally sound. We successfully secured funding for hundreds of our customers in the first round of funding and expect to secure funding for hundreds more in the second round of funding that began Monday, April 27 th.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

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The branch closures, which are expected to be completed simultaneously by January 29, 2021, are projected to reduce annual operating expenses by approximately $13 million. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc.