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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

PYMNTS

Others are offering standard fare such as tax credits — although even that can’t be viewed as “standard” in this race. New Jersey, for instance, is offering more than the price of Amazon’s investment in tax credits, to the tune of $7 billion, if the company puts HQ2 in Newark. Amazon, Georgia. Doña Ana County.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

PYMNTS

Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. Can someone please make capital available? With a caveat – also almost always offered – that capital and credit have never been easy issues. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Kabbage Reaches $2 Billion in Originated Loans in 5 Years

Fintech Labs Insights

Today, the Georgia-based company announced it has originated $2 billion in loans during the past five years. The credit line is dynamic; it automatically adjusts to furnish businesses with the right amount of capital they need to grow. The 75,000 small business customers on Kabbage’s platform hail from all 50 U.S.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

CB Insights

Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. In April of this year, Revolut raised a $250M Series C from DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Rocket Internet at a $1.7B savings accounts. This year also saw Current raise a $2.8M

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

.” According to today’s WSJ story , the money appears to be earmarked for share repurchases, meaning it’s just a transfer of $820 million to the existing common stock holders, rather than new capital sitting on the balance sheet. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. But we’ll see if they do follow that path. million this week.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

PYMNTS

At the end of 2017, a handful of Chinese provinces and the country of Georgia were home to 75 percent of the world’s bitcoin mining, while only 3 percent was happening in the U.S. Due to tax reform, many small businesses (SMBs) may opt to sell the ranch — or the salon or the tax advisory service. Mom ‘n pop to sell out?

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Advocacy: Election Returns

Independent Banker

Although many provisions directly seek to relieve unnecessary regulatory burdens, some of the plan’s provisions are specifically designed to create new options for community banks to raise and preserve vital institutional capital. 812) and the Community Bank Access to Capital Act (H.R. 1233 and S. 1523 and S. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.),