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Leena AI Raises $30M To Accelerate Development Of Conversational AI Chatbots For HR

CB Insights

The round drew participation from Greycroft, Bessemer Venture Partners, and B Capital Group. It also provides automated employee engagement tools that can be used to conduct surveys related to things like worker sentiment. How’s the company performing? Want the full post? Become a CB Insights customer.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

The irony here is that more than half the banks we recently surveyed had some goal and metric around asset growth. Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. Noticeably absent from the list below is growth.

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How QSRs Bring Mobile And Digital Payments To The Table

PYMNTS

And online ordering platforms are raising capital: ChowNow , for instance, announced in May that it had notched $21 million in venture funding. The Los Angeles, California startup said in a press release at the time that it had raised the capital via a Series C round of funding, with Catalyst Investors and 3L Capital participating.

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15 Minutes With … Jimmy Rasmussen

Independent Banker

Rasmussen: Thirty-five of the 100 banks in my group agreed to participate in my surveys, and I receive 20 to 25 responses each month. Finally, I focus on economic news in our markets, which include five communities south of Houston. The Houston region has seen substantial layoffs, and the daily headlines predict more will be announced.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

We’re surveying consumers about what they need; that’s how we came up with the secured credit card. First Capital Bank. TriState Capital Bank. So that’s where the capital to start New Haven Bank came from.”. TriState Capital Bank. We’re being very methodical about what products we introduce,” Bynum says.

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Why Target Is Letting Kids Design Their Clothes

PYMNTS

Whitney Houston sang a song about it, and “ The Simpsons ” has spent the better part of 30 years parodying the sentiment. ” Described by one writer as being oddly reminiscent of Crewcuts styling — J.Crew’s kids line for the young, stylish and well-capitalized.

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

CB Insights

As more companies look to capitalize on these commercial opportunities, investment into the drone space continues to grow. Mining is a capital-intensive venture that requires constant measurement and assessment of physical material. Stockpiles of ore or rock or minerals are difficult to measure. Telecommunications.