PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

John Cronin, an analyst at Goodbody’s, told the Financial Times that by using banking partnerships, Amazon could “significantly extend” its SMB lending platform, “without any associated credit risk of regulatory obligations (in the context of capital and liquidity and so forth).”. Big News of the Week: The Central Operations Restructuring.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Through a pop-up store in New York City, consumers are able to browse and buy gear from official Olympic sponsors, such as Nike, Swatch and Oakley. Last year, it closed a $1 billion venture capital round , according to news reports from Reuters. 1 city for sales of Team USA gear,” Boyle said. The Economics.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s an honor to work with them as we focus on advocacy, education and innovation for the community banking industry. At-large director Jill Sung (not pictured), President and CEO, Abacus Federal Savings Bank, New York City. Bank Operations and Payments chair Alice P. ICBA standing committee chairs (from left).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2019

The Saturn Sisters , incidentally, are not actually related: They are best friends and astrologers (astrology bloggers) who met at a New York City brunch and found their mutual “core value to make the world a better place through astrology.”. million in venture capital, assisted by Lorne Michaels’ incubator.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

We were thrilled to report that the health of those businesses that line the side streets and main streets of Any Town, USA are not only healthy and growing but making the local economies in which they operate healthy, too. And, that’s not all the good news. Operating a business in a profitable manner — what a quaint idea.

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DECEMBER 31, 2022

Anita Drentlaw , CEO, president and CFO at $190 million-asset New Market Bank in Elko New Market, Minn. Jill Sung , president and CEO of $325 million-asset Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York City. Sills: Our bank has about $100 million in new capital. Koger Propst , president and CEO of $3.2

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CB Insights

APRIL 6, 2018

The following is a guest post by Paul Asel, managing partner at NGP capital. The estimated annual cost to own a car is $8500 across the US, and much higher in cities: about $12,000 in San Francisco and $15,000 in New York City, including parking, insurance, maintenance, gas, and tolls.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 28, 2015

In addition to securing an $8 million venture debt line from Silicon Valley Bank, the lending-as-a-service innovator reached $800 million in loans deployed to more than 35,000 borrowers, and won a commitment of $125 million from its own lending network of more than 300 credit unions and banks. Anne Sharkey, SVP Loan Operations.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Dockless systems, which allow users to park their bike or scooter anywhere along the sidewalk rather than in a fixed docking station, are more convenient and less costly to scale given lower capital costs, as operators don’t have to build out fixed stations. San Francisco was one of the first cities to tackle scooter regulation.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. A promising new idea — especially if it’s pitched by the right person — can essentially win an entrepreneur a blank check to bring their vision to life or help a fledgling venture fund land its all-important first investments.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Forward-thinking startups and large tech companies like Facebook and Google are focused on innovation in single-family and multi-family residential construction. Faced with these challenges, cities are using a combination of regulations and incentives to try to address the housing shortage, but few look likely to fully solve these issues.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. “We’re in a test-and-learn phase as we consider what other investment routes we should explore.

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CB Insights

JUNE 4, 2019

Tech innovations shaping a more sustainable fashion industry. Mend and make new. Tech innovations shaping a more sustainable fashion industry. For example, Make Fashion Circular has teamed up with New York City to launch the #WearNext campaign, in which participating stores serve as drop-off points for old, unwanted clothes.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

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. With Wong’s successful track record, the concept is likely to have enormous early success — and could set the stage for a new series of sushi venues to come.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

Alibaba has a greater advantage in marrying online and offline data, and has already opened countless tech-enabled grocery stores and retail outlets; at the same time, however, the Chinese powerhouse faces stiff domestic competition from large players like JD.com and Tencent, as well as from smaller startups looking to innovate in-store retail.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. Eldercare has long been a target for technological innovation, with advocates highlighting the practical and infrastructural challenges presented by 73M baby boomers aging into their retirement years.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 26, 2016

Capital One Wallet. Other news in the payments space. This expands Apple’s carrier billing partnerships, already operating in Germany and Russia, to four countries. The new facility will also host Google’s equity-free, three-month accelerator for emerging market startups, LaunchPad Accelerator. Android Pay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

During Facebook’s Q2 quarterly results last month, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandburg said monetization beyond advertising across all of the platforms that Facebook operates, including Messenger, was still “early days.”. And these young businesses — young as in less than a year old — have now raised capital based on multibillion-dollar valuations.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

To help retailers bridge the gap between digital and physical commerce, dozens of startups have developed in-store technologies ranging from shelf-stocking robots to augmented reality displays to new payment systems. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Now the company is on track in 2017 to do more than $50M in revenue, according to Campfire Capital. It focused its marketing efforts on just two cities: New York City : The cultural and financial capital of the world. Los Angeles : The arts capital of the world. million Series B in September 2017.

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CB Insights

JUNE 7, 2018

Or is it merely the standard operating procedure for today’s savviest advertisers? The topic is certainly catching media attention, with 2018 seeing a drastic uptick in “psychographics” mentions across news outlets, largely because of the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. Does it even work? Shake Shack & Chick-Fil-A.

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