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CAN Capital Positions Itself For The Entrepreneur

PYMNTS

According to the most recent CAN Capital Store Front Business Index , powered by PYMNTS, there are 3.4 An announcement released on Monday (May 2) said CAN Capital is collaborating with Entrepreneur Media, the publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, to link entrepreneurs to loans through its platform.

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SMB-Focused Lender Judo Bank Attains Unicorn Status

PYMNTS

Australia’s Judo Bank has attained unicorn status, according to FinTech Magazine , meaning it has achieved a valuation of at least $1 billion. Judo Bank, a challenger bank, received $148 million in a Series C funding round from investors, including existing backers like Ironbridge Capital and Bain Capital.

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SoftBank Ventures Asia Notches $270M To Fund Startups

PYMNTS

The Seoul venture capital division of Japanese multinational holding company SoftBank has raised $270 million, or 317 billion won. Investors include South Korea’s National Pension Service. SoftBank was originally founded in 1981 to publish computer and technology magazines , among other endeavors.

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Tracksmith: Taking DTC Running From Heartbreak Hill To The Global Market

PYMNTS

And although Runner’s World magazine had the nerve to rank it No. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. Content marketing is a staple of the website, with Taylor himself conducting interviews with runners of local and national prominence.

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QSR Delivery Scramble: Jimmy John’s Joins Up With DoorDash

PYMNTS

It is literally under new management since it was acquired by Inspire Brands in November 2019 — a portfolio firm for Atlanta private-equity firm Roark Capital that also owns Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and (soon) Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins Ice Cream. All brands that incidentally already have DoorDash delivery deals.

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Capital One Adds to Its Growing List of Fintech Deals

American Banker

With its acquisition of the online pricing firm Paribus, Capital One continues a pattern in recent years of acquiring promising fintech startups.

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Why Midsize Banks Rule Right Now

American Banker

Large enough to meet the needs of most customers yet small enough to escape some of the Dodd-Frank Act's most onerous compliance expenses, banks with assets of $2 billion to $10 billion are more profitable, as a group, than their smaller and larger counterparts, according to an analysis by Capital Performance Group.