PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

The Bouqs Co-founder and CEO John Tabis said the company is moving into the Japanese market as part of its international expansion plans. The new funding round brings its total to $74 million so far, the highest amount raised of its startup peers like Washington, D.C.’s million and was acquired by FTD in 2018. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. and Alibaba in China, may be able to “replace many banks.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Investigators from the Federal Reserve carried out an inspection of Amazon ’s cloud in April as Washington looks into ways to regulate companies that provide the service. banking system as they run databases holding customer credit scores and Social Security numbers, as well as analyze risk and process payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The New York-based corporation, composed of eight experienced restaurant owners, is seeking to raise up to $230 million for a blank-check company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In August, Ruby Tuesday Founder Sandy Beall and Doug Jacob, co-founder of the Washington, D.C.-based

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Reports in the Financial Times earlier this week revealed that investors are advising startups to hold on to cash and gather reserves to remain stable amid any market uncertainties. With on-demand services like Airbnb landing a greater share of the business travel market, other players looking to compete are coming in fast.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

The technology company’s holdings of cash and marketable securities, net of debt, has dropped to $102 billion from $163 billion at 2017 year-end. In Washington, tech companies have been the subjects of investigations by both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

The company is boosting the number of engineers it is hiring in and around the Seattle, Washington area. While Postmates has an office at WeWork in Bellevue, Washington employing 22 engineers, the job ads show the company is seriously growing its presence in the area. With that raise, it has a valuation of more than $1.85

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Now is the time for bankers to engage lawmakers in how the crypto and digital asset market shapes up. Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Supplier discovery platform scoutbee has raised $60 million in a series B funding round led by Atomico, with Lakestar, Next47, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, 42CAP and Toba Capital all participating, according to a release. . The company has headquarters in Washington D.C. So far, scoutbee has raised $76 million. billion by the year 2022.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Business intelligence is a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital (VC) roundup, with many startups deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated data analytics technologies for their business customers. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts. Investors placed more than $136.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Meanwhile, according to SoftBank’s annual Form D disclosure that it is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it raised about $98.58 Given the size of the fund, one of the main challenges that the Vision Fund faces is bringing on new capital. billion from 14 investors since it launched the fund on May 20, 2017.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to reports from CNBC, the market is reacting favorably to the news that Overstock’s subsidiary tZero is joining the business of trading digital coins. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) requirements. In retail news, it’s a good day to be Overstock.com.

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TrustBank

MARCH 24, 2020

Today the markets responded very favorably to the Fed’s new stimulus, with the S&P 500 closing the day with a 209.93 The Fed’s new stimulus includes expansion of Quantitative Easing (QE) from $500 billion to unlimited to ensure liquidity in the capital markets. point or 9.4%

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The merchant cash advance is considered the payday loan for many in the small business lending market — and that’s not necessarily a good thing. While designed to connect small business owners to quick capital for a boost to their cash flow, the MCA has earned a reputation for some predatory behavior, like sky-high interest rates and fees.

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TrustBank

AUGUST 21, 2020

Markets are adjusting quicker than they have in the past. With so much uncertainty in the economy, is the market suffering from “irrational exuberance”? To answer this question, one must take a deeper look into what is really happening in the stock market. In fact, there has been a huge divergence in the market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission is turning its attention to a lack of transparency within corporates’ investor disclosures as more businesses use supply chain financing. 10) during the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA) annual conference, held in Washington D.C. Immediate Backlash. I don’t think so.”. A Global Controversy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The Senate’s hearing ended with a lack of clarity on what data Facebook would collect from Calibra transactions, including financial habits of users, and how the company would ensure both national and personal security. For those who missed it, PYMNTS published a recap of Libra’s week in Washington.).

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Capital: SBA fills gaps in the commercial lending marketplace so success in the small business sector is based on merit, not family wealth.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

The new owners of ID Experts are Peloton Equity and Trident Capital. The private equity funding, which, according to Oregon Live , will “cash out some of its current owners while injecting more capital into the business,” came at the same time as a new spinoff from ID Experts emerged called Radar. in two rounds with four investors.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Just this week, investors in Starwood Capital Group started to show signs of strain after the pandemic shuttered stores and wiped out emergency cash reserves, leading to default on a $700 million loan. The ability to help our tenants get to the other side of the mandated closures became front and center of our marketing efforts.

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TrustBank

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. This forced banks to renew their focus on middle market commercial banking and consumers.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The previous year, Britain had suspended gold convertibility, and the volatile capital flows that followed convinced officials that they needed a tool for managing the exchange rate. This mistrust would not dissipate until London and Washington, joined by Paris, came together in the Tripartite Agreement of 1936.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

earlier this year, the program has hosted workshops in New York, Atlanta and, most recently, Washington D.C. Only 14 percent reported being able to secure a bank loan, and 37 percent noted that funding was hard to find. However, in Canada, there is an additional complicating factor, which is how fast the market is going digital.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. First Capital, Inc.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

But from there, if you can provide that, it opens the opportunity for a lot of monetization to potentially occur for a lot of different players in the same way you would see in developed markets.” Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has demurred from telling a Congressional panel whether the coin would be regulated as a security.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Throughout the summer, the great bond market selloff of 2013 continued on. Treasuries, Agencies, mortgage backed securities, corporate, municipals- all were battered because the markets believed that the Federal Reserve was about to cut the amount of, or “taper,” its $85 billion of monthly purchases of long term bonds.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize just how much more complex and how much more difficult this new set of capital rules will make life and business for them if they remain in place. No one was prepared for January 1st.”. Zaback, president and CEO of Jonah Bank.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. Now, customers and analysts will pay more attention to Loans + Securities-to deposit ratio. Instead of just looking at LTD, investors, and depositors, will now look at loan plus securities to total deposits. 9) Brand Matters: SVB had one of the best brands in banking.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 22, 2013

capital appreciation and dividends. Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. Nasdaq: MRLN) Continuing the theme of niche banks, Marlin is a direct lender providing financing to business so they can acquire new equipment and technology while preserving capital. The branchless community bank operates in the Wilmington-Philadelphia market.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 9, 2012

Second Quarter Surprises We received two big surprises at the end of the second quarter — one from Washington and one from an ocean away. The markets did not care for the Supreme Court decision, with stocks ending slightly down for the day on the prospect of increased taxes. Yeah, I agree. to 3% on the last day of the quarter.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Investors are betting they will: Misspao has already secured at least $11.4M In one sense, the market in China is primed for fitness innovation. Nonetheless, the workout pods are a trend worth watching — if they take off, they might infiltrate Western markets in the years to come. But will people use them? Fitness on the go.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. The bank is one of several newly proposed community banks in the region, with goals of disrupting the financial services landscape, including business and corporate banking.

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CB Insights

APRIL 23, 2019

Qualcomm owns roughly 15% of the world’s 5G technology patents , according to Forbes, and the company is one of the largest smartphone chipset makers in the world, with a market share of approximately 42% in 2017. The South Korean multinational has stated that it aims to secure a 20% share of the 5G market by 2020.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 19, 2013

more “promises,” and a constant flow of new money into the markets. The biggest beneficiary of all this Fed activity has been the stock market—which ended the year at some pretty good “handles,” with the Dow above 13,000, S&P 500 above 1,400, and the Nasdaq above 3,000. Yes, folks, that would be $1 trillion per year!

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Another Volatile Quarter I know I risk sounding too negative, but we cannot seem to shake the crisis mentality that keeps whipsawing bond and stock markets. Liquidity is becoming a problem for these banks, and with their stocks battered daily, they have no ready sources of capital. This does not happen often.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. It will never regain its IPO value and it trades at one-third the market cap of LendingTree.

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