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JUNE 10, 2019

Aurora, which is backed by Amazon and Sequoia Capital, will integrate its technology into FCA’s Ram Truck vehicles, which also extends to cargo vans. Waymo uses the vans for testing, and also for a pilot program of the Waymo One autonomous ride-hailing service in Phoenix. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 28, 2019

The vans are operational in the new Xiongan economic zone southwest of Beijing and in small areas of the capital as well as Changzhou. large self-driving trucks already carry mail from Phoenix to Dallas, and the startup Nuro began working with Kroger in Arizona in December. In the U.S.,

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MAY 1, 2017

Founded in 2012, the Phoenix-based company sells cars through its website and operates automated towers that store cars in U.S. William Blair & Company, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. Carvana Co., a leading eCommerce platform for buying used cars, saw its shares fall 16 percent on the first day of its initial public offering (IPO).

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

” The regulator said it is also taking measures to target “phoenixism,” which involves a business owner’s attempt to use cash from a closing business as capital gains and not income tax, which is taxed at a higher rate. Those bosses then launch a new company that is similar to the previous one.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Reuters is reporting that the world’s biggest package delivery company has a venture capital arm called UPS Ventures, and that the announcement underscores how much easier it is to develop self-driving technology for freight trucks rather than passenger cars. Postal service running mail through three states in the Southwest.

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APRIL 13, 2017

million in a seed funding round led by VC firm PivotNorth Capital. Darkstore already operates in San Francisco, Phoenix and New York City. Founded in May of 2016, San Francisco-based Darkstore offers a platform that enables on-demand, same-day and 2-day delivery options for eCommerce sites. Just recently, the company scored $1.4

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The latest Workforce Spend Playbook explores new solutions that are enabling construction firms and other SMBs to maximize their capital, pinpoint cost-saving opportunities and improve their cash flows. Even so, the global construction management software market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

And yet the two companies that are tightening standards — Capital One and Discover — have noted that they are “more cautious” in how they dole out credit. Said Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank, “in so many ways, one can’t help but be struck by … just how good the economy [at] this point is. Unemployment, too, is at record lows.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2016

As bankers build bonds with peers through collaboration, they open up new opportunities to jointly invest capital in new ventures and strategies. GonzoBanker Bank Chief Risk Officer Roundtable Phoenix Apr 3-5. GonzoBanker Bank CFO Roundtable Phoenix May 15-17. GonzoBanker Credit Union CEO Roundtable Phoenix Apr 17-19.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The techies had clearly moved from the kids’ table to an elbow-to-elbow prime seat beside the leaders who control the resources and capital in the industry. Like the Phoenix Open and Super Bowl week coming soon to Arizona, it’s clear things are going to be hopping in banking this year.

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MAY 4, 2016

With the recent tightening of the capital markets, we are refocusing on our core consumer loans business,” he said. 171 | The total number of jobs Prosper is shedding, which adds up to 28 percent of their total staff and 14 percent of the staffs in San Francisco and Phoenix.

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JUNE 23, 2019

Byrne predicted that security tokens will reduce friction in capital markets while also improving price discovery. The Arizona ATMs are located in Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Tucson, Flagstaff, Surprise and Maricopa, while the Nevada ATMs are in Las Vegas. “We The killer app of blockchain is security tokens,” Byrne said.

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JULY 13, 2016

The funding comes in a Series B round from Insight Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Jason Finger, cofounder of the takeout ordering service Seamless, according to Crain’s. From its existing facility in Phoenix, Freshly currently serves meals to 28 states via overnight delivery.

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MAY 4, 2016

The biggest individual cut will be a Utah office dedicated to lending for medical procedures, but 14 percent of Prosper’s San Francisco- and Phoenix-based workforce is also on its way out the door. All in, 171 jobs will be cut. CEO Aaron Vermut will be forgoing his salary this year. Tonderys is being replaced by Brad Pennington.

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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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JULY 24, 2018

“We believe strong growth potential remains in opportunities with cloud, hardware, YouTube, Waymo and other bets, which should add significant value over time,” said Andy Hargreaves of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We were encouraged to take government capital, only to have the government change the rules on us afterward, and the public decry "government bailout". In times of great strain, opportunity rises from the ashes like a phoenix. Local depositors provide the capital to local borrowers and businesses. We immediately regretted it.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Deutsche sells insurer: Deutsche Bank, which is under heavy pressure to raise capital, said Wednesday it sold its Abbey Life insurance unit to Phoenix Group Holdings for $1.22 Breaking News This Morning. The bank's stock, which hit a 33-year low earlier this week, as it faces a potential $14 billion penalty in the U.S.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 15, 2015

• Phoenix, Arizona – Arizona Bank & Trust ($102 million). Flagstar capitalizes on going local, too. • Indianapolis, Indiana – First Internet Bank of Indiana ($249 million). • Hartford, Connecticut – United Bank ($1.19 • Nashville, Tennessee – Pinnacle Bank ($432 million).

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Considering how busy a small business owner is and how limited their schedule [is] to visit a bank branch, this severely undercuts the ability [of] banks to capitalize on the lucrative business banking segment,” Avoka stated in its report. It’s clear from the research that bank branches do play a role in small business banking.

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MAY 1, 2020

The 83-year-old CU, which has 16 branches in the metro Phoenix area and holds $1.9 These solutions are playing a particularly important role as bad actors ramp up their attacks to capitalize on chaos and confusion arising from the ongoing pandemic.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

But during the post-earnings conference call , an analyst told Alphabet executives that he’s been getting “a lot of questions about Waymo,” and then asked Alphabet executives about the best ways to think about the “capital allocated to the Waymo business in the coming years.”. Investor Bets. Ford Moves.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

But during the post-earnings conference call , an analyst told Alphabet executives that he’s been getting “a lot of questions about Waymo” and then asked Alphabet executives about the best ways to think about the “capital allocated to the Waymo business in the coming years.”. Investor Bets. Ford Moves. Ford stands as an good example of that.

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JUNE 29, 2016

The Phoenix Companies got an infusion of $100 million in equity capital from Nassau Reinsurance as part of a larger deal where the former was taken over by the latter. The top 10 deals of the week show a rapidly descending ladder of deals with no huge outsized deal.

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JULY 13, 2016

RedKix put together a rather jaw-dropping seed round of $17 million that includes Salesforce Ventures, Wicklow Capital, SG VC, Oren Zeev, Ori Sasson (which was one of the first investors in VMware), and more. And also hopefully fully integrable with third-party services (think chatbots) in much the way Slack is pursuing.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Sea’s most recent disclosed round was $550M Series E in Q2’17, which saw participation from Farallon Capital Management and Hillhouse Capital Management, among others. Investors included Banyan Capital and Morningside Ventures, among others.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Seedrs was one of the names on the illustrious list of 2009-founded firms that decided to make like the Phoenix, and rise out of the ashes. For our anniversary, we received a gift of one sterling endorsement from Bain Capital Partner Matt Harris. The list goes on. Don’t take our word for it.

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Bankelele

JUNE 24, 2015

Burbidge Capital also found that Kenya’s merger & acquisition deals slowed down in 2015 – with 11 M&A deals so far compared to 17 in the first four months of 2014. Oxford Business Group expects strong Kenya insurance M&A as companies merge to increase market share & meet higher capital requirements. -

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

In addition to the Apollo platform, Baidu is dedicating significant capital to autonomous vehicle startups, all of which have joined the Apollo partnership alliance. are already launching citywide public ride-sharing services, with Waymo starting in Phoenix and Drive.ai Beyond Apollo: Baidu’s outside investments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

According to reports, the firm has hired roughly 100 people, split between its headquarters in San Francisco, its engineering centers in Montreal and its Phoenix-based credit operations center that handles customer service, collections and loan servicing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The Phoenix Suns Get a Payments Assist from PayPal. But one that Phoenix Suns fans will not have to live through for much longer, because as of this week, the basketball team has inked a deal with PayPal to bring the omnichannel experience courtside. The horror.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Fengjr.com (aka Phoenix Finance). Indexa Capital. Total raised: $300 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Alt-lender to consumers. Latest round: $80 million. Total raised: $80 million. HQ: Beijing, China. Source: FT Partners. Blockchain technology for businesses. Latest round: $1.5 Total raised: $3.04

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MAY 23, 2018

Going forward, Kohl’s announced in the call that the company is changing up its loyalty program, piloting the “next generation” in 100 stores in eight markets, including Raleigh, Phoenix and Austin. “We With the change, the new program has only a single rewards currency based on Kohl’s cash.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris!

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 28, 2018

Excess Capital 3. My apologies to Metro Phoenix Bank ($181 million in assets, 1.88%/11.83% ROA/ROE). In the report, analysts Matt Schultheis and Scott Beury laid down the criteria they recommend investors use when evaluating bank stocks: 1. Superior Growth Prospects 2. Strong Deposit Franchises Well, ok then Matt and Scott.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Goes to Tom Brown and the Second Curve Capital team for the inspiring message from Clemson CEO Jim Clements. In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., with Coinbase alone attracting $86 billion.

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