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SaaS sales tax compliance software Anrok hits $100M valuation. Anrok’s competitors include Avalara, DAVO Technologies, TaxCloud, Taxware, and Vertex.

CB Insights

Anrok , a SaaS sales tax solution, has raised $20M in a Series A. The round drew participation from Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. California-based Anrok unifies sales tax monitoring, calculation, and payments processes across the enterprise financial stack. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING? Want the full post?

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JD Sports Purchases California-Based Shoe Palace

PYMNTS

Overall cash consideration for the purchase of the company is $325 million, which is subject to “customary cash/debt and working capital adjustments,” of which $100 million has been deferred and will be paid on different dates over the 12 months to come. Shoe Palace provided a $52 million pre-tax profit in the year ending Dec.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. There’s a lot of energy in the southern half of Texas, and it’s not just the resources that power our homes and cars. Edlund adds that ANB also does working capital lending, energy lending and real estate and development lending.

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Commercial Landlords Pinched As Retailers, Theaters, Gyms Skip Rent Payments

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We have tenants that pay in Texas and have not paid in New York,” Shane Garrison , chief operating officer of Retail Properties of America, told the Financial Times on Friday (Nov. Spirit Realty Capital told FT that it had collected just 12 percent of the rent owed by movie theaters last month. billion, according to Women's Wear Daily.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

When the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors was introduced at ICBA LIVE in San Antonio, Texas, there was a palpable sense of excitement in the air. We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. By Molly Bennett. Slow down and have better work-life balance.

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AltFin Shines As Investor Interest In B2B FinTech Continues

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Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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Amid CVC/Blackstone Paysafe Bid, Paysafe Makes Its Own Acquisitive Moves

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As reported Friday (July 21), American multinational financial services firm Blackstone and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners have bid to acquire payments processor Paysafe Group. In terms of timing, Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners must make a formal bid by August 18. and a total annual sales volume of $14 billion.

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