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Chef’d Halts Operations After Burning Through Cash

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Chef’d , a the meal-kit operator, has halted its business operations after using up all its cash and failing to line up more of it. Executives tried to secure new funding from private investors and banks, but nothing came of the negotiations. Peter Testa, president of the Chicago-based Testa Produce Inc.,

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Fed Names New Payments Security Leader

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Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. Kenneth Montgomery, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is taking up the position.

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Signature Bank Taps Tech For Simplified AP

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Chicago-based Signature Bank is rolling out a technology platform called Finrails AP to simplify B2B payments, the company announced on Thursday (Feb. Finrails AP offers businesses a cloud-based accounts payable (AP) solution that automates B2B payments on a secure digital dashboard using numerous payment methods.

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AeroPay Closes Seed Round Led By Continental Investors

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The Chicago-based FinTech announced on Tuesday (Sept. We built our platform to simplify the payments process for owners and operators in all industries and verticals," said Daniel Muller , CEO and founder of AeroPay, in a press release. 29) that it had inked a funding deal with Continental Investors. The amount was not disclosed.

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22-Year-Old Entrepreneurs Win ‘Shark Tank’ Deal For Quevos Startup

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Twenty-two-year-old entrepreneurs Nick Hamburger and Zack Schreier started their first business in sixth grade, charging students at their Chicago-area school $3 for some cool Japanese soda pop that they bought for $1.25 — until the administration shut them down. Quevos is currently offering a $14.99

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Luckin Coffee Execs Fired After Fraud Probe

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In a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the board said the agency should not rely on the company’s recent financial statements, which are believed to be inaccurate. A special committee at Luckin hired Chicago-based law firm Kirkland & Ellis as counsel and FTI Consulting of Washington, D.C.

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Unbundling The Travel Bundle

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The marketplace originally launched in Chicago two months before its Miami expansion. Uber may be facing significant operational changes in California, however, due to a new law that reclassifies many contractors as employees. How AI Can Help With Consumer Onboarding Security. About the Playbook.

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