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JUNE 12, 2017

They are sold in major retailers such as Wegmans and Whole Foods Market in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as well as online. Mama Biscuit’s Gourmet Biscuits (MBGB) produces flavored gourmet biscuits that “bridge the gap between” sweet cupcakes and savory tasting treats.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

Plastic foam has managed to spend nearly eight decades at the top of the packaging market despite the fact that it’s annoyingly squeaky and crumbles under the slightest pressure. And we also, in the process, became full-blown manufacturers” out of manufacturing facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada and Richmond, Virginia.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

The growth of companies like Casper comes as the idea of buying a mattress online had previously been dismissed as something that wouldn’t possibly work – like Amazon selling apparel at a time when market observers thought consumers would only buy clothing in person. “If In Other Brick-And-Mortar News….

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

The startup’s payment platform integrates with QuickBooks Online to connect accounting and billing, and uses API technology to aggregate data across the channels through which businesses accept payment, to provide a holistic view of finances for business users. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

The biggest story this week in grocery came, as it often does, care of the new Whole Foods Market as operated by Amazon. Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. ALDI also announced that delivery is on the docket, in partnership with Instacart.

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JULY 13, 2017

It delivers to homes and businesses in 24 metro markets and has more than 200 pickup locations. The beauty of online grocery shopping is that you can add to your order throughout the week and at the very moment you remember that you need something,” said Cat de Merode, Peapod’s vice president of product.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

From ticketing platforms such as Gametime to payments companies such as Visa , innovators are harnessing the power of mobile. legal sports betting market following a 2018 Supreme Court Decision to legalize such activities is $150 billion. Approximately 80 percent of gamblers are now betting online.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

In the fourth quarter, Kroger introduced a “seamless digital shopping experience” to integrate the company’s ClickList service — the grocer’s order online/pickup in-store option — into its other digital offerings, such as coupons, recipes and rewards, among others. And households that transact with us online spend even more.”.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2015

Virginia Attorney General, Mark Herring gave opening remarks, during which he asserted that Virginia is perceived as the “predatory lending capital of the East Coast,” suggesting that payday and auto title lenders were a large part of the problem. The Commissioner of Virginia’s Bureau of Financial Institutions, E.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. The mattress market alone is worth a whopping $15 billion. billion globally by 2020. For years, these have been bubbling under the surface.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

And what better way to mark that milestone than with a monthly recap of the Top 12 news items in one major market in the payments ecosystem: mobile payments. Samsung Pay is the first mobile payment service of its kind to be launched in Spain, giving it a head start in the market over Apple Pay and Android Pay. Apple Pay — 20 Months In.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Bill Robbins, who took the helm as CEO at WealthForge last December , said the funding will help WealthForge build its core business, as well as make investments in “sales, marketing, and support.” Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, WealthForge demonstrated the WealthForge Network at FinovateSpring 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

billion) went to three online lenders (Sofi = $1 billion, Avant = $340 million, Dianrong = $220 million). Source: Bank Innovations. Online small business lender. Microlending in emerging markets. Source: Bank Innovations. Online and mobile payment platform. Source: Bank Innovations. Drip Capital .

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 1, 2016

The “tech startup from New York” as it called itself during its Finovate debut this spring is the choice of China’s Fujian Rural Credit (FJRC) , which is enhancing its online and cloud-based banking offerings. Virginia M. Pictured: Rob Stanich (Global Wealth Management Offering Manager) and Alex Baghdjian (Sr.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Energy Innovation Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures led the funding, while R/GA Ventures and Macquarie Capital also came on board as new investors. Existing backers Blue Bear Capital, Felton Group and the University of Virginia Seed Fund also participated.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7 online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. District 1: Amazon/Whole Foods. Weaknesses.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Pixelon: Online video vaporware. LendingClub was one of many online lending services founded in the mid-2000s as entrepreneurs eyed the Byzantine financial sector as an area ripe for disruption. Autonomy: Big problems with big data.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Garlich, vice president and director of marketing. Garlich, vice president and director of marketing. For example, the committee initiated both an online account opening process and the bank’s rewards debit card. Kelly Pike is a writer in Virginia. For me, that speaks volumes. Roshan McArthur is a writer in California.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea. Its membership fee revenue grew 12.6%

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

Last month, the DOJ said that it was “reviewing whether and how market-leading online platforms have achieved market power and are engaging in practices that have reduced competition, stifled innovation, or otherwise harmed consumers.”. She received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. If making money on operations was a near impossibility, Kozmo seemed perpetually on the precipice of tapping into the public equity markets. via Forbes.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Speaking at FinovateFall 2016 in September, Daon President of the Americas Conor White asked attendees about their own experience with cart abandonment online. The platform is designed to allow companies to “innovate as you authenticate your customers” as well as add the latest authentication technologies available.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

Last Wednesday, its market cap took a $120 billion beating in the aftermath of earnings that fell short of revenue and earnings targets. Virginia Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released a policy paper detailing 20 options for the government to start regulating big tech a lot more closely.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The move comes amid increasing global focus on matters related to online privacy and data security — and as the idea of regulating social media is gaining currency. Yet those consumers still use free online marketing services and continue shopping more online, handing over increasing amounts of data to digital firms.

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