PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

More than 9,300 stores went dark, and among them were locations operated by marquee names, such as Sears , Party City and Payless. But online lending companies are seeing a surge in digital loans — up 19 percent year over year in 2019. A bit closer to home, 2019 marked a record year in the U.S. —

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Corporate relocations and expansions—influenced by factors like affordability, low corporate tax rates, no personal income tax and a rich talent pool—have contributed to a momentum that isn’t likely to subside soon. Samsung plans to build a $17 billion chip plant in town about 30 miles away from its existing facility in Austin.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2018

As part of the deal, Motivate’s servicing and maintenance operations will remain a stand-alone business, and Motivate will retain its brand name and continue to support its North American bikesharing programs. That is something Samsung ‘s Bixby is hoping to pull off by getting just a bit sportier. Bixby Gets Sporty.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. The Wall Street Journal would refer to the acquisition as “the worst deal in the history of American finance.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Google makes one of the leading mobile operating systems in the world — Android — and licenses it for free to companies like, say, Samsung that make it the software foundation of smartphones they sell for hundreds of dollars. And who can’t get any other people to lend them money on a short-term basis. Interest free!

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project.

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