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APRIL 5, 2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of Secrets Manager , which will be used to safely store important company information, including passwords. Managing application secrets like database credentials, passwords or API keys is easy when you’re working locally with one machine and one application.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

Josh Harris , co-founder of Apollo Global Management , said the SPAC trend is not a flash in the pan. Michael’s SPAC intends to buy a technology company, where Michael will serve as chairman and CEO, IPO Edge reported. He was also a technology, media and telecommunications banker at Goldman Sachs.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

trillion Wells Fargo has selected banking software provider nCino’s technology platform to streamline loan origination, account opening, business process management, customer engagement and instant reporting. The San Francisco-based bank serves one in three U.S.

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MAY 23, 2023

Wells Fargo Head of Global Treasury Management Payments and Transaction Services John Hunter is focused on simplifying the bank’s experiences with cloud, AI and machine learning. The San Francisco-based bank invested $9.4

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Farfetch, a luxury technology platform, has raised $250 million from Tencent and Dragoneer through the sale of convertible senior notes, according to a release. Tencent is a global technology company based in Shenzhen, China, and Dragoneer is an investment firm based in San Francisco.

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MAY 17, 2016

SigFig, a San Francisco-based robo advisor, partnered with UBS Wealth Management to create and customize digital tools for WMA’s 7,000 advisors, it was announced today. The tools will “complement” the existing expertise of UBS advisors, and not form a separate automated platform, SigFig said.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Startup mRelief, which helps low-income workers access food stamps, is teaming up with food delivery startup DoorDash to offer DoorDash credit to people eligible for food stamps in San Francisco, according to a report in TechCrunch. Last year, the startup debuted an end-to-end process to aid food stamp enrollment in San Francisco.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

San Francisco-based Salesforce is gearing up for expected COVID-19 vaccination campaigns by setting up Work.com for Vaccines, which will “help governments and healthcare organizations more safely and efficiently manage vaccine programs,” the company said in a press release.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. Palantir Technologies Inc., and Unity Technologies Inc. The food delivery giant’s plans for an initial public offering (IPO) come as Airbnb Inc, Asana Inc., Snowflake Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

“Visa seeks to buy Plaid — as its CEO said — as an ‘insurance policy’ to neutralize a ‘threat to our important US debit business,’” the Justice Department said in its lawsuit, filed in San Francisco federal court. However, Visa rejects the Justice Department’s claim that that would create an illegal monopoly.

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MAY 22, 2017

Menlo Ventures , the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, closed a new $450 million venture capital fund aimed at investing in early stage companies focused in the consumer, enterprise and so-called frontier technologies markets. The expansion to San Francisco will strengthen our partnerships with the next generation of entrepreneurs.”.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

One Medical , a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet , has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.”

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

“Our partnership with Jack Henry helps us bring Plaid Exchange to hundreds of regional and community banks, and helps ensure millions of people can access digital finance apps and services no matter where they choose to bank, invest and manage their money,” Karvounis added.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Waymo announced that it will use its 3D mapping technology to figure out if its self-driving cars can navigate the heavy traffic congestion in Los Angeles. Waymo] vehicles will be in town exploring how [our 3D technology] might fit into L.A.’s Is it similar to San Francisco congestion, and the behavior of San Francisco?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ontra , a legal technology company, has raised $200M in a Series B. The company maintains offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The round drew participation from Blackstone and Battery Ventures, among others. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING? Want the full post?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The round drew participation from Founders Fund, Meritech Capital Partners, Coatue Management, Bond, and Index Ventures. San Francisco-based Persona helps businesses verify customer identities in order to help with age verification, fraud prevention, and account recovery. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING? Want the full post?

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American Banker

JULY 12, 2023

Tom Drake is joining Wells from Barclays as a managing director in its mergers-and-acquisitions group focusing on health care services and medical-technology deals. Chris Norman, most recently at Citigroup, is joining as a managing director in M&A focusing on technology in San Francisco.

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MARCH 31, 2020

San Francisco-based Princeville Capital has announced a $50 million investment in Russian online retailer Ozon, which is partly owned by the Russian-based conglomerate Sistema. Ozon said Emmanuel DeSousa, managing partner at Princeville Capital, joined its board following the transaction. million, according to Reuters.

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MARCH 24, 2020

San Francisco-based FinTech startup Brex has acquired Neji, Compose Labs and Landria to help it build out its product offerings for growing businesses. Prior to Neji, the team members worked together for over a decade across multiple technology companies.”. The startup streamlines SaaS solutions into one experience. “The

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The San Francisco Chronicle , citing a letter to the California Employment Development Department sent by Apple, reported the layoffs are happening at Project Titan , its self-driving car unit. The firm speculated then that the Project Titan self-driving car unit would be shuttered, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In a move that bolsters its financial technology presence in India, Uber has put an Uber Money team into place in Hyderabad. Uber Money teams are also located in Palo Alto, Amsterdam, New York and San Francisco tech centers, Livemint reported. of India (NPCI).

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

billion, Uber Technologies Inc. The cash will be used to grow its transportation logistics platform and speed products to equip shippers with technology to power their supply chains, the San Francisco-based company said. Greenbriar Equity Group L.P. , announced Friday (Oct.

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JULY 22, 2020

Brex , the San Francisco financial technology startup, is offering FDIC insurance on its no-fee cash management account, the company announced Wednesday (July 22). Brex said the new funding would be used for engineering and design to advance its tools for expense management and procurement.

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MAY 31, 2018

This week, Uber and Lyft were told by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera to “turn over records on whether they classify drivers as employees or private contractors, as well as records on driver pay and benefits,” according to a statement from his office. And here come the subpoenas ….

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JULY 16, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. This acquisition brings together Uber’s expertise in on-demand, global mobility technologies with Routematch’s proven capabilities across paratransit, payments, fixed-route tools, and trip planning services,” said Uber Head of Transit David Reich and Routematch CEO Pepper Harward, in a joint statement.

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

In other news, Fidelity’s Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) announced the completion of trials involving a new digital token that will reward employees for performance and attendance. And IBM has won a blockchain patent that would stop drones from stealing packages from consumers.

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JUNE 29, 2020

IAC will change its name to Shift as the transaction proceeds and the Shift management team of CEO and Co-Founder George Arison and Co-CEO Toby Russell will stay in place. “We Merging with Insurance Acquisition Corp. Securing that capital is even more complicated than the IAC merger.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

We chose Lumin Digital because of their new and fresh approach to how internet banking is handled through their innovative cloud-native technology,” said Amy Sink , chief executive officer, Interra. Lumin Digital was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

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JULY 5, 2020

billion for Whole Foods , the online retail giant is planning to open its second automated-checkout grocery store in Seattle’s Eastside neighborhood and is hiring managers for a third store in the city’s Capitol Hill district, The Seattle Times reported. Three years after it paid $13.4 And it’s not stopping there. the Times reported.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Stripe , the San Francisco-based company which works to build economic online infrastructure, announced in a press release that Mike Clayville , a 36-year sales veteran of companies like Amazon Web Service (AWS), VMware and BEA Systems, would be joining to help grow the company’s global sales organization.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Cubic said that some of the contactless technology , software and equipment developed for Sydney will be in Cubic projects that will be rolled out over the course of the next few years in cities such as New York, Boston, and San Francisco. That is being made possible by recent contract wins by the company.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

the San Francisco blockchain startup, has been bought by Lightyear Corp., The company plans to create a platform that will allow organizations to issue, exchange and manage assets. ” Blockchain is the technology that underpins the cryptocurrency market. a company that is developing on the Stellar blockchain.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Since joining Target, Shipt membership tripled and it hired 375 new employees to work at its locations in Birmingham, Alabama and San Francisco. Also about a year ago, Target acquired San Francisco-based transportation technology company Grand Junction , to aid in its same-day delivery quest.

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JULY 31, 2020

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. As a national charter, the bank can offer credit and cash-flow management, the company said. Varo Bank N.A.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the San Francisco-based company announced Monday (Aug. Wish’s filing follows a number of startups, including Snowflake, Palantir Technologies and Asana, seeking opportunities amid a crush of investors, Reuters reported. 31) in a press release.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Deputy Managing Director of MAS Jacqueline Loh said the relationship demonstrates a FinTech that may extend to other countries in the ASEAN region. Bowman remarked at an event, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, that the Fed could foster collaborative action between those smaller banks and FinTech firms. “In

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The acquisition will see Kabbage take on 20 new team members in its San Francisco office, with Radius Intelligence CEO Joel Carusone also joining Kabbage to support the integration of the data analytics solution into its offering. In another statement, Carusone pointed to the role data plays in small business cash flow management.

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