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ID Experts Light Up Portland

PYMNTS

The capital Radar raised will be spent on technology, sales and marketing. In the largest deal of the week, United Bankshares said it would buy Cardinal Financial for $912 million, in a transaction that would bring United into the forefront of big banks in the Washington DC region, with scale gleaned from Cardinal’s 30 branches and $4.2

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For This Startup, Scale Was A Matter Of Necessity

PYMNTS

Well, according to Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon, scaling was a matter of necessity when Vacasa first started out because rental homes were illegal in the company’s home turf of Portland, Oregon, in all but commercial areas (which greatly limited the company’s initial reach). Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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Paytm Seeks BigBasket Partnership To Take On Flipkart, Amazon

PYMNTS

India-based eCommerce marketplace Paytm Mall wants to work more closely with regional retailers and team up with eCommerce grocery service BigBasket to compete with Flipkart and Amazon, according to recent Reuters reports. It is currently the third-largest company competing in the country’s retail space. “We

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A Continued Decline in Housing Inventory

TrustBank

If you are looking to buy a house, you have likely observed that the real estate market is very competitive, with increased bidding activity leading to higher prices. One reason that the real estate market is so hot is that there is very low housing inventory available. Prices have continued a very strong increase thus far in 2021.

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U.K. Bank Joins Umpqua in Innovation Venture

American Banker

Umpqua Holdings in Portland, Ore., has found a bank partner to join in its bid to bring new banking technologies to market.

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Passport Raises $8 Million in Series B

Fintech Labs Insights

“Our enterprise platform is striking a chord with the market as they look to bring technology into their operations and drive efficiency.” Passport’s technology is being used in major metropolitan areas in North America such as Chicago, Toronto, Portland, and Salt Lake City. ” Youakim said.

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The Folly of Peer Groups

Jeff For Banks

But UBPRs are done by asset size and region. See below for a snapshot from an Umpqua Bank of Portland, Oregon UBPR. We have a client that evaluated their position in their markets, their potential, and therefore their best strategy to succeed. Their peer group is all commercial banks with assets greater than $3 billion.

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