PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

In today’s top news, China is facing a “capital winter” of venture funding slowdown, the U.S. prepares for a potential Iranian cyberattack, and businesses are expected to spend $55 billion to become compliant under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch. billion ($2.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Square Capital LLC processed more than $820 million in Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans in six weeks, the firm reported. Last year, Square Capital did $2.3 Of that number, 60 percent of the borrowers had never before received a loan through Square Capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The BlackRock-led group is injecting capital into Trustly at a time when the company is building out its network, which enables merchants to accept bank transfers with the same ease as they now take credit card payments. Citigroup Global Markets Limited also took part in the transaction, acting as a financial advisor.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

California Trucking Weighs In. This week, reports in Capital Public Radio in California noted a legislative proposal that would classify independent truckers as employees, not as contractors — the opposite of what the Labor Department stated in its opinion. State governments are grappling with this debate, too.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

24) that it has launched in California. s fasted growing startup, WorldRemit said it has set its sights on California, as the state is home to one in four migrants in the U.S. California will also stand as the company’s second largest market to date. Mobile money transfer service WorldRemit announced Wednesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

California has passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a sweeping law that forces companies to tell customers about the data they gather about them, and to allow customers to opt out of those practices. Even the attorney general is still figuring out specifics and probably won’t start enforcing the law until July.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The word “California” never fails to conjure up a mental image, though that will vary from person to person – some will think sun and sand, others will think movie stars, while still others will think internet startups. Well, if all of these California test drives go according to plan, anyway. The California Bot-Building Race.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

California lawmakers are considering legislation that would extend disclosure requirements currently required by consumer lenders to lenders of small business loan products, according to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. The bill was cleared by the Senate in May, and is closing in on a vote in the state Assembly.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 19, 2023

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. Jamie Dimon, chair and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest Wall Street bank, will probably make much more.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Led by veteran banker Stephen Gordon, Genesis Bank in Newport Beach, California, plans to use the funds pledged by private equity firms and other investors to roll up community banks in the Western U.S.

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American Banker

AUGUST 23, 2023

East West Bancorp chief Dominic Ng long faced skepticism from analysts who had questioned his conservative approach to capital allocations — a strategy that has helped his Pasadena-based bank weather decades of ups and downs in the banking industry and survive amid the collapse of other California banks this spring.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

The parent company of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California is considering a merger of the two retailers in an effort to consolidate stores, as well as survive a prolonged downturn in the American brick-and-mortar retail sector. Eddie Bauer also declined to comment, while Pacific Sunwear could not be reached for comment.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 16, 2020

First Technology FCU, led by a former banker, stands ready to raise fresh capital by issuing subordinated debt. But first it must wait for a rule change from the National Credit Union Administration that's drawing fierce opposition from the banking industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Also, Uber will reportedly fight the recent passage of controversial labor legislation in California per reports. Robert Chapman, founder of California investment firm Chapman Capital, said per reports , “It is reasonable to conclude that a relatively large acquisition by Groupon is forthcoming,”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

In total, more than $68 million in venture capital was announced — but that’s not counting the $130 million round for one U.K. Below, find the latest in B2B venture capital funding. The California startup announced $28 million in Series B funding this week, according to VentureBeat reports, led by Tola Capital.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 17, 2021

The round drew participation from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, SoftBank Group, and Dragoneer Investment Group. California-based Chime collaborates with regional banks to create member-centric financial products, coining itself as a financial technology firm rather than a bank. Want the full post?

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We previously wrote about California Governor Newsom’s 2020-2021 Budget and an accompanying trailer bill that would rename the Department of Business Oversight (“DBO”) and significantly increase its ability to oversee financial services providers in the state. California Consumer Financial Protection Law. Register here. the “CFPA”).

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2018

Goldschmidt co-founded the California-based Pivotus Ventures two years ago. The venture capital firm, which is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corp, is self-described as an “innovation studio with imagining and creating key […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The initiative is being led by Goodwater Capital, the Silicon Valley tech investor; Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm; Floodgate, the venture capital company of Palo Alto, California; and New York-based Raine Group LLC, the global merchant bank focused on tech companies. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In the rideshare arena, InMotion , Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, invested $25 million in a $600 million funding round for Lyft in 2017. The number of automaker-backed investments seems to have skyrocketed overnight. Ridesharing. Self-Driving Taxis.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2018

eBay is gearing up to slash close to 300 jobs in California, with the cuts slated to be completed by July 20. RBC Capital Markets estimates Amazon made between $1.5 In the notice to the EDD, Amir Vonsover, an eBay employment counsel, wrote, “eBay will conduct a mass layoff.” billion.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Capital Corps, founded by former Banc of California CEO Steven Sugarman, wants the minority-run Broadway sold to a buyer that serves low- and moderate-income borrowers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised. Honorable Mention.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Backers at Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital led the Series D investment round, according to TechCrunch news, while Index Ventures and Workday also participated. This California-based startup has a particular cybersecurity focus: payments fraud. Cybersecurity. Duo Security. Blockchain. Digital Asset.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 25, 2017

The funding round was led by Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Other investors included Emergence Capital, 8VC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Nyca Partners. Based in San Francisco, Blend was established […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. A $40 million Series D funding round makes California’s Anomali one of the VC leaders of the weak.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2018

The California-based Wealthfront, which relies on software and algorithms to fuel investments for its clients rather than the traditional human middlemen, will use the capital to keep the […].

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CB Insights

JULY 12, 2021

The round drew participation from Spark Capital, SV Angel, Craft Ventures, and Google Ventures, among others. California-based Instawork provides a flexible employment solution for businesses looking to hire hourly workers. Instawork , an on-demand staffing platform, has raised $60M in a Series C. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?

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American Banker

MAY 21, 2024

West Coast Community Bancorp agreed to acquire 1st Capital Bancorp in an all-stock deal slated to close in the fourth quarter.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The combined company, to be led by Metromile CEO Dan Preston , will have a pro forma market capitalization of approximately $1.3 Investors Social Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Miller Value, Clearbridge and Mark Cuban have committed to investing $160 million through a private placement of INSU II Class A common shares.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Opendoor , a San Francisco-based startup that offers a one-stop-shop for buying and selling real estate, is negotiating to go public with a California blank-check company, Bloomberg reported. Opendoor is in advanced talks with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. Opendoor and Social Capital II declined to comment to Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

Proposed regulations would give small businesses in California the nation’s most extensive set of truth-in-lending protections for small business borrowers. . In 2018, California began the journey of establishing lending transparency for small businesses in the state.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In PYMNTS’ latest B2B venture capital roundup, which yielded $75 million in new funding, startups embraced distributed ledger technology for B2B payments and supply chain management, with 80 percent of total funding landing at blockchain companies. ClearMetal.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) charged California’s Abra for failing to register before offering and selling securities-based swaps. But both men later settled charges that they had failed to disclose what they had been paid for backing it. And, the U.S.

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American Banker

JUNE 13, 2023

The Roseville, California institution is expanding into the Bay Area in hopes that it can land new clients and lenders in the wake of two large regional failures there this year.

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CB Insights

JUNE 22, 2021

Eltropy , a messaging platform for financial institutions, has raised $21M in a Series A that drew participation from K1 Capital, among other investors. California-based Eltropy enables financial institutions like credit unions and banks to engage digitally through its platform. How’s the company performing? Want the full post?

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