Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Things we’re reading today include … Cash strapped students targeted as money mules U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

The Global Wellness Institute found that the market for those kinds of offerings was value at $4.2 Chief Revenue Officer Kimberly Kreuzberger said, according to the outlet, “We’re marketing to a very actionable consumer because they’re a shopper.”. While Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Inc.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

“We are excited to partner with Shift and its world-class management team as it leverages its technology platform to disrupt the $840+ billion used car market,” said Daniel Cohen, chairman of the board of directors of Insurance Acquisition Corp. Arison said the move was about adding capital to scale the company.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Bitcoin’s share of the total cryptocurrency market is close to falling below 50 percent for the first time in over seven months. percent of the market’s total capitalization, falling to a low of 50.54 Before 2017, bitcoin held more than 70 percent of the market — but that was before new cryptos came on the scene.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Popular”) (NASDAQ: BPOP), bank holding company of Popular Bank, today announced Popular Bank’s strategic realignment of its New York Metro branch network. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. New York Metro.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

million, a 19 percent decline from April 2019. “… there is an undercurrent of long-term positivity in the housing market that will likely allow for a strong rebound,” said Dean Mon, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in a statement last week. In April, 1 million permits were issued in the U.S. That’s down from 1.3

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 9, 2020

Looking for trends in India’s personal finance market? It presents an accurate picture of India’s personal finance market in the year gone by and gives an idea of what to expect in the coming year. Trends are segregated based on metros & non-metros, gender, and age. lakh in metros and Rs. lakh for non-metros.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

million in venture capital. As reported by The Business Times , in Singapore, Tin Men Capital, a venture capital firm focused on B2B tech startups, led a $5 million Series A funding round to invest in RateIt. The company has expanded from Australia to southeast Asia and clients include Lego, Metro, Pandora and others.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 31, 2021

Metro services announced in 27 cities, plus additional allocations for Kochi Metro, Chennai Metro Phase 2, Bengaluru Metro Phase 2A and B, Nashik and Nagpur Metros. A Unified Securities Market Code to be created, consolidating provisions of the Sebi Act, Depositories Act, and two other laws. in 2021-22.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Personetics , an AI-powered customer engagement platform, has raised $85M in growth equity funding from Thoma Bravo, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital, among others. Personetics caters to 120M bank customers via 80 financial institutions across 30 global markets. How’s the company performing? Want the full post?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

Lofton said he imagines the real estate market, especially in the Bay area with a number of tech company IPOs on the horizon, will become even more difficult to navigate. With all of these economic booms in a market that’s already really supply-constrained with housing, it will be even more challenging,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and new investor KTB took part in the investment. The Indian grocery market is valued at $600 billion and is projected to grow 55 percent a year through 2021. Grofers, the Indian online grocery startup, has raised more than $200 million in a new round of fundraising. per share, or $59.9 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

York Capital Management and Mike Archer, a former president of Applebee’s and TGI Fridays, bought Houlihan’s in 2015 and now blames the chapter 11 filing on a number of factors, including expensive leases, a tight labor market and “the rapid growth in costly third-party delivery.”. Documents filed in U.S.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Capitalizing on an area’s growing popularity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

It’s about learning from their experience in China and in other Asian markets to inform our Latin America strategy,” Barbieri told Reuters. Uala offers users prepaid Mastercards, metro card refills, digital payments and bill payment services. The investment, he noted, will help to speed up Uala’s plans.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

21st Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — along with an investment from director Steven Spielberg, according to The Wall Street Journal. IMAX, venture capital firm Bold Capital Partners and mall chain Westfield Corp. The company has already raised $11 million in funding from three major Hollywood studios — Warner Bros.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart. We are pleased to invest in the company at this point of accelerated growth and, as they expand, to additional markets across the nation.”.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Based on the facts presented the inescapable conclusion I draw from the event is that for most banks in most markets, careful and purposeful coordination of both physical and digital channels will be needed to provide the best experience to clients. Banks don’t serve homogeneous markets. The key is doing it well.

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William Mills

MARCH 8, 2018

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. According to the American Transaction Processors Coalition, more than 70 percent of all payments on a global scale currently pass through companies headquartered in metro Atlanta, earning the city the moniker “Transaction Alley.”

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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American Banker

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pacific Metro Bank would cater to Chinese-Americans around Atlanta. The application process is worth watching since the group is seeking the first Georgia charter in seven years and would be based in a market where more than 90 banks have failed since 2007.

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Georgia Metro Atlanta Marketing 28

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For startups, 2016 wasn’t the best year in venture capital. VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. They need to manage the burn, drift and cut losses.”. and the U.S. Alt-Lending.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

.’s efforts to inject competition in the small business banking and financial services sector have culminated in a range of initiatives, from the bank referral scheme to strengthen the position of alternative lenders in the market, to the RBS fund that sees rivals and industry newcomers securing financing to improve their services.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The news came as the company raised some $55 million in new funding — capital that will go toward the development of new, commercially viable flying taxies, he told PYMNTS. Flying-Taxi Expectations. So when can people expect that? “It It might be fewer years than people expect,” Reuter said, adding that he is working toward a 2022 goal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

If one has a digital 3×5 card to hang, and they are in a major metro area, odds are good that there is an “ Uber of” digital bulletin board to hang it on. The firm has raised $3 million in Seed token sale funding from Pantera Capital and another $6.6 million through a CoinList token sale. Plus, it raised another $26.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It was Deloitte’s first public investment in a blockchain startup, according to reports, but the company had already been working with SETL to develop contactless card solutions for Metro Bank. In the years ahead, industries are sure to gain a clearer understanding of how blockchain will disrupt their markets.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

2/ @Schornack The primary asset of the organization was Flagship Bank Minnesota, a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender with two locations in the Twin Cities Metro Area. However, it had a great group of employees and was in a market that I knew very well. This was the start of one fun journey that continues today.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. Expect more of these slam-dunk in-market mergers that reduce locations 10%+.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. If we were to have capital levels more in line with peer averages, we would barely be able to originate and keep mortgage loans of any size. . Capital Community Bank.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The 83-year-old CU, which has 16 branches in the metro Phoenix area and holds $1.9 These solutions are playing a particularly important role as bad actors ramp up their attacks to capitalize on chaos and confusion arising from the ongoing pandemic.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

The company is testing its workplace program at mainly smaller supercenters along with the company’s Neighborhood Markets. At the same time, it was reported that Walmart plans to employ $11 billion in capital expenditures this year. billion for its stores in comparison to $1.63 billion in the year prior.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 28, 2018

Excess Capital 3. There could be ample municipal deposits in checking or money market accounts. My apologies to Metro Phoenix Bank ($181 million in assets, 1.88%/11.83% ROA/ROE). In the report, analysts Matt Schultheis and Scott Beury laid down the criteria they recommend investors use when evaluating bank stocks: 1.

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CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

In honor of Canada Day this weekend, we used CB Insights’ database to compile 150 notable tech companies, most active venture capital and corporate investors, and top exits of Canada’s private company tech scene into a periodic table. The list includes VCs such as BDC Venture Capital and Real Ventures, among others.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

It delivers to homes and businesses in 24 metro markets and has more than 200 pickup locations. We wanted to be the first in the market to roll this out and to offer this service to our customers,” he said. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Dash Wand already lets customers use voice commands to order groceries from its AmazonFresh service.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

metros with more set to be added by Amazon by year’s end. The eCommerce company further announced it has expanded its grocery pickup to Whole Foods Market to Columbus, Ohio — bringing the total number of pickup markets to 30. billion on 500 remodels in 2018 — more than a fifth of the retailer’s total capital expenditure of $10.3

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

He sensed the family’s passion and liked their idea of starting with selling milk at farmers’ markets, roadside shops and small grocery stores. In each new market opened in 2021, the community bank found an experienced ag lender who was seeking a new position. First Capital Bank. Metro City Bank. TriState Capital Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

Chairmen and CEOs alike spout undifferentiated bromides that tells me their strategy in their markets must be low cost. Both of these acquisitions were completed on [date], providing us with well-known and talented bankers and an expanded statewide footprint into new strategically compelling markets.

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