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JULY 19, 2020

Drop Delivery is touted as the first all-in-one system for cannabis retailers to use for developing a business in a safe and compliant manner. Equifund CFP CEO and Founder Jordan Gillissie said the capital raising is being done to help the industry come into the new digital age.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Despite the pandemic, venture capital dollars are flowing freely to nascent firms in Asia that are tackling the need for contactless interactions and platforms that match supply and demand — setting the stage for innovation on the other side of the public health crisis. Traditional companies have had to embrace tech at an accelerating pace.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Quick: Who’s the biggest retailer in the U.S.? In terms of sheer size and locations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the biggest retailer in the country, with 31,000 locations covering pretty much every town. Now, a new report is asking a good question: What if the post office expanded its retail offerings?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Retail Properties of America ( RPAI ), which owns and operates 102 multi-retail sites, showed a net income drop from $44.4 With rent receipts above our approximate 60% break-even level, we hold much optionality for our capital structure.”. One of the largest real estate investment trusts in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. After a recent $55 million capital raise , Sezzle plans to focus more on that area of business.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Alexandre Margoline , a partner at Permira, said in a statement that Mirakl can become the central hub and platform for digital marketplace operators, sellers and partners. . Mirakl provides online marketplace software to manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, including Kroger Co., Siemens AG and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.,

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Stripe led the round, and existing investors Y Combinator and Global Founders Capital participated, alongside a new investor, Bedrock Capital. By April, when the government had imposed lockdown measures, PayMongo saw thousands of retailers, including small entrepreneurs, restaurants and fast-food chains, signing up for its services.

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Perficient

MAY 25, 2023

Promethium Ember Capital, (“PEC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Promethium, has become the first digital asset custody provider to come under federal regulation. The approval allows Promethium to custody digital asset securities on behalf of both retail and institutional clients.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

is close to a deal to buy ATM operator Cardtronics , fending off two other bidders, according to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday (Jan. Cardtronics boasts 285,000 ATMs in 10 countries, and is one of the biggest cash machine operators in the world, WSJ writes. billion, those with knowledge of the matter told WSJ.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan. 11) “bring together Walmart’s retail knowledge and scale with Ribbit’s FinTech expertise to deliver tech-driven financial experiences tailored to Walmart’s customers and associates.”.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 31, 2017

Well think of it like this: Traditional banks are built to service three main client cohorts; 1) Large Corporates, 2) High net worth individuals and 3) homogenous retail. The second expectation is that these platforms will sell data to companies through premium APIs to help generate improved operational efficiency.

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BankUnderground

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Two factors have contributed to this booming popularity – the longstanding efforts by Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) to encourage greater retail participation in S&P 500 options and the increase in risk-taking behaviour especially among retail investors.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. That smaller size opens up whole new markets, and gains access to spaces that have never had a retail experience [as] a part of it.”.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 4, 2025

Generating profitable loans, increasing fee income, lowering deposit costs, or reducing operating costs might all be better alternatives to growing loan originations. Will capital, for instance, become more expensive or cheaper? Are there available technologies that could help solve this problem by implementing them?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to do with payments at all. It’s a world in which new retail models and new places to shop have emerged to satisfy that need, blending the online and offline worlds in ways that benefit the digital and marginalize the physical – at least as it operates today.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 3, 2025

Banks were now allowed to operate across state lines, increasing competition. As the caps came off deposit rates, banks increased their rates offered to retail and commercial customers. As seen below, many banks and thrifts failed to manage their asset-liability and credit positions and chronically produced under their cost of capital.

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JUNE 3, 2020

the wear-to-work retailer for women, warned it may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the nationwide chain has been crippled by the COVID-19 crisis, CNBC reported. The company operates more than 385 retail and outlet locations in 33 states, according to its website. The parent company of New York & Co. ,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As property executives report their quarterly earnings, some landlords are starting to put the squeeze on retailers that have skipped rent payments as a means to survive pandemic-triggered lockdowns. Spirit Realty Capital told FT that it had collected just 12 percent of the rent owed by movie theaters last month.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Bank of America seeks electronification of cash not only as way to better serve its banking customers but also as an excellent way to reduce costs: according to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, this digitization of cash can save the bank billions of dollars. That’s why Zelle is so importance to us,” Moynihan […].

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Overall cash consideration for the purchase of the company is $325 million, which is subject to “customary cash/debt and working capital adjustments,” of which $100 million has been deferred and will be paid on different dates over the 12 months to come. California-based Shoe Palace was started in 1993 by the Mersho family.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Executives at MCI Capital , the biggest publicly traded private equity firm in Poland, are optimistic that a recent record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) in the eCommerce space bodes well for the industry, Bloomberg reported. Online retailer Allegro.eu Eyeing the success of that transaction for the owners who took Allegro.eu

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon is suspending advertising related to pre-Black Friday campaigns in France after coming under fire from at least one government official who said it was unfair for the online giant to flex its digital retail muscle just as a new pandemic shutdown forces small shops and restaurants to close, Reuters reported. Amazon on Thursday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

CEO Michelle Gass said in a Tuesday (May 19) first-quarter earnings call with analysts that the retailer amplified its digital marketing efforts and revised its online site content. The retail executive said home was the most formidable category, with digital sales rocketing over 50 percent for the quarter. billion and $1.75.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. announced that it has completed its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to Kingswood Capital Management.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As a result, the retail clients of Epos Now will be able to tap into the worldwide jump in eCommerce sales demand and diversify their sales channels at a key moment for the industry. Our customers must move to capitalize on the growing demand for online retail,” Epos Now Chief Growth Officer Barbara Staruk said in the announcement.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 15, 2017

For example, it shows that the UK retail banking market place has become a dull playground thanks to mergers and acquisitions over the past half century: As a result, the six large banking groups held an 89% market share of the current account market. Anyways, there is some key metric data in the report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Consignment-to-retail used vehicle marketplace CarLotz, Inc. million, while retail gross profit per unit spiked 71 percent from $1,276 in the prior year period to $2,181, according to the announcement. said on Wednesday (Dec. 16) that its total revenues rose 12 percent for Q3 2020 to $29.8 million, up from $26.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

Amid the retailer’s reported impending bankruptcy, an investor group is intending to provide an alternative to a $600 million financing arrangement for Neiman Marcus Group and pressure it toward a sale. The investor group includes Third Point LLC and Mudrick Capital Management LP, Reuters reported.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Digitally native mattress and home goods brand platform Resident landed a $130 million investment headed up by Nexus Capital Management and Ion Crossover Partners with participation from Baron Capital Group in Q4 of 2020, according to a Thursday (Jan. 7) announcement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Digital payments — and specifically, card-not-present transactions — may be convenient for consumers, but can impact the very operations of the retailers serving them. That includes whether they access capital through online banking, or manage payroll, send invoices, accept payments and receive settlements digitally,” said West.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Asda Group Ltd , the British supermarket retailer; TDR Capital , the London-based private equity firm; and EG Group , a global convenience retailer announced on Friday (Oct. Asda has been resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly doubling its online operations in a matter of months, the company said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

In that recent discussion with Karen Webster, Nussenbaum talked about how his company is bringing back-end marketplace services — which include merchandising and fulfillment tasks — to a host of retailers and brands in a variety of retail niches. The new goal for the two entrepreneurs? Marketplace Concept.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments. The company operates a B2B online marketplace for the food and restaurant industry, allowing businesses to purchase goods directly from producers and distributors.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’d be forgiven if the tug of war between hedge funds and retail investors – and the soaring and swooning over GameStop and Dogecoin – would be top of mind in anticipation of a bubble taking shape that will, at some point, see either deflation or a pop. Funds that have expertise in both companies operating in Asia and how U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

For small, mom-and-pop retailers, complex or proprietary procurement platforms simply aren't in the cards. With the pandemic accelerating businesses' digital shift , small retail buyers have shifted their buying operations to the B2B eCommerce realm, and for many, the online marketplace operates in lieu of a procurement solution.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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