PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The company recently announced $10 million in venture capital funding, led by GV and Foundation Capital, while Amicus and Pierre Lamond also participated. Participants in the round also included 42K Investimentos, Chromo Invest and Capital Labs, as well as previous backers Yellow Ventures and Osher Tech.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2020

The companies on the defensive right now also include venture capital-backed rental companies and vacation rental apps like Airbnb. Vacation rental companies, backed by venture capital funds, include names such as Washington state-based Stay Alfred, San Francisco-based Sonder, and Airbnb-backed companies like Zeus Living and Lyric.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

I think they’re missing a step there in Washington,” Edwards said. Second: Eliminate The Capital Crunch . The trouble, Edwards noted, is that bankers at the moment are both slightly unsure of what correctly is and what the consequences to their balance sheets could be if they get that wrong. So how to fix the log jam. Edwards said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

WeWork Co-founder Adam Neumann, who left the flexible office-space company during its attempt to go public, has invested $30 million in Alfred Club, a startup that helps apartment building operators provide luxury services, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The drop boxes will be in six cities — New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Washington, D.C. — Currently, the company has five locations — in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Rent the Runway announced that it is setting up drop boxes at 15 WeWork locations across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. And those lending in multiple provinces would have to have 5 billion yuan in registered capital at a minimum. The report said Alibaba has used such practices, among other companies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Washington Post reports this week said GE revealed the SEC’s probe was linked to its disclosure of a miscalculation in its insurance unit. The Washington Post said the SEC had not yet commented on the investigation. There’s nothing here I’m overly concerned about.”. Stocks plunged following the earnings report.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

2, as Microsoft has rallied to be neck and neck with Amazon in terms of market capitalization. The two Washington state-based companies are within one percentage point of each other, with a market cap of about $723 billion, thanks to a week-long rally in Microsoft shares coupled with a slump in Amazon shares, reported 24/7 Wall St.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A tech publication , citing the company, reported that the funding round was led by GV, the venture capital arm of Google and Foundation Capital. To date, the startup has brought in $42 million in venture funding, some of which came in when the company was operating as HomeSuite.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

The company is boosting the number of engineers it is hiring in and around the Seattle, Washington area. One of the job postings is for an engineering manager of operations technology, noted the report. “We Earlier in 2019, it raised $100 million in funding from investors including BlackRock, Glynn Capital, Tiger Global, and others.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

The company’s cash-heavy position comes at a precipitous time for Big Tech operations. In Washington, tech companies have been the subjects of investigations by both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Alphabet , however, has been moving in the opposite direction.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This kind of small business is a dying breed: recent stats from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa found more than 16 percent of independent pharmacies shuttered their doors between March 2003 and March 2018, according to Washington Post reports. But these business owners need capital to expand.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The forces closing in on retail have forced its various trade and advocacy groups to press their case in Washington. According to The Washington Post , even routine finance issues have become risky. The first two show households have seen reductions in income and most businesses do not expect to resume full operations for six months.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

Washington has asked other countries to ban Huawei as well. Recently, it trademarked its own operating system called Hongmeng, meant to replace Android. Huawei has also invested a great deal of capital in a company that makes chips for smartphones. The new OS could possibly be ready by the end of the year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Or maybe a relatively bland extended-stay operation right off the interstate. To learn more about the trend, PYMNTS recently caught up with Kulveer Taggar, co-founder and CEO of Zeus , a digital and mobile-focused operation that puts business travelers into furnished housing that Zeus rents from owners.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

While designed to connect small business owners to quick capital for a boost to their cash flow, the MCA has earned a reputation for some predatory behavior, like sky-high interest rates and fees. While Plaid has been in operation for several years, it has typically focused on connecting consumers’ bank accounts to their financial apps.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

population, including almost all of the households (95 percent or more) in 16 of the wealthiest and most populated states and Washington, D.C. And as RBC Capital pointed out after the announcement: “the faster you ship, the more people buy,” according to CNBC. billion and $3.6 billion, far below the $4.2 billion Street estimate.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

As a new week dawned, and lawmakers in Washington grapple over what will be in the next round of stimulus payments, who will get them, and how much they will be … some shifts in how individuals and families are using previous stimulus checks, once they get them, may spell trouble ahead for at least some sectors of the economy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

13) said that alternative lender Fountainhead Commercial Capital can now offer SBA loans through its platform after securing a Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) loan program license from American Business Lending. The recent government shutdown forced the Small Business Administration to stall its lending operations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

This is the first time a major investment by the fund has been announced since the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which was blamed on the Saudis and sparked outrage around the world. CloudKitchens is seen as a way to capitalize on the growing delivery market. It now has locations in China, India, the U.K.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

In addition, Citi is rolling out biometric identification for institutional clients in Asia , and Chinese tourists can make payments through Alipay when they visit the Capital One Arena. But it will be rewarding if we can provide the same facility to these underserved groups and help them in their operation.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

This is the first time a major investment by the fund has been announced since the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which was blamed on the Saudis and sparked outrage around the world. CloudKitchens is seen as a way to capitalize on the growing delivery market. It now has locations in China, India, the U.K.

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Washington Capital Operations Company 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

As a new administration settles into Washington, D.C., For JPMorgan’s own operations, some changes will be in the offing. are too high and cause “considerable damage,” with the impact of “driving capital and brains overseas.”. Among them, the Millennium has seen funding of wars and debt to the tune of trillions of dollars.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Last month, The Washington Post reported more than 40 conglomerates, including Google and Dell, have nixed working with Chinese vendors in an effort to avoid those fees that aim to encourage businesses to shift their supply chains to the U.S. According to Kocher, bank-FinTech collaboration is key to addressing that gap, particularly in Asia.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Just this week, investors in Starwood Capital Group started to show signs of strain after the pandemic shuttered stores and wiped out emergency cash reserves, leading to default on a $700 million loan. REITs are not exactly a source of good or even consistent news these days.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

This belief is based on “the Company’s operating plan, that current working capital and expected continued inventory and capital expenditure financing is sufficient to fund operations and satisfy the Company’s obligations.”. Ontario (L.A.), Oklahoma City, and Memphis.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

And candidly, they’re right,” Jim Abdo told The Washington Post. Abdo’s firm, Abdo Development, built Washington, D.C.’s Hotel Hive is housed in an early 20th century building famous for two things before being home to a new lodging concept in the nation’s capital. s first microtel in 2016 — Hotel Hive.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

The new funding round brings its total to $74 million so far, the highest amount raised of its startup peers like Washington, D.C.’s He is a biochemist who runs a growing operation in Ecuador, a global powerhouse for flower supply, along with Columbia. million and was acquired by FTD in 2018. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

While they will lack the sheer financial clout of federal assistance, they are starting to offer strategies beyond capital infusions that will assist in restarting small business when the crisis passes. Several examples have shown up over the past week. economic policy think tank the Brookings Institute. And speed is of the essence.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

a complex market in which to operate, both for SMEs and their accountants and software providers. A recent survey from the National Federation of Independent Businesses found that “frustration over gridlock in Washington” forced SME optimism to dip last month. And while SMEs are awaiting tax reform, this area also makes the U.S.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets. You did not see this kind of support during the failure of Washington Mutual, and you didn’t see it with Silvergate or Signature Bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

The Other Bets unit also reported an operating loss of $732 million, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017. Though most testing takes place in California, those operations also are conducted in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Michigan and Washington State. Stock Compensation Growth.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The capital city is Mexico City, which alone is home to almost 9 million. The nation’s capital is also one of the world’s largest cities. Everyone is talking about FinTech,” René Lomelî, operations director for 500 Startups , told Mexico IT. Companies are teaming up to bring Internet of Things coverage to the capital city.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Canada’s Intact Financial and China Pacific Insurance, New Enterprise Associates, First Round Capital, Mitsui and SV Angel. Metromile is ready to rev up, having acquired licenses to operate in all of Uncle Sam’s 50 states, despite currently underwriting policies in only four right now: New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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CB Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

The round drew participation from Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. The startup operates in the US and has teams in San Francisco, Texas, Colorado, and Washington, among other locations in the US. Anrok , a SaaS sales tax solution, has raised $20M in a Series A. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING? Want the full post?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Since its launch, the company has operated in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego and Seattle. It also announced today that it has added two new markets to its platform: Portland and Washington, D.C., putting it on track to be in 12 major U.S. markets by the end of 2018. There are also plans for global expansion in 2019.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In the past couple of years, regulators have become more interested in risk management, strategic and capital planning, succession planning, compliance (particularly Bank Secrecy Act compliance), third-party relationships and interest rate risk, according to David Baris, partner for BuckleySandler LLP in Washington, D.C. Virginia B.

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