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AUGUST 1, 2019

Corporate credit card data was not exposed in the massive Capital One data breach that came to light earlier this week, according to Business Travel News reports. While customers of Capital One’s commercial banking division were not affected, reports noted that small business customers were affected by the breach.

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MAY 21, 2018

We’ve got 17 months’ worth of cash without further raises of capital,” the executive said. The paper noted that American Express, Capital One, Citigroup, Discover Financial and Synchrony Financial had a median return on their assets of 2.1 Seattle Taxation Change of Heart.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 14, 2019

When it comes to innovation, banks in 2019 should look to partner first, buy second and lastly build, Jeremy Balkin, head of innovation at HSBC Bank USA said at BI Ignite 2019 in Seattle earlier this week. It makes more sense for banks to make a strategic investment in fintech companies than to try and build […].

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach. She added that the cybersecurity unit’s total head count has risen over the past several years, explaining that “the Cyber Team is a net importer of talent within Capital One.”.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 6, 2020

Byunn will speak at Bank Innovation Ignite in Seattle on March 2-3, on a panel entitled “Embedded Finance: The Automation of Everything Financial.” For Eric Byunn, partner at Centana Growth Partners, tech innovation that supports an intuitive and personalized banking experience of the future has room to grow.

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JULY 30, 2019

The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. . Also on Tuesday, a man affected by the Capital One breach filed a lawsuit against the firm. The FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 10, 2019

Remitly, a Seattle-based online international money transfer service, announced $220 million of new financing on Wednesday to expand its global customer reach and stretch beyond remittances into other areas of financial services.

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JUNE 4, 2019

ICONIQ Capital led the round, with participation from new investor Sapphire Ventures and all existing investors including Madrona Venture Group, OpenView, Salesforce Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Sales enablement platform Highspot announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Federal prosecutors believe that the woman allegedly responsible for the Capital One hacking is a danger to society who needs to stay in prison while awaiting trial. Thompson is accused of stealing personal data on more than 100 million Capital One customers. The Capital One theft “was only one part of her criminal conduct,” the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Capital One ’s chief information security officer (CISO), Michael Johnson, is being transferred to a new position following the bank’s colossal cyberattack in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Nov. Chief information officer (CIO) of Capital One’s commercial bank, Mike Eason, was appointed interim CISO, the sources said.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv. Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

25 in Seattle to introduce new products and services. 11) trading and gave the company a capitalization of $1.01 Amazon will host an event on Sept. According to CNBC , the eCommerce giant is expected to debut new hardware for its Echo family, as well as launch new products.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2019

Interested in joining us for Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 on March 11-12 at the Hyatt Olive 8, Seattle? In Seattle, you’ll see four Ignite Ideas sessions from the following fintech innovators: Lisa Frazier, Head […]. You’d better hurry! Early registration ends this Friday, February 1 at 11:59 PM.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

The funding round was led by Activate Capital with participation from Goldman Sachs, NGP Capital, Total Group, BNP Capital and others. Scoop launched in its home state of San Francisco before heading to Seattle. The money will be used to further expand and grow the platform. .

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JULY 26, 2020

Four years ago, the eCommerce giant’s venture capital fund invested in the Seattle-based company and gained access to the technology startup’s finances and other confidential information. Daniela Braga , founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd Corp., a data platform for artificial intelligence (AI), has a beef with Amazon Inc.,

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

Eleven startups participated in the Demovation challenge at the Bank Innovation Ignite conference in Seattle earlier this month. These startups, diverse in focus, comprised a wide range of the fintech ecosystem, including payments, security and blockchain.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

will speak at Bank Innovation Ignite in Seattle in March 2019 on Building the Future of Banking. Dan O’Malley, CEO of Numerated Growth Technologies, Inc.,

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JUNE 20, 2019

Sources are saying that Uber wants to acquire Seattle startup Mighty AI. The company — originally called Spare5 — was launched in 2014 out of Seattle-based VC Madrona Venture’s labs, a rival of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a press release , Zuora said that merchants can now integrate Amazon Pay into their subscription checkout, and that The Seattle Times and The Telegraph are now using the combination of Zuora and Amazon Pay. Its investors include Benchmark Capital, Wellington Capital Management and Shasta Ventures.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. Its venture capital investors included Greycroft, ACME Ventures (formerly known as Sherpa Capital), Menlo Ventures, e.Ventures, Cota Capital, M13 and others, noted reports. That never happened, prompting its action earlier this week.

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AUGUST 11, 2019

Capital One and Amazon Web Services are being sued by customers due to the massive hack that impacted more than 106 million people, GeekWire reported. She formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. The hack has led to multiple lawsuits against Capital One.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The funding round was led by Harbert Growth Partners, with other participants including Highland Capital Partners, Camber Creek, Working Lab Capital, Geolo Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and former Bain Capital Partners MD Mark Nunnelly all participated in the round.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2016

Now Remitly itself is crossing the border – just a few miles north of its Seattle headquarters. Global remittance startup Remitly has a history of helping send money across borders. The company announced a successful Series C raise of $38.5 million today, which will help the company set up a Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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MARCH 1, 2020

Health tech startup Accolade , with headquarters in Seattle and Philadelphia, filed with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise $100 million for an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday (Feb. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Carrick Capital Partners, Madrona Venture Group and McKesson Ventures, among others. .

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle. INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

The woman responsible for the Capital One hack reportedly pulled it off through a vulnerability in the cloud. The FBI arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. She eventually discovered one managing communications between Capital One’s cloud and the public internet with weak security settings, and was able to access the data from there.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Lastly, at this writing, Rockbridge Growth Equity (ties to Rocket Mortgage ) and CU Solutions Group acquired database marketing provider Marquis from Falfurrias Capital. Like Rocket Mortgage’s rise using digital tech, marketing, and outreach, Rockbridge’s portfolio reads like a checklist in new world growth methods.

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JULY 29, 2019

Capital One announced that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. The Washington Post reported that the FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Fairbank, Capital One’s chairman and chief executive, said in a press release. “I

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JUNE 21, 2019

With the bank branch of the future, large institutions such as Capital One and Fifth Third are aiming to create spaces that appeal to millennials around Chicago that provide technical support, financial advice and — in some instances — cappuccino. By the same token, Capital One has brought three Capital One Cafes in Chicago.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

In a press release , Globe Fintech, known as Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and other existing investors all participated in the fundraise. The Seattle-based company sells financial services products aimed at making it easier for immigrants to send money electronically to their home countries. and China-based Ant Group.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported. The company provides its offering in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Seattle. Shoppers, for their part, can make orders on the WeChat mini-program, Facebook, or the Weee app.

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APRIL 6, 2018

Seattle-based Suplari enhances the eProcurement process with artificial intelligence, with a focus on helping the enterprise identify cost-savings opportunities and supplier risk they might have otherwise missed. The India-based startup has already seen funding from Kalaari Capital, Saif Partners and Beenext. eProcurement. Logistics.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

One company that’s looking to capitalize on that very notion is startup mattress company Tuft & Needle. This week, the mattress company announced news of its plans to open up its fourth store, but with a twist — the new Seattle-based store will be fully powered by Amazon technology.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The feature is currently only available at two Amazon Go stores in Seattle, but the eCommerce giant plans to expand it to its other checkout-free stores. Stripe Heads Up $12M Funding Round For PayMongo. PayMongo plans to use the funding to introduce new features and products, and to keep building its product, design and engineering teams.

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JUNE 16, 2017

may raise more than $1 billion investment from strategic investors in a venture capital funding round including Alibaba and SoftBank. billion in venture capital in Grab through his eCommerce company or Ant Financial, the financial arm of the company. The company already has R&D centers in Seattle, Beijing, Jakarta and Singapore.

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