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On-Demand Home Services Startup Homee Raises $15M

PYMNTS

Tampa, Florida-based startup Homee raised $15 million in series B funding led by Forté Ventures, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Aug. Funds also came from Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Active Capital Partners, Florida Funders, Deepwork Capital and Engage. The new funding brings Homee’s total raised to nearly $30 million.

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5 payments trends you should know about

Independent Banker

billion-asset Bank of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. We’ve got capital market resets that are potentially happening, technology advancements and continued heightened digital expectations. “What’s interesting to me is the macro environment,” says Marilena Lakoumentas, senior vice president and chief digital officer at $3.3

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How Mobile Apps Can Help Restaurants Make Loyalty Rewarding

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The Tampa, Florida-based chain was publicly held until 2017, when it was purchased by Oak Hill Capital Partners for $525 million. Checkers and Rally’s operated as independent chains — both serving menu items such as hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches and seasoned fries — until the former acquired the latter in 1999.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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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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Seacoast expanding in western Florida with Fourth Street acquisition

American Banker

The company will pay $64 million to significantly increase its scale in the Tampa Bay area.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

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And Starbucks has a new investor : Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 Louis, Orlando, Tampa and Tulsa, as well as additional areas of New York City and Seattle, the company said in an announcement. percent stake in Starbucks.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: The future is bright

Independent Banker

Even after such a phenomenal ICBA LIVE and the ICBA Capital Summit, which may be happening as you read this, I can still draw such inspiration from our nation’s community bankers. I’ll be at ICBA’s Capital Summit in Washington, D.C. the team from TCM Bank in Tampa, Fla. I’m so glad that I did. Where I’ll be this month.