PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Anthony Hucker, CEO of Southeastern Grocers , a Jacksonville, Florida-based supermarket chain, told WSJ he placed orders for holiday hams and turkeys in June, July and August long before he typically does. We will never again operate our business as unprepared for something like this,” he said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

“Prime Now delivery continues to be a hit with our customers and we’re excited to introduce the service in five new cities plus more neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area,” Whole Foods Market’s executive vice president of operations, Christina Minardi, said in the announcement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

online grocery retailer Ocado is involved in a patent lawsuit over robotically-operated warehouse technology with robotics company AutoStore , Reuters reported. It has a stock market valuation of over 20 billion pounds (about $25.7 In July 2019, the companies were making the second of 20 of them in Florida.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Synovus Financial announced on Tuesday (July 24) that it is acquiring FCB Financial Holdings, owner of Florida Community Bank (FCB), Florida’s largest community bank, in a deal valued at $2.9 Following the closing, FCB will merge with Synovus Bank and operate under the Synovus brands. per FCB share, or $2.9 billion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

The operation also will provide traditional banking services, according to the backers. This will allow us to build, scale and offer customized financial and crypto products for the local Indian markets,” said Unicas Chief Executive Dinesh Kukreja said in a prepared statement. AMBCrypto reported Wednesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

in an effort to win contracts to engage in currency exchange operations for the government. The majority of the money was wired from Swiss bank accounts to Florida, noted the report. Gorrin, who is 49, is accused of buying jets, yachts, champion horses and luxury watches in Florida and Texas with the ill-gotten gains.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Thus far, the Journal said, citing University of Florida Professor Jay Ritter, SPACs have logged 6 percent gains on the first day of trading so far this year, which outpaces the 1.6 Funds that have expertise in both companies operating in Asia and how U.S. capital markets work hold a significant advantage.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

could file for bankruptcy this weekend after the Florida-based car rental company failed to reach an agreement with top lenders, The Wall Street Journal reported. Hertz, which also operates the Dollar and Thrifty car rental brands, had been holding talks with creditors after skipping major car-lease payments due in April.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

With a focus on its corporate customers, Progress Bank , which operates in Alabama and Florida has tapped data and financial management technology company Sensibill to integrate its digital receipt management capabilities. AIB's receivables financing operations in the U.K. Progress Bank Taps Sensibill For Digital Receipts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Cashless payments firm USA Technologies (USAT) is expanding its partnership with amusement kiosk operator National Entertainment Network (NEN) to bring expanded cashless payment options to more vending machines and devices, the companies announced in a press release on Friday (Nov. and Puerto Rico.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported. Furthermore, Whole Foods Market lists new store openings In Sherman Oaks, California; Sunnyvale, California and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For starters, a customer may carry large balances but not generate franchise value if those balances are all in high-paying money market accounts or are highly volatile. The value driver in cash management is that it is usually some sort of operating account at the bank. As such, operating accounts have low-interest rate sensitivity.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

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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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The value grocery chain also said it intended to come into the greater Phoenix market and continue to support Gulf Coast store growth with a new Alabama distribution center, according to a Tuesday (July 21) announcement. As it stands, the company operates 180 retail locations in Florida as well as Alabama.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2021

It currently operates in 14 markets across the states of Florida, Colorado, Georgia, Texas, and Utah, catering to almost 2,600 qualified off-market buyers. The company reportedly witnessed a 600% year-on-year increase in revenue from June 2020 to June 2021. The company currently employs 180 people. Want the full post?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

A direct listing would let computers shift the stocks to the public markets. The research for this comes from University of Florida Professor Jay Ritter, who has done numerous studies on whether top banks like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs are pricing stocks optimally.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

food retailer to have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy so far this year — and, like predecessors Fairway and Lucky’s Market, it did so after trying to find a buyer. Colorado-based Lucky’s, which is backed by Kroger to the tune of $300 million, tried to fight competition by expanding into Florida.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

A direct listing would let computers shift the stocks to the public markets. The research for this comes from University of Florida Professor Jay Ritter, who has done numerous studies on whether top banks like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs are pricing stocks optimally.

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PopularBank

APRIL 3, 2024

The so-called “forgotten middle” has been a hot topic for many owners and operators as they look to enhance the options with independent housing and assisted living, hoping to help those trapped in the middle gap. Construction costs for middle-market senior housing. The rising construction costs limit the number of such developments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The company operates a business verification platform allowing corporate customers, including B2B buyers and suppliers, to verify their business partners and mitigate risk. Detected operates a platform that uses data points to confirm a business's identity, location and other metrics that are continually updated.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

However, they both understood the opportunity: to further their global presence and create what Nitopi, in a PYMNTS interview, called “a global sales organization” serving small and middle-market merchants. For now, the operation will continue under both company names, though that could change with time. Thus, a deal was born.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show is an annual three-day event for hospitality professionals to network, source, purchase and learn about new industry trends to follow, how to increase profits and how to ramp up their restaurant or lodging business to engage and serve customers in innovative ways.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The mobile order-ahead market continues to expand its footprint, growing by 23 percent over the past four years and now accounting for more than 3.1 The partnership was first launched at Publix’s Orlando, Florida-based stores, with the service planned to expand to the chain’s other locations over the next few months. billion in sales.

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CB Insights

JUNE 30, 2021

Side’s operating markets include California, Texas, and Florida. Side’s current annual production volume stands at more than $15B, representing a 200% year-over-year growth in sales. The company supports over 1,800 partner agents that include Trust Real Estate, Unvarnished, and Upside Real Estate. Want the full post?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

In Florida, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority has eliminated four new gates as part of its airport expansion. We think airports will generally wait to assess the stability of the travel market before ramping up capex again,” Parvathy Iyer, an analyst at S&P Global Ratings, told the Journal. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

A highly regional grocery store chain, it’s only known in the six states where it actually operates. In its home state of Florida, it’s the king of the grocery powers, to the extent that a popular question among local journalists is: Who can dethrone Publix? Among those who do know Publix, the affinity is incredibly strong.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

If one board member splits time between Florida and Boston, it can hold up approval until that person is available to sign. The FinTech automates invoice management and payment processes for several HOA management companies today, and its recent partnership with Bradenton, Florida-based Premier Community Bank will build on that, Praeger said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

The opportunity to live in Florida didn’t hurt, either. It operates in 11 countries and territories. The grocer has seen a lot of competition from organic and discount chains entering the Southeast market and is answering by upgrading some of its own stores to a more upscale feel. The second opened recently in Ruskin.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

“That is not a typo,” our coverage reassured readers, while adding the equally bizarre fact that “all of those ticket sales came from just one place” – the Ocala Drive-In of Ocala, Florida. As a bellwether of the category, AMC is being closely monitored by market watchers. Welcome to movie-going in the age of the novel coronavirus.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2019

After testing out the service in select markets for a few months, the service is rolling out to Chick-fil-A customers nationwide this month. And Bill Fink, the local franchise operator of Chick-fil-A Oldsmar in Oldsmar, Florida, reported that his customers are finding the service easy to use.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Investors backed a range of B2B FinTechs this week operating in areas including accounting, cross-border payments, virtual cards, expense management, cybersecurity and more. million in seed funding, Back Office, based in Florida, plans to enhance the technology behind its small business accounting automation tool.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Disney operates six resorts in Florida, California, Hong Kong, China and Paris at a time when government stay-at-home orders and consumer coronavirus fears have left global tourism all but dead. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley Analyst Benjamin Swinburne kept his “overweight” rating on shares, but reduced his price target to $125.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

And yet, that is exactly what Florida-based Boatsetter has built: a platform to connect boat owners, charter firms and renters together to build better boating experiences. At the high-end, a $10 million super-yacht will cost an owner millions of dollars a year to own and operate. What Boatsetter offers is savings to both sides.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

“Convenience is a growing part of our business and we have greater capability than ever to truly tailor Local stores to local needs — across our products, formats, services and operations,” Sainsbury’s Director of Commercial Operations Graham Biggart said in an announcement. billion by 2024 from £18.5 billion last year per IGD.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

In terms of numbers: the program debuted in March but became fully operational only as late as July, and to date, into August, has extended only $200 million — out of $600 billion authorized. The Main Street lending program is focused on companies that cannot raise funds in the capital markets through issuing, say, bonds, or selling equity.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2019

This combination of technology and human interaction, how community financial institutions are using them and other efforts to achieve client satisfaction, will be the focus of a panel discussion next month at the 2019 ThinkBIG Conference in Orlando, Florida. Alison Trapp, Abrigo’s Director of Client Education, will moderate the discussion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Ron Holt, founder of Two Maids and a Mop , a house cleaning franchise service operating nationwide, said the short-term headwinds of economic and healthcare crises are considerable, but the long-term picture is bright.

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