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APRIL 12, 2016

Paymentwall, a San Francisco online payments company, announced today that it has integrated its payment services into the Shetab, which is Iran’s “unified, electronic clearance system for the entire Iranian banking operations that allows it to facilitate transactions from Read More.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

CoverHound, the online property and casualty insurance platform operator, announced Tuesday (Feb. In a press release , the San Francisco startup that has sold more than 200,000 policies online said the Series D funding round was led by global insurer Hiscox and included participation from Chubb, Aflac Ventures, MS&AD of Japan.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. Meanwhile, the eCommerce operator and logistics heavyweight continues investing in its delivery fleet.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. The San Francisco-based bank said it has tripled the number of cash access locations for its customers in Denver, to 151, and nearly quadrupled the number of those locations […].

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Stripe , the San Francisco-based company which works to build economic online infrastructure, announced in a press release that Mike Clayville , a 36-year sales veteran of companies like Amazon Web Service (AWS), VMware and BEA Systems, would be joining to help grow the company’s global sales organization.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

One cannot have the good without the bad, and that holds especially true, it seems, with online product reviews — a vital, useful part of eCommerce that is reviled by consumers, marketplace sellers and merchants alike. Talk to any online shopper, merchant or marketplace third-party seller. It comes from the U.S. FTC Penalty.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Embedded Payments A 2022 study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco noted that app payments increased as a percentage of total consumer purchases from 11% in 2019 to 15% in 2020, to 29% in 2021. At just 4 cents per transaction, the fees to the merchant are far less than the 2% to 3% fees charged by credit cards.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

The San Francisco-based bank disclosed the plan in a job posting today. Wells Fargo & Co. will add additional enterprise-level digital capabilities, APIs, and SDKs to its Home Lending platform. The additional APIs and SDKs should allow more integrations with other technology services and applications.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The San Francisco-based fintech used to charge its customers $9 per month, but after conducting a survey, CEO Brian Merritt told Bank Innovation that he realized Seed could serve customers better by being free. EXLUSIVE – SME-focused digital bank Seed is nixing its monthly fee and will now be free for customers.

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JULY 3, 2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are treated in the future. An appeals court rejected Yelp’s argument, but the Supreme Court found in favor of the online review platform. A colleague disagreed.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Jitse Groen , leader of one of the world’s largest food delivery platforms, told the BBC he intends to stop using the independent contractors at his European operations. “We’re As courts force an end to the use of gig workers by Uber and Lyft in California, the CEO of Just Eat Takeaway said he will do it on his own.

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JUNE 29, 2020

revved a little higher Monday (June 29) as online car sales platform Shift announced it will go public in the third quarter via a complicated reverse merger arrangement. A spokesperson for Shift indicated that the company expects the move will make online auto sales a three-horse race between Shift, Vroom and Carvana.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 28, 2018

For the task, San Francisco-based Bento raised $9 million in a new round of funding today. Bento for Business wants to provide its customers with money management tools combined with banking solutions, similar to the personal financial management app for millennials, MoneyLion, according to company CEO Farhan Ahmad.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

After starting out and operating as an online-only brand, sustainable apparel clothing brand Everlane is branching out and opening up two physical retail destinations : a flagship in its headquarters city of San Francisco and another in the middle of Manhattan, New York City. 2, according to media reports.

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MARCH 30, 2020

The firm evolved into an online shopping website with a warehouse and delivery network in 2017. The company provides its offering in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Seattle. South Korean investment company Mirae-Naver and Alibaba, the Chinese online shopping giant, led the round of funding.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 17, 2016

SigFig, a San Francisco-based robo advisor, partnered with UBS Wealth Management to create and customize digital tools for WMA’s 7,000 advisors, it was announced today. The tools will “complement” the existing expertise of UBS advisors, and not form a separate automated platform, SigFig said.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Now that San Francisco is on the verge of banning eCigarettes, the question naturally turns to whether other municipalities and states will follow suit. The ban in San Francisco was, at last check, awaiting the signature of the city’s mayor before it became law. Will that happen? Likely not wide scale. New Program.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 11, 2016

That trend continues this week, with some San Francisco-grown AI thrown into the mix. Last week this space saw much of the largest fintech funding rounds taking place outside the U.S. This week we witnessed a major push forward in the process of collaboration between financial institutions (FIs) and startups. This Read More.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Revolut has launched an acquiring solution for its Revolut Business starter pack, which will allow businesses in 13 European countries to accept credit card payments online. Companies across Europe know that it’s now essential to their success to be able to do business online. The product will feature a 1.3 percent fee for U.K.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

leading to more restrictive actions by local authorities, 60 percent of those closed businesses are “not reopening (97,966 permanently closed),” said San Francisco-based Yelp. Such operations range from family doctors to hospitals. As the number of COVID-19 cases has increased in various parts of the U.S., restaurants.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Postmates announced that is has partnered with Dine Brands, the parent company of Applebee’s and IHOP, so that its customers can now order from both restaurants in the more than 3,500 cities that Postmates operates in. And in August, the company announced that it was testing robot delivery in San Francisco.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Investigators are using the coordinated effort, called Operation Tarpit, to not only identify and arrest those under suspicion of paying for cyberattacks but also learn more about the growing hacker trend through “knock-and-talk” interviews. college student Sean Sharma.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Flutterwave, based in San Francisco and Nigeria, has been on a roll since it pulled in $35 million last year in venture funding, including from Worldpay. In April, Flutterwave launched an online portal that will enable African businesses to set up online shops. At the heart of Flutterwave is its online payments business.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The online grocer’s new Refill & Save program provides customers with recurring discounted orders on staples including milk, eggs, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables. The grocer delivers only in San Francisco and the Bay Area, and it offers about 1,000 products.

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MAY 27, 2020

Stripe, a technology company that allows businesses to make and receive online payments, has launched in five more European countries, the San Francisco firm announced Wednesday (May 27). Europe’s fast-growing online economy has been fueled by the shift to online purchases as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

As grocers test out different approaches to get products to shoppers in a more efficient manner, food retailers are betting big on small warehouses to shore up their growing delivery operations. The Jewel-Osco and Safeway chains owner is bringing on small fulfillment facilities at two stores in San Jose, Calif. Walmart, Albertsons Cos.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

. “… Mercari Now allows sellers and buyers to complete a transaction safely from the comforts of their home, skipping the awkward meetups or trips to the post office that other online marketplaces typically require.". The company said the New York offering follows a successful three-month trial program in San Francisco.

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MAY 10, 2018

The Ship-to-Store feature will be available in 47 Sears Auto Centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. We needed liquidity; I’ve provided it, but we can’t operate if we don’t have the necessary liquidity.”.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Visa has launched an online resource for small businesses (SMBs) designed to assist entrepreneurs expand their businesses and build stronger customer relationships, the San Francisco-based company announced Wednesday (June 24). It is active in more than 20 countries and designed to meet each region’s unique SMB needs.

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JUNE 11, 2019

comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York City in a mall, CNBC reported. Operating hours are between 6 a.m. The company’s other locations for the Go concept are mainly on the West Coast in places like San Francisco and Seattle. The store is said to also take cash for payment.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Wish , the online marketplace, has confidentially filed paperwork to go public with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the San Francisco-based company announced Monday (Aug. 31) in a press release. The company submitted a draft registration statement.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The Dutch-based payment company has already begun processing some payments, and will eventually help Subway in more than 20,000 stores, according to Adyen Chief Operating Officer Kamran Zaki. The company offers services both online and in stores, processing merchant payments in numerous countries and currencies.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Zippin, a cashierless convenience store, launched last year, also in San Francisco, with the goal of reducing typically long lines. Notably, the store now takes cash since San Francisco banned cashless businesses. “We Operators also might have overlooked the value of customer service for shoppers.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The Dutch-based payment company has already begun processing some payments, and will eventually help Subway in more than 20,000 stores, according to Adyen Chief Operating Officer Kamran Zaki. The company offers services both online and in stores, processing merchant payments in numerous countries and currencies.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Jumio , known for its suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered identity verification and online know your customer (KYC) products, is beefing up its anti-money laundering (AML) powers. The Palo Alto-based firm on Tuesday (Sept.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Autolist is based in San Francisco, and the terms of the deal were not revealed. Like CarGurus, Autolist is a tech-centric online auto shopping provider,” Jeremy Sacco, CarGurus’ director of B2B content and communications, wrote in a blog post. PistonHeads also still operates under its own brand name. “We

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JUNE 10, 2020

had plummeted by 43 percent as the company brought stores back online but changed hours as well as operations. The coffee chain plans to bring approximately 300 new stores online in fiscal 2020, which is lower than the 600 previously forecasted. The firm foresees that its China and U.S. In May, same-store sales in the U.S.

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