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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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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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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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MAY 2, 2019

s downtown San Francisco headquarters once featured many of the lavish perks booming tech companies use to attract workers and keep them happy once they’re hired: kitchens stocked with snacks, mini-golf, a Foosball table, an in-house spa. Now the online-lending pioneer is cutting back on the amenities, and the workforce too.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The startup Flutterwave , which picked up $35 million last year in venture funding, has launched an online portal that will enable African businesses to set up online shops. The company told TechCrunch that its newly launched product, called Flutterwave Store, is not a shift away from the company’s core online payments business.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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APRIL 14, 2020

As an example, Ocado, Britain’s leading online grocer, has had to stress-test an experimental program to automate its warehouses. Tally had its test run at a Target store in San Francisco, although the company has not announced plans to expand as of yet. The robotic rise can be seen in two key areas: fulfillment and in-store.

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MARCH 23, 2016

In an effort to track product and service efficiency, as well as tease and test possible features of the future, Wells Fargo has launched Digital Express, a pilot program exclusive to its Transbay Gateway store in downtown San Francisco. Within, a section of the lobby displays tablets on a table which confronts customers 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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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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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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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In June, Grab’s online grocery shopping delivery service expanded to a sizable share of the Southeast Asian market as it added Cambodia to its list of countries serviced by its GrabMart shopping and delivery app, now available in eight Southeast Asian countries and 50 cities. Earlier this year, Lyft laid off 17 percent of its workforce.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Location-based virtual reality (VR) startup The Void is partnering with mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to open 25 new entertainment outposts in the U.S. Four temporary pop-ups have opened and are opening in New York, San Diego, San Francisco and in the Las Angeles suburb Santa Anita, CNBC reports.

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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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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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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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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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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Visa , which is the official payment technology partner of the National Football League (NFL), will provide small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with a one-day offer that will waive some of the costs connected with getting online and taking digital payments on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 7), according to a Tuesday (Feb.

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JULY 13, 2020

Brooks, 50, who held a career in the banking sector including stints at OneWest Bank, has served on the board at Fannie Mae and as chief legal officer at Coinbase, the digital currency exchange headquartered in San Francisco, California. Brooks told U.S. Brooks told U.S.

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APRIL 22, 2019

“We look at Recess’ launch on Uber Eats as another distribution channel for the brand, with Recess IRL [the company’s New York shop] serving as the storefront for on-demand delivery operations,” said Benjamin Witte, founder and CEO of Recess. We also believe that a retail presence across every channel (online, retail, on-demand, etc.)

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JUNE 19, 2018

The deal will give PayPal greater strength in eCommerce and online marketplaces, PayPal said in a statement. Marketplace sales accounted for 50 percent of all online sales in 2017, according to an estimate provided by PayPal. Hyperwallet has offices in Austin, London, San Francisco, Sydney and Vancouver.

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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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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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AUGUST 28, 2020

DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, after filing confidentially in February. Not only have retail sales shifted online, but more consumers are buying more of what they want directly from the brand. DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans. Trackers and Reports.

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