This International Women's Day, The Fintech Times is championing great women within the sector. It's more important than ever to decrease the gender gap and promote a diverse group of talent within fintech, and what better day to look into how this can be achieved than March 8th!
FinTech startup Social Finance ( SoFi) is acquiring Golden Pacific Bancorp (GPB), a community bank in Sacramento, California, for $22.3 million. "We believe that by pursuing a national bank charter, we will be able to help even more people get their money right with enhanced value and more products and services," Anthony Noto, CEO of SoFi, said in a press release on Tuesday (March 9).
For generations of Americans, California represented the American dream with its majestic landscape and coastal views. It's the state that brought us Hollywood, the Beach Boys, Disneyland and Ronald Reagan. Today, we see something very different coming out of California.
Few companies in the wine business have historically been publicly owned. Pegging the number precisely Rob McMillian, the executive vice president of the Silicon Valley Bank, says that the total would be fewer than 20 currently worldwide. Generally, the wine industry has not been friendly to these types of business models.
HoldCo Asset Management blasted Berkshire in a letter last month for hiring Webster Bank executive Nitin Mhatre as CEO - its fourth CEO in less than three years - and attempting a turnaround, rather than seriously weighing a sale, merger or share buyback.
Andréa McBride John & Robin McBride, founders of McBride Sisters Collection, initiated the SHE CAN Professional Development Fund in 2019 to promote the professional development of women in the wine industry in a concerted effort to help close the gender and race gap.
(Image credit: Getty Images) Cyclingnews' features race reports, results, news, interviews, tech and galleries from the world of professional women's cycling. Australian's may not be the biggest followers of cycling, but they quickly embrace a sporting hero and even the most casual of cycling fans seemed swept up in the excitement of cheering on a home-nation hero when Cadel Evans was riding his way to victory at the Tour de France in 2011.
March 08, 2021 - Posted by Stephanie Goh on Coverage Hey Geckos , We want to wish everyone a Happy International Women's Day! In conjunction with today, we want to highlight and celebrate some awesome women who are doing great things in the space.
Economists, often referred to as "the dismal scientists," are teetering on ebullience about the future. The upbeat assessments come with the usual abundance of caveats ("the economic path will be determined by the ability to quell the virus," "not every sector will be back on its feet by the summer"), but the combination of accelerated vaccine distribution, trillions of dollars of emergency federal spending, warm weather, pent-up demand, and low interest rates equals a new roaring twenties for the US economy.
Edinburgh: Vacation rental software solution TravelNest's Travel and Tourism Survey 2021 has revealed the pandemic impact on UK holiday plans this year, with only a quarter of people saying they are "very likely" to book a holiday before they have had the vaccine and over half of the respondents saying they will not take a holiday abroad this year.
AI Daily Roundup starts today! We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and human-system interactions. We will cover the role of AI Daily Roundup and its application in various industries and daily lives.
Pat Roney always sees opportunities during challenging economic times. The 64-year-old wine industry veteran took over Napa Valley's Girard Winery in 2000, as the country grappled with the dotcom bubble. He showed his operational prowess there by boosting that boutique winery from a minuscule 100 wine cases of annual production to 40,000 in five years.
New Delhi: E-commerce cloud company Webscale said it has raised $26 million from investors and Silicon Valley Bank. The Series C round was led by BGV, STCAP Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures, with participation from Grotech Ventures, the company said in a statement.
With bigger names, more resources, and automatic invites to all Women's WorldTour races, the nine UCI Women's WorldTeams tend to command most of the attention during racing season. However, at any given time there are 41 continental teams vying for a spot in the peloton, and some of them are at almost every start line.
Ribbon Communications executed an amendment ("Third Amendment") to its credit agreement. Citizens Bank, administrative agent under the credit facility, led the amendment with the syndicate banking partners including Santander Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, HSBC Bank USA, Bank of America, Bank of Hope, Barclays Bank PLC, M&T Bank...
PLANO, Texcas, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global provider of real time communications software and IP optical transport solutions to service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has executed an amendment ("Third Amendment") to its credit agreement.
To assist affordable housing providers and their residents through the COVID-19 pandemic, Merritt Community Capital recently worked with its investors to make donations to each of its project partners, providing assistance to nearly 16,000 people across California. "At Merritt, we lead with mission, it's the belief that drives everything we do.
US solar and energy storage company Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has secured construction finance worth US$150 million from Rabobank to support its commercial and industrial (C&I) development pipeline for the next two years. The food and agribusiness bank has provided DSD with a two-year, US$150 million construction revolving credit facility, weeks after the distributed solar developer secured a US$300 million debt facility from Credit Suisse.
LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stacey Abrams urged participants of the California Conference for Women to become champions for change within their own organizations and communities to help eliminate gender pay gaps and other inequities.
To assist affordable housing providers and their residents through the COVID-19 pandemic, Merritt Community Capital recently worked with its investors to make donations to each of its project partners, providing assistance to nearly 16,000 people across California. "At Merritt, we lead with mission, it's the belief that drives everything we do.