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Portland online banking service Simple shutting down ahead of parent company’s acquisition

GeekWire

Simple , the Portland-based online banking company with a presence in Seattle, is shutting down due to the sale of banking giant BBVA USA. Founded in New York in 2009 and moved to Portland in 2011, the company was one of Portland’s most prominent tech startups. (Simple Photo). — Josh Reich (@i2pi) January 7, 2021.

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Countdown To Forrester’s 10th Annual CXNYC Forum June 19–20

Forrester IT

Back in 2009, Forrester launched its first customer experience forum. We picked New York as the location because for years we’d put on a financial services event there, and we knew that our attendees from the banking, brokerage, and insurance industries all had CX on their minds. We didn’t know how well the new event […].

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This energy startup wants to make utility data more accessible — and spur creation of new companies

GeekWire

Accessing utility data today is exactly where banking data and payments was in 2009 — extremely painful, bottlenecked by a long sales process, poor developer and user experience, and slow data access times,” said Ben Eidelson, a general partner at Stepchange.

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Lighter Capital raises more cash for model that lets startups get funding without dilution

GeekWire

Backers include Credit Suisse and i80 Group, as well as National Australia Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Voyager Capital. ” Lighter Capital was co-founded by Andy Sack along with Randall Lucas and Erik Benson of Voyager Capital in 2009. It backs companies such as Aisle Planner and Courseloop across the U.S.,

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Using choice to keep and retain talent amid the 'Great Resignation'

Computerworld Vertical IT

In the UK, Deutsche Bank says people are quitting more rapidly than since 2009. Meet your talent where they are. Statista reports that the number of workers quitting posts has now exceeded the rate pre-pandemic in the US.

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Battery Ventures makes majority investment in Seattle enterprise security startup DomainTools

GeekWire

It has more than 500 customers including nearly half of the Fortune 500 and eight of the top 10 banks. DomainTools is led by Tim Chen , a longtime tech exec who joined in 2009. The founders sold the company in 2009 to a group of now-former shareholders. The company says it has the most popular Whois research service.

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The rise of Bitcoin: A game-changer in finance

Dataconomy

The pioneering cryptocurrency has captivated the financial world since its inception in 2009. With traditional banking services often inaccessible to millions around the globe, Bitcoin offered a decentralized alternative for the unbanked population to access financial services, empowering them economically.