GeekWire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Eleven data center deals are now the subject of a suit by Amazon vs. two former AWS real estate managers and others. Two of the participants in the August 2017 meeting — Casey Kirschner, an AWS real estate manager, and Carl Nelson, Kirschner’s boss and mentor — were leading that physical expansion for Amazon.

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GeekWire

JULY 31, 2020

Porch, a real estate technology venture and home improvement marketplace that has spent four years quietly renovating its own business, plans to become publicly traded through a merger that values the Seattle company at $523 million. IPO filings so far this year, according to a report this week by Silicon Valley Bank.

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IT Toolbox

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The fast-expanding world of direct loans is being driven by the withdrawal of banks from a great deal of private lending activity, including to both individuals and small businesses.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 4, 2024

Firms like Blocksquare, which tokenize real estate investing, are also seeing increasing interest from across the globe, indicating that the increased liquidity and accessibility of digital real estate could be a pivotal draw for the adoption of tokenized RWAs.

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GeekWire

APRIL 6, 2023

GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Tech layoffs and hiring freezes continue to impact the commercial real estate market in and around Seattle, according to a new report from Kidder Mathews. Many companies are downsizing their real estate footprint given the headcount reductions and shift to hybrid work policies.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Tech companies leased more than 2 million square feet of new space in the Seattle area in 2021, triple the amount of any other business sector, according to a new report from the commercial real estate firm CBRE. The industry accounted for 34% of total office space leased across the region, at 3.2 million square feet.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a new court filing, lawyers for Seattle entrepreneur Amy Nelson and her husband contend that her salary and earnings are being unfairly held by the government as part of the FBI’s seizure last year of more than $892,000 from their bank accounts. — Amy Sterner Nelson (@Amy_K_Nelson) December 23, 2020.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Fidelity National Financial data breach emerged as a headline on Tuesday when the Fortune 500 giant, specializing in title insurance and settlement services for the real estate sector, disclosed its encounter with a significant cybersecurity challenge. ” The company emphasized that the investigation is actively ongoing.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

(GeekWire File Photo / Kaitlyn Wang) — Yifan Zhang , a Seattle-based entrepreneur who previously led real estate startup Loftium, is joining the AI2 Incubator as a managing director. He previously was an exec at Cadence Bank. Zhang co-founded Loftium in 2017. Flyhomes acquired Loftium earlier this year. . based Cyan.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

He cited rising interest rates and growing concerns about counterparty risks, leading finance departments to diversify through multi-bank relationships. The startup sells to enterprises in all industries, including real estate, tech, and private equity.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

government that will return most of their personal funds seized by the FBI as part of an investigation into Carleton Nelson’s activities in his past role as an Amazon real estate transaction manager. This is what happened here: The FBI seized our bank accounts based on criminal allegations made by Amazon’s lawyers.

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2023

(Redfin Photo) After predicting that the sluggish housing market had started to rebound in January, Redfin this week blamed real estate market conditions as part of the reason for its latest round of layoffs. The number of newly listed homes in the U.S. Thirty-year fixed mortgage rates dropped to 6.3% in the period ended April 7.

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GeekWire

JUNE 23, 2021

A new report from Seattle-based real estate brokerage Redfin found that 4,078 houses in the Seattle region sold this year for between $100,000 and $299,999 over asking price, compared to just 362 last year. The publicly-traded real estate company saw a 40% revenue increase in its first quarter.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2023

An older bank, grown through acquisition, with one custom-built system supporting its real estate business, while another supports its insurance business. Modernization wasn’t a priority for the systems that supported real estate or insurance.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“We’re learning that employees are working a little bit differently than before,” said Gina Klem , an Amazon global real estate and facilities director. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Soundproofing material zig zags through the ceiling at a bank of elevators. Team areas are designed to be flexible.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 15, 2023

He was born there, graduated from the University of Washington, and grew his investment bank Cascadia Capital in the city over the past two decades. Zillow, Redfin, and the real estate market: 5 trends to watch in 2023. … Read More. Microsoft is giving U.S. salaried employees unlimited vacation. … Read More.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In recent years, a number of businesses, including the gaming, real estate, and travel sectors, have begun to use cryptocurrencies. Real estate industry Real estate firms such as Sotheby’s and Zillow have joined the trend of accepting cryptocurrency for property purchases.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 7, 2022

Stablecoins are tied to fiat or cash-backed by central banks, while Bitcoin and other non-stablecoin digital currencies derives value from supply and demand and otherwise have no intrinsic value.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Prescient words from the “Mad Money” host, since Zillow this week essentially retreated into its traditional business of servicing real estate agents. billion in cash and investments in the bank, and its traditional business of selling advertising and tools to real estate professionals is profitable and growing.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The former Hotwire and Expedia exec has not slowed down since leaving Zillow, bankrolling a handful of new ventures, launching a SPAC that acquired real estate service Opendoor, and even starting a new food-oriented social networking startup with his teenage daughter.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Steingard joined Seattle real estate startup FlyHomes in 2018. Seattle-based home improvement marketplace Porch appointed Matthew Cullen as its general counsel and secretary and Joshua Steffan as VP and group general manager of inspection and real estate. ” said Steingard. Brian Goldfarb. Amperity Photo).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 27, 2023

… Read More Redfin’s chief economist on the real estate market; mortgage rates; climate risk; housing affordability With mortgage rates at 20-year highs and and inventory at record lows, it’s slim pickings for U.S. … Read More . … Read More

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GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2023

And the primary lender to the startup world, Silicon Valley Bank, is a shell of its former self. billion in cash and investments at the end of 2022 and attracts nearly 200 million monthly visitors to its real estate sites — is well prepared. “A The real pain is probably coming,” he said. Valuations are shrinking.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2023

Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and senior vice president of product management at real estate tech company Compass. Campbell has worked in banking for 30 years and joined JPMorgan in 2009 after the bank acquired Washington Mutual. Fleishman was previously interim chief product officer at St. is retiring.

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GeekWire

APRIL 9, 2023

. … Read More Seattle-area office market ‘clearly struggling’ and ‘highly volatile’ Tech layoffs and hiring freezes continue to impact the commercial real estate market in and around Seattle, according to a new report from Kidder Mathews. … Read More . … Read More

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Galido

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Make Use of Online Banking. If you haven’t yet taken the plunge and decided to embrace online banking, you are missing out on the opportunity to improve your personal finances. Once opened, an online banking account will provide you with instant access to all of your accounts in one place and at all times. Lower banking fees.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Copper Banking. Seattle startup Copper Banking closed a $13.3 teenagers have no bank account, so its total addressable market is certainly large. As an example of the money flowing into this space, see next item. Copper co-founders Stefan Berglund (left) and Eddie Behringer. Copper Image). million seed round. million raise.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Perhaps not surprisingly, banks, insurance companies, and other financial-service firms are 300 times more likely to suffer from a cyber-attack than other industries. suffered a massive breach in May when around 885 million financial and personal records related to real estate deals became hacked. First American Financial Corp.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Most recently VP of product management at real estate company Compass, Prakash was previously an executive at Expedia-owned Egencia. Following Karman Systems’s acquisition of Systima, Taylor Banks is now CFO of Karman Missile and Space Systems. (Highspot Photos). John Zhang as VP of engineering.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 24, 2024

As a non-bank retail mortgage lender, it offers a range of lending and real estate services, making the dream of owning a home more attainable for many Americans. Established in 2010, loanDepot has positioned itself as a trailblazer in the digital mortgage landscape.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The full indictment released today ( PDF ) alleges that McAfee dodged taxes through various means, including using other people’s names — directing payments towards bank accounts, cryptocurrency accounts, real estate, a yacht, and another unnamed type of vehicle, none of which were in his own name.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Obligo's platform uses open banking data and AI-based underwriting to determine a renter's eligibility to rent a unit. Read More.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2024

It definitely is a challenge,” says Greg Beltzer, head of technology for the US wealth management arm of Royal Bank of Canada. Beltzer, other CIOs, and industry analysts note that the explosion in SaaS deployments has caused inefficiencies and complexities that can no longer be ignored, even as enterprise cloud adoption rolls on.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 13, 2023

law enforcement authorities last week arrested a former employee of a Seattle startup who allegedly funneled more than $2 million in company funds to his personal bank accounts. . … Read More Former director of Seattle startup accused of embezzling $2M in company funds U.S. … Read More

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Then he led a wealthy bank customer scheme that involved the use of stolen Personally Identifiable Information (Pii) and in-person bank visits. million USD) to a bank account controlled by Alaumary and his co-conspirators. The funds included those from a 2019 North Korean-perpetrated cyber-heist of a Maltese bank.

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2023

Real estate ownership. Related coverage: Amazon vets land $10M for WhyLabs, a Seattle startup that monitors machine learning models Thanks to gold-level and category sponsors: Wilson Sonsini , JLL , Blink , BECU , Baird , Fuel Talent , RSM , Talent Reach , WTIA , Meridian Capital , Bank of America , and T-Mobile. Industrial AI.

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