Circa, a Brunswick-based fintech startup, has raised $2 million to accelerate its growth in the residential rental industry. Investors in Circa’s seed round include…
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Guideline raises $85M to continue its tech-forward takeover of 401(k) industry
Guideline, the five-year-old tech company offering a software platform to allow small businesses to offer their employees retirement plans, recently raised $85 million as…
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ZipLine, a Portland fintech company, acquired by Atlanta firm
ZipLine, a Portland-based provider of private-label debit card and mobile payment technology, has been acquired by Atlanta-based Professional Datasolutions Inc. (PDI), a global provider…
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Local fintech company releases AI-enabled software to help lenders interact with financially stressed borrowers
Constant Energy Capital, a Falmouth-based financial services company that originates and services home-improvement loans, has released an AI-powered software platform to help banks and…
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Finding a Silver Lining in EVO Payments’ Plans to Layoff Nearly Entire Local Workforce
EVO Payments on Jan. 7 informed the state that it plans to layoff 139 employees, which is essentially its entire Portland office. The news,…
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Certify acquires San Francisco corporate-payments startup
Certify, the Portland-based pioneer in cloud-based expense management software, announced this morning that it has acquired Emburse, a San Francisco-based startup that provides corporate…
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ZipLine acquires gift-card payments company
ZipLine, a Portland-based provider of private-label debit card and mobile payment technology, has acquired SmartClixx, a gift card payment platform based in Florida. The…
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California startup with Portland dev office raises $35M, plans to increase local headcount
Guideline, a San Mateo, Calif.-based financial technology startup with a software development office in Portland, plans to double its local headcount from 20 to…