Simple, the online bank devoted to offering a more humane alternative to traditional banking, announced today that it’s being acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Spain’s second-largest bank.
The $117 million all-cash deal puts Simple in a unique role at BBVA: It will continue to operate independently, alongside BBVA’s other US operations. Simple founder and CEO Joshua Reich will remain in his role, and Simple will also keep its board of directors with independent representation.
En el pasado los Carnavales se identificaban como un período de permisividad que se oponía a la severa formalidad litúrgica de la cuaresma católica. En la actualidad, los Carnavales se identifican como un período de diversión y transgresión que rompe con la rutina cotidiana.
Una de las claves del Carnaval tiene que ver con la trasposición de identidades; en el esquema simbólico de las fiestas de Carnaval un elemento importante es la máscara, la careta que por un momento nos aporta una personalidad distinta a la que tenemos todos los días, bajo la cual nos resguardamos para hacer lo que de otro modo no nos atreveríamos.
The new money comes from existing investors. One of ISI’s previous investors is SC Launch, an economic-development program from SCRA Technology Ventures.
With 450 million monthly users and a million more signing up each day, WhatsApp was just too far ahead in the international mobile messaging race for Facebook to catch up, as you can see in the chart above that we made last year. Facebook either had to surrender the linchpin to mobile social networking abroad, or pony up and acquire WhatsApp before it got any bigger. It chose the latter.
For Marie Johnson, coming up with a better way to detect coronary artery disease is both a business and a personal mission.
Johnson is CEO of AUM Cardiovascular, a Minnesota medical device company that’s developing a potentially cheaper, simpler, eight-minute test to detect signs of coronary artery disease — the primary cause of heart attack.
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