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Miami rescinds its short-lived ban on shared electric scooters

The Verge

Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images. The Miami City Commission voted to end its short-lived ban on shared electric scooters Monday after some new safety measures were put in place. Regulate it,” Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla said, according to WPLG Local 10.

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MAJORITY raises $27M Series A six months after its seed round to expand mobile banking for migrants

TechCrunch

MAJORITY also announced today that it is rolling out a feature allowing its users to sign up for a bank account without a Social Security number, allowing them to use government ID from any other country along with proof of a U.S. MAJORITY’s meetup location in Miami, Florida. There is a town for Cubans — it’s Miami.

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Walmart helps push Cruise’s latest investment round to $2.75B

TechCrunch

And when the COVID-19 pandemic swept into North America, prompting government lockdowns, Cruise paused its testing in San Francisco and started delivering prepared meals for two food banks. .” Cruise has experimented with delivery over the past several years even as its efforts around robotaxis took most of its attention and resources.

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REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots

TechCrunch

REEF began its life as Miami-based ParkJockey, providing hardware, software and management services for parking lots. If that’s not enough, there are plenty of under-utilized assets that are already on the market thanks to the economic downturn wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s efforts to contain it.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. State/Local.

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Lacuna raises $16 million in Series A to help cities manage mobility via digital twin

TechCrunch

Since the startup was founded in 2018, Lacuna has invested in helping cities like Los Angeles, Seattle and Miami build digital twins, or software models of real world cities – including all forms of mobility from delivery to rideshare to drones to regular traffic. What are we going to do?

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The fintech space continues to be competitive and drama-filled

TechCrunch

government. clients “have some sort of global operations.” “Now, if you use Brex, you can actually operate as if you were a local company with a local card.” More details here. It’s something that we’ve been trying to do for a while,” Dubugras added, noting that insurtech Lemonade is a customer.

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