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The VC investment model works by throwing enough mud at the wall until some sticks. Even Masa Son himself grew worried about the WeWork IPO. It's...
"In an attack blamed by the U.S. on Iran, a https://finance.yahoo.com/news/attacks-may-impact-saudi-aramco-051720352.html.11(swarm of drones laden...
"Affirm, founded by PayPal's Max Levchin, is said to be raising as much as $1.5 billion in a combination of debt and equity," writes Techcrunch....
PSD2 is being widely adopted in other parts of the world outside Europe and it seems that it's been around forever, yet PSD2 is only really getting...
What a world. In place of workplace solidarity and a clear understanding of the difference between labour and capital, these days we have...
Equity Bank continues to expand across Africa with chief executive James Mwangi announcing that Equity will acquire a controlling stake in the Commercial...
Can one go from unbanked to neobanked rather than brick-and-mortar banked? Not only is the answer yes, but the unbanked are more likely...
Stripe makes a long-anticipated move this week by launching Stripe Capital. In fact, it's a model that has been tested in recent years by Square...
Warren Buffett has been making piles of money for years by backing the biggest banks and cards networks in the US. What's so hard about that, said...
"It might not have been his intention," writes Jonathan Ford in the FT today, "but Julian Richer recently became a socialist...
How about some flashing warning signs in today's news? Lafferty Group laid out the likely sequence of events for its Brexit Council members two years...
Daily we write stories that essentially come down to one thing: a maturity mismatch. P2P lending is a great idea, and many P2P lending platforms have...
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