September 30, 2016
EU Wants Basel To Look Again At Bank Risk Model...

The European Union wants the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to reexamine its rules governing banks’ capital requirements and restrictions on internal risk controls, according to reports on Thursday (Sept....

September 29, 2016
Aetna Bites Into Apple Watch, Fitbit Suffers

The wrist is becoming very competitive body real estate. Wearables have created a market intersecting smartphones with fitness data collection, never mind all the apps that get downloaded with each...

September 29, 2016
US: California investor pleads guilty to bid rigging

Stephan Florida, a real estate investor in Danville, California, pleaded guilty to one count of bid rigging in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland...

September 29, 2016
Walgreens Struggling To Unload Stores

Despite wide reports about the shortage of good retail real estate out there, it seems Walgreens is having a hard time selling off the stores it needs to before its...

September 29, 2016
Whatever Happened To … NerdWallet?

In the middle of the recession, everyone was talking about their personal finances. So, what’s a good startup idea? A personal finance site. Back in 2009, that’s what NerdWallet did....

September 28, 2016
Is Retail Headed For The Cliff?

Is the retail industry on the verge of a big blow up? That’s certainly what Cushman & Wakefield’s retail analyst, Garrick Brown, seems to think, according to a piece from Forbes....

September 27, 2016
US: Steward Health Care receives $1.25bn investment

Steward Health Care System announced today that Medical Properties Trust, Inc. will invest $1.25 billion in Steward through a real estate sale-leaseback transaction and acquisition of a limited equity stake in the...

September 27, 2016
Ripple Effects: Mobile Payments Are Just The Beginning

Groceries are delivered to our doors, Amazon may soon deliver packages by drone, apps can summon a health professional for a house visit and more U.S. workers are telecommuting. Are...

September 27, 2016
Is Paying Rent With A Credit Card In Itself A...

Can a rent payment be its own reward? The latest issue of the Payments as a Service Tracker™ features an interview with Philipp Postrehovsky, founder and COO of RentMoola, about...