October 30, 2019
Holiday Shoppers Forecasted To Spend Record $143.7B
The upcoming holiday shopping season is expected to break records in online spending, a study by Adobe Analytics concluded on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Online shopping during November and December is...
October 29, 2019
Chinese Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan Creative To List On Nasdaq
A bitcoin mining company in China is looking to raise capital in the neighborhood of $400 million and is aiming to file on the Nasdaq for an IPO, in what...
October 29, 2019
Plaid Calls For Startups To Help Tackle $1.6T Student Debt...
In its third annual Request for Startups, Plaid is aiming to focus on student debt management along with other areas of financial services that FinTech has underserviced. The firm notes that...
October 29, 2019
Greensill Steps Into Early Wage Access With Latest SoftBank Backing
The SoftBank Vision Fund has invested an additional $655 million in supply chain financing firm Greensill Capital, just months after contributing an $800 million investment in an earlier funding round....
October 29, 2019
Koyo FinTech Raises $4.9M To Assist Underbanked UK Borrowers
FinTech startup Koyo, which uses Open Banking to offer loans to underbanked U.K. borrowers, announced that it has raised $4.9 million in funding. The round, a mixture of debt and...
October 28, 2019
Citizens Bank To Offer Consumer Financing For Microsoft’s Xbox All...
Citizens Bank is partnering with Microsoft’s Xbox All Access program to offer 0 percent APR financing and integrated point of sale (POS) through Amazon, the bank said in a press...
October 28, 2019
Reverse Factoring Intensifies The B2B Late Payments Debate
The Big Four auditing firms — EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC — have recently requested that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) provide clarity in how corporates should classify their...
October 25, 2019
Big Four Seek Guidance On Trade Finance
Top accountancy firms are asking the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to clarify how corporates should report on supplier finance programs that are in place, according to Compliance Week reports...
October 25, 2019
China B2B FinTech Nabs The Venture Capital Spotlight
U.K. challenger banks Tide and Starling Bank ramped up their competition once again as the two rivals each announced new funding. Yet, small business (SMB) banking wasn’t the only highlight...
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