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financing

Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how and why an individual, company or government acquires the money needed – called capital in the company context – and how they spend or invest that money.

Cisco Launches $2.5B Financing Program On New Products
Cisco Launches $2.5B Financing Program On New Products
April 14, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Cisco, the California-based global technology company, announced a new financing program that allows customers to defer 95 percent of the cost of new products until...

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Automakers Push Payments Off 120 Days To Jump Start New Car Sales
Automakers Push Payments Off 120 Days To Jump Start New Car Sales
March 31, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. COVID-19 is spurring firms that rely on consumer spending, and on lending to finance big-ticket purchases,...

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HSBC, Alibaba Link Up On Quick eCommerce Loans
HSBC, Alibaba Link Up On Quick eCommerce Loans
March 20, 2020  |  Loans

Banking giant HSBC and Cainiao Network Technology, which is a logistics arm of Alibaba Group, have announced they will offer rapid finance approvals to online...

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Travelex Parent Finablr On Verge Of Collapse
Travelex Parent Finablr On Verge Of Collapse
March 16, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Payments company Finablr has said that it could be in danger of collapsing, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has frozen its trading, according to...

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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Goes Big
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Goes Big
March 10, 2020  |  Payment Methods

What instant lending innovation have shoppers fallen in love with? Here’s a hint: We’ll tell you now … and you can thank us later. Between...

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Grab: How Alt Data Is Closing Southeast Asia’s $175B SMB Credit Gap
Grab: How Alt Data Is Closing Southeast Asia’s $175B SMB Credit Gap
February 27, 2020  |  SMBs

It’s no accident that technology companies that have historically not operated in the financial services space are expanding into the small business lending arena. With...

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ChargeAfter, Visa Partner To Expand POS Financing Options
ChargeAfter, Visa Partner To Expand POS Financing Options
February 12, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Visa has made a strategic investment in the point-of-sale (POS) financing technology platform ChargeAfter to support its partnership to bring more financing options to checkout,...

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Nav CEO: Helping SMBs Avoid Online Lending Pitfalls
Nav CEO: Helping SMBs Avoid Online Lending Pitfalls
January 27, 2020  |  B2B Payments

In the wake of the financial crisis, banks’ pullback from small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending yielded a flood of technology-driven players stepping in to...

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Stasher Snags $2.5M To Help Travelers Stow Their Luggage
Stasher Snags $2.5M To Help Travelers Stow Their Luggage
January 22, 2020  |  Investments

Popular luggage storage app Stasher has secured another $2.5 million in financing thanks to Venture Friends and other investors, including former hotels.com president Johan Svanstrom....

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