Investments

Investing can provide you with another source of income, here are investment options that will return a percentage of the vested value.

Barclays To Set Up Venture-Type Unit In UK To Drive Growth
Barclays To Set Up Venture-Type Unit In UK To Drive Growth
April 16, 2018  |  Banking

Barclays, gearing up to drive more innovation, and thus profit, in its U.K. business is creating a venture capital-type unit. According to news from Reuters, Barclays...

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Team Behind $660M ICO In Vietnam Disappears
Team Behind $660M ICO In Vietnam Disappears
April 13, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

After raising $660 million from more than 30,000 investors in an initial coin offering (ICO), the team behind Vietnam-based Modern Tech has disappeared. The company...

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Alt Lending, Artificial Intelligence Startups Lead Investment Activity
Alt Lending, Artificial Intelligence Startups Lead Investment Activity
April 13, 2018  |  B2B Payments

This week’s VC Investment Roundup demonstrates investors’ varied appetite for B2B FinTech. Funding targets this time around included blockchain, logistics, alternative finance, artificial intelligence and...

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SIFMA Issues Framework For Data Sharing Between Banks And Apps
SIFMA Issues Framework For Data Sharing Between Banks And Apps
April 12, 2018  |  Data

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the trade group for the financial industry, released a framework on Thursday (April 12) to protect the...

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How Tech Companies Are Backing The Future Of Retail Through AR, AI And Drones
How Tech Companies Are Backing The Future Of Retail Through AR, AI And Drones
April 12, 2018  |  Innovation

Tech companies are spending big on research and development (R&D). In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. tech companies invested a total of...

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Ant Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
Ant Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
April 10, 2018  |  Investments

Through a private funding round that could make Ant Financial the world’s biggest unicorn, the Chinese financial firm — an affiliate of Alibaba — is reportedly...

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SenseTime Notches $600M In Funding
SenseTime Notches $600M In Funding
April 09, 2018  |  Investments

Furthering the battle for artificial intelligence (AI) between firms in China and the U.S., China’s SenseTime has raised $600 million in Series C funding. With...

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B2B Startups Integrate Artificial Intelligence To Impress Investors
B2B Startups Integrate Artificial Intelligence To Impress Investors
April 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

On the surface, investors were quite varied this week when it came to backing B2B startups. With more than $95 million in financing placed, startups...

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BitPay Lands $40M For Crypto Cross-Border B2B Payments
BitPay Lands $40M For Crypto Cross-Border B2B Payments
April 04, 2018  |  B2B Payments

BitPay, a company that facilitates bitcoin and blockchain payments for corporates sending and receiving money across borders, secured $40 million in funding, the company said...

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