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Digital Bank Zopa Looks to M&As After $93M Fundraise
Digital Bank Zopa Looks to M&As After $93M Fundraise
February 02, 2023  |  Digital Banking

U.K. digital bank Zopa is looking to expand after raising $93 million in an equity round. The funding, announced Thursday (Feb. 2) in a news...

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Zomato Sees COVID-19 Response Delivering Faster Profitability
Zomato Sees COVID-19 Response Delivering Faster Profitability
July 10, 2020  |  Delivery

Indian food-delivery company Zomato weathered a decrease in revenue after COVID-19 hit — but at the same time saw an increase in profitability, founder and...

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Pandemic Set To Further Erode EU Banks’ Profitability
Pandemic Set To Further Erode EU Banks’ Profitability
April 14, 2020  |  Banking

The European Union (EU) has enough liquidity to stay afloat during COVID-19, but profitability could sink as the pandemic worsens, according to the European Banking...

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Pushed By SoftBank, Oyo Reaches For Profitability
Pushed By SoftBank, Oyo Reaches For Profitability
March 26, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Hotel chain Oyo, which became one of the largest chains by offering hotel owners guaranteed revenues for carrying the brand, will phase out that incentive...

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Lyft To Lay Off ~90 Sales And Marketing Employees
Lyft To Lay Off ~90 Sales And Marketing Employees
January 29, 2020  |  Ridesharing

Lyft announced upcoming job cuts on Wednesday (Jan. 29) as part of what it termed a “corporate restructuring.” The change comes as the ridesharing service...

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Cautious Property Firms Put The Brakes On Rapid Growth
Cautious Property Firms Put The Brakes On Rapid Growth
January 29, 2020  |  Real Estate

No longer charging into market spaces (no matter the cost), many real estate startups are now slowing their growth to more carefully assess a better...

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Barclays Report: Despite Weak IPOs, Uber And Lyft Can Be Profitable
Barclays Report: Despite Weak IPOs, Uber And Lyft Can Be Profitable
December 10, 2019  |  Ridesharing

A new report from Barclays Capital about transportation in New York City says Uber and Lyft can achieve profitability in the future despite their poor...

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SEC Flags Benchmark That Obscured WeWork’s Bottom Line
SEC Flags Benchmark That Obscured WeWork’s Bottom Line
December 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The We Company, the parent of WeWork, uses a cash-flow metric called the “contribution margin,” which showed that its core services were profitable, Bloomberg Tax...

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Simplification Serves LendingClub Well As It Pushes To Get Back To Profitability
Simplification Serves LendingClub Well As It Pushes To Get Back To Profitability
November 06, 2019  |  Earnings

The last few years have been an exciting ride for LendingClub watchers.  The firm went public in 2014 and had just managed its first quarter...

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