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Chewy.com Gears Up For IPO
Chewy.com Gears Up For IPO
April 30, 2019  |  Retail

Following its acquisition by PetSmart approximately two years ago, Chewy.com filed papers to gear up for an initial public offering (IPO). The eCommerce pet supply merchant...

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Labor Department Ruling Classifies Gig Workers As Contractors
Labor Department Ruling Classifies Gig Workers As Contractors
April 30, 2019  |  Gig Economy

Gig economy companies Uber and Lyft just got support from the Labor Department, which ruled a company’s workers who clean homes don’t have to be...

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VC Fintech Investing Declines In First Quarter
VC Fintech Investing Declines In First Quarter
April 30, 2019  |  Investments

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China...

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Alphabet’s Q1 Spells S-l-o-w-d-o-w-n As Paid Clicks, Hardware Disappoint
Alphabet’s Q1 Spells S-l-o-w-d-o-w-n As Paid Clicks, Hardware Disappoint
April 30, 2019  |  Earnings

The stock price was down about six percent after hours. The revenues missed expectations. And for Google parent Alphabet, both puts and takes showed that...

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Bankable Inks Banking-As-A Service Deal With Visa
Bankable Inks Banking-As-A Service Deal With Visa
April 30, 2019  |  VISA

Bankable, the global provider of “Banking as a Service” solutions, announced Tuesday (April 30) that it inked a partnership with Visa to enable financial firms...

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SoftBank’s Vision Fund Focuses On Growth-Stage Companies
SoftBank’s Vision Fund Focuses On Growth-Stage Companies
April 30, 2019  |  Investments

With bets on companies such as Uber and WeWork, SoftBank has become a tech investment powerhouse. But making money is not necessarily the end-all be-all...

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Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
April 30, 2019  |  Regulation

Lobbying groups and trade associations representing tech giants such as Facebook and Apple have thrown their support towards legislation that could weaken California’s landmark privacy...

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Bitcoin Daily: Australian Crypto Fraudsters Racked Up $4.3M In 2018; Regs Tells Finland Crypto Companies To Register
Bitcoin Daily: Australian Crypto Fraudsters Racked Up $4.3M In 2018; Regs Tells Finland Crypto Companies...
April 30, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Billionaire Michael Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment firm lost $272.7 million during its first year of operations. Galaxy Digital Holding revealed that it had $249.1 million in...

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SoftBank Expected To Sink $1B Into LATAM Delivery App
SoftBank Expected To Sink $1B Into LATAM Delivery App
April 30, 2019  |  Investments

SoftBank is set to make a $1 billion investment in Latin American delivery app Rappi. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that the investment...

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