Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), central banks in Sweden, Norway and Israel have teamed up to test central bank digital currency (CBDC) interoperability, and Satispay becomes the latest Italian unicorn. Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments The...
Berlin-based Grover, which operates a consumer technology subscription platform, has agreed to a new 270-million-euro (about $260 million) debt financing facility with international asset manager M&G. Grover runs a subscription model that allows people to rent consumer electronics, including computers, smartphones, games consoles and eScooters....
Happy Monday (April 11), and welcome the beginning of another week. Although war and inflation still top the news, when the going gets tough, the tough still go shopping. Here are five things to start your day. Retail Therapy Despite fears that the combination of...
120 million tons per year. That’s the quantity of global electronic and electrical waste (eWaste) that will be produced per year by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a United Nations report. As if that figure is not alarming enough, the UN data further...
October 20, 2022
The growth of remote work in recent years has accelerated the tendency for more flexible company structures that embrace digital technology and decentralized organization. Alongside this trend, businesses are adapting their approach to procurement and ownership, with demand for rental and subscription models matching the new focus on flexibility and agility. Sam Selldorff, vice president […]
April 11, 2022
120 million tons per year. That’s the quantity of global electronic and electrical waste (eWaste) that will be produced per year by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a...
August 10, 2018
As the digital economy expands, notions of ownership and loyalty change. The so-called sharing and gig economies enable consumers and workers to use products and take jobs without full commitment....
September 28, 2022
Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), central banks in Sweden, Norway and Israel have teamed up to test central bank digital currency (CBDC) interoperability, and Satispay becomes the latest Italian unicorn. Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments The central banks of Sweden and Israel announced today that they […]
September 28, 2022
Berlin-based Grover, which operates a consumer technology subscription platform, has agreed to a new 270-million-euro (about $260 million) debt financing facility with international asset manager M&G. Grover runs a subscription...
April 11, 2022
Happy Monday (April 11), and welcome the beginning of another week. Although war and inflation still top the news, when the going gets tough, the tough still go shopping. Here...
April 07, 2022
Grover, which allows people to subscribe to consumer-tech products rather than buy them, raised $330 million in equity and debt funding, which brought the company’s valuation to over a billion...
