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Clearco’s Original Venture Backers Purchase $60 Million SVB Loan
Digital-First Banking // August 04, 2023

The original venture backers of Canadian eCommerce lender Clearco are reportedly buying a loan made to the company by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Inovia Capital and Founders Circle Capital, joined by the still operating venture capital arm of SVB, are buying SVB’s $60 million loan to Clearco, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 4), citing unnamed sources....

PwC: Next Auditing Giant To Overhaul Business
B2B Payments // June 06, 2019

PricewaterhouseCoopers is the next Big Four U.K. auditing giant to overhaul operations amid growing regulatory scrutiny on the industry. PwC is reportedly planning to ramp up its auditing operations by hiring 500 more auditors across the U.K., reports in Reuters said on Wednesday (June 5)....

KPMG Won’t Split Accounting, Auditing Units
B2B Payments // May 20, 2019

Despite recommendations from a U.K. authority, KPMG revealed it would not split up its accounting and auditing units. However, starting on June 1, the company will boost the oversight of its U.K. audit arm, creating a new executive committee that will manage performance, risks and...

Should Auditors Be Responsible For Catching Corporate Fraud?
B2B Payments // May 09, 2019

Tensions are running high in the U.K. corporate auditing arena. Amid calls to break up the so-called Big Four auditors – PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, EY and KPMG – experts have raised concerns over why these players were unable to detect and prevent several high-profile corporate collapses...

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PwC Plans to Cut1,800 Jobs Citing Changing Market Demand 

September 11, 2024
Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is reportedly cutting around 1,800 jobs. The layoffs, its first in 15 years, will be accompanied by a restructuring of PwC’s technology group amid slowing demand for its advisory services, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Sept. 11), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say PwC — one of […]

Clearco’s Original Venture Backers Purchase $60 Million SVB Loan

August 04, 2023
The original venture backers of Canadian eCommerce lender Clearco are reportedly buying a loan made to the company by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Inovia Capital and Founders Circle Capital, joined by the still operating venture capital arm of...

Aztec Exchange May Be Headed For Liquidation

August 24, 2017
A company news message at Irish invoice financing company Aztec Exchange suggests the firm is headed toward liquidation. Aztec Exchange has called for a meeting of creditors, according to a company...

Shoppers Will Spend Less This Holiday Season

October 08, 2014
U.S. holiday shopping purchase dollars starting next month will be sharply  lower than last year, as shoppers stay cautious and are economically-uncertain, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report released Tuesday (Oct....