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A Quiet VC Week Eyes B2B Payments, SMB Banking Funding
B2B Payments // April 16, 2021

This week’s B2B FinTech venture capital roundup is dominated by smaller funding rounds totaling less than $100 million in collective fundraising. While it was a relatively quiet week, investors showed interest in FinTechs focused on elevating B2B payment and small- to medium-sized business (SMB) banking...

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US Labor Costs Rose Almost 3 Pct In Last Year

July 30, 2021
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose 0.7 percent last quarter, following a 0.9 percent increase in the first three months of 2021, per a Friday (July 30) Reuters report. The figure that’s seen as measuring labor costs has gone up almost 3 percent in the past year, the biggest leap it’s taken in almost three […]