Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

WeBank claims its microbusiness loans have launched more than 300,000 startup enterprises. That level of concentration defines ICBC, the world’s largest bank by assets and winner of this year’s Best Corporate Bank award. Has China’s banking sector reached an innovation peak? Investor education events are regularly held for clients.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

The Big Picture

AUGUST 4, 2025

What was the original career plan? 00:01:24 [Speaker Changed] I think I had no career plan because I originally studied philosophy, which I think is pretty much the definition of, I’m not sure what I’m gonna do with my life. Today our public equity markets have never been more concentrated. What’d you study?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

Really fascinating because she sees the world from a very unique perch, has incredible access to every aspect of both commercial and investing banking that a small startup or medium-sized company, and by medium I mean up to $2 billion in revenue might need. What was the original plan? Melissa Smith : Absolutely. Absolutely.

Banking

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Ant said it appreciated the bank's statements and would work toward complying, including putting together a timetable and plan of action, WSJ writes. The regulations will mean that Ant, one of the most valuable startups in the world, will have to rein in its inroads into lucrative areas of business.

Concentration

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Siri is getting an assistant by way of the artificial intelligence startup Voysis , which Apple acquired to improve natural language technology, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (April 3). . Headquartered in Dublin, Voysis has been concentrating its efforts on enhancing digital assistants that are integrated with shopping apps.

Startups

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

From telehealth to new financing options for patient treatments to big retailers like Walmart , Walgreens and CVS mashing up retail with healthcare, everyone from startups to incumbents are using the pandemic as an opportunity to disrupt — and reinvent — healthcare. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments.

Healthcare

Boston Startup CFO

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If you’re running an early-stage startup, chances are there are some knowledge gaps in your core team. Are you prepared to manage the day-to-day of your startup, from recruiting new talent to bookkeeping to financial planning? Overall, CFOs help you with business planning, providing your business plan with essential rigor.

Startups

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

After an unsuccessful plan to connect with Alibaba Group and other mainland investors, the move is jump-starting a project to attract China’s most innovative companies to list domestically. The original plan concentrated on bigger firms, and fizzled after Alibaba and others “dragged their feet.” .

Startups

PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

On-demand job market startup Shiftgig knows this and works to facilitate the growing gig space by connecting hourly workers with local businesses. states, a majority of its participant businesses and workers are concentrated within 12 major U.S. As the gig economy continues to grow, more and more workers in the U.S.

Startups

The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A startup usually can't afford to establish a complete finance organization with accountants, controllers, planners, and tax specialists right from the beginning. To establish an effective finance function for a startup, the process can be divided into three stages.

Startups

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

In the next 60 days, the San Francisco-based startup will bring on another 250,000 workers. Instacart also instituted a monthly bonus plan ranging from $25 to $200, based on the number of hours worked. The kits include masks and hand sanitizer. The bonuses will continue until the pandemic crisis is over. .

Concentration

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

said the company saw BHL Holdings lead the second Series A funding round, while Nire Capital and existing backers Concentric, Seedcamp and Beazley also participated. Digital Risks targets small businesses, startups and freelancers with subscription-based insurance products. Reports in Verdict.co.uk

B2B

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As with Altruist, the ‘other’ new startup RIA custodian to launch in recent years, Entrustody is pledging to have a more modern interface with a better user experience, more and deeper integrations, and a more transparent price structure than ‘traditional’ custody services.

Compliance

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Taking the pulse of where we stand coming into the last few months of 2019, deal activity has seemingly been concentrated within the alternative finance and investment arenas. As was reported during September, Groww , a startup based in Bangalore, said that it raised $21.4 Of that, logistics holds sway, at just over 29.5

Finance

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Grab is planning to earmark $150 million for additional research into artificial intelligence (AI), Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Sept. Over the next year, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup will advance its developing business, which now offers food delivery, digital payments and digital content.

Concentration

Global Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

But 66 million Mexicans, or 51% of the population, remain unbanked , creating cross-border payment and remittance opportunities for nearly 1,000 fintech startups. Concentrating on small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), Kapital saw a need for a one-stop solution for businesses.

Banking

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

For years, the weekend after Thanksgiving has been a harmonic convergence of made-up shopping holidays, concentrating Black Friday and Cyber Monday into three days of riotous retailing. The problem with that plan is that Dec. As a companion to National Salesperson Day on Dec. Bob Cratchit would approve — or be horribly insulted.

Concentration

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

News of Amazon ‘s acquisition of online pharmacy startup PillPack have had analysts assuming the eCommerce conglomerate is ready to introduce an online pharmacy to its suite of services. However, new reports from CNBC on Wednesday (Nov. 21) said Amazon may first be gearing up to introduce the service to its own employees.

Concentration

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The startup is also planning to earmark $150 million for additional research into artificial intelligence (AI). Tan said Grab is concentrating on its customers’ most immediate needs. “We Grab has to go public by March 25, 2023, or Uber can exercise a cash redemption option, according to CNBC, which cited Uber’s IPO prospectus.

Concentration

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Singapore FinTech startup Nium — formerly branded InstaReM — is dropping its pursuit to compete for a digital wholesale banking license in the city-state, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov. The company is instead going to concentrate on its cross border business-to-business payments solution. So far, no one else has backed out.

Banking

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Radchuk said demands for referees are coming in every day for basketball, rugby, soccer, flag football, kickball, softball, hockey, baseball, volleyball, lacrosse … and even beer pong, “which we didn’t plan to cover, but I guess the possibilities are endless.”. PYMNTS: Can you share a hurdle or two about the startup experience?

Concentration

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The concept of installment loans is hardly new, having been around for decades, but the ease and clarity with which these payment alternatives are now being offered by Affirm and other startups like it is unprecedented. As of September 30, 2020, more than 6.2 million consumers have completed approximately 17.3

Valuation

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2024

They want to diversify away from that concentrated position and at the same time not pay a giant tax bill if, you know, if it could be avoided Ari Rosenbaum : Exactly right. Ari Rosenbaum : Yeah, the positions are at a gain; this particular concentrated position, it is a gain. So what they did was they brought the position to us.

Concentration

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

McDonald’s acquired artificial intelligence (AI) startup Dynamic Yield for $300 million in March of 2019 to integrate the latter’s solutions into its customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Some McDonald’s locations already use such solutions, and the company plans to eventually add the technology to 14,000 U.S.

Concentration

CFO Share

JANUARY 26, 2024

By selecting 5-8 KPIs, your force the business to concentrate activity around those key accomplishments. Here’s a 6 step process for how to select KPIs suitable for your small business: Create a Comprehensive Business Plan. Business planning is an entire process itself, but is a prerequisite to establishing KPIs.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In 2023, the lab honed its focus to concentrate on startups between seed and Series A funding stages. The lab, which had previously nurtured 76 startups, invested 500,000 Brazilian reais (approximately $91,000) in each of the six startups accelerated last year. Thus far, 64 startups have graduated from the lab.

Startups

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

When food delivery startup Munchery closed its doors in January, it literally left dozens of small businesses holding the bag. The risk can be devastating, especially if you have a lot of concentration” in one area, he said, riffing off the Munchery example. Just take the recent story of Three Babes Bakeshop in San Francisco.

B2C

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

FinTech investments targeting B2B and corporate services spanned the globe, with particular concentration this past week in SMB lending across India and Europe. Expansion plans include the Italian market. In Singapore, Aspire , a startup geared toward helping smaller firms access working capital, raised $32.5 million tally.

B2B

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In practice, Brown explained in an interview, that involves offering a full-service solution that runs all offerings on-site through a network of over 30 content curators specifically tasked with reviewing, photographing and verifying every piece sold — as well as recommending a pricing plan.

Concentration

Boston Startup CFO

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Let's delve into the top 10 reasons why considering a Fractional CFO could be a transformative decision for your company: Cost-effectiveness: For smaller businesses or startups operating on a tight budget, hiring a Fractional CFO is an astute choice.

CFO

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Users set a weight loss goal and then undertake a customized diet and exercise plan to attack that goal over a 16-week period, during which time they log their food consumption and exercise. Noom is an app-based method for tracking calories and activity.

Marketing

PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

With big plans to continue growing out the weekly series, we thought it would be a great time to take a look back at all of the tech hubs we’ve highlighted so far. We began the Weekly Tech Center Roundup journey in London – Europe’s self-proclaimed startup capital. Tel Aviv Fuels Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Reputation.

Startups

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

The last year or so has seen these companies flood the market — over 30 dockless bike startups have popped up in the market in the last year or so, though the two largest competitors by far in the space — with over $1 billion in fundraising dollars between them — are Ofo and Mobike. Partnership with Mastercard and What’s Next. sometime soon.

Transportation

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This time, the failures disproportionally affected the venture capital-backed tech startup sector that these banks catered to. The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s quick response to the banks’ failures stemmed additional contagion and has left businesses with an object lesson in concentration risk.

Banking

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

billion market to a $5 billion market by the end of 2017, as independent startups entered the business only to find supermarket chains and big box stores entering the mix. The firm announced plans early this year to sell in Stop & Shop and Giant Food. The firm, which has mainly operated in the Western U.S., Holding Out.

Retail

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

When it comes to exploring new revenue streams, expanding market share, and merging or acquiring potential startups, their decisions count. And if not properly managed, it can derail CFOs’ best laid out plans. When we did our shared service centralisation, we did not look at just accounting, budgeting, and planning.

Finance

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

When we started researching online to see if there is a business that can come out of this, we saw Craigslist, Yelp, Thumbtack, but we didn’t see one mobile solution that just concentrated on photography. PYMNTS: What’s the biggest hurdle you’ve had with being a startup? Launched in Nov.

B2C