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Today In Digital-First Banking: Next Insurance Aims To Raise $250M In Funding; FLEETCOR Agrees To Purchase AFEX

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billion, and FLEETCOR has come to an arrangement to purchase cross-border payment company Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX). Next Insurance Looks To Secure $250M Funding Round To Reach $2.25B Valuation. The new card is forecast to roll out next year and is geared toward small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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The World of Currency Risk Management Solutions

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Use our guide to understand and explore the factors that can make it advantageous to embrace a risk management strategy for foreign exchange. The foreign exchange market can be a highly complex task for small-to-medium enterprises to navigate when conducting business overseas. The Foreign Exchange Market.

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Robotics Process Automation Rakes In The VC Cash

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While Automation Anywhere’s funding was the largest of the week, its valuation is not the biggest. The FinTech targets friction and costs associated with foreign exchange (FX) conversion fees and volatility that corporates experience when making payments to their vendors across borders. million raised, U.K.-based

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MoneyGram CEO Plans Waves With Ripple  

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It’s hard to wrap your head around the valuations … and what is driving them, other than the expectation that at some point it will all get figured out and work,” Webster said. Ripple’s xRapid is a foreign exchange investment vehicle that allows companies to take their U.S.

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A Primer on Free Cash Flow

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I will use this section to clarify what free cash flows are trying to measure, how they get used in investing and valuation, and the measurement questions that can cause measurement divergences. and which ones to include (cash acquisitions, foreign exchange gains or losses etc.).

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Earnings and Cash Flows: A Primer on Free Cash Flow

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I will use this section to clarify what free cash flows are trying to measure, how they get used in investing and valuation, and the measurement questions that can cause measurement divergences. and which ones to include (cash acquisitions, foreign exchange gains or losses etc.) What is Free cash flow (FCF)?

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All The World’s A Stage For (Prudent) FX Risk Management

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However, managing foreign exchange (FX) risk is part of the territory — and, as he told PYMNTS, a calculated approach to currency exposure is key. Businesses that set up operations, raise debt or make investments in other jurisdictions can experience devastating valuation shocks as exchange rates change.