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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

PYMNTS

According to Iron Pillar’s report, B2B startups need 50 percent less capital than startups providing consumer-facing products and services if they wish to achieve a $1 billion valuation (unicorn status). Indeed, WeWork’s recent troubles have shaken confidence in the tech startup funding environment. Cardlay, based in the U.K.,

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GCC Banks Face The Urge To Merge

Global Finance

Will Fed rate cuts and geopolitics fuel more M&A deals by GCC banks? Despite the chances of an erosion in earnings, however, merger and acquisition activity among GCC banks has gone quiet since it reached a pre-pandemic peak in 2019 when 11 deals worth $118 billion were consummated, according to data from PitchBook.