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MiB: Women in Finance

Barry Ritholtz

Women are under-represented in the finance industry in general, but it has been improving (albeit slowly). I was rather oblivious to this fact, but once it was pointed out to me, we made a very specific effort to bring more women onto the show. In our discussion, we covered the lack of female representation at hedge funds.

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Visa On Bringing More Female Founders Into The Reinvention Of Retail

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In fact, women are founding new firms at 1.5 However, while women may be founding more businesses in the second decade of the 21st century than ever before, they are still collecting merely a fraction of the funding, Visa ’s Senior Vice President and Head of North American Marketing Mary Ann Reilly told Karen Webster.

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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

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One goal for the company, according to Reuters, is to boost the role of women in the formal economy. The app, called TAG, will work to provide assistance for the 100 million Pakistan adults who are unbanked. The Raast system was also supported by the World Bank, Britain and the United Nations.

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Macy’s To Open New Store Format With Beauty Focus

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Women’s Wear Daily reports that the store is being headed up by Story Founder Rachel Shechtman. Macy’s is planning to test a new kind of store with a focus on apothecary and beauty products, which could lead to more locations in the future, according to reports. The store will be rolled out in Southlake, Texas.

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Ralph Lauren Embraces High Tech In L.A.

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Bags are tagged with RFID chips so that, once they are set on the leather table, product specifications are automatically read and translated to the screen where customers are designing their customizations. The first floor shopping area is also divided between its men’s and women’s sections. 7) of this week.

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Coupa Taps Amex, Mastercard Track In Spend Management Expansion

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For instance, the feature can tag vendors that are minority-owned, women-owned or veteran-owned businesses, which are key to companies that must meet supplier diversity requirements. Coupa also announced the launch of Coupa Contract Lifecycle Management Advanced within its BSM platform, the result of its acquisition of Exari.

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The Rise Of Returnable Insta-Fashions

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Men and women aged 35 to 44. The official explanation given for that rather unexpected observation is that men are more socially self-conscious than women. About 10 percent also said they would be embarrassed to be seen twice in the same outfit, whereas only 7 percent of women felt that way.

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