Small banks. Big Impact. The demise this past week of crypto-bank Silvergate and the lingering issues at SVB Financial (Silicon Valley Bank) will likely have far-reaching reverberations for lending — specifically to the tech sector. The specter of bank runs looms and may force smaller,...
J.P. Morgan plans to open both a new local head office and a new Payments Innovation Lab within that office in Athens, Greece. The new office will support the growth of the company’s businesses in the country and will be the new location for its...
The total value of the venture capital (VC)-backed funding rounds completed around the world in October was the lowest of any month so far this year. There were 1,235 deals adding up to $21.35 billion done in October, S&P Global Market Intelligence said Thursday (Nov....
Rules aimed at removing hurdles for small companies to list on the stock market aren’t resulting in much gains for investors. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Dealogic, out of the eight companies that went public last year under a provision...
January 10, 2018
When Mastercard launched the Start Path accelerator program in 2014, the goal – according to VP and senior business leader, Amy Neale – was to make it easier for emerging companies to enter “our world” through a combination of operational support, commercial access and some strategic funding. “And when we talk about our world, we mean […]
May 01, 2017
Last week, earnings managed to steal the front and center show. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Starbucks and MoneyGram all dropped their latest round of performance data on the markets —...
November 11, 2022
J.P. Morgan plans to open both a new local head office and a new Payments Innovation Lab within that office in Athens, Greece. The new office will support the growth of the company’s businesses in the country and will be the new location for its current Athens-based employees in J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank […]
November 11, 2022
The total value of the venture capital (VC)-backed funding rounds completed around the world in October was the lowest of any month so far this year. There were 1,235 deals...
February 12, 2018
Rules aimed at removing hurdles for small companies to list on the stock market aren’t resulting in much gains for investors. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal,...
January 11, 2017
VC funds are currently receiving money like they were back in the days of the dot-com boom — they are just spending it a lot more carefully this time. All in...