LendIt USA 2016 is back with an increased focus on startups in fintech. PitchIt @ LendIt is an unparalleled platform...
The FIBC was founded in 2012 and holds a conference in Japan; Applications for their FinPitch competition are now open; event will include pitches from 30 organizations to a global audience; the event takes place on March 2, 2018 in Tokyo. Source
According to data compiled by Preqin/INSEAD Chinese startups brought in more than $56bn in the first half of 2018, while...
Mastercard has teamed up with Urban FT and the payment services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America to...
HM Treasury has announced a £1.25bn coronavirus package targeted towards businesses driving innovation in the UK; £500 million is earmarked...
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LendIt USA 2016 is back with an increased focus on startups in fintech. Our annual competition, PitchIt @ LendIt, is an...
The UK saw 5.5 percent fewer startups begin in the last year; startups have found getting funding to be increasingly hard and only 53 percent survive their first three years; most business owners are starting companies on the side and tend to have a full time job as well; the government has tried to help with programs like Start Up Loans which lends money to emerging companies; startup owners not only find business to be hard but end up debt in many cases as they can never really get sales off the ground. Source.
Last August U.S. lawmakers passed the National Defense Authorization Act which was designed in part to stem Chinese acquisitions of...
Michele Romanow is the co-founder and president of Clearbanc; the idea for Clearbanc came to her when she was working...
Like many other startups, fintechs face challenges with a slowdown of funding and reduced revenues; these companies are more vulnerable...