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Corporate America Hinges On Presidential Election

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and as always, national economic issues are at the top of voters’ minds. The stakes are high for businesses of all sizes, and the latest data on corporates in America makes that abundantly clear. ” Indeed, it seems small businesses may not be the only companies in the nation a bit anxious over the presidential election.

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Swedish Payment Company iZettle Raises $47 Million in Funding

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The round was led by venture capital firm Dawn and The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. Established in 2011, iZettle enables small business merchants across Europe and Latin America to accept card payments. Swedish payment company iZettle today announced it raised €40 million ($47.05 Over the past years, it […].

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Bank Of America To Leverage Marco Polo For Trade Finance

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Bank of America has announced that it has joined the Marco Polo Network , the leading trade and working capital finance network. We look forward to working with Bank of America to address critical market challenges and to expand the network’s reach and eco-system to a wider audience of corporate customers.”.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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SoftBank Earmarks $1B For eCommerce, Healthcare And FinTech In LatAm

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SoftBank will add $1 billion this year to its $5 billion Latin America Fund introduced in 2019, adding to last year’s $1.6 Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb.

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Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook

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The House committee held a hearing on the idea after Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks in July proposed a new special purpose national banking charter for payments companies. The industry claims that means payments banks wouldn’t be subject to the same capital liquidity requirements that regular banks are.

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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC

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The company was founded in 2011 and has worked to capitalize on banks' reduced focus on lending after the late 2000s financial crisis, working on refinancing student loans early on and has since also worked on mortgages and personal loans, according to Reuters. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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