DFJ’s Steve Jurvetson thinks Elon’s Boring Co. will win with short tunnels first
Noted Silicon Valley investor and SpaceX investor Steve Jurvetson is probably better positioned than most to know what Elon Musk is thinking with The Boring Company, his project to build a better...
View ArticleWall Street Indexes Hit Record Highs As Tech, Banking Stocks Rise
The three major U.S. indexes were trading at record levels on Monday, powered by gains in financial, technology and industrial stocks, with focus on Federal Reserve’s policy meet. Shares of the major...
View ArticleVerizon cutoffs mark an uncertain future for rural customers
If you don’t live in a big city, your internet connection is at risk. Last week, some Verizon customers in rural areas received unexpected news. The carrier would be terminating their service as of...
View ArticleGrowth in the global dental implants and prosthetics market illuminated by...
Dental implants, also known as endosseous fixtures, are artificial roots that look like a tooth or teeth. These substitutes for missing teeth are placed into the jaw to support restorations. Dental...
View ArticleRoku’s CEO and other insiders will control 98 percent of the company’s voting...
Roku CEO Anthony Wood will control nearly a third of the voting power of the company’s shares after its public offering. Isaac Brekken/AP Roku may not have the same buzz as Google, Facebook or even...
View ArticleApple is eliminating a feature from the iPhone X that 55% of people say they use
The iPhone X doesn’t have a home button, which means some widely used features will be eliminated. Justin Sullivan/Getty When the iPhone X arrives later this fall, it won’t have a home button — which...
View ArticleMitsubishi in talks to pick up stake in GreyOrange Robotics
Image for representation Japan’s largest conglomerate Mitsubishi is in talks to pick up a minority stake in GreyOrange Robotics, a warehouse automation startup, based out of Singapore and Gurgaon,...
View ArticleAmazon’s all-new Fire HD 10 has a 1080p display, costs just $149
The latest generation Fire HD 10 costs $80 less than its predecessor. Amazon is rolling out much-needed updates to the Fire HD 10 and decreasing its price point at the same time. The latest generation...
View ArticleElectric bus sets record with 1,101-mile trip on a single charge
It’s a breakthrough for EVs. Think it was impressive when a Tesla club drove a Model S nearly 670 miles? It has nothing on what Proterra just managed. The startup just drove a Catalyst E2 Max electric...
View ArticleGlobal Dental Implants Market is Estimated to Represent USD 7,879.5 Million...
According to a new market report published by Persistence Market Research “Global Market Study on Dental Implants – Asia Pacific to Witness Fastest Growth by 2020,” the global Dental implants market...
View ArticleBrexit Raises Doubts Over Britain’s Fintech Future
Firm to postpone decision on U.K. until Brexit impact clearer Follow @Brexit for all the latest news, and sign up to our daily Brexit Bulletin newsletter. Britain’s impending exit from the European...
View ArticleUK fintech startup GoCardless has raised $22.5 million in new funding
London-based fintech startup GoCardless has announced that it has raised $22.5 million (£16.6 million) in funding from investors including Accel Partners. The company helps businesses to process...
View ArticleCFPB Issues No-Action Letter to Alternative Credit Lending Platform
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has issued its first No-Action Letter (“No-Action Letter” or “Letter”) in response to a request from Upstart Network, Inc. (“Upstart”). The No-Action...
View Article3 Alternative Financing Solutions for Your Business
After the credit crisis in 2009, financial institutions were forced to shore up their reserves and tighten their lending requirements. The unintended consequences have been severe. Only the largest and...
View ArticleFintechs get another alternative to IPOs
However, there are risks fintechs contemplating this option should consider. Many fintech startups were put off by post-IPO slumps among big players like Lending Club and OnDeck, and listings in the...
View ArticleWhat’s Direct Lending? Bank Loans Without a Bank
Typically, mid-market-sized businesses that banks are no longer interested in lending to. Their need for credit and lack of good alternatives means direct lenders are able to extract higher interest...
View ArticleBring visibility to credit invisibles through alternative financial data
“Credit invisibles” are often overlooked based on perceived lack of credit worthiness; while in reality, there are various alternative financial data sources beyond credit reports that could inform a...
View ArticleDepartment of Treasury Australian Government : Australia grows to become...
Alternative finance provides new business models for lending and other forms of finance including balance sheet lending, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding and invoice financing. The report confirms...
View ArticleSEC discloses hackers penetrated EDGAR, profited in trading
Hackers made their way into the Security and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR electronic filing system last year, retrieving private data that appear to have resulted in “an illicit gain through trading,”...
View ArticleTRUMP: I assumed when I won, I would ‘sit down at my desk and there would be...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the latest attempt from Senate Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, yet chided his party for a delayed and tedious process that has...
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