The emergence of mobile, on-demand services like Apple Pay, Uber and Airbnb have largely changed the way their perspective markets do business. But these disruptors have been challenged by regulators cracking down on their sometimes questionable ability to work around certain industry rules. Get the...
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II delivered the annual Queen’s Speech Wednesday (May 27) making the launch of a new session for the UK Parliament. MPs gathered Wednesday morning at the House of Lords to hear the reading of the government’s upcoming agenda for the coming...
Last week, Re/code broke the news that 15-year Amazon company vet Maria Renz will be ascending to the role of technical advisor to the CEO – known more informally inhouse as Jeff Bezos’ shadow. The role involves sitting at the right hand of “The Man” himself...
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As U.K. lawmakers continue their sweeping investigations, crackdowns and overhauls of the banking industry, small businesses have a lot to gain – and, perhaps a lot to lose – from these legislative efforts. SMEs continue to struggle with late payments by their corporate customers, and...
While the alternative lending industry was largely viewed by regulators and many experts as a niche market, the high-profile IPOs of Lending Club and OnDeck late last year jolted expectations and brought alternative financing players onto the mainstream. Still, regulators have largely decided not to...
After a strong showing with investors in the winter and early spring – it looks as though alternative financial services is poised to continue capturing investor interest going into the (we hope at least here in the Northeast) dog days of 2015’s summer. Get the...
For merchants with a bricks-and-mortar presence, promoting a store is more about location, eye-catching signage and the right marketing strategies. But in a busy online marketplace where millions of merchants are competing for those millions of buyers, there’s one key strategy that translates from physical...
Amid rumblings of a merger or acquisition, Salesforce delivered a strong first quarter performance when it posted its 2015 Q1 earnings results last week. Beating analyst expectations, the software giant reported earnings per share of 16 cents for the quarter ending April 30, 2 cents...
