Increasingly, Americans prefer to communicate by text message — much to the dismay of everyone’s grandmothers, who just can’t understand why it is such a big deal to pick up the phone every now and again. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Disruption needs investment. In one quite recent example of investment — as recent an announcement as this morning — Embroker, the cloud-based risk and insurance management firm, has raised $12.2 million from a series of investors.
The venture capital arena has been raising money at a furious pace, but VC firms have also been sitting on the cash for dry powder. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Apple announced the somewhat surprising move this morning of a $1 billion investment into Didi Chuxing — a ridesharing service that acts as one of Uber’s main rivals in China. Apple CEO Tim Cook says the move was undertaken in an attempt to learn more...
German POS solution provider orderbird has raised close to $23 million in a Series C funding round, the company announced. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Liquidity is what makes markets go ‘round. It’s also what small-cap stocks generally lack and why investors have begun to build a “wall of worry” around them. Exhibit A: alt-lending stocks.
The era of the down round is upon us. And it has been since 2016 ticked over on the calendar and investors came by the quaint notion that actual profits and a path to scalability are more monetarily valuable than a clever idea and a...
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On the consumer end of an eCommerce transaction – these days clicking the buy buttons is usually the end of the road, one way or the other. Usually, the transaction goes through – the widget goes into the mail and everyone goes to bed happy....
