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Regulation
SVB’s Former Owner May Have to Wait to Claim $2 Billion
May 04, 2023

SVB Financial wants to collect $2 billion it is owed. The FDIC says: Wait your turn. The company, which owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank, hopes to recover $2 billion in deposits held in receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). But according to bankruptcy court...

IPO
Johnson & Johnson Spinoff Kenvue Valued at $41 Billion in IPO
May 04, 2023

Johnson & Johnson’s consumer healthcare spinoff has made the biggest U.S. initial public offering (IPO) since 2021. Kenvue, which includes Band-Aid and several other well-known consumer brands that had been part of Johnson & Johnson, raised $3.8 billion in an IPO that valued it at...

Banking
Western Alliance Denies ‘Irresponsible’ Reports of Sale
May 04, 2023

Western Alliance says it will not be the next regional bank to go up for sale. The Arizona-based lender on Thursday (May 4) denied a report from earlier in the day by the Financial Times (FT) that it was considering a sale. “There is not...

Investments
Qatar-Based Snoonu Raises $12 Million to Continue Building Super App
May 04, 2023

Qatar-based eCommerce startup Snoonu has raised $12 million in a Series B funding round. “A new milestone has been achieved in our unicorn journey,” Snoonu said when announcing the funding round in a Wednesday (May 3) post on LinkedIn. Snoonu aims to provide fast and...

Banking
Goldman Sachs’ Advisory Work With SVB Probed by Feds
May 04, 2023

Federal authorities are investigating Goldman Sachs’ work with Silicon Valley Bank ahead of its collapse. Goldman Sachs revealed the probe in a regulatory filing Thursday (May 4) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), saying it was cooperating with and giving information to “various governmental bodies” as they look into the...

Investments
Inbox Health Raises $22.5 Million for Patient Billing Communication Platform
May 04, 2023

Inbox Health has raised $22.5 million in a Series B funding round to expand its patient billing communications platform. The platform is used by 2,600 medical practices in the United States and that has collected payments from 3.5 million patients, Inbox Health said in a...

Artificial Intelligence
UK Watchdog Jumps on Board Wave of AI Regulations
May 04, 2023

The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog is the latest government entity calling for artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. “AI has burst into the public consciousness over the past few months but has been on our radar for some time,” Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) CEO Sarah Cardell...

B2B Payments
Supply Chain Platform project44 and Nexxiot to Provide Real-Time Shipping Data
May 04, 2023

project44 and Nexxiot have partnered to provide real-time shipping information to supply chain participants. With Nexxiot’s real-time asset level monitoring added to project44’s supply chain visibility platform, shippers, cargo owners and supply chain participants can better mitigate risks, gain visibility and control processes, the companies said in a...

eCommerce
Shopify’s Sale of Logistics Ops Signals Return to eCommerce as ‘Main Quest’
May 04, 2023

For Shopify, the shift is back to basics — a focus on eCommerce — and relying more fully on partners to get the goods to customers’ doorsteps. Shopify announced Thursday (May 4) alongside its first-quarter earnings results that it would sell its logistics and fulfillment...