October 15, 2020
Secret Double Octopus Reports Investment From SC Ventures
Secret Double Octopus, which works in passwordless authentication for security online, has secured a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the FinTech and investment arm of international banking group Standard Chartered,...
September 25, 2020
Deep Dive: How Identity Fraud Targets Banks
Fraudsters leverage an array of schemes to conduct financial crimes, including digital methods like botnets and brute force hacks as well as old-school ones like social engineering. One of the...
September 07, 2020
US Stimulus Deal Seen As Unlikely As Job Numbers Improve
As the unemployment rate fell to the single digits last week, hope for a compromise stimulus package may have disappeared. The Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Sept. 6) the strong...
September 02, 2020
The Impact Of The Consumer’s Digital Shift To Convenience On...
Consumer habits have shifted markedly to digital channels in the pandemic’s wake. Ordering online to grab food, groceries or clothes was a necessity at first, since restaurants and stores were closed...
August 12, 2020
DraftKings: Why Sportsbook Is The Ticket To The Everywhere Fan...
With live sports and entertainment still mostly on hold, fans are getting their sports fix by betting on it. Dan Hannigan-Daley, director of sportsbook product at popular app DraftKings, says...
June 10, 2020
Grocers Are Eating Up Connected Commerce
Digital grocery shopping has mushroomed due to the pandemic, and there’s a stickiness to the COVID-induced changes that cannot be swept away like a spill on aisle five. Providing detailed...
June 05, 2020
Digital Banking Moves To Forefront Of VC Efforts
In the FinTech funding world, Varo Money stole the spotlight this week with a $241 million funding raise. The Series D round, led by Gallatin Point Capital and The Rise...
June 01, 2020
Is Digital Disruption The Way Forward For Freight Forwarding?
The digital age is increasingly upon us and the question looms: Will digital be the way forward for freight forwarding? Word emerged this week that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was...
June 01, 2020
Freight-Forwarder Beacon Now Counts Amazon’s Bezos As Investor
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has invested in U.K.-based Beacon, a digital freight forwarder, according to Reuters. Bezos was one of a few investors who contributed to the $15 million...