Investments

Investing can provide you with another source of income, here are investment options that will return a percentage of the vested value.

Newly Funded Flutterwave Becomes WorldPay’s First African Partner
Newly Funded Flutterwave Becomes WorldPay’s First African Partner
January 21, 2020  |  Investments

Silicon Valley and African FinTech startup Flutterwave closed a $35 million fundraising round and announced partnerships with WorldPay and Visa as it plans expansion on...

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JP Morgan Creates $100B Funding Arm To Help UN
JP Morgan Creates $100B Funding Arm To Help UN
January 21, 2020  |  International

JPMorgan has created a $100 billion funding arm — the JPMorgan Development Finance Institution (DFI) — to expand investments in emerging markets and help the United...

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Supplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
Supplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
January 20, 2020  |  Investments

Supplier discovery platform scoutbee has raised $60 million in a series B funding round led by Atomico, with Lakestar, Next47, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, 42CAP and...

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Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
January 20, 2020  |  International

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg...

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Tencent To Bolster Smart Retail, International Investments
Tencent To Bolster Smart Retail, International Investments
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

After investing in over 800 firms, Chinese tech company Tencent Holdings said it would bolster its international investments and in industries like “smart retail.” According to a...

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Cannabis Startup Eaze Struggles To Pay Vendors
Cannabis Startup Eaze Struggles To Pay Vendors
January 19, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Once calling itself the “Uber of pot,” Silicon Valley cannabis startup Eaze is struggling to pay vendors as it searches for a new round of...

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AvidXchange Gets $260M In Financing Round
AvidXchange Gets $260M In Financing Round
January 17, 2020  |  Investments

Accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solution company AvidXchange has raised $260 million in equity capital in a financing round, according to a press release....

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Supply Chain Payments Lead Week’s B2B VC Roundup
Supply Chain Payments Lead Week’s B2B VC Roundup
January 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

With Tradeshift securing a nine-figured fundraise, the supply chain payments company was the undoubted leader of this week’s B2B venture capital fundraise. But the company...

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Credit Unions Place Big Bet On AI And Biometrics
Credit Unions Place Big Bet On AI And Biometrics
January 16, 2020  |  Credit Unions

A new decade — and for credit unions (CUs), might this be the decade of data as a conduit of trust, a way to cement...

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