Investments

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

How Consumer-Style Business Travel Platforms Can Streamline Booking

How Consumer-Style Business Travel Platforms Can Streamline Booking
How Consumer-Style Business Travel Platforms Can Streamline Booking
April 17, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Traditional lodging doesn’t always fit the bill for business travelers. After a long day of client meetings or conference sessions, business travelers might want to...

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Smart Kitchen Startup Chefling Notches $1M In Funding
Smart Kitchen Startup Chefling Notches $1M In Funding
April 17, 2018  |  Retail

To support the next stage of the company’s growth, smart kitchen startup Chefling, Inc. has notched $1 million in pre-series A funding from XVVC, LLC. Chefling...

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Barclays To Set Up Venture-Type Unit In UK To Drive Growth
Barclays To Set Up Venture-Type Unit In UK To Drive Growth
April 16, 2018  |  Banking

Barclays, gearing up to drive more innovation, and thus profit, in its U.K. business is creating a venture capital-type unit. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Team Behind $660M ICO In Vietnam Disappears
Team Behind $660M ICO In Vietnam Disappears
April 13, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

After raising $660 million from more than 30,000 investors in an initial coin offering (ICO), the team behind Vietnam-based Modern Tech has disappeared. The company...

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Alt Lending, Artificial Intelligence Startups Lead Investment Activity
Alt Lending, Artificial Intelligence Startups Lead Investment Activity
April 13, 2018  |  B2B Payments

This week’s VC Investment Roundup demonstrates investors’ varied appetite for B2B FinTech. Funding targets this time around included blockchain, logistics, alternative finance, artificial intelligence and...

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SIFMA Issues Framework For Data Sharing Between Banks And Apps
SIFMA Issues Framework For Data Sharing Between Banks And Apps
April 12, 2018  |  Data & Research

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the trade group for the financial industry, released a framework on Thursday (April 12) to protect the...

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How Tech Companies Are Backing The Future Of Retail Through AR, AI And Drones
How Tech Companies Are Backing The Future Of Retail Through AR, AI And Drones
April 12, 2018  |  Innovation

Tech companies are spending big on research and development (R&D). In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. tech companies invested a total of...

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Ant Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
Ant Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
April 10, 2018  |  Investments

Through a private funding round that could make Ant Financial the world’s biggest unicorn, the Chinese financial firm — an affiliate of Alibaba — is reportedly...

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