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IPO Deal Volume Down 60% Compared to ’21

IPO Deal Volume Down 60% Compared to ’21
IPO Deal Volume Down 60% Compared to ’21
January 30, 2022  |  IPO

IPOs haven’t been doing so well – deal volume is down 60% compared to the same time last year, Bloomberg writes. Get the Full Story...

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US Chamber of Commerce Questions Past Statements of Fed Nominee Raskin
US Chamber of Commerce Questions Past Statements of Fed Nominee Raskin
January 30, 2022  |  Regulation

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has concerns about a Biden nominee for the top banking supervisor at the Federal Reserve, Sarah Bloom Raskin, because she’s...

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Blockchain Company Valereum Buys Majority of Gibraltar Stock Exchange, Pending Regulator OK
Blockchain Company Valereum Buys Majority of Gibraltar Stock Exchange, Pending Regulator OK
January 30, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Valereum, a blockchain firm, has bought 90% of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) group, as it tries to build a fully-regulated, integrated fiat and digital...

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Israeli FinTech Bizi Nets $7.5M for SMB Credit Lines
Israeli FinTech Bizi Nets $7.5M for SMB Credit Lines
January 30, 2022  |  Investments

Bizi, a FinTech company working to get credit lines to small and mid-sized businesses in Israel, has raised seed funding of $7.5 million, a report...

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CipherTrace Used ‘Honey Pot’ Tactic to Glean Off-Chain Data, Report Shows
CipherTrace Used ‘Honey Pot’ Tactic to Glean Off-Chain Data, Report Shows
January 30, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

CipherTrace, a crypto sleuthing firm, has reportedly been using “honeypots,” a term meaning decoy targets collecting intelligence on unknowing targets, a report from CoinDesk says....

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PYMNTS Crypto Basics Series: What’s a Consensus Mechanism and Why Is It Destroying the Planet?
PYMNTS Crypto Basics Series: What’s a Consensus Mechanism and Why Is It Destroying the Planet?
January 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency are words that most people have at least heard of in 2022, as the industry exploded into the mainstream public consciousness....

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‘Panic Buying’ Rebrands as ‘Blizzard Commerce’ for the Big, Bad Bombogenesis
‘Panic Buying’ Rebrands as ‘Blizzard Commerce’ for the Big, Bad Bombogenesis
January 29, 2022  |  Retail

Back in the late-Neolithic period — say, around 1995 — as ascending 24-hour cable news stations challenged the status quo of local network TV affiliates...

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Today in FinTech: PayPal Expands Payment Options in Germany; New Digital Bank Coming to Brazil
Today in FinTech: PayPal Expands Payment Options in Germany; New Digital Bank Coming to Brazil
January 28, 2022  |  Digital Banking

In today’s FinTech news, PayPal is adding new payment options in Germany that give eligible shoppers 30 days to pay, while Brazil could be gaining...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Google Invests $1B in Airtel
Today in the Connected Economy: Google Invests $1B in Airtel
January 28, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Google makes a $1 billion investment in India’s Bharti Airtel, while Brooks Brothers and Citi extend their consumer credit alliance....

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