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Secret Clubhouse Funding Round Would Value Company At $4 Billion

Secret Clubhouse Funding Round Would Value Company At $4 Billion
Secret Clubhouse Funding Round Would Value Company At $4 Billion
April 18, 2021  |  Investments

Clubhouse, the increasingly popular audio-based social media app, has closed a new Series C round, though it didn’t say how much it raised, Reuters writes....

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Failed $16 Billion Rescue Program Hits Sour Notes For Music Venues
Failed $16 Billion Rescue Program Hits Sour Notes For Music Venues
April 18, 2021  |  Economy

A $16 billion federal program designed to help performance venues and museums closed due to COVID-19 that was supposed to debut more than a week...

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Revolut Gears Up For New Funding; Could Push Valuation To $10 Billion
Revolut Gears Up For New Funding; Could Push Valuation To $10 Billion
April 18, 2021  |  Investments

London-based FinTech Revolut is on track to a fundraise that would value the company at between $10 billion and $15 billion, Sky News reported, citing...

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Fed Report Says SMB Desolation Less Than Feared From Pandemic
Fed Report Says SMB Desolation Less Than Feared From Pandemic
April 18, 2021  |  SMBs

The number of businesses that permanently closed during the first year of pandemic fell short of widespread concerns, Federal Reserve economists have concluded in a...

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Saudi Aramco Explores Supply Chain Finance Initiative
Saudi Aramco Explores Supply Chain Finance Initiative
April 18, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Oil giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., often referred to as Saudi Aramco, a shortened version of its former name, is trying to set up a...

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NatWest Relaunches SMB Accelerator Program
NatWest Relaunches SMB Accelerator Program
April 18, 2021  |  B2B Payments

U.K. bank NatWest Group, which shifted its accelerator program to a virtual model in response to the pandemic, is restoring the network of incubators for...

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Why Banks Must Embrace End-to-End BaaS As The Invisible Engine of Innovation
Why Banks Must Embrace End-to-End BaaS As The Invisible Engine of Innovation
April 17, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Consumers take a somewhat binary view of the features and functions that come packaged as innovative: They either believe they solve a problem and embrace...

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Brands Connect To The DogEconomy
Brands Connect To The DogEconomy
April 17, 2021  |  Retail

Idioms do not, strictly speaking, have to make a lot of literal sense, as long as they convey the right mood. They work because even...

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Facebook Employs AI Tech To Combat Complex Illnesses
Facebook Employs AI Tech To Combat Complex Illnesses
April 16, 2021  |  Healthcare

Facebook said it is rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools aimed at predicting the best combination of pharmaceuticals to combat complex illnesses, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full...

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