CFO News Room

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Is it possible to invest in real estate with no money? You can invest in real estate with little to no money upfront, but it’s more complicated than the promoters make it seem, and you’ll need to be patient. Physical Real Estate Investing: Four Things to Consider. How to Invest in Physical Real Estate with No Money.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you’re tired of watching your stock investments drop in value and are looking for a way to diversify, you may want to consider alternative investments. Access to ultra-wealthy investments. Can invest for income or growth. Yieldstreet investments vary from artwork to multi-family real estate properties. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. But Software-as-a-Service emerged as a hot spot, too, with the largest investment round of the week going to a B2B eCommerce SaaS provider.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 4, 2023

Within the industry, it is estimated that Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) supported 3.2 million jobs in 2021 , according to a study commissioned by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit). What Are Real Estate Investment Trusts? How Many Real Estate Investment Trusts Are There in Total?

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. Tech companies age in dog years, and the consequences for how we manage, value and invest in them are profound.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Slumping markets have investors pulling back from funding startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to choke an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like smart shopping carts and inventory management robots. Over the same period, investment dollars in IoT startups fell 57.2% billion, PitchBook said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from cool concept toward everyday consumer reality, and signs of that innovation are increasingly appearing in the retail space. Take the issue of retail security as one example. Retail Trust and AI. Reducing network demands, the technology works even if cloud connection is lost.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

The stats suggest the strength of the B2B FinTech market’s ability to attract big-ticket funding rounds despite an overall dip in investment. PYMNTS outlines the latest investments below. Further, the company is stepping into the FinTech arena, with plans to roll out financial products like credit facilities for retail buyers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

an investment company owned by the Singapore government, are in talks to invest as much as $1 billion for Tokopedia , sources told Bloomberg News. The Indonesian eCommerce retailer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. ’s the Chinese multinational technology company specializing in eCommerce, retail, Internet, and technology, led a $1.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

But the ripple effects are daunting, as the moves could threaten the half-trillion-dollar market for commercial mortgage-backed securities. If this becomes a tsunami of retailers rejecting their leases, it’s going to trigger another part of the sea change — the mortgages held by the landlords.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

We invest in innovative solutions that maintain a human touch, and our open innovation model integrates with startups and other partners. Portilho: For years, BTG Pactual discussed plans to bring a retail banking experience to the market. Our retail funding base has consistently grown.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The central bank of Russia is seeking to place a yearly cap on the amount of cryptocurrency that retail investors can purchase, CoinDesk reported. As it stands, Russia has ratified legislation regarding digital securities issuance. However, investors who are considered to be qualified would not have to adhere to the cap.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Future Retail is attempting to prevent partner Amazon from meddling further in its $3.4 Amazon sent a letter to India's Securities and Exchange board, calling Future's statements misleading and saying the whole situation amounted to fraud. percent stake in Reliance Retail. eCommerce giant in a New Delhi court, Reuters reported.

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VCFO

JUNE 2, 2023

Navigating a New Era of Retail – Three Financial and Operational Factors The market and operating environments of retail businesses have undergone dramatic transformations since the turn of the millennium; transformations that accelerated significantly more with the outset of the COVID pandemic.

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Accountancy Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

FRP’s Debt Advisory team has helped Rigby Commercial, the property arm of Blackpool-headquartered The Rigby Organisation (Rigby), secure a new £5.6m The deal was led by its Debt Advisory team, which had been briefed to help Rigby secure a new long-term funding partner following a short-term bridge lending agreement. finance package.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But overlending—and US initiatives to extend its security and investment footprint—are challenging its position. American policy toward Africa has long been driven by security concerns, especially since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, which reshaped alliances across the continent. billion, up 1.5%

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Future CFO

JANUARY 4, 2023

Digital native retail businesses are expected to see resounding success in the coming few years, but their existing strategies might need a tweak soon as traditional retailers are catching up, said Bain & Company recently. Digital native retail businesses are retailers which initially operated exclusively online, Bain defined.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon , which is fuming over a decision by its India business partner Future Retail to sell assets to rising Amazon rival Reliance Industries , has asked India's top securities regulator to block the deal, Reuters reported. Securities regulators therefore should block the deal, Amazon reportedly argued in the letter.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

They may enjoy strolling the aisles of physical retail, but many customers still want support features that enable them to quickly and easily find and buy items, through self-serve offerings and other automation technologies. The June Automated Retail Tracker charts all the latest developments and deployments of these models and more.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Prepare for a big week of retail data, all of it unprecedented in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting with the Commerce Department retail sales data on Wednesday, retailers will get a sense of how much consumers are spending and the retailers they are spending with. For retailers, there are no surprises from March.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2017

Semiconductor giant Intel has committed to invest more than $100 million over the course of the next five years in the retail industry to connect the physical and virtual components of retail operations. In retail, though, the advantages are especially profound.

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Corporate Finance Lab

APRIL 16, 2023

As we appear to be past the hype, burning legal questions to understand the legal landscape for alternative investment funds, and in particular European SPACs come to the fore. One of these questions is whether European SPACs are subject to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)? SPACs typically work as follows.

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Global Finance

JUNE 18, 2024

The Hyundai India IPO that was announced earlier this year has become a bellwether for the health of Indian stock markets and particularly its IPO market, now that the South Korean carmaker has reportedly filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on June 15.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

As investors monitor the impact of Amazon ’s one-day delivery investments on profit, the eCommerce retailer is set to report its Q4 earnings. The eCommerce retailer said in its last earnings report it would spend $1.5 Amazon, however, assuaged those worries in December when it noted that shoppers bought items at “record” levels.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Now, in addition to car and personal loans on behalf of retail and institutional investors, Zopa will introduce savings accounts this week, to be followed by the addition of credit cards later this year. investment vehicle, Silverstripe. He said this recent development is “a good validation of our strategy.”. based fund, and its U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

A tech wearable company called ZULU has received an investment from ride-hailing company Gojek, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The amount of the investment is not known. We secured funding from Gojek in August 2018 after pitching our business in January 2018. It has also invested in cloud kitchen company Rebel Foods.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Indonesian wholesale eCommerce market Ula has announced that it has secured $10.5 The company was formed by Nipul Mehra, who is a former FlipKart senior director of retail and a former investor at Sequoia India. million in a new seed funding round, according to an e27 report. The round was led by Sequoia India and Lightspeed India.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 23, 2022

According to Fung Business Intelligence Centre (FBIC), a Hong Kong-based think tank, China’s retail sales will likely grow by six per cent in 2022 as the government strengthens measures and policies to boost consumption. How is the retail sector in China evolving – pre and during COVID? trillion in 2020 to US$2.46 in 2020 to 45.5%

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

parent company of luxury online retailer Mytheresa , announced that it's filed a registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a press release. The securities can't be sold and offers to buy can't be accepted before the registration becomes active. MYT Netherlands Parent B.V., LLC and J.P.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

When speaking with Tai Lopez , the executive chairman of one of the more disruptive retail companies in the pandemic period, it could be expected that the conversation would center around one topic: retailing. But that hasn’t stopped the whisper machine surrounding the retail industry from doubting his methods or business model.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

British financial institution Barclays has invested $12.9 Over six million of our customers use our mobile banking app to manage their day-to-day finances, and we strive to make that experience as easy, intuitive and secure as possible,” Rodrigues said. Mike Jordan, the CEO of Bink , said he’s excited to be partnered with Barclays. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

million for the company, marking one of the biggest investment rounds for a FinTech company in Northern England. Maria Wagner, investment director of Beringea, said in a statement announcing the funding, “Beringea seeks to back thoroughbreds that can become lasting successes. Beringea, True Ventures and Route 66 provided $11.6

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

Off-price specialty retailer Stein Mart, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division amid a challenging retail climate and the pandemic, the company said in a statement. In July, Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

JPMorgan Chase takes the top honor as Global Finance ’s World’s Best Bank for 2024, as well as the World’s Best Investment Bank and World’s Best Private Bank. The transaction netted JPMorgan approximately $173 billion in loans, $92 billion in deposits, and $30 billion in securities. All are being announced here for the first time.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

is in talks for as much as a $25 billion stake in a Mumbai, India conglomerate that is planning to launch a “ super app ” designed to offer a mega selection of retail products, sources told Mint. Walmart Inc. In May, Tata Capital, a division of Tata Group, introduced a mobile app that promised a better user experience for getting loans.

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