2/2 © Reuters. General view of the Canary Wharf financial district, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs 2/2 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly a hundred highly paid bankers left Britain ahead of its departure from the European Union, the bloc’s banking watchdog said…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has included a bill seeking to ease the country’s strict bank secrecy rules in his list of legislative priorities in his final year in office, the central bank said on Wednesday. The move comes weeks after a global dirty money watchdog – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Insight into the Federal Reserve’s debate over when to end its pandemic-era emergency programs and the level of concern among officials over a spike in inflation should emerge on Wednesday with…
Eric Crowley is executive director in the San Francisco office of global investment bank GP Bullhound. The pandemic has been extremely painful for many. But as lockdowns lifted and people began resuming their outdoor hobbies, mobile-first businesses have seen growth accelerate as consumers turned to digital tools to improve their time outdoors. The Dyrt, for…
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 17, 2021. Today we have what struck us as the most interesting collection of startup news in some time. And we’re keeping an international…
A California man has filed a lawsuit after he was injured trying to flee from a bear that surprised him in a dumpster while he was visiting Lake Tahoe.John Donaldson is seeking $15,000 in damages from a condominium association and waste management company for injuries he said he suffered in the encounter at a condo…
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 16, 2021. While the world deals with myriad issues, we’re sticking to our usual remit. Hugs and love to everyone, and here’s hoping for…
LONDON, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lighthouse Advisory Partners, leaders in technology M&A, has advised Snapbytes UK Ltd. Snapbytes, a Top Atlassian Marketplace Partner with over 4,300 global installations of its IT Service Management (ITSM) applications, has been acquired by Appfire, a leading provider of apps that help teams to solve modern challenges with digital solutions. With teams in Istanbul, Turkey and…
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Medius, a leading provider of spend management solutions, is transforming its customer’s electronic invoice management processing with revolutionary patent pending design – ‘touchless capture technology’ – part of the Medius Accounts Payable (AP) Automation suite. Utilizing Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with a user-friendly interface, Medius has developed an e-invoicing solution that captures and converts data dynamically, and dramatically reduces processing time to mere moments. …
Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies
Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. They might not want to sell equity in their company, but often struggle to secure working capital loans from traditional financial institutions. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and…





