© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo By Duncan Miriri and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund has agreed to increase Kenya’s lending programme by $650 million, the Kenyan president’s chief economic adviser said on…
© Reuters BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank said on Tuesday that there remains a substantial journey ahead to bring inflation back to the official target, stressing it has ignited a wide-ranging discussion on the increasingly challenging external scenario. In the minutes of the meeting held on October 31-November 1, when the bank cut the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A house-for-sale sign is seen inside the Washington DC Beltway in Annandale, Virginia January 24, 2016. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/Files/File Photo By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some Americans who have been priced out of the tight residential real estate market are turning to prefabricated homes, helping to power a nascent recovery…
How do you know when a market has matured? Often, you can simply look at the usual metrics: revenue, market capitalization, customer numbers, margins, and the like. But there’s one relatively new measure that doesn’t get a ton of attention: Is there a Y Combinator–backed SaaS startup for a market? If that’s the metric, then…
People with Parkinson’s disease are being diagnosed earlier and living with the condition for longer periods as treatments evolve, but one stubborn late-arriving symptom is trouble walking. A promising new spinal implant from Swiss researchers offers some hope that this too can be treated effectively. The multi-institutional team is led by Onward, a spinout company…
Klarna’s Q3 2023 results are the latest in a growing list of evidence that the Swedish fintech giant is evolving from a loss-making unicorn to a durable company ready for the public markets. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. It wasn’t that…
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Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! Last week, we chronicled some big rounds in the fintech space, Intuit’s decision to shutter Mint and what that means…
The brand had a spectacular fall but appears ready to put its scandals behind it and move forward…
In one of my past startups, I had a co-founder who had a pretty clear goal for himself: he wanted to make $1 million for every year that he worked on this startup, and he wanted to leave a positive impact on the world. I was struck by the clarity of that thought, and so…





