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eWallets Don’t Make Money, Says Mandiri Capital Chief

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The CEO of PT Mandiri Capital Indonesia, the venture capital arm of PT Bank Mandiri, said the only way digital payment platforms can ever make money is by acting as a sort of portal into other services, otherwise it’s “just a cash-burning exercise,” according to reports. Nobody makes money from e-wallets,” Danusaputro said.

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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. Why is that? One answer is that banks have the wrong strategic planning time horizon.

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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground. Demographics shift, products change and technology drives channel preferences. This type of exercise is planning, not strategic planning.

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Examining industries: The importance of industry analysis for financial institutions

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Looking at how industries in your area perform allows you to see trends and assess potential market opportunities. By gauging an industry’s health as a whole, you could decide that the restaurant market in your area has remained stagnant while the technology industry is booming. Are there high capital or technological costs?

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Fitness Platform Zwift Notches $450M Amid Home Workout Investment Craze

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16) unveiled a $450 million injection of capital by a group of investors led by KKR in exchange for a minority stake in the company. based startup plans to use the money to speed up work on its core home workout system and “bring Zwift-designed hardware to market,” the company said in a press release. The Long Beach, Calif.-based

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Peloton Eyes 2019 IPO

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But in 2017, the company took in capital at a valuation of $1.25 The fitness company is among firms that have taken in funds from the private markets and are also looking to have an IPO this year. Uber Technologies Inc. and Slack Technology Inc. billion, per unnamed sources.

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USAT Raises $43.1M In Underwritten Public Offering

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USA Technologies, the payment technology service provider of integrated cashless and mobile transactions in the self-service retail market, announced news Tuesday (July 25) of the closing of its underwritten public offering of 9,583,332 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $4.50

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