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Japan’s Startup Index Soars To Highest Point Since 2006

PYMNTS

The Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index , which tracks Japan’s startups, has climbed back up this year to finally match an earlier high set in 2006. Investors will need to carefully pick individual companies,” said Naoki Kamiyama , chief strategist at Nikko Asset Management Co.

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UK Card Spend Reaches Highest Level Since at Least 2006

FICO

But this year’s rise seems to also have been driven by inflation, pushing the amount of average credit card spend in the UK to the highest level since our UK Risk Benchmarking records began in 2006. This rise occurred in a month when UK retail sales volumes were widely reported as being down relative to past years.

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PEX CEO: Why Gig Workers Need Spend Management Tools

PYMNTS

If you really know the music industry , you know that many tour managers and accountants are barely a half-step removed from the glory days of the abacus. PEX, founded by Grant in 2006, offers software-as-a-service workforce tools designed for businesses not typically served by enterprise SaaS spend management solutions.

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Spend Management Reaches For New — And Digital — Maturity

PYMNTS

Spend management ” is hardly the sexist buzzword in payments and commerce, but the practice is developing to a point where many of those headaches are being reduced — a process that can also lead to more revenue. Spend Management Change. First, while the meaning of “ spend management ” may seem clear, there is no harm in defining it.

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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. How did we get here? Ashbaugh’s presentation begins with a quick summary of why regulators care about HVCRE.

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Payroc Expands Payment Processing Services With Bluestone Payments Acquisition

PYMNTS

Bluestone Payments, founded by Linda Rossetti and launched in 2006, connects merchants in niche markets to payments programs through a referral system. I am thrilled to become part of the Payroc management team and look forward to expanding our 25+ year relationship,” said Rossetti in the release. “I

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web 2.0, the 2000s and lovely jubbly, social networking

Chris Skinner

One of the senior management team of the host organisation then got up to tell the story of how his Chief Executive was side-blinded by the appearance of YouTube back in 2006. This was back in 2006 again, and Facebook was just rising. The morning papers appeared on his desk with the headline: Google acquires YouTube for $1.65

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