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KoinWorks Closes $12M In Series B Funding Round

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Founded in 2016, KoinWorks is now Indonesia’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, registered and supervised by OJK. More than 60 percent of the investor-funders in the KoinWorks platform are millennials, with 70 percent revealing that KoinWorks is their first investment product.

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Walmart Jumps On Digital Bedding Bandwagon With Allswell

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The launch, growth and operations of Allswell will be overseen by brand president Arlyn Davich, a seasoned entrepreneur with a decade of CEO experience backing his leadership. In addition, Allswell is not an acquired brand but homegrown by Walmart. In addition, Allswell is not an acquired brand but homegrown by Walmart.

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Transformation Time Bomb?

Independent Banker

Three ways millennials could accelerate FinTech trends in 2016. When it comes to finance, millennials are a generation known to be conservative in spending and distrustful of financial institutions. Thus, it’s not shocking that millennials are a driving factor in the growing financial technology, or FinTech, movement.

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Socure Closes On $13 Million Round Of Funding

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In a press release, Socure said it will use the capital to scale operations, accommodating the 300 percent growth it has seen in 2016. Socure has rapidly developed a leadership position in the large and fast-growing space of digital identity and biometrics,” said Sergey Gribov, partner at Flint Capital, in the press release.

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SME Optimism Waning In Election Season, Says Capital One

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Now is a critical time for small businesses as the country anticipates a change in leadership and new opportunities and challenges, such as market dynamics and new regulations and tax laws, which can have a significant impact on business results,” stated Capital One Head of Small Business Banking Keri Gohman in announcing the results of the report.

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Behind BJ’s Digital Double Down

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The option to buy online and pick up in-store has been at BJ’s since early 2016, near a full year before Costco or Sam’s Club acquired similar coverage. And continue to launch them — now under new leadership. Moreover, BJ’s digital journey has been ongoing over the last five years — if only in the background. “At

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Attracting and retaining female staff

Abrigo

A clear path to leadership should be laid out and available for anyone who wishes to take it. The gender wage gap is still a hot button topic, especially as the 2016 election race heats up. For more advice on solving staffing issues, read, attracting and retaining millennial talent.