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Stripe Capital Extends Business Lending To Online Platforms

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Payments giant Stripe is taking Stripe Capital , its push into online business finance and lending, to the next level. Stripe Capital first got off the ground in September 2019, offering customers and businesses financing options through its online platform. So we built Capital for platforms: [link]. On Tuesday (Dec.

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Bain Capital Nets $800M For Business Impact Funding

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Bain Capital has raised $800 million for a social impact fund — a category of investment vehicles whose stated objectives are to advance social or corporate governance policies in addition to turning profits, the Wall Street Journal reported. billion through the same date in 2019. billion through the same date in 2019.

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3 Risks Asset/Liability Management (ALM) Addresses

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Risks ALM Addresses Will Affect Performance and Strategy Asset/liability management models and processes address credit risk, liquidity risk, and interest rate risk. . Takeaway 1 The pandemic has shown that financial institutions deal with a variety of risks that can impact cash flow and capital. . recovery to date. foreign exchange.

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Starbucks New Investor: Pershing Square Capital Management

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Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 While Starbucks typically shuts around 50 stores a year, in 2019 it expects that pace to increase to around 150 stores. “We percent stake in Starbucks.

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Citi Debuts Mobile App For Companies Seeking Capital

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Citi has launched a new mobile app for its Citi Supplier Finance platform in Latin America to help suppliers get more working capital, according to Finextra. Before the pandemic, Citi spoke with PYMNTS about the new challenges faced by supply chains with other global crises like 2019’s trade wars.

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Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch

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Numerous unicorns were among the hundreds of Chinese tech firms that toppled in 2019 as the economy soured and startups went through piles of cash, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Monday (Jan. The tech closures come as a funding shortage has investors wrestling with the end of a venture capital (VC) boom. . billion ($2.5

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India’s Tata Capital Introduces App For Commercial Loan Clients

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Mumbai-based Tata Capital , a division of Tata Group, is rolling out a mobile app to make it easier for its business loan customers to manage their accounts. Tata Capital is deeply invested in providing easy access of credit to merchants and dealers through its Channel Finance and Term Loan products.

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