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Fashion Retailer rue21 Strikes Deal To Retire Debt

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Fashion retailer rue21 (r21 Holdings, Inc.) Today is an exciting day, as we've accomplished our goal of putting rue21 on a secure financial footing in the most unprecedented of times," rue21 Chief Financial Officer Michele Pascoe said in an announcement. million members.

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Young B2B FinTechs Secure Their Seed Rounds

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While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management.

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Small business lending insights Vol. 1

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The negative correlation of funded business loans to the Fed funds rate is a staggering 86% as businesses weigh their needs for capital against expensive debt and lenders aim to limit risk. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets.

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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution

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In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. announced that it has completed its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to Kingswood Capital Management.

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Target Pilots Buy Now Pay Later With Sezzle

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Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. After a recent $55 million capital raise , Sezzle plans to focus more on that area of business.

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The pro-cyclicality of capital ratios and credit supply, a tale of two sizes

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Mahmoud Fatouh Small banks tend to have more specialised business models, likely focusing on commercial and retail banking activities, and show limited interconnectedness to other financial institutions. UK bank-level data comes from a confidential data set at the Bank of England and includes financial data on UK banks between 1990 and 2021.

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Bitcoin Daily: S. Korea Eyes Crypto Capital Gains Tax; Crypto Lawyers See Rise In Demand

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Crypto exchange Kraken , for example, plans to double its legal team’s size by 2021. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) charged California’s Abra for failing to register before offering and selling securities-based swaps. And, the U.S. Abra, which works by letting users bet on price movements of listed U.S.

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