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Five At Five: Even Financial Gets New Funding Round

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Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes Even Financial raising additional funding , Mattress Firm considering bankruptcy , the New York City Council planning to limit ridesharing licenses, Visa buying a stake in Israeli-startup Behalf and Microsoft Pay supporting MasterPass.

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Wall Street Investors Place Their Bets On Millennials

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According to Reuters , hedge fund managers at the 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York offered stock ideas that would benefit from the steadily growing influence of millennials, who are expected to become the largest generation in the United States in 2019. billion Long Pond Capital hedge fund, pitched U.S.