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GPS Capital Markets For Sale, Sources Say

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Corporate foreign exchange brokerage GPS Capital Markets is reportedly up for sale, unnamed sources told PE Hub. As of last year, the company employed 63 people, reports said, citing Utah Business data. As of last year, the company employed 63 people, reports said, citing Utah Business data.

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Surprise Outcomes Edition: Cybercrime, Student Loans And CAN Capital

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The experts estimate that the United States government spent millions trying to enforce it and deprived the states of billions in tax revenue — all without managing to make any significant change in American alcohol consumption. But the world is full of unexpected costs — just ask the team at CAN Capital.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community.

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Data, Business Intelligence And Security Lead B2B Funding

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In a venture capital slowdown, any investment round is a win. Focused on mitigating third-party risk for B2B buyers and suppliers, Utah-based Whistic recently announced a $12 million Series A investment round, FinNSMEs reported. Whistic said it would use the investment to grow its staff and scale operations. million fundraise.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. With large banks, including Ally and Capital One, officially doing away with overdraft fees, banks and credit unions will have to decide how they want to handle the new reality. The Gonzo Inn in Moab, Utah!

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents. STAYING PRIVATE.

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Deal Trends Show Solar Is Still On The Table — Though Investors Are Placing More Careful Bets

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This tax increase might push solar costs in the industry back five years, substantially slowing the growth from the Obama era. Sunnova also raised the largest solar round of 2015: a $300M private equity deal in Q4’15, with investors including Blackstone Group, Energy Capital Partners, and FS Investments. financing trends.

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