Category: Finance

He was looking for a hand-up, not a handout! Derrick Faulcon was determined to become the “Culinary Nat Turner” and start his own entrepreneurial empire after being released from prison. He studied the ins and outs of the restaurant business and even helped 200 other inmates get their GEDs. He was released in 2012 and two years […]

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are common in the financial industry, with large financial institutions frequently acquiring or merging with smaller firms in order to expand their businesses and gain a competitive advantage. In this article, we will look at the world of M&A in the finance industry, including the benefits and challenges of M&A transactions […]

Some hotels across Maine are trying new things this year to drive up their business. KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — The winter months of Maine to many businesses are defined as their “Off-Season”, especially those businesses in hospitality and tourism.  Some hotels across Maine are trying new things this year to drive up their business. According to […]

Economic Development $1M program will bring on contractors to help restaurants, retail shops, personal care businesses expand business and build resilience through free e-commerce consulting services On Mar 1, 2023 The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) launched a $1 million pilot program this week that will provide free e-commerce and digital marketing consulting services […]

Genius Group’s edtech learning platform GeniusU is to host a Lifelong Learning Summit on 2nd and 3rd March for educators and business owners to learn how to benefit from the tremendous growth the Edtech industry is experiencing. The free Lifelong Learning Summit will bring together entrepreneurs, educators, speakers and trainers, to hear from some of […]

Andrew Raphaely, CEO at 365 Business Finance 01.03.2023 11:25 am 1. Can you describe how open banking has improved 365 Business Finance’s own processes and speed of lending?  Open banking has helped us increase the overall efficiency of our process. In much less time than previously, we’re able to analyse and assess a business on […]

Private sector lender Axis Bank on Wednesday said it has completed the acquisition of Citibank’s retail business in India for a final cash consideration of Rs 11,603 crore. The deal excludes Citi’s institutional client businesses in India. Axis Bank, the third-largest private sector lender, said the acquisition, announced first in March last year, will not […]

As part of celebrating individuals, entrepreneurs and organizations who do amazing and creative work in the cannabis industry, Benzinga is featuring Stacey Hronowski at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference this April 11-12 in Miami Beach.  Hronowski is CEO & co-founder of Canix, one of the cannabis industry’s most comprehensive seed-to-sale enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Hronowski, A Full-Stack Engineer With a background in engineering and finance, Hronowski began […]

Undoing the past: Lawmakers seek to mend California neighborhoods sliced by highways By Wendy Fry | CalMatters Wendy Fry A new select committee  in the California Legislature will explore ways the state can reconnect neighborhoods that decades ago were torn apart by interstates and highways. During the nation’s interstate highway construction boom in the 1950s […]

The growth of India’s fintech industry has historically been driven by burgeoning digital payments, but now digital credit is poised to take the reins. In 2022, estimates valued India’s digital lending market at around USD 270 billion with projected growth of 500% by 2030, reaching USD 1.3 trillion. But what is digital credit, and how […]