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Fintechs should avoid 'trap' of early IPO, warns top London VC investor
Fintech firms considering joining the public markets should avoid the “trap” of floating too early or risk “disaster”, a top London venture capital investor has warned. Speaking at an Innovate Finance panel discussion…
Industry TV Recap: Short and Tender
For a dodgy neobank looking to go straight, Tender has a funny way of showing it. Not to cast too many aspersions on Austrian finance, but Industry would have us believe that merging a London-based fintech with a 300-year-old Viennese bank is a…
Why Banks Are Rejecting Too Many Small Business Loans
Small businesses have many funding avenues, but many are rejected for the wrong reasons Small business loan rejection rates in the United States remain stubbornly high, which is a lose-lose scenario. Denial of credit prevents capital-starved firms…
Editorial | Trade finance in Hong Kong set for a competitive tech upgrade
To stay competitive in an increasingly complex global landscape, Hong Kong must continue to develop and adapt to new technologies and trends. Nowhere is this more needed than in trade and finance, the lifeblood of the city's economy. While we are…
Industry Season 4: Here's Your S04E03: 'Habseligkeiten' Preview
Posted in: Current News, HBO, Max, TV | Tagged: industry Check out our preview for HBO's Myha'la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Kit Harington, and Ken Leung-starring Industry S04E03: 'Habseligkeiten.' Industry Season 4 Episode 3 'Habseligkeiten' airs with…
Kiernan Shipka on Her Racy 'Industry' Scene With Kit Harington & Marisa Abela
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Industry Season Four Industry 's new season opens at a pulsing London nightclub, where we first meet Kiernan Shipka's Hayley Clay: a young, working woman blowing off steam by dancing and taking drugs with a mysterious…
John Swinney heading to London to renew agreement with City Corporation
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. John Swinney will be told that Edinburgh and London must…
Salesforce: Lower Growth Outlook But Extremely Undervalued (NYSE:CRM)
Salesforce faces structurally slowing revenue growth, underperforming CRM market expectations with a 0.72x growth factor versus a 1.45x competitive score. Salesforce's decelerating ARPU, mature enterprise customer base, and intensifying competition…
Industry Recap: Eurotrash
What's the German word for a transgressive corporate threesome in a Nazi's castle? Pop culture loves a loanword, and German is arguably the GOAT when it comes to words so hyperspecific in mood and meaning that they cannot exist outside their…
'Industry' Season 4 Just Aired Its Wildest Episode Yet
I worry this phrase is overused in relation to Industry specifically, but opening this season's third episode with Harper and Eric both tag-teaming business on the phone in the early scrappy days of their new joint operation, SternTao, makes me…
Japan May Permit Crypto ETFs Under Proposed Regulatory Changes
Japan is weighing whether to allow its first cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), potentially as early as 2028, in a move that would mark a significant shift in how the country regulates digital assets for mainstream investors. According to…
The Guardian view on Europe's payments problem: sovereignty starts at the till | Editorial
When the centre-left French politician Aurore Lalucq posted a warning last Wednesday that Donald Trump could cut off Europe from international payment systems, the clip went viral. To many, her message made sense. After all, if Mr Trump was…
It Turns Out Crypto's Stablecoin Adoption is Around 1% of Previous Estimates
Stablecoins were all the rage in 2025. The GENIUS Act provided much needed regulatory clarity for the dollar-pegged crypto tokens, and tech giants like Stripe and Sony got involved with their own related products and services. President Trump has…
China's AI trade is quickly moving from infrastructure to applications. Watch these stocks
Local investors in China are excited about a new artificial intelligence stock trend. As trading volumes in the retail investor-dominated mainland Chinese stocks surged to record highs this month, one of the big themes centered on generative engine…
Woman who fled Ukraine for Stoke-on-Trent marks uni graduation - BBC News
A woman who was forced to flee war-torn Ukraine has said graduating from university in the UK felt 'incredibly special' after what she and her family had been through. Sofia Demkiv left her home in Kyiv with her mother, aunt, sister and brother…
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