Few markets in the US present as promising a cash cow as retail. With an estimated value of $4.55 trillion—and growing more than 3% annually—the sector is potentially lucrative, but also volatile.
Read MoreThough it channels innovative potential—reacting quickly to, and even shaping, consumer tastes—the retail sector’s operational culture remains largely unchanged from what it was decades ago.
Read MoreEyal Moldovan, 40Seas’s CEO and Co-Founder, said that the payment terms and frameworks governing the B2B space are the same ones he saw his father navigating as a clothes importer thirty years ago.
Read MoreMajor changes over the past year have inexorably shaped the fintech landscape—but few departments have been as affected as operations teams, which have had to react to developments and refract those new realities through hiring and strategy decisions.
Read MoreAccording to Seth McGuire, Galileo’s CRO, the push into embedded finance is the result of growing digitization as well as a recognized need for more revenue streams. Perhaps counterintuitively, McGuire said, many businesses have looked to launch embedded finance platforms in the face of headwinds.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Drake Star Partner Sam Levy outlined three major themes that defined fintech in 2022, and their effects on investor appetite and sentiment.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Propel CEO and Founder Jimmy Chen explains Propel’s original mission, delineates its expanded scope, and highlights the role of trust in its growing success.
Read MoreTo Danielle Weinblatt, Taulia’s Chief Product Officer, the company’s products—both current and upcoming—help address acute macroeconomic needs and help build a more inclusive economy.
Read MoreAccording to Sean Turner, Swiftly’s Chief Technology Officer, Swiftly effectively markets itself by demonstrating how e-commerce giants have become engineering-forward companies.
Read MoreFrom interest rates to home construction strategies, the future of home sales is yet to be fully formed. Find out how startups like Arrived Homes and Cover are looking to change that.
Read MoreIn an OpEd, Neal Desai, Co-Founder and CEO of Kafene, argues that lease-to-own models provide a versatile financing option in the face of headwinds.
Read MoreMicheal Sheehy, Chief Compliance Officer at Payoneer, framed the company’s decision to remain in Ukraine in both pragmatic and moral terms. The payments giant has a significant presence with employees in the country, and, as a major freelance hub, Ukraine is a key market.
Read MoreAccording to Venkat Malladi, Vymo’s Co-Founder and CTO, sales teams will face major challenges in the coming months due to headwinds when it comes to business fundamentals as well as employee retention. Companies may relate to a potential recession differently: whether doubling down on their sales teams to make up for losses, or squeezing revenue from existing sales teams, or downsizing.
Read MoreRachel Lauren, Debbie’s Co-Founder and COO, framed debt as a headwind that’s growing in strength, and a potentially paralyzing one at that. Many people who have accumulated debt don’t know where to begin when it comes to changing their financial conditions.
Read MoreWellMoney’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Kortney Ziegler, describes WellMoney as a “cost-sharing community for emergencies” from which members can take from “no questions asked,” avoiding payday lenders or crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe.
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