Growing insurance connections with bolt

Growing insurance connections with bolt

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, bolt CEO Jim Dwane details bolt’s growth strategy, highlights bolt’s value proposition, and shares his view on bolt’s future.

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Will Tiger Global pivot to potatoes?

Will Tiger Global pivot to potatoes?

Tiger Global’s most recent 13F filing reveals that it has sold its shares in Robinhood, Zoom, and DocuSign, and has taken a $12.8M position in Lamb Weston, which makes frozen potato products. The hedge fund has lost $17B and erased almost two-thirds of its lifetime gains this year.

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Revolutionizing the floor plan with CubiCasa

Revolutionizing the floor plan with CubiCasa

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, CubiCasa President Jeff Allen outlines CubiCasa’s growth strategy, announces the company’s latest pricing features, and shares his vision for the future of floor plans.

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Overhauling mortgage-backed securities with Infima

Overhauling mortgage-backed securities with Infima

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Infima CEO Hendrik Bartel outlines his path to Infima, shares details of the company’s Seed round, peeks at the startup’s roadmap, and encourages a modest approach to startup leadership.

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SoftBank is hemorrhaging money. Again.

SoftBank is hemorrhaging money. Again.

SoftBank is expected to announce additional losses of billions of dollars from its two funds. The Japan-based investment conglomerate lost $27B in the previous fiscal year.

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How Big Tech layoffs may help small businesses

How Big Tech layoffs may help small businesses

Over 30,000 tech workers have lost their jobs in the latest round of tech layoffs. Across industries, unemployment claims have reached an eight-month high.

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Tech giants may trigger economic fears across sectors

Tech giants may trigger economic fears across sectors

Google announced that it paused hiring for two weeks, stating the need “to enable teams to prioritize their roles.” Other major tech companies have also announced layoffs; Netflix, for example, has fired more than 450 employees since May.

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Starling scraps European banking plans

Starling scraps European banking plans

Starling, the UK-based challenger bank, withdrew its application for a European banking license four years after its initial application to the Irish Central Bank. The bank is now eyeing growth through its banking software subsidiary, Engine, and by expanding its lending initiatives.

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Loyalty can be a currency, too, with Engage People

Loyalty can be a currency, too, with Engage People

To Len Covello, Co-Founder and CTO of Engage People, a Toronto-based loyalty network that connects loyalty programs with payment systems and retailers to let consumers pay with points at checkout, the future of payments leverages a fully-backed digital currency: the rewards point.

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Despite tempered hiring plans, Meta still bets on metaverse

Despite tempered hiring plans, Meta still bets on metaverse

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced it would reduce its engineer hiring goals by 30% this year. It will recruit between 6,000 and 7,000 engineers, down from an envisioned 10,000.

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Rent increases may seriously affect proptech’s future

Rent increases may seriously affect proptech’s future

The Council of Economic Advisers reported that skyrocketing rents were responsible for 40% of the Consumer Price Index increase in May. At least 35% of people in the U.S. live in rented housing.

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Credit unions risk major climate-related losses

Credit unions risk major climate-related losses

A report by the Filene Research Institute and Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets suggests more than 60% of credit unions risk climate-related losses. These credit unions represent over $1.2T in assets.

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Disrupting meetings with OpenExchange

Disrupting meetings with OpenExchange

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Mark Loehr, CEO of OpenExchange, explains his path to OpenExchange, offers tips for organizing virtual meetings, and outlines his vision for the future of virtual contact.

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Is Apple’s BNPL launch too late?

Is Apple’s BNPL launch too late?

This morning at its 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the computing giant introduced attendees to Apple Pay Later, a proprietary buy now pay later (BNPL) service. Goldman Sachs is the lender for the instalment loans.

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Fully digital capital markets with Clear Street

Fully digital capital markets with Clear Street

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, and a week after Clear Street’s $165M Series B announcement—making the company a unicorn—Bailey details the market gap Clear Street tackles, explains why capital markets have been slow to modernize, and outlines how new technology can level the playing field between large and small players.

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