Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and
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Avant doubles down on digital banking with Zero Financial acquisition
Avant, an online lender that has raised over $600 million in equity, announced today that it has acquired Zero Financial and its neobank brand, Level,
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Jeff Bezos Supports Corporate Tax Hike But Conspicuously Fails to Endorse $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, released a statement late Tuesday saying that he generally supports President Joe Biden’s desire to invest in
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Putting Belfast on the TechCrunch map — TechCrunch’s European Cities Survey 2021
TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals. Over the next few
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Japan’s Central Bank Launches One-Year Test of Digital Currency
Japan’s central bank has started trials of a new digital currency in an effort to experiment with how it might be used, the Bank of
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FinanZero, Brazil’s free online credit marketplace, raises $7M
FinanZero, a Brazilian online credit marketplace, announced today that it has closed a $7 million round of funding – its fourth since it launched in
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