When we talk about changing culture in an organization, it rarely starts with finance, but maybe it should. Why? Because finance has a significant impact — good or bad — on the culture of any organization. In an Executive Session at AFP 2021, Gary Bischoping, partner at Hellman & Friedman, and Greg Milano, founder and
J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., Searchlight and the management ownership team of Global Risk Partners Limited, today announced that the parties have entered into an agreement to acquire the GRP insurance operations. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022, subject to certain closing conditions,
Santander Consumer USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (“Santander US”), today announced the expansion of its partnership with AutoFi Inc. (“AutoFi”), a leading e-commerce platform for automotive sales and financing, to develop SC’s end-to-end digital car buying experience. Santander US has also invested in the capital raise announced today by AutoFi, strengthening the Santander/AutoFi
Banks and other financial institutions are increasingly accounting for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their portfolios. A particular area of focus has been on the environmental component, especially around decarbonization. Adopting a strategy focused on ESG or decarbonization, however, is easier said than done – in part because the strategy is only as
Alviere, a leading global embedded finance technology platform enabling any brand to offer a complete array of financial products and services to customers, fans, and employees, recently announced that AutoPay Plus, an automated loan payment service, offers a unique value proposition to its dealership partners across the country. AutoPay Plus offers car buyers and other consumers flexible payment
Hear from Cat, Kernel Head of Marketing and Customer Strategy, on how Kernel can help your company improve its financial wellbeing.
The tragic events unfolding in Ukraine take center stage in this month’s key points video. Guy Miller, our Chief Market Strategist and Head of Macroeconomics, discusses what the invasion of Ukraine means from a geopolitical perspective given growing sanctions on Russia, how this may impact global growth, and how the financial markets are likely to
Fintech company Upstart Holdings recently posted an earnings report that the market embraced, sending the stock higher. Upstart’s been on a wild ride since its IPO in late 2020, trading between $42 and $401 per share over just the past 12 months. The stock not sits at almost $150 per share, and investors are probably curious how
Accretive Combination with Avenida+ Will Allow Provision of End-To-End Solutions to Financial Institutions Significantly Enhances Revenue and Enables near Term Positive Net Cash Flow Further establishes Mobi724 as a leading fintech in Latin America and leverages its first-mover advantage in the fast-growing payment card market. Will accelerate Mobi724’s expansion into Latin America with an enhanced
Monday, March 7, 2022 | 9:00 a.m. GMT Please join our leading S&P Global Ratings analysts from the Japan Corporate Ratings team for a live interactive webinar on Monday, March 7, where they will share the rationale behind the ‘BB+’ rating affirmation on SoftBank Group. Read More
We hear from Matthew Spradlin, Certified Financial Planner with Godfrey & Spradlin Private Wealth of Steward Partners, about the New Parents Pyramid he and his team created for new parents, as well as the different ways first-time and seasoned parents manage their money and think about alternative assets.Can you give us an overview of the
Microsoft Store has selected the LiftForward Buy Now Pay Later (“BNPL”) subscription platform to expand financing offerings in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, France, Poland and Benelux. In these territories, the LiftForward Platform connects various financial institutions with consumers to finance short-term BNPL solutions or longer-term financing options. The LiftForward Platform facilitates the customer experience at the point-of-sale
