by synergycap1 | Jun 1, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital
FOR all the sophistication of some of its financial centres, and despite the ubiquity of smartphones, the Middle East has been a late adopter of financial technology, or fintech. Of more than $50bn in fintech investment globally since 2010, according to Accenture, a...
by synergycap1 | Jun 1, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital
A FEW weeks ago Standard Financial, a bank with assets of just $488m and a mere nine branches, merged with Allegheny Valley Bancorp, a slightly smaller neighbour in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. The main reason for the deal, says Tim Zimmerman, Standard’s chief...
by synergycap1 | Jun 1, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital
The term “Food Porn,” believe it or not, wasn’t coined in the age of Instagram, but was in fact first entered into the cultural vortex by feminist critic Rosalind Coward, in her 1984 book Female Desire. Food porn,defined, means images of food...
by synergycap1 | Jun 1, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital
Plans are being made to shuttle humans to Mars in the next decade or so, but NASA is also eyeing a much hotter endeavor — touching the sun (sort of). The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to depart Earth next summer and...
by synergycap1 | Jun 1, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Lead, Working Capital
If you want to learn how to inspire Millennials, watch ‘The Sandlot’ this weekend for hidden leadership and storytelling lessons to last for-ev-er.
by synergycap1 | Jun 1, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Technology, Working Capital
Apple has started manufacturing its long-rumored smart speaker, and it could start shipping the gadget later this year, according to a published report. The speaker, which will go up against Amazon’s Echo and Google Home, will use Siri, the voice...