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How fintech is changing the speed of lending

After $3.5 billion in business loans spread across 100,000 customers, online lender Kabbage is showing one successful path for the fintech industry.…

How to avoid the perils of political forecasting

Tune into any cable news program and chances are you’ll see pundits offering their insights and forecasting political outcomes. And…

Why Dodd-Frank increased banking industry consolidation

  The global financial meltdown of 2008 resulted in sweeping reforms to the banking industry in the United States. The…

Using the Blockchain to clean up the Niger Delta

In southeastern Nigeria, in an area known as Ogoniland off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, is the site…

A new marketing royalty on the rise: Digital influencers

MARKETING As online platforms become cluttered with ads, marketers are challenged to find new ways to connect with their customers.…

What Google’s memo controversy means for gender diversity

MANAGEMENT In the past week, the debate around gender equality and ideological diversity at the workplace has become more intense.…