Startups

As industry begins to operate in a world expecting transparency, companies that can deliver that for both assets and individual products – and to do so with absolute trust - have an opportunity to be early leaders in the space. 14bis Supply Tracking is hoping to be that company. Founded by...

This week's Fintech Focus podcast takes a look at how one fintech startup is changing the way we invest in real estate. Yes, people have always been able to invest in private real estate equity, which has proven to be an attractive venture for most. But it's real estate debt, an asset...

Good day, A bill proposed by Massachusetts state Rep. Michael Moran could help electric scooter startups breathe easy. The bill would exempt electric scooters from a law that requires vehicles to be fitted with brake lights and turn signals. The law in question dates back a decade, requiring...

Fintech startup Plaid is negotiating a $200 million acquisition of rival Quovo, according to a Tuesday announcement. The merger would unite similar application programming interfaces connecting bank accounts to other fintech apps, such as Venmo, Coinbase and Robinhood. "Together, we'll...

The term "ride-sharing" has seen incremental relevance since the dawn of this decade, as services like Uber and Lyft expand robustly across the U.S., trying to cater to the common man with services that range from cab-hailing and carpooling to on-demand electric scooter hailing. However,...

The TAC Index is the world's leading provider of live market intelligence to the air freight industry. The Hong Kong-based firm collects actual transaction data and publishes reference prices for major origin-destination pairs. TAC Index says its "indices are compiled using transparent and...

The success of electric and autonomous vehicles may rely not on the technologies themselves, but rather on the applications in which they are first used. Try to take an electric truck 500 miles across the country right now and it will fail. The technology can't support that application yet, and...

The U.S. import binge of 2018 is creating a hangover for shippers – where to store containers and trailers. North Carolina-based start-up SecurSpace offers a solution by marketing parking and yard slots at third-party terminals to space-constrained shippers. Last year saw record volumes of...

This week's Fintech Focus podcast takes a look at the burgeoning Generation Z market, and how developers and entrepreneurs are finding ways to bring financial education to teens. When we talk about fintech, we don’t often think about how it’s impacting the youngest generations. But...

We've frequently been on the beat when it comes to blockchain and how it can be a resource for the emerging cyber crime space. The issue of cyber crime and how blockchain is a plausible solution for many of these types of crime is now on the radar on the of the Department of Homeland Security (...