You go to a bank to deposit, withdraw or loan money, generally. But what if there were alternatives to a bank? Below Finance Monthly hears from Bruce Rayner, CEO at consumer finance specialist, Duologi, on the extensive network of alternative lending.
Do you want to travel more this Christmas, but your budget is holding you back? You want to get away form the cold and have a sunny holiday during the festivities?
Barely a week goes by without US President Donald Trump embarking on a new Twitter feud, with everyone from left-leaning celebrities to major corporations liable to be caught in the crossfire.
There is a misconception that playing video games promotes a lack of sociability, obesity, and idleness. In fact, research conducted by Adam Eichenbaum, Daphne Bavelier and C. Shawn Green show the opposite. At https://www.psychologytoday.com/, you can see that the results of their study showed there are long-term positive effects, such as improved perception, a better attention […]
Recent figures show that regulated bridging loans have fallen in the third quarter to the lowest level since Q1 2015. The culprit is Brexit, with property developers acting cautiously and waiting for property prices to come down before acting. It also suggests the preference of many developers to use unregulated bridging loans which can be […]
High cost payday lenders are being cautious with their lending criteria, according to sources. Following the rise in compensation claims, the industry has already seen household names such as Wonga and The Money Shop spend millions in refunds and they are no longer offering loans on their website. The payday loan industry has grown significantly […]
VILAF advised Vina SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd. (“VSCG”), its wholly-owned subsidiary of Siam Cement Group, in a sequence of transactions to buy out 25% and 29% of the equity stakes in Long Son Petrochemicals Company Limited (“LSP”) from Qatar Petroleum and PetroVietnam respectively. The chain of transactions was completed in June 2018. The transactions increased Siam […]
Claranet, a European leader in the hosting and management of critical applications, has announced the acquisition of Italian DevOps and cloud specialist XPeppers. Founded in 2010, XPeppers is a value-added systems integrator specialising in AWS managed services, DevOps and Agile technologies. Having built strong relationships with a number of large businesses, XPeppers has become a respected […]
Masotti Berger Cassella acted as legal adviser to Americas Power Partners, an American company part of the Armstrong Group, in its acquisition of Sammartein Biogas Società Agricola. Based in the US, Americas Power Partners, Inc. engages in generating electricity, primarily utilising cogeneration technologies. The company focuses on developing domestic industrial cogeneration plants that produce electricity […]
Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company, has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of WARC Limited for an initial cash consideration of £19.5m (subject to a normalised working capital adjustment), plus deferred consideration of £4.5m payable in 2019. WARC is a global digital subscription business that helps brands, agencies and […]
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