- Goodwill Records Record Revenue as Shoppers Feel PinchedFor nonprofit thrift store company Goodwill, 2025 was apparently a very good year. As The New York Times (NYT) reported Monday (Jan. 26), the largest chain of its kind in the world saw record revenues of $7 billion last year, a sign that consumers are feeling pinched. “We are pretty steady in almost any economic situation,â€� Goodwill […] […]
- Synthesia Raises $400 Million for AI Avatar PlatformBritish AI startup Synthesia is now a $4 million company after raising $200 million. The company, which makes artificial intelligence avatars for businesses to use for in-house and external communication, announced its Series E funding round Monday (Jan. 26), with the venture capital arms of Google and Nvidia among the investors. Synthesia says it plans to use the […] […]
- Apple’s Expanded Ad Opportunities for Developers Coming in MarchApple is ready to begin offering app developers an expanded advertising opportunity. The new service, which allows for increased advertising by App Store developers during user searchers, will be available in March, the company said in a recent update. “When a user searches on the App Store, your ad can appear at the top […] […]
- Crypto Crime Hits Record Levels as Nation-States Dodge Sanctions By most headline measures, 2025 looks like a year where crypto crime exploded. An estimated $154 billion flowed to illicit addresses, the highest total on record and a 160% jump in illicit volumes according to data cited by Eric Jardine, head of research at Chainalysis. But treating that number as evidence of runaway criminal […] […]
- Grocery Spending Moves Online as Affordability Concerns RiseConsumer spending continues to move fluidly across digital and physical channels, but groceries are emerging as one of the clearest signals of where financial pressure is reshaping consumer behavior. While grocery prices are often used as shorthand for inflation, grocery baskets themselves have not changed dramatically in size or composition. Instead, PYMNTS Intelligence finds […] […]
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- Maxim Commercial Capital Grew Team by 21% during 2025New COO and SVP are key to hard asset secured lender’s growth plans LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (Jan. 20, 2026) – Maxim Commercial Capital (“Maximâ€�) announced the addition of Lyndon Elam as Chief Operating Officer and Donald Cosenza as SVP of Business Development while steadily navigating the volatile economy during 2025. Maxim fuels small businesses and […]
- NMEF Reports $1.8 Billion in 2025 Originations Doubling Assets Under ManagementJANUARY 20, 2026, NORWALK, CT – North Mill Equipment Finance LLC (“NMEFâ€�), an independent commercial equipment lender and lessor headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, reported $1.8 billion in total originations for 2025, including syndicated volume of $566 million. The record originations resulted in a doubling of assets under management to $2.4 billion. Full-year record originations were […]
- Fintech Small Business Lender Origination Volume SnapshotIt was full speed ahead in 2025. Here’s how the origination volume stats were trending among the biggest fintech small business lenders for the first nine months of last year. Lender First Three Quarters 2025 All of 2024 Square Loans $5 billion $5.7 billion BHG Financial $4.4 billion $3.7 billion Enova $4 billion $3.98 billion […]