Equipped with sophisticated back-ends, larger conglomerates are often outcompeting small freight brokers, but Axle Payments wants to change this by empowering over 10,000 freight brokers currently operating in the US with sophisticated back-end solution. Axle Payments has automated the back office to handle collections, carrier payments, and integration with accounting while freeing up to 90% of […]
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#NYCtech Week in Review: 1/26/20-2/1/20
NYC Tech News for the week ending 2/1 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Policygenius, Moda Operandi, Spring Health, and much more…
Gatsby Raises Another $1.5M for its Commission-Free Options Trading Platform
In a recent survey of those with trading accounts, E-Trade discovered that 40% of millennials that were surveyed traded options at least once a month, making them 60% more likely to trade options than their Generation X counterparts. However, there’s still untapped market potential to attract more activity to the options market as presently option activity among the bulk of retail investors is still not widespread. Gatsby has answered the call and puts options into the spotlight.
This NYC Startup Drives Discovery for Financial Products and Just Raised Another $18.8M
AlleyWatch covered this fintech startup just back in March when it completed a successful strategic investment round, but Even Financial is at it again. This time it raised $18.8M in a successful Series A round. A few of this round’s investors were originally clients who decided to buy-in because of Even’s powerful platform. Its API […]