Look Back, Look Forward
Interest Rates Look Back: Interest rates were a major backdrop (macro-economic) heading into 2025. As expected, the Fed continued its easing, completing three more 25
December 30, 2025
TRANSACT Scores BIG (Apple) – Payments, Fintech, & Capital
Another week in November, another conference, or so it seems. This week’s travels took the Wellesley Hills Financial team to New York City for the
November 20, 2022
Payments Notes – A Changing Market
Having this past week attended the first in-person, national payments technology conference – TRANSACT 2022 – since before the pandemic, I came away with the
April 17, 2022
Four Horsemen of the ‘Macro-economic Apocalypse’
Who would have thought, all the way back in mid-January, that the Federal Reserve and pandemic would become secondary factors driving public market volatility and
March 13, 2022
A ‘Go-Go’ Goldman Investment Banking Year
Just a jaw-dropping Q4 2021 earnings report from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) this past Tuesday. I sense for many of us, 2021 felt like a
January 22, 2022
M&A Crosscurrents 2022
Investment banks and venture capital firms are off to the races (again) in early 2022. The data being reported for the first week in January
January 15, 2022
Brazilian consumer credit startup Open Co raises $115M in SoftBank-led round
Open Co, a Brazilian consumer credit startup, recently raised $115M in a funding round led by SoftBank. Other investors in the round included Raiz Investimentos,
December 20, 2021