By ING ING announced today it has launched ING Ventures, a EUR 300 million fund aimed at investing in fintech companies. To accelerate the pace of innovation, one of ING's strategic priorities, ING Ventures will expand the existing portfolio of investments in the coming four years. ING considers partnering with and investing in fintechs as a key element of its innovation strategy. ING has successfully launched various own innovations in the market, but scanning the outside world for solutions that help...

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By DS-Concept DS-Concept is pleased to announce that it has provided a $2 million post shipment finance facility to a 20 year old network communications technology company with a niche in hard commodity industries. The company is based in the US with 4 international locations and develops proprietary products for its clients in the US, Canada, Australia and Latin America. DS-Concept has structured a facility in two currencies to finance the company’s open account sales to the US and Canada. Due...

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By Gayle Gonda, Michelle White and Jorge Lopez | Litter Mendelson On October 5, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 450 (“AB 450”), imposing new requirements for public and private employers regarding immigration worksite enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”).1 Generally, unless otherwise required by federal law, AB 450 prohibits employers from consenting to ICE access to worksites and employee records in certain circumstances; requires employers to provide specified notices to current employees and...

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By Lincoln International Lincoln International is pleased to present the latest issue of its Global Energy & Power Team's Solar Energy Stock Index: Q3 2017 CHICAGO, IL – Lincoln International is pleased to present you with the latest Solar Energy Stock Index from our Global Energy & Power Group. This will provide you with: Quarterly performance of the Solar Energy Stock Index versus the S&P Index Relative market valuations of each Solar Energy sector Current financial data for each company in...

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By Essilor International  Essilor, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, announced  on October 3rd  award-winning  design  consultancy,  TEAMS  Design,  as  winners  of  the  See Change Challenge. Launched in July 2016, the challenge called for innovative solutions to improve the lives of the 2.5 billion people who cannot see the world clearly by facilitating access to vision care. TEAMS Design developed an easy-to-use, low cost, scalable solution called “QuickCheck” that can enable primary vision care providers in underserved areas to screen...

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By ING ING announced today it has started to offer online lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France and Italy. The proposition fits ING's strategy to grow its lending business to SMEs and creating a differentiating customer experience. The offering has been developed in a unique collaboration with suppliers and fintechs, including Kabbage, the fintech ING is already offering instant lending with to SMEs in Spain since 2016. ING invested in Kabbage late 2015. The service will be...

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By Stout Motivations and methods for valuing this high-profile asset class. A trademark is defined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as “a word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of another.”1 A properly developed trademark should quickly communicate positive or prominent characteristics of a company or product to the market. In this sense, a trademark can be an impactful, cost-effective marketing tool for companies that...

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By Christopher B. Chuff | Joanna J. Cline | Douglas D. Herrman |James H. S. Levine | Pepper Hamilton LLP| Reprinted with permission from the October 11, 2017 edition of the Delaware Business Court Insider. © 2017 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. (ALMReprints.com, 877.257.3382). A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery, Mehta v. Kaazing, C.A. No. 2017-0087-JRS (Del. Ch. Sept. 29), confirms that stockholder demands to inspect corporate books and records based...

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Co-authored by Caitlin O'Connell Senior Analyst | Management Consulting | +1.312.752.3365 | coconnellstoutadvisory.com  | STOUT   An Internet search for the phrase “data breach” will certainly yield no shortage of headlines. In 2016 alone, the Panama Papers exposure, the Democratic National Committee leak, Yahoo’s reported breaches, and many other incidents have shown that no one company, law firm, government agency, or even individual is immune from the consequences of a data breach. According to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout,...

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By Sarah Cadiot, Laura De Boel, Rossana Fol, and Bastiaan Suurmond  | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati On October 18, 2017, the European Commission (EU Commission) published its report on the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield).1 The EU Commission confirms that the Privacy Shield ensures an adequate level of protection for EU personal data that is transferred to the U.S., but calls on the U.S. government to implement a number of recommendations. Certified companies can...

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