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eCapital Acquires Optimum Finance to Strengthen UK Operations

eCapital Acquires Optimum Finance to Strengthen UK Operations

eCapital acquires Optimum Finance to bolster UK presence The acquisition expands eCapital’s client base. Credit: TippaPatt / Shutterstock. Specialised financing solutions provider eCapital has acquired UK-based specialist invoice financier Optimum Finance, for an undisclosed sum. This move marks a key step in eCapital’s strategy to expand its footprint in the UK market. With more than […]

Charged EVs: Altilium Unveils Online Platform for Trading End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries

Charged EVs: Altilium Unveils Online Platform for Trading End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries

Charged EVs | Altilium launches online platform for selling end-of-life EV batteries UK clean technology firm Altilium has introduced an innovative online platform designed to facilitate the responsible sale and recycling of spent electric vehicle (EV) batteries. This new initiative, dubbed Recell.store, aims to streamline the recycling process for businesses turning to sustainable practices by […]

Excellon to Resume Silver Mining in 2024 Through Mallay Mine Agreement in Peru

Excellon to Resume Silver Mining in 2024 Through Mallay Mine Agreement in Peru

The Peru deal includes a $1.3 million cash payment to privately held Adar Mining and an equity stake of 12.9% in Excellon. Excellon will also pay a 1% net smelter royalty and provide a zinc and lead stream to Adar. President and CEO Shawn Howarth said he expects Excellon to regain producer status soon. He […]

Acquis Teams Up with Allianz to Provide Asset Finance Solutions in the U.S. Market

Acquis Teams Up with Allianz to Provide Asset Finance Solutions in the U.S. Market

Acquis partners with Allianz to offer asset finance solutions in US market Credit: Shutterstock.com Acquis, a provider of insurance solutions for the asset finance sector, has formed a partnership with Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company, it was reported in MonitorDaily, an equipment finance website serving the US market. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company […]

Apple Earnings: Adjusting Our Valuation to Reflect…

Apple Earnings: Adjusting Our Valuation to Reflect…

Key Morningstar Metrics for Apple What We Thought of Apple’s Earnings We raise our fair value estimate for wide-moat Apple AAPL to USD$200 from USD$185 as we raise our longer-term growth expectations. We’ve also revised down our short-term forecast for iPhone revenue to reflect less of an impact from artificial intelligence on unit sales over […]

Asante Gold Secures $525 Million Financing to Facilitate Growth Initiatives in Ghana

Asante Gold Secures 5 Million Financing to Facilitate Growth Initiatives in Ghana

The first round funding of $325 million would allow the company to proceed with key capital projects to upgrade its mining operations. These include a pit expansion and a new sulphide plant at Bibiani, equipment upgrades at Chirano, as well as underground development at both sites. The second stage will include a $150 million senior […]

Tactical Resources Intends to Amend Certain Consulting

Tactical Resources Intends to Amend Certain Consulting

Tactical Resources Corp. plans to amend consulting agreements with certain executives, including the CEO and CFO, to restructure bonus payments tied to a future listing on a U.S. exchange. The adjustments aim to reduce total bonuses before the expected business combination with Plum Acquisition Corp. III, which would trigger a new bonus structure based on […]

Understanding the Shift: Why 15% of Funds Recently Altered Their Ratings

Understanding the Shift: Why 15% of Funds Recently Altered Their Ratings

As previously announced, today we made an enhancement to the Morningstar Medalist Rating, our comprehensive forward-looking rating system for managed investments. The enhancement refines how we estimate the potential value that managed investments can deliver to investors after fees, with those estimates determining the Medalist Ratings we assign. Today’s enhancement changes the Medalist Ratings we’ve […]

The $7 Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity in B2B Sector

The  Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity in B2B Sector

B2B’s $7 Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity There’s a multitrillion-dollar opportunity that’s rewriting the B2B playbook, and it starts with two words: embedded finance. The consumer payments buzzword is steadily making headway into the B2B space, and it is beginning to drive real change for buyers and suppliers across sectors by integrating payment processing and financing […]