Fintech Firm Gets $1B Valuation from VC Investment

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Wealth of Networks

“Fintech”-the category of financial-technology firms that are innovating in the loan business-just got a winner. Online lender social finance has raised $1 billion from investors, setting its market valuation at $4 billion. That puts the four-year-old company in the top 30 of U.S. banks in market capitalization. The large investment, …

Global Futures Intelligence System (GFIS)

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Wealth of Networks

The Millennium Project (MP) is integrating all of its information, groups, and software into a “Global Futures Intelligence System” (GFIS). GFIS* is The Millennium Project’s new way for you to participate with and have access to all of our resources in one place. Those who buy a one-year subscription can interact …

News – Jamaica launches new electronic procurement system

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Wealth of Networks

News – Jamaica launches new electronic procurement system <http://www.iadb.org/index.cfm?lang=EN&ealert=idbHome&ealertFrq=HA>[IDB]<http://www.iadb.org/index.cfm?lang=EN&ealert=idbHome&ealertFrq=HA><http://www.iadb.org/index.cfm?lang=EN&ealert=idbHome&ealertFrq=HA> July 31, 2015 – News Releases [http://services.iadb.org/wmsfiles/images/114×78/-35897.jpg]<http://www.iadb.org/en/news/news-releases/2015-07-31/new-electronic-procurement-system-in-jamaica,11217.html?WT.mc_id=NewsEmail_Short_11217&wtSrc=Email&wtType=Short&wtArticleID=11217> Jamaica launches new electronic procurement system <http://www.iadb.org/en/news/news-releases/2015-07-31/new-electronic-procurement-system-in-jamaica,11217.html?WT.mc_id=NewsEmail_Short_11217&wtSrc=Email&wtType=Short&wtArticleID=11217> The government of Jamaica announced today the launch of the country’s first electronic procurement platform: eTendering System. Read full article<http://www.iadb.org/en/news/news-releases/2015-07-31/new-electronic-procurement-system-in-jamaica,11217.html?WT.mc_id=NewsEmail_Short_11217&wtSrc=Email&wtType=Short&wtArticleID=11217> Read full article (Mobile Version)<http://www.iadb.org/mobile/news/detail.cfm?lang=EN&id=11217>

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez’s speech from the UN PGA’s High-level Event on Climate Change: 210,000+ views on YouTube, featured in Rolling Stone, and more.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

    Xiuhtezcatl Martinez’s speech from the UN PGA’s High-level Event on Climate Change: 210,000+ views on YouTube, featured in Rolling Stone, and more.     On 29 June 2015, President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Sam K. Kutesa, hosted the High-level Event on Climate Change at UN Headquarters. …