Tech startups are reviving physical and online Point of Sale (POS) lending to consumers, where money is advanced to complete the purchase of a specific item, usually over a fixed period. This contrasts to the revolving credit from credit card issuers (which never seems to go away), although issuers ...

Carve-outs are more complex than the usual M&A transaction of a complete divestiture, but have advantages where the seller would like to retain a stake for financial or strategic reasons, or for both financial and strategic buyers to invest on a smaller initial scale whilst benefitting from the ...