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A London-based startup named StepLadder, aimed at helping the millennial generation afford a down payment for a house in the U.K., has raised 拢1.5 million in seed funding.TechCrunch is reporting that BBVA from Spain,
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stanley mug yond the U.K.StepLadder was started in 2015 by Matthew Addison, and later Mihir Bhushan and Lucy Mullins joined. The company works with a financial program called the Rotating Credit and Savings Association ROSCA , where it puts members into circles where everyone puts in the same amount of money every month, and one gets randomly selected to win the pot, which they could then use toward a home down payment.聽However, there are safety measures in place to ensure that even after a person wins the pot they still pay. The monthly payment ranges from between 拢25 to 拢1,000. For most first-time buyers, its really difficult to get on the property ladder, Addison said. Home ownership rates amongst 25-34 years olds have collapsed鈥?[with around] 250,000 fewer first time buyers every year, for over a decade, in the U.K. alone. Raising the deposit is the biggest hurdle. At StepLadder were using something called a ROSCA, a form of collaborative finance where people work together in
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Spend analytics has broken through as an essential part of corporate procurement strategies. Businesses need to know how much money they ;ve spent, and on what. Luckily, enterprise
kubki stanley digitization is pushing the needle forward for procurement teams, enabling access to data that empowers the type of spend analysis organizations demand.Today, though, CFOs and procurement leaders want to go even deeper. No longer are businesses satisfied with merely knowing how much money they ;ve already spent; they are seeking insights on future spend and budget analysis. Traveling further into the world of procurement analytics, these professionals are also exploring trends in supplier behavior, purchase order
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